Are Greenwood's Best Days Over?

[eagle93]

He could be doing more than I think, but I guarantee you Liner isn’t down in the Garden

He grew up part of his life in the New Market area. He isn't scared of no silly Gardens. It takes more than him. He's just a coach. Anderson's coaches aren't going down into the hood. They are still succeeding. Greenwood isn't the only town with issues. Far from it. Greenville, Anderson, and Spartanburg have more overall crime. It just doesn't take over the place.

[StateChampsGHS]

You right Eagle 93!
It's going to take help from others in the community starting with the parents of the student athletes and trickle on down the latter.

I'm sure it's hard raising kids in a single parent household when the parent is mostly gone all day and night. Teachers and coaches do their best during the day with students but after school is when the chaos begin or on the weekend.

[StateChampsGHS]

I heard they are not going to merge back schools. Emerald High is upgrading their facilities and Greenwood High is doing the same at the end of the regular season.

[eagle93]

I heard they are not going to merge back schools. Emerald High is upgrading their facilities and Greenwood High is doing the same at the end of the regular season.

Yes. This isn't happening. I know for sure. No speculation.

[1fan]

There was rumor out a few years ago that Emerald and 96 was going to merge . I don't think that will ever happen either.

[No Fly Zone]

Emerald will become a junior high by 2030.

[eagle93]

Emerald will become a junior high by 2030.

Source?

[GwoodEagle2k1]

Just trying to see things objectively. Other schools are growing faster, in metro areas, have more to choose from or the ability to recruit. Perhaps lots of kids still roaming the halls or streets. Back in the days you were almost like a celebrity in school just for being on the team. Greenwood was a school where at least the region title was pretty much automatic. Now can't hardly even win that. Have great facilities, but just can't seem to put all of the pieces together. I guess I'm finally accepting that this might just be the new norm. Average at best. Well. I guess at least we gave some titles. Lol.

Yup..... Unfortunately things haven't been the same since Cathcart left. I've personally been holding on to the past far too long and tonight was the last straw. I'm still from Greenwood, Greenwood high School graduate, will always cheer for them to win. Like I said on a previous post Greenwood is in my blood and that will never change. But what I'm not about to do is travel all around the state wasting my gas to watch that type of BS. I'm glad we have a radio station to where I can listen and cheer them on that way. Hate to say it like that. But with my work schedule, social life ect..... I simply have better things to do than to go to a game and watch Greenwood get their brains beat in week in and week out. Kind of sad for a school that has such R
Rich tradition in football in regards to winning. Is what it is though. The current level of our program is no better than the easley's of the world. Hell we might get beat by them too. Who knows. I hope not but wouldn't be surprised.

In regards to the transfer portal, there are really no big jobs in Greenwood like that so no family would want to move there. But more than that coach liner and the ad don't want to win that way anyway. So that's out. And honestly that's about the only way I see Greenwood winning consistently is through the transfer portal which is not an option for us.


So we'll probably have a competitive team that makes a run once every 7 to 10 years.

The issue is all of this puts Greenwood at a disadvantage. Up here in the Greenville area schools are getting better. Some of it just off of the talent pool to pull from alone from all of the growth. And this is an area folks used to tease about football. While Greenwood doesn't have the pool of the metro areas, there is plenty of talent in the 'lakelands' that are at other schools, roaming the halls; or just running the streets. This is not to take away from the kids on the team. They play hard and and are talented. But those championship teams had kids with sub 4.4 speed on them. Our fastest kid runs like a 4.4, and he is one of the shortest but most sure handed kids on the team. The only one almost guaranteed to catch the ball. But it helps to have more speed. All 3 teams that have beaten Greenwood have fast big play breaking speed. If they got past our line we weren't catching them. That used to not be the case.

I wholeheartedly agree. When I was at Greenwood, Shell Dula had only been there a few years. I'll start with the linebackers. We had 3 monsters. Ricky Grant, Ricardo Hurley, and Thomas Connor. All three made the shrine bowl their respective senior years. All three were over 6 feet and probably weighed about 215-225 between the three of them. All three starting DBs had AT LEAST 4.4 speed. Starters on both lines offensively and defensively the average weight was probably around 260 to 270. We had a right tackle Les Rice at about 6'1 315. Almost all the receivers were over 6 ft. And fast enough to have breakaway speed. The running backs were powerful and the quarterback was over 6 ft. The kicker was solid. We were just solid all around. We just don't have that anymore. Kids have gotten a lot slimmer and don't seem to have any weight on them. Greenwood still has some big guys but it's few and far in between. So where are all those big football players we used to have? I don't know maybe it's genetics. But they're definitely not out there I like they used to be.

[1fan]

I have seen the kids Greenwood has and the kids BHP has. There is no way Greenwood matches up with the BHP athletes . their line looks like college players. they have 3 running backs they rotate in and out . their Jr. running back Marquis Henderson is probably one of the top backs in any class. So you guys are correct -right now Greenwood just does not have the athletes like they did in past years.

[DFOLDMAN]

Re: Are Greenwood's Best Days Over?

Short answer....Most Definitely.

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