Impartial_Observer

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My guess is this is one of the face shields that are all the rage in fishing right now. I’m don’t see an issue, but there are some out there designs. 

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1 minute ago, Muda69 said:

?  I thought deception/fakes/etc. were part of the game of football?

 

That is correct. 

Not sure if any on this thread are old enough to remember, but Washington had a long and storied tradition under Coach Springer. I believe they won two state championships, during his tenure. I remember seeing a SS game at Washington in 84 that may have been one of the coldest games I was ever at. Washington had a history of producing athletes, McGinnis, Downing, Keller, etc., come to mind right of the top of my head. Many of those athletes found their way to Ben Davis when IPS shut Washington down in 1995.  

In pregame when the R asks you if you have any unusual plays or anything the officials need to be aware of, that would be a good time to mention this. This clearly makes a mockery of the game in my opinion. 

Awesome!

7 minutes ago, bittergymteacher said:

I was at a game Friday night and I am curious if the officials got this one right...

 

Team 1 gets flagged for targeting during the play.  Team 2 jumps up, says something and gets an unsportsmanlike conduct after the play and then Team 1 then gets flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct immediately after for saying something back.  How do you mark of these 3 flags?

Live ball foul is marked off, the two dead ball fouls offset. 

So now Seymour is on the contraction list? 

We've been down this road before Muda. Athletic budgets by state law have to be self supporting. They can not operate in the red. Yes, capital projects money goes into facilities, but operating the sports has to be self supporting. Football is an expensive sport, and in most cases is a money maker at schools. What do you think funds swimming, cross country, wrestling, baseball, track, etc. not only at the HS level but also NCAA? Football and Basketball are revenue generating sports, and these other sports are not. Once again as I have already pointed out, you and I are not going to see eye to eye on public schools and apparently public schools sports. It's education based sports, we continue to rehash the same material, what do you want from me?

2 minutes ago, Muda69 said:

So it is the job of the football program to prop up the likes of swimming, cross country, wrestling, tennis, softball, baseball, track, etc.?

Wonder how that is working out for Pike Central?

 

 

1 hour ago, Impartial_Observer said:

No clue, why don't you quit your conjecture and get it right from the horse's mouth?

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6 minutes ago, Muda69 said:

So this "different fund" has unlimited resources/$ contained within it?  

That's why you show up on Friday night and pony up your five bucks to watch.

Invective? I just answered the question. Why would I pontificate on something I have no clue about? 

4 minutes ago, DT said:

Has Pike considered contracting based on all the negative long term issues impacting its program?

No clue, why don't you quit your conjecture and get it right from the horse's mouth?

1 hour ago, itiswhatitis said:

I just don't get how a team with 25 years of futility, gets a pass and Shelbyville doesn't.  Socioeconomics aren't great in Greene County either, but the Miners still win year after year.  A lot of folks in Greene County have to commute to either Terre Haute, Bloomington, or the Naval Base at Crane.  PC can't even win games in the smaller division in the Pocket and they are a 3A school.  Maybe it's like you've suggested:  the admins don't care about football.  It's a shame that a school of that size (3A) is a doormat for even 1A schools.  On the outside it looks like they have no pride in their program.  I guess if they don't care, then there isn't much use in a discussion.

Linton has a culture, PC does not. This is one of the biggest obstacles facing a coach coming into a bad situation, first order of business is changing the culture. 

Greene County population dwarfs Pike County, 32k+ to 12K+. Greene and Pike Counties, share similar median incomes and percentage of people living in poverty as well as demographics. 

Perhaps the location of the school wasn't the best idea, away from Petersburg, kind of in the middle of nowhere. Petersburg is the only real city in the county, and only real population center. 

Linton just added a fairly nice locker facility near the entrance to their field, I'm not sure anything has been added to PC since it was built.

While it’s always easy to sit outside the fence and pass judgement, I’m willing to defer to the coaching staff who’s at practice everyday, knows his players, understands what they need as far as development, and I would assume knows how best to run his program. 

Pike County is a tough situation. About the only industry that was ever there was agricultural and coal mining. The mining dried up in the 80’s, about the same time Pike Central was incorporated. Petersburg is literally a town stuck in another time. I would think socioeconomics dictate here as much as anywhere in the state.

12 hours ago, Randall J Peabody III said:

Gentleman i was sitting on the sidelines behind the Braves bench. So let’s just end the mystery and the implications of that theory 

I’m trying not to create a hostile environment with my comments. I merely trying to figure out some coach’s logic. That’s all. 

I really have no idea what you’re getting at, but it’s not unusual for teams to put starters in the game on special teams, or non scrimmage plays. As far as having seniors on the field.....well this time of year, their time is getting short, most of their careers are about to end. 

I’ve personally known Coach May since he’s been at BC and been on the field for many of their running clock games, including a 98-24 game, I have never seen an instance where he’s tried to run the score up, be disrespectful to, or embarrass an opponent. I’m not sure what you’re hinting at, but if you’re saying BC is running some sort of Bush League operation you’re wrong.

57 minutes ago, SPARKS said:

This just shows, it takes guts to be an football umpire.

Word!

1 hour ago, Muda69 said:

I'm glad that not everybody shares your opinion.  You seem to cherish Indiana high school football teams with 20+ long losing streaks.  How does that make the overall sport better?

 

High school sports are education based sports, that means it’s a part of your education. We know know your stance on public education, I would never expect you to understand or share my opinion.

6 hours ago, DT said:

Dan and I are both Region guys,

Seriously you could have stopped right there.

With the advance in camera technology I asked about using a camera for training of new officials and was told very plain and blunt NO!

24 minutes ago, Muda69 said:

That Indiana High School football is struggling.  With overall competitive balance.

Competitive balance is the NFL, where every team is around .500+/- and bores the hell out of me. 

6 hours ago, SenatorFan said:

In Sectional 39, on the upper side of the bracket, Clarksville and Providence are only 1 mile apart while Eastern (Pekin) plays Union County and travels 138 miles for that game. Eastern’s trip may be the longest for a sectional game in the first round. Anyone know of a longer trip for first round game?

AD told us last night the have scheduled a charter and leaving early afternoon. Tough drive for parents and fans, hopefully a large contingent makes the trip. 

2 hours ago, ptr said:

It's close, but Castle has to go to Bloomington North, while Evansville North has to go to Bloomington South. The distance is around 120 miles from Evansville to Bloomington , but it obviously varies a little from those two schools depending how far they have to travel to get on I-69.

I69 is a game changer. For us, cruise set at 85, no traffic, no police, and you better have plenty of gas when you get on, not many exits either.

1 hour ago, SenatorFan said:

And Paoli barely beats Indy Washington. Strange night of football.

Used condom found on the field at Paoli tonight, must have been a fun week of fall break!

1 hour ago, Frozen Tundra said:

I figured @Olympian06 was referring to Humes (I couldn't remember what his number was). That name is a mainstay in Madison but Willie Humes used to be an assistant girls basketball coach at East. Not sure what the relation is here but I'm sure there is one.

Back in the day there was always a Humes in Madison teams and the were all good athletes. I thought Willie was back at East?