pancho Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 It would have to be pretty blatant and stupid for ricky neaves to discipline tupelo in any way. They have kids already penciled in to move following the next school year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoKnows08 Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 On 7/16/2026 at 11:15 AM, oldschool84 said: Believe it or not, some schools don’t have to recruit. Tupelo is one of those schools. Let’s be honest, Tupelo recruits itself. They have all the resources in that area. Numerous kids are going off to play college ball. Great academics!!! Top notch facilities with good coaches and a ton of support from the administration and community. Families move to Tupelo or they send their kids there by using a relative address. My family moved to Tupelo from the Delta because we had better resources and opportunities. Facilities Resources Numerous kids playing college ball The “great” coaching staff openly reaches out to other coaches in the areas players and brings them in on “visits” and convinces them to move to Tupelo. The “great” coaching staff then has 18-25 D1 players and 3 of the top 10 in state of Mississippi and then loses to West Point and Gulfport with 1 D1 player on the team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachfball87 Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 12 hours ago, pancho said: It would have to be pretty blatant and stupid for ricky neaves to discipline tupelo in any way. They have kids already penciled in to move following the next school year. How would it be blatant and stupid if he has grounds to do so? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pancho Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 I mean tupelo would have to be really stupid for neaves to get on to them. kinda like what happened with the williams qb when he transferred from Nettleton. Kid missed nearly all of the first year and then missed several games in alternative school last year due to fighting a teammate in the jamboree. He was also a mental case and almost not coachable at times. I think Tupelo is being very careful in the current transfer environment now. They have excellent coaching and players on D but their O will tell the tale of how good and how far they go again this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachfball87 Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 1 hour ago, pancho said: I mean tupelo would have to be really stupid for neaves to get on to them. kinda like what happened with the williams qb when he transferred from Nettleton. Kid missed nearly all of the first year and then missed several games in alternative school last year due to fighting a teammate in the jamboree. He was also a mental case and almost not coachable at times. I think Tupelo is being very careful in the current transfer environment now. They have excellent coaching and players on D but their O will tell the tale of how good and how far they go again this year. Oh ok. Way it sounded was it’d be pretty dumb and blatant for him to punish him. Wasn’t Williams kid ineligible because he transferred after July 1st? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pancho Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 correct, They brought in about a several at once that year and they didn't get them all to understand the rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Former Coach Posted July 22 Author Share Posted July 22 Heard that the MHSAA ruled the kid transferring from Baldwin ineligible, had copies of text messages proving they were recruiting him. Also heard the parents appealed. Supposedly in the appeal he was again ruled ineligible because of recruiting violations by Tupelo. Will be interesting to see if so and if anything will come of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastball Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 On 7/18/2026 at 3:00 PM, BoKnows08 said: Facilities Resources Numerous kids playing college ball The “great” coaching staff openly reaches out to other coaches in the areas players and brings them in on “visits” and convinces them to move to Tupelo. The “great” coaching staff then has 18-25 D1 players and 3 of the top 10 in state of Mississippi and then loses to West Point and Gulfport with 1 D1 player on the team. Touche" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pancho Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 2 hours ago, Former Coach said: Heard that the MHSAA ruled the kid transferring from Baldwin ineligible, had copies of text messages proving they were recruiting him. Also heard the parents appealed. Supposedly in the appeal he was again ruled ineligible because of recruiting violations by Tupelo. Will be interesting to see if so and if anything will come of it. I wasn't aware of him then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachfball87 Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 On 7/19/2026 at 3:27 PM, pancho said: correct, They brought in about a several at once that year and they didn't get them all to understand the rules. New rule is that they have to be enrolled by start of school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 (edited) Hattiesburg got another transfer that just happened in last couple days Edited July 25 by Merlin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vott Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 10 minutes ago, Merlin said: Hattiesburg got smothered transfer that just happened in last couple days Got smothered? What the heck that mean? Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 9 minutes ago, Vott said: Got smothered? What the heck that mean? Lol another*. Typing while stuffing face and not proof reading leads to errrors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vott Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 11 minutes ago, Merlin said: another*. Typing while stuffing face and not proof reading leads to errrors Gotcha. Dont care where he came from, what position he play? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 On 7/24/2026 at 8:31 PM, Vott said: Gotcha. Dont care where he came from, what position he play? WR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 If not for recruiting Hattiesburg would be a 7-8 win team last year and probably worse this coming season. I doubt tell ever gets past 1st round without it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vott Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 10 minutes ago, Merlin said: If not for recruiting Hattiesburg would be a 7-8 win team last year and probably worse this coming season. I doubt tell ever gets past 1st round without it. Who are some other teams you could also say that about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoKnows08 Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 14 minutes ago, Vott said: Who are some other teams you could also say that about? Oxford High School and Tupelo High School and honestly probably Jackson Academy and Hartfield Academy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachfball87 Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 22 minutes ago, BoKnows08 said: Oxford High School and Tupelo High School and honestly probably Jackson Academy and Hartfield Academy. They recruit for a reason. Their actual, local talent isn’t good enough. So they go recruit others. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rawcones Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 1 hour ago, Merlin said: If not for recruiting Hattiesburg would be a 7-8 win team last year and probably worse this coming season. I doubt tell ever gets past 1st round without it. Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 2 hours ago, BoKnows08 said: Oxford High School and Tupelo High School and honestly probably Jackson Academy and Hartfield Academy. Academy’s can recruit legally they are private schools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vott Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 4 hours ago, coachfball87 said: They recruit for a reason. Their actual, local talent isn’t good enough. So they go recruit others. I believe tupelo and oxford have lots of talent in the local area. And their is plenty of talent in the petal oak grove hattiesburg area as well. They would be just fine even if players werent moving in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoKnows08 Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 1 hour ago, Vott said: I believe tupelo and oxford have lots of talent in the local area. And their is plenty of talent in the petal oak grove hattiesburg area as well. They would be just fine even if players werent moving in. 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoKnows08 Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 4 hours ago, Merlin said: Academy’s can recruit legally they are private schools. The question was “if they weren’t allowed to recruit…” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoKnows08 Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 2 hours ago, Vott said: I believe tupelo and oxford have lots of talent in the local area. And there is plenty of talent in the petal oak grove hattiesburg area as well. They would be just fine even if players werent moving in. 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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