coastfootballfanman

So how many new kids is this for Hattiesburg now?

People like you are a dying breed I believe, my friend. I am indifferent personally. If we can get prepared for region play/playoffs and not have to go far to do it, then I am all for it. If we need to take a trip or two to test ourselves, then we need to.

My friend, in house visits happen frequently. All over the state. Heck here on the coast, I can confirm 100% that Gulfport, Biloxi, Ocean Springs, Pascagoula and d'Iberville brought kids who were not enrolled to tour their campus and facilities. AD's and Admin meeting with them as well. It is pretty much out in the open, the problem is nobody wants to report anyone because everyone is pretty much doing it. Very few schools are doing it and the ones who are not, are typically your poorer performing programs.

Kid from Forrest County AHS?

"Any given Friday" LOL. There is always that possibility.

From what I am hearing on region 4, it is pretty much Picayune, and everybody else. Pascagoula lost a ton of talent and coming into the season with a new HFC and staff. Will come down to how well the new coaches do things and if the kids buy in and play. There is still some talent there, just not the level of what the last 2-3 seasons had. I suspect they will take a step back but will be tough and competitive. Gautier brings back a pretty good bit from what I told and will be more experienced at Quarterback which should help. Pearl River Central brings back some weapons on offense and arguably the best player in the region at Quarterback. That is an advantage for them. Also heard they pulled a few new kids in from the surrounding area that are expected to be big contributors. Long Beach will probably be the least talented team in the region again, but switching back to the veer as I am told they will be, could help them shorten games and keep opposing teams off the field. Hancock I believe takes a step back. The word coming out of the Kiln is that the Quarterback taking over "fits" Michael King's system better, but it is hard for me to see this kid having a bigger impact that Koenenn did for them last year. They also lost some key players on both sides, so I suspect them to be a little down. WAY TOO EARLY PREDICTION: 1. Picayune 2-4. 3-way battle between Pascagoula, Pearl River Central, and Gautier with Hancock and Long Beach being on the oustide looking in. As far as overall 6A south, I see it as Hattiesburg, West Jones and Picayune as the only 3 legit contenders. I am more excited about reclassification coming in October/November. I have seen some folks mentioning both Meridian and Pearl dropping to 6A which would make Region 3-6A a gauntlet! Also hearing Hancock could be moving up to 7A with Gautier almost a lock for 5A and Long Beach on the fringe of dropping to 5A.

From what I am told, Gautier "should" be much improved. Defensively, they bring back almost everything. On Offense, they have their Quarterback, 2 Wide Receivers, leading Running Back and 2-3 Offensive Linemen coming back. 4 of their 7 losses last season were by a combined 11 points. Their 3 region losses were by 8 combined points. Long Beach is moving back to the veer from what I was told during the spring. They did lose some quality players from this past season's team, but their Quarterback I believe is back and he was pretty shifty. So him in the veer could be pretty tough.

I imagine we will see some schools jump over to MAIS because of this.

I saw a post circulating on Facebook that Todd McDaniel at Ridgeland is retiring. Does that mean he is retiring at the end of this year, meaning they need a Head Football Coach? It did not specify if it was happening now or next year.

Agreed. Almighty dollar is what matters most to them.

https://www.columbianprogress.com/brady-replaces-woodrow-trojans-head-coach?fbclid=IwZnRzaARM4SpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEepKyR1OCimulTbdDQJ_EUT_RNqZb8F1-StrP_3B_m9UVq0UiTfc571Dupcr0_aem_QVbN8Rkv6eXpR4y7QzqkwA I know we like to joke and all about him, but I really do wish Lane Brady much success as a head coach. He is a stand up guy from all accounts.

Pascagoula graduated a ton of talent. The cupboard will not be bare, but it is hard to see them replicating their run in region last year. I expect them to firmly be a playoff team but I do not think I see them as a threat past the first round at the current moment. New coach or not, it’s hard to replace all that they lost. I think PRC could be the surprise in the region. If they can get better on defense I like their chances. Gautier was real young and brings back basically everything from a team that was a few plays away from being the 3 seed so they could be a team to watch. Hancock lost some talent, especially at quarterback. It will be interesting to see how they look in spring.

Picayune will be tough as always but they lost a pretty good bit up front on both sides of the ball to graduation and I heard another has moved on to PRC. Just basing off what I know today, I would put them at 3. Right there with a chance to win the south.

7A North: Tupelo and Madison Central 7A South: Oak Grove and Brandon 6A North: Warren Central and South Panola 6A South: Hattiesburg and West Jones 5A North: West Point and Holmes County Central 5A South: Brookhaven and Laurel 4A North: Louisville and Kosciusko 4A South: Poplarville and Columbia

This is more entertaining than Days of Our Lives. LOL

If this is true, Lampley does not stand a chance. Athletic blocks are key for successful sport programs

Good for Lampley. I hated how things went down for him here at Ocean Springs, but glad he has gotten an opportunity to grow. Like Slick mentioned, he will have some time to grow this program and 5A south is fairly weak so there could be some quick success. It will all come down to how good of a staff he can bring in.

He stated he was "invisible" at practices which to most would insinuate that he did not do anything. My son reported the same as he just finished his playing career with OS so this obviously is a theme. So if he is a coach who is not actively involved in practice, game planning, etc., how valuable of a coach would you say a person is? Bramlett demoted him from OC title to keep King on board. That obviously signals something is there in regards to Lampley's importance to the OS operation, or lack thereof. Which for a new HFC like Zach Green who is trying to build a staff up, could potentially be an issue especially as he is more of a defensive minded coach. His offensive coaching staff hires will have to hit and from all regards, Lampley may be a "miss" at the moment.

Based upon your post above this, that would appear to not be a great move for Green and his new staff.

Mitch Evans. You are all welcome.

From what I was told, he was Goula bound until Coach Bramlett made him the OC and play caller for us at OS. There are some other moves coming, but like you said, they have been known.

Lampley is good guy, but he was never the play caller and from what I was told, never involved a lot with day to day operations. King was apparently set to make a move to advance his career and the staff change was used to prevent that and keep him on the staff at OS. It will be interesting to see how it plays out overall going forward.

You had them in both 6A and 7A lists though. They cannot be on both. Will they be 7 or 6A?

You have St. Martin in 6A in post above but 7A here??

Hard for me to believe out of a rumored 70+ applicants, that was the best 5-6 they could have interviewed and selected. He is a great coach who very well could do a great job. From what I was told, this Green was the selection months ago and this all was formality. I would give this hire a B if I had to grade it.