BoKnows08

Never claimed to know anything other than the fact that Morgan’s seat was NOT hot in West Point as your soulmate @slicklizard claims it was since he is so well versed in WP football. Also pointed the fact that Morgan and Welch both did a great job at West Point. Maybe you would have seen that if you read a little higher in the thread.

https://www.djournal.com/sports/high-school/baldwyn-player-dismissed-from-team-following-arrest/article_8848d50b-718e-46cb-81ba-e3bc7f6c140c.html No longer on their roster. 2 counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

West Point prior to Morgan spent 90% of their time in Power I running Power, Toss, Buck, Gator and Boot Pass with Ashley Kuhn and Chambliss when Dennis Allen was HC. They would get in what they called "Cannon Ball" or "Hammer" and run Power and Jet Sweep and that is about it 51. I am very familiar with West Point dating all the way back to the late 90s when they struggled to win their first game every year versus Columbus. Brett Morgan and Casey Welch took an already good well coached scheme and system and turned it into something much more advanced than what it was. West Point had begun to struggle because teams caught up with them and what they were doing. Morgan and Welch were a huge part of getting West Point back to what they are by being less PREDICTABLE on offense. Now Chambliss deserves the credit for hiring good assistants and letting them do their job and realizing that what they were doing was lagging from 11-15. West Point has plenty of tradition to be proud of but to even hint at the fact that Morgan and Welch weren't a huge part of getting them back on track is idiocrasy. @slicklizard call me out anytime but I am willing to bet I've watched twice as many West Point football games than you will ever see in your lifetime. "You come correct or your card will get pulled". Here ya go. You can check and see how many plays that WP is in the Power I in this and guess how many times they run POWER and TOSS. Teams were catching up. Chambliss knew it. Morgan knew it. They adjusted and got creative and it paid off in a big way!

We're going back 3 years and still "butthurt"? But it makes sense to go back that far if you're a Picayune fan. I guess you have to reflect on the "good ole" days. Wasn't Starkville actullay in the State Championship game 3 years ago? Since then Hattiesburg has been doing what I do to the Maroon Tide and flushing it down the bowl only to get battered in the Championship game.

We'll find out friday?

Run off from West Point.... What an idiot.... Guess the skin graft comment was thrown in there to make it sound more believable.... 24-4 with a State Championship and a State Runner up. I usually pay a little attention to your post but this one proves you're a looney toon. Morgan was the cog behind the wheel when Chambliss was there and everyone in the Golden Triangle knows it. Morgan developed West Points Offense from scratch. West point used to get beat by mainly Oxford and some others every year in 1-5a. Then they hired Morgan and never looked back. They finally got over the Oxford hump in the North in 2016 and have been in the Championship basically every year since they started running this Offense. Starkville beat Oak Grove last year and they were so terrible they beat Brandon also and went 6-5 losing by 3 to Madison, 6 to Oxford, and 10 to Tupelo. Oh and they return 16 starters. Starkville wins by at least 21. Oak Grove is to soft along with the rest of the southern half of the state.

They hired West Points Head Coach and Offensive Coordinator and a couple other assistants.

Because they really only see their offense in practice. Starkville will get better on defense as the season rolls on. I am betting they win big because OG has never seen anything like they are fixing to see and you cant simulate it in practice in one week. If starkville can get 3 stops friday they win. If they get 4 stops they win big. It is hard for offenses like OG to get in any sort of rhythm when they will be standing on the sideline 15 minutes at a time.

I will make a pretty bold prediction that Starkville beats Oak Grove handily!!! 2-3 TDs handily. The offense that Morgan runs will be an issue for OG defensively.

Tupelo 14 South Panola 10

I fully expect that to be the North Half.

Kosciusko is another team that I would think would be very close. They are returning a lot from last years team.

Lafayette got rid of the Crosstown Classic with Oxford because they suck so bad. At least your rivalry would die with a little dignity and honor and not a Superintendents ego.

I 100% support this idea.

Unfortunately we have left the times of “where is the right in any of that” and entered the time of. “If it is profitable for us/me then it must be right regardless of its impact on others”.

Guys why do yall keep taking the bait? These Hattiesburg people turn every thread into Hattiesburg (aka runner-up) thread. This is Tupelo recruiting and we’re discussing Hattiesburg’s likelihood to be runner up again.

The irony of that is crazy.

Tupelo 2017 11-1 (0-1 playoff) 2018 7-5 (0-1 playoff) 2019 7-5 (0-1 playoff) - run off Trent Hammond the best X’s and O’s football coach they’ve had 2020 6-5 (0-1 playoff) 2021 7-4 *** no playoffs*** - oh no we look like idiots for getting rid of Hammond so let’s begin getting area talent. Ask anyone who lives in this area when they began recruiting and they will tell you that it was around this time. The head coach at Saltillo left because administration refused to do anything about it.

The question was “if they weren’t allowed to recruit…”

If there is plenty of talent in Tupelo then why do they have 3 starters from Saltillo a few from Baldwyn, Shannon, Oxfords QB from last year etc? Go check and see how many deep playoff runs they (Tupelo) had prior to recent years. Only one I recall is when Trent Hammond was there and that team was much better coached than the current regime. The first couple years Hardin was at Tupelo on “local” talent didn’t they go undefeated and get bounced in the first round? Oxford has been competitive the last several years because they have redrawn the school lines 2 dozen times to get certain players in the county and the one time that players went the other direction to Lafayette County because of coaching staff Neaves and his boys stepped in and ruled them ineligible because Oxford pitched a hissy fit and then MHSAA let them play at Oxford even though they were all living in Lafayette County district and had been there for years.

If I’m petal I’m running it down Hattiesburg throat. They have proven to not be very physical at all the last 2 appearances in the SC game.

Grenada has now lost 5 starters to transfer and a kid that was going to get a lot of action at RB had to get a pacemaker put in and can no longer play football due to health. My understanding is the kid collapsed on the field this summer and had to have chest compressions done to save his life.

Oxford High School and Tupelo High School and honestly probably Jackson Academy and Hartfield Academy.

Those two games will be huge and I believe any one of those 3 teams could be pulled out of a hat to rep the North Half of the state. From a talent perspective it should be Winona.

It’s a very good list. I saw Nanih Waiya in the spring and Calhoun City. Calhoun City lost a ton from last year but they still have a lot of talent. They are very good at QB and WR as well as up front on offense. Defensively they aren’t as good especially at LB but they are very solid.