who has the highest expectations?

[yorkathlete9]

I would say Smithfield and Tabb have the highest expectations for next year. I say Smithfield because they return there key back Dyrell and their QB Whitley. They lose a few key players who they say can be replaced. And I say Tabb b/c they are always talking about how good they are so i figured i would put them up here. Yes they will be a tough team next year... do i think they will finish first in the district i have no idea b/c anything can happen. It will fun to watch but i think these two teams have the most on their shoulders.

Jamestown players i wont leave you out since you guys talk the most on here out of anyone..... if everyone including the coaches expects as much out of you as the people who post on here, then maybe you guys have high expectations out of yourselves.

[Jamestown]

We dont talk the most on here, the people that talk the most are Smithfield and Tabb.
Im like the only Jamestown person on here now.

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smithfield has two solid years under their belt so now they are expected to convert in the playoffs
grafton also has the rep of being grafton so expectations will remain high

and lets not base how 'cocky' a team is by this message board

[brd]

looking at it from a returning player stand point. tabb and smithfield have the highest expectations

[observer]

Grafton, they need to show me the have more than Thaxton. Its been a one person team for two years now. Poutier and Thaxton.

[Jamestown]

I agree with observer. Grafton will be tested next year and I don't think they will be as strong as they were in past years. Smithfield is going to be tough, as will Tabb and always Lafayette. AND :) as a Jamestown person I think we will have a pretty good team next year with some good returning seniors and good new coaches. Only time will tell.

[BRD-running-fan]

-tabb- a lot of returning players
-grafton- is slowly turning into a bad team
-smithfield- they have their stars returning
-york- i dont think they will be that good
-new kent- really bad
-jamestown- i know all of you guys think that you can go from a horrid season to good one with a little hard work, but i think you guys will have a winning season
-laffeyete- i dont know
-south hampton- well since all of your sports stink u have to be good at at least one so maybe football will be the one

[BRD-running-fan]

We dont talk the most on here, the people that talk the most are Smithfield and Tabb.
Im like the only Jamestown person on here now.
o ya you dont talk at all, no way your never on here. you are the 2nd top poster behind the person who works here!!!!!:typing:

[08SHS]

WARHILL

they're just starting out so of course they have the most to prove.

haha lmao but on a more serious note tabb and smithfield and then grafton has to prove they are not a one man team like 10 other schools believe.

[Jamestown]

I really don't talk trash like smithfield and tabb people on here, thats what I meant to say. But hey, they earned it. They should atleast admit they're the ones that do the most talking, not me.


I only have lots of posts cause I've been posting on this since like day 1 and I don't only talk about football, although thats mainly it.

[Packer Smithfield]

I think that Smithfield will have the highest expectations because they have mostly all their players back and a few young guys with big time talent and the backfield with C.J, Dyrell and Tyrone will be putting up great numbers.

[cheerlord]

well i think that no matter how you put it, Thaxton was Mr. Grafton this year and without him next year they will have a hard time adjusting without a star athlete to give the ball to 91.43% of the time
as for Jamestown, if they get a good reciever out there they will no doubt have a chance at the BRD Title next year
Lafyette has a decent chance too. A bit of returning talent puts them in the race to fame
Tabb Has a great chance at claiming the District because not only do they have more than one running back that knows how to run the ball, they have a O/D line that is unstopable. [#1 defense in BRD this year]
i think that people need to stop talking trash and start getting ready because by the looks of it, we have a decent year commin up and after this comming up year, then you all can brag but untill then, no one knows what will happen. so stop runnin your mouth [Jamestown] and prepare for football.
anyone can talk smack but no everyone can back it up!:boxing:

[Jamestown]

I think its better if we didn't put so much pressure on the receivers next season, we'll probably be running more. Everyone in the BRD is gonna see a whole new offense and a whole new defense so we'll have to see how it turns out :)

As for trash talking, I usually try to stay cool on here unless someone says something ridiculous.

[brd]

in that case... what kinda running backs is jamestown lookin at?

[Packer Smithfield]

Dyrell will lead the BRD in receiving and rushing and interceptions

[yorkathlete9]

i disagree with that. He is a good player but teams are going to lock in on him, especially when he is lined up out at WR because most teams are expecting him to get the touches.

[brd]

haha packer. i wouldnt say all that. i dont see him being a dominate first (like thaxton) in any of those categories to be honest. maybe recieving

[Jamestown]

I think Dyrell should play more receiver/CB and maybe smithfield could get more a power runner.

But anyway, someone asked what kinda RBs Jamestown has. We got Rahkeem Pressey and Curtis Stephenson at tailback, they're pretty fast track guys. And then if we have a fullback it might be someone like Matt Mullins, who also plays LB

[observer]

I see him leading in picks as well.

[Jamestown]

Yeah, thats what packer smithfield said.

[yorkathlete9]

You can not predict picks.... as for rushing yards and receiving yards it is predictable because you know who is gonna get the touches either rushing or receiving. As for picks, teams can throw away from your side and while you eliminate a side of the field you can not get as many opportunities..... coaches are smart.

[observer]

Really Jamestown? I can't read. You know, we ARE stupid pig farmers.

I was agreeing with him. He will lead in Recieving and Interceptions. I AM PREDICTING IT, OKAY YORK!

[Jamestown]

Yorkathlete is right though. Alot of stuff goes into this game.

[Packer Smithfield]

When the season starts Dyrell will have Quan Goodman at wide out with him and he is 6-3 and a 185 pounds and will be a star at Smithfield so no one will be able to key in on Dyrell at receiver and Dyrell gets about 10 yards and carry so why would Smithfield play him more at wideout and not running back.

[Jamestown]

Maybe Dyrell could be like a wingback or something and possibly run on the outside as well as going out for passes. Someone on here said that Dyrell was more of an outside guy and not really the type of RB that can jam it up the middle

[yorkathlete9]

OK OBSERVER haha it was just my two cents is that ok? Don't get upset i am just saying that i know personally teams throw away from you if you get a few picks, and your a decent corner.

[brd]

nah. he wont lead picks. he'll be tied with like 5 different people lol

[08SHS]

dyrell plays saftey. not corner. its not like he covers a side of the field and you can throw away from him like yall did b.j. jefferson this year. he sits back at saftey reads the qb then runs in front of the reciever and takes it to the house. and on offense as far as rb or wr he plays both. his height and sped projects him as a wr in college and fraser tries to give him that look to prepare him for the next level but also in highschool your fastest player is usually your rb, especially when they have the speed to get to the corner and run it up field 80 yds for 6. and who cares if he doesnt run up the middle(which he does) you do what your better at. infact most of his big plays last year started up the middle then he got threw the line and bumped it out and up the field. dont complain cause yo cant stop it.

[Jamestown]

No one's complaining...

[yorkathlete9]

my bad i thought he played at corner, well at safety it is easier to get some picks by reading the QB but all i was saying is it is pretty hard to predict picks but thats all they are is predictions so.

[Packer Smithfield]

Everyone thinks Tabb defense is the best going into next year but I think Smithfield defense will be just as good and their offense should be the best in the BRD next year.

[Jamestown]

Indeed, Tabb and Smithfield will both have very tough defenses. Smithfield's offense will also be very good.

As far as my own team, i think we'll have a good offense next year but im a little worried about the defense just because we arent doing a 5-2 anymore cause its dumb and we're doing like a 4-4 I think. But I think we'll be fine.

[Packer Smithfield]

Jamestown will be much improve and if the defense plays well they will have a great season because Jamestown offense is always pretty good but I think if they get more balance on offense that would help their defense out.

[Jamestown]

Yeah, I already know we're gonna have a pretty good running game next year just cause I think our O-line and Running backs are working hard in the offseason and will show big improvement from last year to this year. Plus we have some pretty good guys to replace lost receivers so there will be a fairly good balance. Our defense is really going to have to step it up as well.

[Flying Fish]

ok jamestown, I know you've probably told everybody this a couple of times in other forums... but since the football team seems to be having much offseason improvement, what do you think jamestowns record will be at the end of the season?

[Jamestown]

I don't want to predict any records but I think there will be alot of improvement from last season and a winning record is possible.

[observer]

mmhmm.

[JHSFootball]

ok jamestown, I know you've probably told everybody this a couple of times in other forums... but since the football team seems to be having much offseason improvement, what do you think jamestowns record will be at the end of the season?

of course above 500... I would say 7-3 or 8-2

[Jamestown]

Yeah that'd be cool

[tabb6209]

:lol:be rational... jamestown will beat new kent, bruton, york, and maybe slip by poquoson and the rest of the games will be long shots for yall

[Jamestown]

Tabb was 2-8 season before last. Nobody saw them doing as well as they did.
I can atleast see a winning record.

[tabb6209]

jamestown will have to improve alot of things to get a winning season

[Jamestown]

like?

[observer]

Basically Offense.
Defense.
Special Teams.

[Jamestown]

so that 'see the world' bit ran out quick didn't it?

[observer]

Yeah, it did. I saw what I wanted to. I don't want to become too dependant on the pay check. I still have the student mentality, need to go now. But thank you for remembering me. :cheer2:

[hawkeye49]

It has gotten realllllly annoying now. 2005 season for Grafton was all Poutier, eh? 2006 was all Thaxton?! All you "newspaper readers" need to see the big picture. 2005 Graton had 4 ALL STATE PLAYERS! 1 of them was 1st team ...and it was NOT POUTIER! Pout was out for 3 games and they still went 9-0 in the BRD. Thaxton was a great ball carrier...what did he do on D?! Zach Thompson had 130 tackles last year and a football scholly! Where is his name? 1 man show for 2 years now?!?! C'mon man! If you know football, you know its a team sport with 22 guys on the field!

-Grafton has the highest expectations and they will not disappoint, once again.

[newkentdad]

Don't really think that anyone believes that Grafton was a one man team. More like will they be able to make the adjustments with out Thaxton and be able to put up the same type of numbers. Defense gave up 20 plus points 5 times last year but the offense was able to put up big numbers so it didn't really matter. Million dollar question is if the defense plays similiar to last year will the offense be able to put up 40 plus a game with out Thaxton. I didn't see every game ( obviosly ) but against NK ( and Grafton kicked our butt) but as I re call Thaxton had like 5 td's and something like a 1000 yards ( well maybe not that much) and a lot of that was pure Thaxton, making guys miss, turning ten yards into twenty or just flat out running away from guys. Things that maybe a lesser player would not have been able to do. So while it wasn't a one man team, even you have to agree that last year Thaxton was the engine that made the the offense run. Just trying to figure out if you are going to be able to replace it or not.

[GHS_Fan]

I agree with newkentdad and loosing Phillip's speed will count. Will it count enough? Only time will tell. Here's a little something for the one man show believers. Just dealing with last years game points, Grafton averaged 38.1 points per game last year with Phillip. How many of these points should we credit to his great breakaway speed? I'll include the point afters. 1 touch down? 38-7=31 points would be enough to have won 8 of our games last year. 2 touch downs 38-14=24 points would be enough to have won 7 of our games last year. If you want to look at it another way, if we take 2 touch downs away from each of the 7 games won last year, Grafton would still win all 7 games. If we take 3 touchdowns away from each of the the 7 games won last year Grafton would still win 6 and tie 1. :eek:

[thatguy]

good point but you cant do that...

taking away touchdowns messes with the times of possession...it would probably give the opposing team more time to score if the offense wasnt scoring as much. but then again it could do the opposite.

[newkentdad]

Well again I didn't see every Grafton game but using the Nk game as an example it would have had little effect on time of possesion and if anything might have added to Grafton's time. He ( Thaxton) ripped off two long touchdowns that only took about ten secounds each. If they had grinded it out they might have used up as much as 4 or 5 minutes. We would not have seen the ball as much so they would not have had to score as much, then again maybe they would not have scored or even been able to convert on 3rd down so we might not of needed the ball as much, who knows. Tough doing what ifs.

I'm not sure if simply deducting touchdowns gives you the true impact he made as even though he might not of been the one scoring you don't know what he did during a particular series to put them into the position to score or if it gives enough emphasis to him just being on the field and drawing the attention of defenses and away from other people allowing them to score. BUT when you can take away 3 td's from every game won and still win 6 it does make you stop and think about it.

The kid was good, speed, cut on a dime and had great eyes, saw the field really well. While it will be hard to replace his output on offense, I think it is going to be even harder to replace the effect his presence on the field had. Always a threat to score no matter where the ball was, even when you knew what was coming and played it well, he seemed to find a way to get positve yards. Took the D's attention away from other players.Real good at driving stakes through a D's heart. Did it twice to NK when we got close and were feeling good. Ripped off a 40 and 60 yard TD. Total frustration. Any defense that says they were not worried about were he was or that they didn't prepare for him when he was coming to town isn't being honest or was just plain dumb, take your pick. What will be interesting is to see who if anybody emerges to take on that role and what if any effect it will have if no one does. Defense might get better to were offense only has score 14 a game, might light it up through the air vs the ground. Won't know till August, till then just an interesting topic for conversation but definetley think it is a little early to be pushing Grafton into thier grave.

[soreloser189]

I dont think taking away touchdowns gives us a good idea about how much Thaxton ment to Grafton. How about returning punts, playing D, getting firsts downs, etc. I think Thaxton ment more than 3 touchdowns to Grafton.

[newkentdad]

I tend to agree with you but you got to admitt, being able to pull 21 points off the board and still win almost the exact number of games does make you wonder. Plus if he had not been doing all of those things someone else would have. Might not have been as effective at it but would they have been 21 points worse? You can make an argument either way.

[thatguy]

not only did he put points on the board...he had the attention of the entire defense every play. so u cant use the what ifs