Supposedly they are out there........ possibly hanging out with bigfoot in highland county or the dismal swamp.
Still looking for that elusive person who thinks the boards are better now
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We're here, I actually pushed for a change to something like this. It's just the vocal complainers standing out right now, it'll calm down.
Nice pic. Thanks for asking for the change, it's awesome, now we have someone to blame. What's hilarious is hoos thinks he's part of some mythical silent majority. They better be careful cuz the silent majority may be on here by themselves.
And that's fine. Maybe it'll bring more football fans here that like to discuss *gasp* actual football!
I have tried to give it a chance , but do not like the new set-up. I now how have to jump amongst 6 boards to look at basically 4A football. Find myself losing more and more interest on this site. This might be my final run.
I do not like it much either. Don't seem to be as many posters either, but season starts tomorrow, so we will see
I don't like it as well as I used to, I was hoping for a combined regional and classification board breakdown- 3/4a West, 3/4a East, etc... I generally only look at 2 boards, Piedmont and Valley. Previously it was 3a & 4a, now if they would just combine them I would be happy.
For a media person it makes sense....
For a fan or a message board user is makes zero sense
In theory if you are media you want the most people to view an article.... the issue is the reverse is happening.... people aren't looking at items... going across boards... etc etc....
For a fan or a message board user is makes zero sense
In theory if you are media you want the most people to view an article.... the issue is the reverse is happening.... people aren't looking at items... going across boards... etc etc....
State Championship Trophies are awarded in D1, D2, D3, D4, D5 and D6. That's the way message boards should be set up.
If you are looking for posts from specific people, you can click on their user name and a box will pop up allowing you to choose "Follow". You will then be alerted to every post that they make with a direct link to that post provided.
No wading needed.
This is just like some changes made to our programs at work. Only difference is one of them I do not have to use.
Still have to wade threw my point is most of us are divisional. I keep yo with mostly 4A an 3A since that's what the Seminole is an teams amherst plays. if I want to read bout dogwood I go to 1A or 2 A board. An I'd imagine that's how most people are.
I use to look at the site almost everyday.....now it's just once in a while. I thought for sure last night I would be able to follow scores on the Scoreboard page, but couldn't get anything. So if last night doesn't tell someone this new format isn't working, I guess a lot of us will just fade away......
Not only that, ive seen like 2 updates on how someones team played. I looked foward to reading on who was playing good, and what strengths other teams have. Like northside, what happened to them last night. Was Pulaski just that good, or northside just have first game jitters. . Guess ill never know. Lol
The Dogwood teams and the Seminole teams are all on one board now. We moved the teams that you were following from three different boards (1A, 2A and 4A) into one board (Valley).
That's my point I don't follow the dogwood I follow the classification my team plays in as does most. I check the 3A board sometimes because of Seminole schools but most interested in what is going in I 4A all over the state. 1,2,5,6 A I have no interest in as I'd imagine most posters feel about the other classifications depending on which class there teams in.
I can understand how, from your perspective, that looks true.
Thanks for your feedback
Article from the Times on the Pulaski/Northside game:
http://m.roanoke.com/sports/high_sc...61b-48b2-5a9f-a589-168e9ef19bb7.html?mode=jqm
I agree, I always enjoyed following D1 & D2 now I'm suppose to visit numerous boards to follow all theses schools. Just not worth the time that will take, I guess I'll just read the paper.....I would vote to change that part back, if anyone cares.
Virginia Preps,
It's okay, we all make mistakes. This change issue has become a fiasco that may well end quite badly for this great site. We do not want that to happen so we should all be on the same side and fix the problem. We do not want users to abandon this site.
Here is an analogy that we all know about: Pete Caroll - Seattle Seahawks Coach - IMO, he is an outstanding coach and motivator. Caroll is highly intelligent, innovative, and successful. I have read all about his fateful decision that cost his team the Super Bowl. I understand his thought process and reasoning. He still defends his decision. I still like his style. However, he was wrong and it cost his program a Super Bowl. He overthought it. He screwed up. Everyone does on occasion. Learn from it, admit it, and fix it.
Hey, the great Napoleon was convinced that invading Russia would be a great idea for his empire! ha
Many (almost all) of the most respected posters on this site are strongly against these changes. The average to casual fan will have no clue what is going on and not come back. This is the lowest participation I think that I have seen on Preps and it will only get worse.
I will gladly listen to the reasons why a very few think this will be a good move for this site.
What about girls sports? Does the majority of 6A fans want to read about 2A and vice versa?
Maybe there is a good compromise if that is what is needed.
It's okay, we all make mistakes. This change issue has become a fiasco that may well end quite badly for this great site. We do not want that to happen so we should all be on the same side and fix the problem. We do not want users to abandon this site.
Here is an analogy that we all know about: Pete Caroll - Seattle Seahawks Coach - IMO, he is an outstanding coach and motivator. Caroll is highly intelligent, innovative, and successful. I have read all about his fateful decision that cost his team the Super Bowl. I understand his thought process and reasoning. He still defends his decision. I still like his style. However, he was wrong and it cost his program a Super Bowl. He overthought it. He screwed up. Everyone does on occasion. Learn from it, admit it, and fix it.
Hey, the great Napoleon was convinced that invading Russia would be a great idea for his empire! ha
Many (almost all) of the most respected posters on this site are strongly against these changes. The average to casual fan will have no clue what is going on and not come back. This is the lowest participation I think that I have seen on Preps and it will only get worse.
I will gladly listen to the reasons why a very few think this will be a good move for this site.
What about girls sports? Does the majority of 6A fans want to read about 2A and vice versa?
Maybe there is a good compromise if that is what is needed.
Here's a example of these boards failure. Amherst is posting on peidmont bout game salem posted on valley amherst post has 1 reply salem has 3. On the 4A board it probably be 20 or 30 reply by now. As everyone in 4A would be posting there oppenion. Instead posts are dead
@AMHERST #1 Before the change to the current format, the most chatty discussions on these boards came from 2A and 1A folks mostly from the SWVA area. The SWVA board is very busy today. Most of the Salem folks from last year weren't posting over the last few weeks before the board change, mainly because of how Salem's season ended last year after saying how awesome they were, bringing in Devils a couple of Dinwiddie fans, and some of us fans who've always posted here into the fold. Same with Amherst fans, it's been just you and wikki for a long time now. The 5A and 6A boards, which of course consisted of mostly NoVA, Richmond, and Tidewater schools, were dead for years before this change, so it makes sense that those boards are still dead after. There hasn't been much Seminole and other Lynchburg- and Roanoke-area talk here for many years now. I don't think many folks realize how dead the site was overall before this change, and are now acting as if it's all of a sudden dead, just because they see a new format that was built to try to get more local talk going, that hasn't been here for years. How many rivalry game posts have you seen on Va. Preps over the last few years that weren't about SWVA or Valley teams?
I think it is too much work to find what I am much interested in. Not as many fans as in the past that I see that are interested. And as far as the Amherst fans, they don't want to be negative so they don't post. Go back to the 1A, 2A, 3A, 4A etc. much easier
The Salem fans weren't posting a few weeks before the change because it was summer and not much to discuss. Salem was awesome last year, there was just one team more awesome.
Thanks I have only been on the Piedmont side, now I know to look on the Valley side also, ugg, very frustrating
I post on Piedmont for Lynchburg & Valley for Roanoke stuff. These are the only 2 boards I follow & I really only like 3/4a myself since the overwhelming majority of area teams fit in those classifications.