coastball Posted October 12, 2023 Share Posted October 12, 2023 After last year thought they'd be contenders. What has happened? Now it looks as if they may not be able to win a division game??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyouevencoachbro Posted October 12, 2023 Share Posted October 12, 2023 They can easily make the playoffs. St. Martin is really really bad. So the 3 or 4 should be between Biloxi, Harrison Central, or D'Iberville. They haven't played an easy schedule either. Meridian, Hattiesburg, and Pascagoula are all more talented than them. And they had a good win over George County. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastball Posted October 12, 2023 Author Share Posted October 12, 2023 We will see this week if you're SM V Biloxi comparison holds water. I think the #4 spot will go to D'Iberville as I think HC is overrated. However, I have not seen HC in action only seen D'Iberville and Biloxi play in person Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyouevencoachbro Posted October 12, 2023 Share Posted October 12, 2023 5 minutes ago, coastball said: We will see this week if you're SM V Biloxi comparison holds water. I think the #4 spot will go to D'Iberville as I think HC is overrated. However, I have not seen HC in action only seen D'Iberville and Biloxi play in person Hard for me to belive SM gets on the right track. They have gotten crushed by everyone except HC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maroontide06 Posted October 12, 2023 Share Posted October 12, 2023 The deal with Biloxi is they've never been a threat in the current era of football. The most they've ever been able to do is get to the second round of the playoffs and even then it's only happened just a few times. Do they have money and resources? Sure, but that has no bearance on winning football games. You have to have buy in, community support, and talent. For some reason or another it hasn't met or exceeded the threshold to get them into consistent winning and consistent deep playoff runs. I just think their priorities are elsewhere and that's ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted October 12, 2023 Share Posted October 12, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, coastball said: After last year thought they'd be contenders. What has happened? Now it looks as if they may not be able to win a division game??? OS and Gulfport are probably going to make all district 4 teams ask this question before it's over. The question will be how they play against the other teams. I'd think Biloxi will look a lot better against St Martin this week but who knows. Dville getting GPT and OS out of the way early will set them up to make a run late. OS vs HC this week will let us see if there is anyone going to contend with the top two teams. I thought HC would have the best chance but then seeing how they played St Martin so close, now I'm not so sure. District play and rivalry games can bring out the fight in some of the underdogs for sure. Fall weather and games that matter every week! The best time of year!! Edited October 12, 2023 by Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maroontide06 Posted October 12, 2023 Share Posted October 12, 2023 A win or a loss in football at Biloxi is just like water rolling off of a ducks back. It doesn't affect them one way or the other. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted October 12, 2023 Share Posted October 12, 2023 One contributing factor to their disappointing season is the incident that occurred in the fall practice time. A couple of their important starters got into a fight in the locker room, which would have normally been handled by the coaching staff internally. But, a kid on the assisting staff recorded the incident on his phone and posted it on social media, triggering a school system action which suspended the players involved for the season. This might not have caused all of the losses, but it certainly didn’t help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archer Posted October 12, 2023 Share Posted October 12, 2023 As the decades passed and the town of Biloxi was reshaped from a blue-collar, fishing and shrimping work force to a tourist/entertainment driven economy, so went the identity of those hard-nosed teams sixty years ago. Biloxi has been an afterthought for most of post integration Mississippi. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldogs4 Posted October 12, 2023 Share Posted October 12, 2023 I watched Biloxi when they played Meridian earlier in the season. I thought they had some talent on the team. In the second half we wore down their DL. After they played us, they beat GC and I thought they were capable of making a run but it just has not materialized. Biloxi was a power house in football back in the 1960’s and even earlier during the Big 8 days. Meridian had a great rivalry with them for many years prior to 1980. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastball Posted October 24, 2023 Author Share Posted October 24, 2023 On 10/12/2023 at 4:09 PM, David said: One contributing factor to their disappointing season is the incident that occurred in the fall practice time. A couple of their important starters got into a fight in the locker room, which would have normally been handled by the coaching staff internally. But, a kid on the assisting staff recorded the incident on his phone and posted it on social media, triggering a school system action which suspended the players involved for the season. This might not have caused all of the losses, but it certainly didn’t help. Not a fan of "handled by the coaching staff internally" as that always means swept under the rug or "punished" by blah blah blah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastfootballfanman Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 Biloxi does not invest in football. The district does not view football as a priority and therefore it will never be as good as it could be. There are athletes walking the hall that would rather play basketball or baseball than football. French is doing the best he can with what he has, but I am not sure he is the right guy for the job. It is a tough gig overall. If they would commit the right resources and hire the right coach, they could turn it around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maroontide06 Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 Biloxi ain't had good football since Joe Sabbatini, and most of that tenure was the old Big 8 days. It's just not a priority for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinebeltsavy Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 i think it is the same question every year, what is wrong with biloxi? biggest mistake was elevating a DC from a team that was not winning. why not keep the head coach ? have heard of elevating a Coordinator from a winning team to head coach when the other coach leaves but not from a team that is not winning. just seems like a recipe for not winning. I don't know the answers but I still think they should be able to compete at a high level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyouevencoachbro Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 47 minutes ago, pinebeltsavy said: i think it is the same question every year, what is wrong with biloxi? biggest mistake was elevating a DC from a team that was not winning. why not keep the head coach ? have heard of elevating a Coordinator from a winning team to head coach when the other coach leaves but not from a team that is not winning. just seems like a recipe for not winning. I don't know the answers but I still think they should be able to compete at a high level. I don't have an opinion on their HC, however only 1 person has more wins than him since 1982. Since 1983 they have only won 4 playoff games and have played in only 17. Bobby Hall didn't have kind words when he left. They apparently have really nice things but football isn't a priority. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 4 hours ago, coastball said: Not a fan of "handled by the coaching staff internally" as that always means swept under the rug or "punished" by blah blah blah. Every football team, for that matter every team sport has internal conflicts brought on by competition and the physical nature of practices and the emotional investment required. Fights happen almost every day. Maybe it happening in the locker room makes it slightly more complicated, but it’s the job of coaches to police their players and handle discipline when it involves those players, unless it’s bullying or a hazing problem. I cannot imagine a coach allowing the principal or, in this case, the superintendent to be a part of every discipline decision. Maybe times have changed to the point that the lawyers need to be brought in constantly. Sad times, if so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubaction Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 9 hours ago, coastball said: Not a fan of "handled by the coaching staff internally" as that always means swept under the rug or "punished" by blah blah blah. Idk how bad that fight was so maybe I’m speaking out of turn…but the fact the kids got suspended for an entire season for a fight is exactly why it should have been handled internally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 42 minutes ago, Dubaction said: Idk how bad that fight was so maybe I’m speaking out of turn…but the fact the kids got suspended for an entire season for a fight is exactly why it should have been handled internally Completely agree with that statement. The fact that one of the kids is a friend’s grandson, and a smart student who was being recruited pending a big senior season makes me biased, but I just don’t think the punishment fit the “crime”. Maybe the recruitment doesn’t end, yet most schools tend to drop a player who doesn’t have a good season to put video out there. Like some other districts, Biloxi administrators seem to take pleasure in putting football players in discipline situations. This is one of those cases in my mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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