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DCTF: Disagreements and surprises
June 24, 2009Today's "Texas Football" topic is items I disagree with or find shocking in the magazine.
* First and foremost, I'm all for our area teams getting high rankings. But I question Seymour at No. 5 in Class A.
I have no problem with a team returning several starters from a playoff squad being ranked. If the Panthers were 15th, I wouldn't even raise an eyebrow. Here is why I think No. 5 is too high.
In mentioning Seymour, DCTF goes on to talk about what a great hire Rocky Smart from Nazareth was. And I agree. But Josh Castles, in my mind, was an equally great hire and I think Castles squeezed every drop of talent from that team.
Frankly, I think Seymour overachieved a tad last year. Even Castles admitted the offense was all about "smoke and mirrors."
I am assuming Aaron Barton will be the team's QB, but he is not listed in DCTF. I know he broke his leg before the first playoff game against Stamford, but I do not know how he recovered from that. Seymour used four signal-callers last year, but only Barton and Tarrington Rivers are still with the team.
It will take a little while for Seymour to get used to Smart, who is the school's fourth coach in as many years. Plus, Seymour's two best defensive players (DL Joseph Warren and LB Blake Slaggle) graduated.
The Panthers could very easily drop their first two games to Jacksboro and Olney (like they did last year). I expect a playoff appearance and maybe even a deep run, but it is hard for me to believe Seymour is the fifth-best A team in the state right now.
*I had no idea Munday had the biggest negative swing in games won from 2007 to 2008. After going 15-0 two years ago, the Moguls had 10 fewer wins last year after a 5-5 mark.
No school in the state had more. Fort Bend Clements and Harlingen South in Class 5A had the same amount of negative wins.
* I had no idea Benjamin was looking for a coach. I guess Jason Loftiss left.
*I really had no idea Jacksboro was only returning only 2 offensive and 1 defensive starters from last year.
I saw the Tigers were picked fifth in the district, which I thought was a little odd because aren't Millsap and Chico predominantly doormats? And I knew QB Kole Weldon was returning.
But by the looks of it, there is not much experience there. Logan Gunter, Kane Elenburg, Adam Teague, Cason Bennett, Dakota Laake, John Beck and Dusty Welborn were all key guys I remember from last year.
All of them graduated. So it looks like Jacksboro coach Brandon Brown might be in for a rebuilding year.
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