Gallia @ Chesapeake

[MisterGalliaGuy2016]

You know what, an 0-10 football season isn’t the end of the darn world.

What are you talking about? 0-10 is unacceptable. Point Blank. Period. If you think it's okay, well it's time to hang it up. Because your own personal motivations don't match what the kids deserve. 0-10 is cool for you with no dog in the fight, but how would you feel as a HS kid? I know perspective for some of you ego-manics is impossible but you'd be miserable, just as they all are. This is a disservice to the kids led by their administration. Gtown Browns is what they should call them.

FINALLY!!!! Someone else has the G.D. cojones to say it.

[sandstorm23]

You know what, an 0-10 football season isn’t the end of the darn world.

What are you talking about? 0-10 is unacceptable. Point Blank. Period. If you think it's okay, well it's time to hang it up. Because your own personal motivations don't match what the kids deserve. 0-10 is cool for you with no dog in the fight, but how would you feel as a HS kid? I know perspective for some of you ego-manics is impossible but you'd be miserable, just as they all are. This is a disservice to the kids led by their administration. Gtown Browns is what they should call them.

FINALLY!!!! Someone else has the G.D. cojones to say it.

I can’t be sure, but I’m not sure his school did a lot of winning back in the day. I’m a transplant, but I think he’s a RV guy. So 0-10 sort of just happens from time to time and they just try again next year with no culture shift.

[MisterGalliaGuy2016]

What are you talking about? 0-10 is unacceptable. Point Blank. Period. If you think it's okay, well it's time to hang it up. Because your own personal motivations don't match what the kids deserve. 0-10 is cool for you with no dog in the fight, but how would you feel as a HS kid? I know perspective for some of you ego-manics is impossible but you'd be miserable, just as they all are. This is a disservice to the kids led by their administration. Gtown Browns is what they should call them.

FINALLY!!!! Someone else has the G.D. cojones to say it.

I can’t be sure, but I’m not sure his school did a lot of winning back in the day. I’m a transplant, but I think he’s a RV guy. So 0-10 sort of just happens from time to time and they just try again next year with no culture shift.

My Sr. year of HS, GA went 1-9 with the lone win being against a winless Warren team. The 2016 team also went 1-9 and was similarly chock full of underclassmen. Those were the two worst GA teams of my lifetime. This year's team has two chances to avoid claiming that dubious "honor" with only one of those chances being remotely realistic. I feel for the kids on the team. They deserve better from the district than a new head coach every two years, a worn down field that is consistently rated as one of the worst in the state, with parking to match, and a few powerful families in the community running the show from the shadows. This isn't River Valley and the guy who probably should be coaching at GA is down in Mercerville right now as an assistant.

[trips_Y_slot]

FINALLY!!!! Someone else has the G.D. cojones to say it.

I can’t be sure, but I’m not sure his school did a lot of winning back in the day. I’m a transplant, but I think he’s a RV guy. So 0-10 sort of just happens from time to time and they just try again next year with no culture shift.

My Sr. year of HS, GA went 1-9 with the lone win being against a winless Warren team. The 2016 team also went 1-9 and was similarly chock full of underclassmen. Those were the two worst GA teams of my lifetime. This year's team has two chances to avoid claiming that dubious "honor" with only one of those chances being remotely realistic. I feel for the kids on the team. They deserve better from the district than a new head coach every two years, a worn down field that is consistently rated as one of the worst in the state, with parking to match, and a few powerful families in the community running the show from the shadows. This isn't River Valley and the guy who probably should be coaching at GA is down in Mercerville right now as an assistant.

Nah the guy who should be coaching GA is at Wheelersburg but I doubt they could ever convince him to come back to Gallia county.

[MisterGalliaGuy2016]

I can’t be sure, but I’m not sure his school did a lot of winning back in the day. I’m a transplant, but I think he’s a RV guy. So 0-10 sort of just happens from time to time and they just try again next year with no culture shift.

My Sr. year of HS, GA went 1-9 with the lone win being against a winless Warren team. The 2016 team also went 1-9 and was similarly chock full of underclassmen. Those were the two worst GA teams of my lifetime. This year's team has two chances to avoid claiming that dubious "honor" with only one of those chances being remotely realistic. I feel for the kids on the team. They deserve better from the district than a new head coach every two years, a worn down field that is consistently rated as one of the worst in the state, with parking to match, and a few powerful families in the community running the show from the shadows. This isn't River Valley and the guy who probably should be coaching at GA is down in Mercerville right now as an assistant.

Nah the guy who should be coaching GA is at Wheelersburg but I doubt they could ever convince him to come back to Gallia county.

Yeah, Woodward got sick of the constant GA rumors back when GA and Burg would scrimmage every year. Who knows? Maybe the Burgers will run him out of town if they somehow finish with a losing record for the first time in what? How many years now?

[StolenTalents12]

why is there always an issue with GA staff? a few years ago wasn't their announcer kicked out of the game vs ironton? Then from what im hearing a coach or staff in the announcers booth last night got into it with peake fans for shaking cow bells?

I myself have coached against them in youth football last year and the year before that and they had coaches thrown out of both of those games.

[MisterGalliaGuy2016]

why is there always an issue with GA staff? a few years ago wasn't their announcer kicked out of the game vs ironton? Then from what im hearing a coach or staff in the announcers booth last night got into it with peake fans for shaking cow bells?

I myself have coached against them in youth football last year and the year before that and they had coaches thrown out of both of those games.

It starts and ends with appreciation. Or rather, a lack thereof. Gallia hasn't seriously gotten behind a varsity football coach since Saunders or Bokovitz. Eddy had support for a bit, but he went back to Parkersburg. A couple mistakes later, then Penrod came back. Nothing but good things to say about the man, both as a person and as a coach, but he's a family man first and foremost and with his wife's health, no one blamed him for wanting to be around his family more.

Carter was a great hire and most of the kids loved him. Same with Penrod. Problem is, Carter likely would've moved on eventually, so certain folks in high places forced him out the door. Joke's on them because he fell upward into a better job at a better program with better facilities. And because 9-1 with a playoff berth just wasn't good enough, a year later, Gallia is staring down the barrel of 0-10 with only two games all season being even remotely competitive, unless they take South Point wire to wire.

Coaches get fed up in Gallipolis because the field is a disgrace, the program is underfunded, the stands don't stay packed on Fridays, let alone for JV or Jr High games. Parents always think they know better than the staff and the rich parents usually either get their kid on the field or they replace the coach with one who will put their little Jimmy on the field.

It's a systemic, toxic culture from top to bottom and it's as old as the French City, itself.

Whether it's this coach, the next one, or some Joe Blow 10 years from now, Gallipolis has to get behind a g.d. coach and SUPPORT HIM AND THE TEAM ffs. It's aggravating to see so much talent wasted every single year by either not seeing the field or not even going out for football for some reason or another.

During Jr. High, we had 35 or so in 7th grade. 30 by 8th grade. By 2015, just 4 years later, half of them had transferred to SG or RV and another one TRIED to transfer to Point Pleasant (WOUB interviewed him about it) but it got shut down. So that class that started with almost 40 players ended up with roughly 11 still at GA. The class above me had 6 or 7 players stay until their Sr. season. Everyone else (the 2010-11 8th grade team only had 15 or 16 players) either quit or transferred.

I do want to give a massive shout out and thank you to those Jr. High coaches for the work they put in. Coach Perry, Coach Saunders, Coach Canaday, Coach Lambert, if any of you see this, thank you for the hard work you put in for the community and the kids.

[Geronimo]

Saunders got Bokovitz the job Niday was the mind set of that team, think Woodward wanted it Saunders cut him out and gave it to Boko which family is from Symmes Valley., Never did understand that

[MisterGalliaGuy2016]

Saunders got Bokovitz the job Niday was the mind set of that team, think Woodward wanted it Saunders cut him out and gave it to Boko which family is from Symmes Valley., Never did understand that

I think what kept Niday from getting the job was his insistence on spoonfeeding Haggerty the ball on the edges against Sheridan when Winters was pounding them up the gut for 5, 6, 7 yards a pop. One of the best Gallia teams ever had that season cut short in an instant classic at what is now called the Swamp

[MisterGalliaGuy2016]

The Blue Guru they called him. Jimmy Niday was a really good QB at GA, way back in the day. Had him as a teacher and an old girlfriend of mine had him as a softball coach. You could just tell the man knew his football. Several of the teachers I had there are long gone. All the old coaches like Niday, Forgey, Houchens, Perry, (not sure about Boko) they're all gone. Retired.

[Geronimo]

No just how you knew Niday, ??? That's is all I will say ,and he was the mindset jmo Boko was a puppet.

[trips_Y_slot]

There were some really talented teams and very good players at GA from the late 90s through mid 2010s. I remember them well along with the Sheridan game you referred to. Niday called a double reverse pass inside Sheridan’s 5 yd line for the tie and it failed miserably.

[Geronimo]

Well the gambler didn't pay off he how they got there spreading the field. Always did say he didn't learn from his mistakes.lol but still a good coach.

[BlizzardMan]

You know what, an 0-10 football season isn’t the end of the darn world.

What are you talking about? 0-10 is unacceptable. Point Blank. Period. If you think it's okay, well it's time to hang it up. Because your own personal motivations don't match what the kids deserve. 0-10 is cool for you with no dog in the fight, but how would you feel as a HS kid? I know perspective for some of you ego-manics is impossible but you'd be miserable, just as they all are. This is a disservice to the kids led by their administration. Gtown Browns is what they should call them.

Way to miss the point. Ducking a team on your schedule is less acceptable. Go play. And no, 0-10 is not the end of these kids lives. 0-10 is what it is if it happens. It’s not like they will never recover.

[readaboutit1]

You know what, an 0-10 football season isn’t the end of the darn world.

What are you talking about? 0-10 is unacceptable. Point Blank. Period. If you think it's okay, well it's time to hang it up. Because your own personal motivations don't match what the kids deserve. 0-10 is cool for you with no dog in the fight, but how would you feel as a HS kid? I know perspective for some of you ego-manics is impossible but you'd be miserable, just as they all are. This is a disservice to the kids led by their administration. Gtown Browns is what they should call them.

Way to miss the point. Ducking a team on your schedule is less acceptable. Go play. And no, 0-10 is not the end of these kids lives. 0-10 is what it is if it happens. It’s not like they will never recover.

This has to be someone from River valley. I know loser talk when I see it lol

[BlizzardMan]

What are you talking about? 0-10 is unacceptable. Point Blank. Period. If you think it's okay, well it's time to hang it up. Because your own personal motivations don't match what the kids deserve. 0-10 is cool for you with no dog in the fight, but how would you feel as a HS kid? I know perspective for some of you ego-manics is impossible but you'd be miserable, just as they all are. This is a disservice to the kids led by their administration. Gtown Browns is what they should call them.

Way to miss the point. Ducking a team on your schedule is less acceptable. Go play. And no, 0-10 is not the end of these kids lives. 0-10 is what it is if it happens. It’s not like they will never recover.

This has to be someone from River valley. I know loser talk when I see it lol

Losers are the guys who make high school football their whole life.