WHC week 3 Picks

[Old Mountaineer]

I never chimed in till Owen was being slighted. Then your ugliness started.

I wasn't trying to sight or be ugly to Owen. The thread started by picking Mitchell to win along with a cut on Mitchell's schedule then someone posted they respect teams like Murphy and Owen who challenge themselves. All I was doing was comparing the schedules and I did give Owen props for playing ACR but after them I was just pointing out to me it wasn't that big of a difference, Mitchell plays 6 non conference Owen plays 5 both play East Henderson and Franklin, Owen plays Brevard and Mitchell plays Erwin who before this year was just as good if not better than Brevard ( they did beat mtn Heritage last year ) and Mitchell can't help if thier having a down year, I can't prove it but I don't believe North Henderson is any better then Trinity. If I slighted anyone it NH.
But I wasn't trying to knock Owen as much as take up for Mitchell and I like the fact that the conference looks competitive again this year.

 

[Yosef1381]

There are a multitude of teams we could play, pisgah, tuscola, Erwin started a series with us so why wouldn't AC, watauga would definitely pick is up. Heck give freedom or shelby a call. This thought process of playing teams you know your going to beat is not viable. Mitchell can schedule tougher opponents. Pittman philosophy is to play weak teams to get the highest seed. It's not hard to understand. You play to your competition, I would rather have 7 wins and be battle tested and ready for a fight then be a 1 loss team that hasn't had much experience in tough games. It's why mitchell cannot get past murphy or beat heritage. I have a lot of respect for coach pittman and his program. But playing teams that literally have 0 chance every year is pitiful and shameful.

 

[Old Mountaineer]

There are a multitude of teams we could play, pisgah, tuscola, Erwin started a series with us so why wouldn't AC, watauga would definitely pick is up. Heck give freedom or shelby a call. This thought process of playing teams you know your going to beat is not viable. Mitchell can schedule tougher opponents. Pittman philosophy is to play weak teams to get the highest seed. It's not hard to understand. You play to your competition, I would rather have 7 wins and be battle tested and ready for a fight then be a 1 loss team that hasn't had much experience in tough games. It's why mitchell cannot get past murphy or beat heritage. I have a lot of respect for coach pittman and his program. But playing teams that literally have 0 chance every year is pitiful and shameful.

Playing Cannon and Trinity has nothing to do with losing to MH or Murphy. Like I've said I like to see better games but no here really knows why the schedule is the way it who has talked to who etc. There is sometimes something to being battled test but not always sometimes you're just the better team , Tarboro went undefeated last year, in the regular season they played two teams that had a winning record. 13-2 & 8-5 5 after that the best was 5 win

There are a multitude of teams we could play, pisgah, tuscola, Erwin started a series with us so why wouldn't AC, watauga would definitely pick is up. Heck give freedom or shelby a call. This thought process of playing teams you know your going to beat is not viable. Mitchell can schedule tougher opponents. Pittman philosophy is to play weak teams to get the highest seed. It's not hard to understand. You play to your competition, I would rather have 7 wins and be battle tested and ready for a fight then be a 1 loss team that hasn't had much experience in tough games. It's why mitchell cannot get past murphy or beat heritage. I have a lot of respect for coach pittman and his program. But playing teams that literally have 0 chance every year is pitiful and shameful.

One issue with your theory the NCHSAA uses Maxprep computer ranking system instead of overall winning percentage, teams are rewarded for their strength of schedule.

 

[Owen Stampede]

Please. No need to play the victim here. No one had said a word, not one single word about Owen in this thread and you post this:

Tell me, why is it ok for ACR to schedule an easy non conference game, and it's not for Mitchell?

There was but Old cleared it up. Not a victim. Never said I was. Just stated that you folks have spent alot of time bashing Owen the last couple years. Things are about to change, that's all. You and your Shirley comments are not needed either. I dont know where that even came from.

I think ACR plays one tough schedule.

 

[Mitchell county mountie]

As I stated last night, good luck to all of the WHC.

 

[Purple Mountain]

North Buncombe 35 Avery 27... Hope im wrong
Rosman 28 Madison 14
Polk 42 Rs Central 14
A.C Reynolds 35 Owen 21 not a knock against Owen.
I heard the Heritage game has been cancelled
Mitchell 56 Trinity 0
Now on to the Mitchell schedule i wish we would drop Trinity at least if not both Trinity and Cannon. I personally think we would benefit better from playing old conference opponents such as Hendersonville, Pisgah, West Hendo, or Brevard. I even miss the North Buncombe and Cherokee games but that's just my opinion. As far as Watauga goes I had heard several years ago they approached Mitchell and we declined but im 100% positive it was before Travise took over. Good luck to all WHC teams this week. Go Mountaineers!

 

[Old Mountaineer]

North Buncombe 35 Avery 27... Hope im wrong
Rosman 28 Madison 14
Polk 42 Rs Central 14
A.C Reynolds 35 Owen 21 not a knock against Owen.
I heard the Heritage game has been cancelled
Mitchell 56 Trinity 0
Now on to the Mitchell schedule i wish we would drop Trinity at least if not both Trinity and Cannon. I personally think we would benefit better from playing old conference opponents such as Hendersonville, Pisgah, West Hendo, or Brevard. I even miss the North Buncombe and Cherokee games but that's just my opinion. As far as Watauga goes I had heard several years ago they approached Mitchell and we declined but im 100% positive it was before Travise took over. Good luck to all WHC teams this week. Go Mountaineers!

Not sure what happened with Brevard , North Buncombe and Cherokee dropped Mitchell. But in the end the only thing that matters as far as a higher seed and having home field advantage in the playoffs besides your record is the Maxprep strength of schedule (str), you can be ranked lower in the Maxprep final rankings to another team and still get home field advantage of you have a higher str. Everyone starts at 0.0 and in the last rankings last year Mitchell was the only team in the 1A playoffs that didn't have a negative number on thier str.

 

[Gentle Knight]

Not sure what happened with Brevard , North Buncombe and Cherokee dropped Mitchell. But in the end the only thing that matters as far as a higher seed and having home field advantage in the playoffs besides your record is the Maxprep strength of schedule (str), you can be ranked lower in the Maxprep final rankings to another team and still get home field advantage of you have a higher str. Everyone starts at 0.0 and in the last rankings last year Mitchell was the only team in the 1A playoffs that didn't have a negative number on thier str.

I dont trust the strength rankings. Swain and Robbinsville have played the same 2 teams this year yet their strength of scheduled rankings are worlds apart.

 

[Old Mountaineer]

I dont trust the strength rankings. Swain and Robbinsville have played the same 2 teams this year yet their strength of scheduled rankings are worlds apart.

I see your point and I don't really understand that difference ether maybe because they had already lost and and maybe the Robbinsville game stopping early hurt ,who knows. The thing is doesn't matter if it's trusted or not, in the end the number the computer algorithm gives at the end of the year will be the number that NCHSAA will go with. I assume it's one of those things that will change and not look right week to week but hopefully at the end of the year when all final records etc are in, it'll get sorted out, but it is what it is wether we like it or not.

 

[kyleheel30]

You all are definitely underestimating RS Central. This isn't the same team from last season. They have a lot of speed on the edge and it will be a close contest most likely.

Mitchell by 21
North Buncombe by 13
Polk by 6
Rosman by 7
Reynolds by 15

 

[Owen Stampede]

I know I've been tough on some of you guys but good luck tonight. LETS GO WHC!

 

[Owen Stampede]

Well Polk and Mitchell played pretty well. The rest of us stunk it up. Looks like Polk may be the real deal and Madison may not win a game.

 

[mbdfan_rivals121259]

I've seen some Polk, they've got good size and seem pretty physical. Those 4 starters they picked up from RS Central certainly don't hurt.

Only thing I'd add is this season the Wolverines don't seem to have the type of skill athletes they've had in the past, just don't have much team speed that I could see.

 

[Mitchell county mountie]

Polk is lacking in skill, but the Tipton boy is a truck, and they have good size. From what I've been told, Avery dominated until the 2nd half, and *ahem* local referees stepped in and really changed the flow of the game. Mitchell was very conservative in their play calling, they didn't flex a whole lot of muscle out of respect for Trinity's players and coaches (who are a very humble bunch, those kids are just tickled to be playing). Rosman was likely Madison's last chance at a win this year. I was a little disappointed with Owen's performance, I thought they would score more than a field goal, but Reynolds is fast, and any local team would struggle with the Rockets speed.

 

[Moparforever]

Polk is lacking in skill, but the Tipton boy is a truck, and they have good size. From what I've been told, Avery dominated until the 2nd half, and *ahem* local referees stepped in and really changed the flow of the game. Mitchell was very conservative in their play calling, they didn't flex a whole lot of muscle out of respect for Trinity's players and coaches (who are a very humble bunch, those kids are just tickled to be playing). Rosman was likely Madison's last chance at a win this year. I was a little disappointed with Owen's performance, I thought they would score more than a field goal, but Reynolds is fast, and any local team would struggle with the Rockets speed.

The thing with Polk is we don’t have no “super stars” but what we have is a team full of very solid players. Team numbers are small but there is not no drop off when backups come in. Guess you could say “well rounded” team football. Good ol 3 yards and a cloud of dust football ..... just the way I love football