Smith Named Head Coach at Laurens

[No Fly Zone]

96 in 2018 had a handful of athletes and were pretty darn good.
96 in 2019 had 1 good athlete, maybe 2 and were not very good.
Sometimes it is hard to admit that talent just is not there.

Yeah, the talent just isn't there...especially if you look at other programs in the area.

Kentavius Williams (do it all QB for 96) and his little brother were probably the best athletes Ninety Six will have for the next 20 years. Sad to see the direction the younger one went in, because he was an outstanding skill player in football and point guard in basketball.

They live in Phoenix Place in Greenwood and were zoned to play at Emerald, but they used another address because they did not want to play for McMahon after one of his assistants left. He had their mom convinced to let them play, but he moved out of state for a college job.

[spectator]

96 in 2018 had a handful of athletes and were pretty darn good.
96 in 2019 had 1 good athlete, maybe 2 and were not very good.
Sometimes it is hard to admit that talent just is not there.

Yeah, the talent just isn't there...especially if you look at other programs in the area.

Kentavius Williams (do it all QB for 96) and his little brother were probably the best athletes Ninety Six will have for the next 20 years. Sad to see the direction the younger one went in, because he was an outstanding skill player in football and point guard in basketball.

They live in Phoenix Place in Greenwood and were zoned to play at Emerald, but they used another address because they did not want to play for McMahon after one of his assistants left. He had their mom convinced to let them play, but he moved out of state for a college job.

If the talent isn't there how did they play for state for 3 years in a row? Politics took over the program in 2002 and the kids stopped coming out, and they still don't. The athletes are there.

[96fanatic]

this is the 96 qb that Liner started for 4 years.the one the
spectator hated.the first video was 2012 regular season game
against Abbeville.Abbeville lost 2 regular season games that year.
one was to 96.the panthers ended up losing the state championship
game to Bishop England.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3uNlHvTXJo

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQb3E0_l_F8&t135s

[RoadWarrior98]

Spec that was 20 years ago. Talent comes and goes. Lots can change in 20 years.

[96fanatic]

Spec that was 20 years ago. Talent comes and goes. Lots can change in 20 years.

BINGO!

[spectator]

Spec that was 20 years ago. Talent comes and goes. Lots can change in 20 years.

True, but the evidence says otherwise in Ninety Six. Firing Brian Neal was a death blow to Ninety Six football. Since that happened there have been very few years where 96 has been able to field a middle school, high school and JV team, something that hasn't ever happened there.Even the park and rec teams have had a difficult time fielding teams, and there used to be 2 teams for each age group. This has NOTHING to do with talent but everything to do with kids losing interest in the sport. Politics can assassinate a football program quicker than anything else and that is exactly what has happened at 96, along with the "off the cliff" drop in the overall quality of the school district. It's no secret.

[spectator]

this is the 96 qb that Liner started for 4 years.the one the
spectator hated.the first video was 2012 regular season game
against Abbeville.Abbeville lost 2 regular season games that year.
one was to 96.the panthers ended up losing the state championship
game to Bishop England.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3uNlHvTXJo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQb3E0_l_F8&t135s

Show some clips of good teams putting real pressure on him. He would throw it right to them.

[No Fly Zone]

Spec that was 20 years ago. Talent comes and goes. Lots can change in 20 years.

True, but the evidence says otherwise in Ninety Six. Firing Brian Neal was a death blow to Ninety Six football. Since that happened there have been very few years where 96 has been able to field a middle school, high school and JV team, something that hasn't ever happened there.Even the park and rec teams have had a difficult time fielding teams, and there used to be 2 teams for each age group. This has NOTHING to do with talent but everything to do with kids losing interest in the sport. Politics can assassinate a football program quicker than anything else and that is exactly what has happened at 96, along with the "off the cliff" drop in the overall quality of the school district. It's no secret.

I mean I'm happy as all get out that we have Brian Neal as an assistant at Emerald, but there's got to be more than a few reasons why he isn't a head coach anywhere.

[RoadWarrior98]

Valid point Spec. Why do you think the numbers fell off at every level almost immediately? I do agree that politics, admin and school boards can ruin a football program. Unfortunately, it happens in high schools around our state quite often.

[No Fly Zone]

this is the 96 qb that Liner started for 4 years.the one the
spectator hated.the first video was 2012 regular season game
against Abbeville.Abbeville lost 2 regular season games that year.
one was to 96.the panthers ended up losing the state championship
game to Bishop England.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3uNlHvTXJo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQb3E0_l_F8&t135s

LOL !!!! You call that a QB highlight film? That is clip after clip of a QB under no pressure throwing to wide open receivers against bottom feeders where the DB's are completely outclassed by the receivers. Show some clips of good teams putting real pressure on him. He would throw it right to them.

Ninety Six's receivers are not "outclassing" anybody.