Creek vs Tommy and DF
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Creek has the talent and the O line... not to mention a swarming defense!...We’ll see if DF can match up!!...”I don’t think so”
He will probably toss a few in warmups. Used to punt in warmups. He could boom um but we all age out a little every year...
MC is probably more talented and I think they have a great staff but they will all need to play and coach their best to beat a TK coached team.
Be careful about thinking MC is way more talented. In Knotts own words to local news people in his area "this may be the best team i have coached".
https://www.thestate.com/sports/high-school/prep-football/article215764415.html
https://www.thestate.com/sports/high-school/prep-football/article215764415.html
Well, I don't want to split hairs but he said one of his best teams not one of his most talented teams. Across the board MC is probably more talented but we all know that doesn't always win games. Should be a great game.
The most talented team is not always the best team.
I concur with Porter City, I would give Creek the nod on more talent, which it really doesn't matter when playing Knotts. He has a long history of beating teams with more talent. I've seen them live in one scrimmage and on film the other 2. They are like a machine that makes very few mistakes.
I concur with Porter City, I would give Creek the nod on more talent, which it really doesn't matter when playing Knotts. He has a long history of beating teams with more talent. I've seen them live in one scrimmage and on film the other 2. They are like a machine that makes very few mistakes.
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Mallard Creek verse Tommy BUT who is the DF....why would you team up with a DF? I have to work with a lot of DFs and it can be really frustrating. You constantly have to repeat yourself and occasionally you have to draw pictures for them to understand. 
I think over the past 8 years that when MC has taken the field they have been the most talented team 1-30 in every game except 2 maybe 3. I am not convinced that MC has more talent than DF. I think its a toss.
My money’s on Tommy and from what I’ve been told Tommy would agree MC has more talent but Tommy will have the better team. He’s the greatest HS coach in the history of N.C. He has taken doormat teams and turned them into state championship contenders immediately not counting all the rings he’s won. Tommy is way ahead of all the other coaches and always has been dating back to his days at Harding. He’s that good!!!!
I think he is great as well but lets not kid ourselves. Great coaches are made by great players. He has had more than a handful......Saban isnt playing with Alabama Birmingham,s roster.
likes HSFB man say's leave D's South Carolina teams alone. C's We's got Great connection < Dillon d's Nasty Cat's> South Pointe- Dutch Fork wells U's know D's rest of D's story...… We's C's U ons Saturday.
Agree about Saban- he only has 5 stars backing up 5 stars lol
Tommy on the other hand has spanked a lot of butts with less talent....but he’s definitely had his share. Just based on what I’ve been told TK has less talent in this one as well. I’m sure he has an experienced team and some studs like MC. But MC is absolutely loaded. Should be a good one
I can think of maybe Butler 2012 as one team that had more talent or maybe a couple of the South Carolina teams that could’ve had more talent than Mallard Creek when they met on the field.
He's a good recruiter! Never could beat Richmond while at WC, so he moved on to Independence and began the biggest recruiting scandal in the history of nc high school sports. No where near being best ever coach in nc. Barnes much better.
Indeed! He has DF written all over that post. It would probably take a decade to bring him up to speed.
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So say the folks at South Brunswick. The staffs that DB had at Richmond were off the charts. Anyone who knows who did what on the staffs knows the deal.
2000. Indy starts eight sophmores and three seniors at Richmond in the third round. One player on the varsity was not at Indy the previous season. 36-10.
Yes he did beat RC while he was at WC....I was there and stood on the 50 ydl with him after the game while he interviewed with WBTV
Doesn't mean they were not recruits. Scandal began to unfold in about 2007 when Independence had to sit 4 or 5 illegal players in championship game against Bears which NB won. Richmond takes crown next year after beating Indy at Charlotte. Win at all cost Tommy loses to Butler in 2009 and leaves town for DF, where I'm sure he recruits. Not a coach out there that can make biscuits from dirt........just saying!!!!
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Everyone is out to beat Richmond, SC has caught the TK recruiting bug and now recruits Fayetteville players......nuff said.
Money enticed DB to go there, I believe in the 100 grand range. SB just didn't have the talent and he left after I think 2 years.
I worked with Barnes' uncle during this time, and it sounded like the kids at S. Brunswick just didn't want to put in the work like the Richmond kids. Too many distractions and not enough 'want to'.
This becomes like the Catholic arguement. Not even worth getting into. Waste of time. People gonna believe what they want.
Please answer this one question for me. If he isn’t and wasn’t a good coach then why would all those players that you say he recruited come play for him?
Living in Wilmington I heard many things but that is the story that seems to be the most accurate. I don’t think DB knew just how bad it was at SB when he took the job. Also, I know all schools deal with distractions but having the beach in your backyard is a whole different level. There has been a many great athletes in Wilmington to never step foot on a field or a court. Smell his feet and they will smell of coconut wax and his hair will be blonde or on its way.