Starmount @ Mount Airy

[SlickRich28120]

How bout this from a MA poster, Bears are young, coaching staff still has to find the where all the pieces of this young staff seems to fall in game time situations. The injured qb is not the savior and his absence might be best for him, as this new offense needs a qb that can run it and extend the pocket a little. From what I saw last night stroup might just be what this team needs this year, he seemed to fit the mold for this particular bears team. He made some throws, his receivers didn’t make the catches, he made a couple mistakes, but I’ll be dog gone if he didn’t look good in that option offense. I for one LIKE this team. Got to find another 2nd option outside of 12 in the backfield, 6 won’t last the season if he has to be the only option, 12 has to run it HARDER or step aside and let another one of the talented younger RBs step up. Bears have talent outside of 6 and 12 in the backfield. 8 was a mismatch everywhere he lined up last night , didn’t get a single look. 5 and 3 looked good, just dropped a few. Outside a couple turnovers and bears win this one. This team is reminiscent of the 2006 / 2007 team , bears go 7-4 maybe 8-3 and make some noise playoff time. Qb is a baller, I see a qb controversy coming in the future. Hmmmm stroup could just be the next araon wheeler / Austin Taylor in the granite city, deff fits the mold of a more traditional bear qb, one that can run it pretty good and throw in the flats a little. For me no complaints here, i like what I see in a extremely young team. Let’s see where we are in a few weeks. Better get this team early , cause late they will be good and next year you will be saying I told yhea so. The verdict is still out on the coaching staff , so no comment there. But I will reiterate that I remain undefeated from the stands , so whatever I think or have an opinion about doesn’t really matter as I ain’t ever been in the coaching position nor will I ever be. So it’s very easy for me to be a critic

 

[HeartPump]

How bout this from a MA poster, Bears are young, coaching staff still has to find the where all the pieces of this young staff seems to fall in game time situations. The injured qb is not the savior and his absence might be best for him, as this new offense needs a qb that can run it and extend the pocket a little. From what I saw last night stroup might just be what this team needs this year, he seemed to fit the mold for this particular bears team. He made some throws, his receivers didn’t make the catches, he made a couple mistakes, but I’ll be dog gone if he didn’t look good in that option offense. I for one LIKE this team. Got to find another 2nd option outside of 12 in the backfield, 6 won’t last the season if he has to be the only option, 12 has to run it HARDER or step aside and let another one of the talented younger RBs step up. Bears have talent outside of 6 and 12 in the backfield. 8 was a mismatch everywhere he lined up last night , didn’t get a single look. 5 and 3 looked good, just dropped a few. Outside a couple turnovers and bears win this one. This team is reminiscent of the 2006 / 2007 team , bears go 7-4 maybe 8-3 and make some noise playoff time. Qb is a baller, I see a qb controversy coming in the future. Hmmmm stroup could just be the next araon wheeler / Austin Taylor in the granite city, deff fits the mold of a more traditional bear qb, one that can run it pretty good and throw in the flats a little. For me no complaints here, i like what I see in a extremely young team. Let’s see where we are in a few weeks. Better get this team early , cause late they will be good and next year you will be saying I told yhea so. The verdict is still out on the coaching staff , so no comment there. But I will reiterate that I remain undefeated from the stands , so whatever I think or have an opinion about doesn’t really matter as I ain’t ever been in the coaching position nor will I ever be. So it’s very easy for me to be a critic

Sounds like butt load of excuses....And BTY the QB is in no way a Taylor or Wheeler. A whole lot of wishing and not much resemblance. Those young men where ballers and light years better as Freshman and sophomores than this years QB.. I'm very unhappy with the sideline and some of the decisions made. If Smith goes down MA could easily evaporate. The way I see it is if it looks like a turd, smells like a turd it must be a turd. ,I sure smelled something Friday night.

 

[SlickRich28120]

Sounds like you are undefeated from the sidelines to pump , all this flapping in the good years, and in a rebuilding year a whole lotta whining. Hmmmmm this is my thoughts , let’s give the guy a chance. We have had a good run with a great coach, but that great coach wouldn’t winning state championships straight outta the gate either. But if the taste in your mouth is that sour I recommend heading to the MAHS office on Monday morning and putting in an application. Then we can see if you can do any better

 

[HeartPump]

Sounds like you are undefeated from the sidelines to pump , all this flapping in the good years, and in a rebuilding year a whole lotta whining. Hmmmmm this is my thoughts , let’s give the guy a chance. We have had a good run with a great coach, but that great coach wouldn’t winning state championships straight outta the gate either. But if the taste in your mouth is that sour I recommend heading to the MAHS office on Monday morning and putting in an application. Then we can see if you can do any better

The only taste in my mouth is from the turd smell. And it's not a rebuilding year, it's rebuilding YEARS!!!

 

[Pilotbirds1]

Here you go !
Starmount loss
South Stokes Possible loss
East Surry Big Loss Quarterback or not
Reidsville Big Loss Quarterback or not
West Stokes Loss

Everyone will have bad years ,MA this is yours ,stop excuse making ,it gets old ,you are probably in the same boat with East after this year ,it's gonna be a while until we see the players we have had in the past .

 

[BeachCarolina]

Mount Airy will not lose to South Stokes or West Stokes, that’s just ignorant.

Mount Airy will likely lose to North Surry, Reidsville, and East Surry. They will still get to the 3rd round of the playoffs.

 

[Pilotbirds1]

Third round lol! Trust me MA is just down this year ,I love our local teams ,but this is just a bad year ,same as east will have soon ,it will get better but not this year .Imthink max preps have them ranked 6 in 1A ,respectedly they are mid 20 ranked team .

 

[Pilotbirds1]

Starmount is very underrated right now ,they typically start slow In the season ,every year they are playoff contenders .Line them up against MA post season ,and MA gets drilled this year .The upset this year would have been if MA had beat Starmount ,one player cannot carry the load MA needs to contend this season ,Smith is a heck of a player ,but it will wear on him like last season.

 

[FoothillHeadHunter]

Calling 8-9 win seasons a down year is crazy when you really think about it. Amazing how spoiled we can become in our little towns and how unrealistic the expectations are that we put on 15-18 year old kids.

 

[Thunder_struck8712]

Calling 8-9 win seasons a down year is crazy when you really think about it. Amazing how spoiled we can become in our little towns and how unrealistic the expectations are that we put on 15-18 year old kids.

Couldn't agree more. People really have lost it in regards to athletics. We should be supportive of our teams. The kids love support but we have to realize they're just teenagers and it's just a game. At the end of the day we send them to school for an education and to prepare them for life after high school. Athletics are a huge part of that for some. But at the end of the day the wins and loses won't matter. What these young men and women that participate in athletics turn into is what matters. Sometimes we take high school athletics too seriously with unrealistic expectations.

 

[ESODcards]

Mount Airy will not lose to South Stokes or West Stokes, that’s just ignorant.

Mount Airy will likely lose to North Surry, Reidsville, and East Surry. They will still get to the 3rd round of the playoffs.

From what I have heard coach Diamont has turned out a darn good defense at south stokes. With MA having a weak run based offense this season and the ball control offense that coach Diamont will run South Stokes could easily win that game. Their middle linebacker is supposedly around 240 and had 13 tackles against west stokes. The bears better watch out or they will finish 3rd in the conference this year!!!

 

[Bear1971]

ESODcards you all might better watch out also if I'm not mistaken this South Stokes team have gave East Surry real close games in the past when they shouldn't have also

 

[bareman]

MA lost a big senior class at graduation (150) was expecting small freshmen class coming in which would have most likely put us in or near 1A; got a lot of kids from charter over the Summer which bumped the # up; this would be a good year to go small if possible

 

[TD-FridayNight]

TD-FridayNight said: ↑
With Mount Airy having only 7 seniors Starmount may be due a win over Mount Airy since Mount Airy has won the last 5 and Starmount won the previous 4 before that. Mount Airy has won all but 4 games since 2004. Can Mount Airy lose 3 or4 games non-conference games this year ? My first year of not having any idea where they stand and have done very little asking around and not the contacts I had before last year. So I am at a loss and just wondering if the 3 or 4 non-conference games loses are possible. Just talk and speculation from the low number of seniors.

Possible Non-Conferences loses, Starmount, West Stokes, North Surry & Reidsville. If not them why or why not at each school. If Poindexter comes back, then that may make a difference with one or two good receivers Just my outlook !.

My post last Monday before South Stokes beat West Stoke, I think I may remove West Stokes as possibly beating Mount Airy and leave it at Starmount, North Surry & Reidsville. Again these are possible Non-Conferences loses But keep your eyes on South Stokes. Dave Diamont as he is after that 300th win, with I think 8 to go. He would have gone over last year. Stands at 292 after Friday night. From 1977 to 1989 & East Surry, 1991 to 1995 & Mount Airy 1999 to 2017 & East Surry and 1 game 2019 @ South Stokes where he hit 292 last night. Good luck to all but still pulling for the BEARS ! !

 

[KW2346]

MA lost a big senior class at graduation (150) was expecting small freshmen class coming in which would have most likely put us in or near 1A; got a lot of kids from charter over the Summer which bumped the # up; this would be a good year to go small if possible

Why? If u stay big AA all u have to worry about is east Surry..if u went small u would have murphy Mitchell robbinsville...

 

[TD-FridayNight]

TD-FridayNight said: ↑
With Mount Airy having only 7 seniors Starmount may be due a win over Mount Airy since Mount Airy has won the last 5 and Starmount won the previous 4 before that. Mount Airy has won all but 4 games since 2004. Can Mount Airy lose 3 or4 games non-conference games this year ? My first year of not having any idea where they stand and have done very little asking around and not the contacts I had before last year. So I am at a loss and just wondering if the 3 or 4 non-conference games loses are possible. Just talk and speculation from the low number of seniors.


My post last Monday before South Stokes beat West Stoke, I think I may remove West Stokes as possibly beating Mount Airy and leave it at Starmount, North Surry & Reidsville. Again these are possible Non-Conferences loses But keep your eyes on South Stokes. Dave Diamont as he is after that 300th win, with I think 8 to go. He would have gone over last year. Stands at 292 after Friday night. From 1977 to 1989 & East Surry, 1991 to 1995 & Mount Airy 1999 to 2017 & East Surry and 1 game 2019 @ South Stokes where he hit 292 last night. Good luck to all but still pulling for the BEARS ! !

I hope to see Mount Airy to prove me wrong, but it will take some hard devoted work ! !

 

[bareman]

KW23: good point; after thinking about it, I can go with that; but there’s still a chance we could fall that way...

 

[buzzcoach]

First off Starmount is good! And MA has 14 sophomores on the varcity only 7 srs. They are running the spread and multiple I formation s. Not running the veer.basicaly same offense they have been running. JV runs the veer and look real good. Alot of talent just young young team!

 

[buzzcoach]

I think the west stokes game tells alot about each this week.

 

[Pilotbirds1]

I see Starmount is getting some respect nownumber 8 elite 1a ,they shoulda been top 10 1a in the state .i said from the beginning they were not a twenty some ranked team ,nor is MA a 6 ranked team ,they should reverse those two ,yadkin kids deserve to see that .