Purple colored glasses ? come on ! get real, we have been on this board talking about problems with the D since the Alamodome. We are not sugar coating or pampering any of these boys. I think you have to realize that LCM is a good team this year and we beat them ! The D held them several times and stopped them from scoring before the half. So look at the way the game of football is played are realize the D won that battle before the half. Then the second half we won the battle as well, why do I say that ? because we won the game ! The D has improved tremendously since the beginning of the season and they are coming on strong when they need it the most ! in district ! Some folks get on here and complain about little johnny isn't getting to play. Well that issue was addressed and hopefully put to rest. Now this yet again. If you can't see that the D has improved over 100% since the Alamodome then you have total black out glasses on ! These players have the desire and heart to win and now its coming together more and more. I think your on here just wanting to start some negative crap. If your a true NDN fan then you would see what almost all the rest of us see and thats a drastically improved defense. I would have to say that our D was one of the bigger reasons we beat LCM ! Our D forced turnovers, held them numerous times and made them punt, held them on the goal line and stopped them. Go back and watch the game. Then come back on here and be a positive poster. Thats what our boys need ! Encouragement, support not your negativity. Oh and if you have the galls then go join the booster club and attend the meetings and confront the coaches. You know what, this could go on for several pages with me ranting about your post, but its time to look and respond with those fans who are supporters of PNG !1IDPURPLEMONSTER said:Are you kidding me, people on here must watch the NDN's through purple colored glasses! We were one play / 10 seconds away from losing this one. At the end of the first half we gave them the ball on their own 13 yard line with 57 seconds on the clock. They drove the ball down to our 4 yard line and ran out of time, that would have given them 7 more going in at half time, final score would have been 42-39. I know, I'm going to hear about what ifs, but you can not give up 35 points at home, period. Yes, the changes are a start, but we have to play better on D. We used to go over to LCM beat'em up, eat all their food and date their women, and would never let them come over here and score 35 points. The only fight they ever came close to winning was when the bear blindsided the spirit, and they still didn't win that one. Let's take off the purple colored glasses and quit pampering these guys, they are no longer mama's boys, they are Indian Warriors, who go to battle every week and need to kick a$$e$.
Good postpng tribe said:Going into this game I figured whoever had the ball last would win. Our defense played a lot better and had more stop's than I thought they would have. LCM has a really strong and balanced offense and our defense just battled all night. The defense made a critical stop at the end of the game when it counted. I've been critical of the defense all season but I felt like they did a very good jon. Anyone that talk's a lot of crap this week is just trying to stir the pot. They did enough to win the game and that's what count's. We're in good position now and we can't get comfortable and lay an egg next week. I feel like were getting on a roll. The coaches have made a lot of adjustment's and different personnel changes. They are doing everything that they possibly can. These kid's are not gonna quit. I think they have finally realized that this is a new season and no one is going lay down because they are the mighty Indian's. Good job men and coaches and let's go have another good week of practice.
DITTO ! Good post !NDN79 said:To be fair, I think that we have expected too much from our defense at times. The offensive schemes that are run in football today (high school, college, and the pro's) are very advanced. Just look at some of the top college games that are played each week--both offenses are usually very strong and the team that wins has their defense just make a couple of key stops. There are rarely shut-outs when 2 good teams play each other. Look at the top 4A and 5A teams in Texas--they have great offensive numbers but give up a lot of yards on defense..i.e. Lake Travis, Kerrville Tivy,Katy,Denton Ryan,Southlake Carroll in the past. It is definitely an offensive driven game now.
I think the coaches are making great adjustments and the players are improving and doing their best, and that's all that we can ask of them. I wouldn't be surprised if we went a little further in the play-offs this year.Our offense is definitely better than it was last year, and our defense will make the stops when it counts.
pngfan66 said:I think I read somewhere that if we go D-1 we would end up playing Dayton in the first round. I thought Dayton was a smaller school. The Bi-district race there seems to be Dayton, Barbers Hill, Crosby and Galena park. GP ?
NDN79 said:Like I stated earlier in this thread--there aren't many teams playing good defense. Do I want PN-G to play better defense? Yes! Can we still win without it? Yes! I think we have gotten better and will continue to improve. Our offense is strong enough to pull us through and I like our chances. The defense will come up big when they need to.
5A DII REGIONAL ROUND
PN-G Indians (11-1)
vs.
Texas High Tigers (12-0)
Friday, Nov. 29, 7:00PM
Northwestern State University Turpin Stadium, Natchitoches, LA
I could not be more proud of our team and our community. The spirit here is unmatched! I am so lucky to be a part of it and to wear the purple and white! The journey of this football season, with these coaches and our players, will stay with me forever. -- PN-G Head Coach Jeff Joseph