Orange and Brown wrote:CarmenOhio wrote:Some random thoughts of my own....and a few numbers. For some reason I haven't been able to comprehend the excitement that Logan fans get from the prospect of beating Ironton. But, the more I thought about it the more I understood. That's all they have. For them beating one of the storied programs in Ohio high school football history is the only success they have ever had. For them that validates them as a program. To beat a program that has played in more state championship games(8) than they have playoff appearances(7) somehow lets them rise above the fact they've always had a mediocre big school program. Despite the fact these Ironton teams have not been as strong as they have been in the past, and the fact they have a rapidly shrinking enrollment, you take those victories and be proud, heck get you a trophy made if it makes you feel better about the fact you will never have the success Ironton has had.
Ironton has always been a little different. We don't consider league championships or a good regular season a success. We don't hang banners for league titles(which is good because we wouldn't really have room with all the SEOAL and OKAC titles we have won in the past) and our kids don't get t-shirts and brag about being SEOAL champs. For Ironton and Coach Lutz playing the regular season has always been about getting ready for the playoffs. So if playing a bigger, "better" team like Logan and possibly losing makes us better, so be it. I'm sure someone is going to get on here and say where has your success been lately. My only response will be, "When was yours ever?"
Hear are my random thoughts....................................... It's okay that you don't care about league championships because well you haven't won any this time around. correct me if I am wrong but don't your 8 state championship games get you crap this year? It's been almost 30 years since Nelsonville-York has won a state title so am I right to assume that the reason we haven't won another is because we haven't been living in the past? We all know that Ironton used to kick the crap out of Logan 30 years ago, but I am trying to figure out how that makes you guys better than Logan now! You guys all brag about all your past success but when was the last time you won a state title? I have a lot of respect for the Ironton program as a hole but dear god Please quit living in the past!!!!!!! Those are just me random thoughts.
At no point in my post, at least that I can see, did I say Ironton was better than Logan right now. Let me read it again.....nope. I wasn't bragging about past success, I stated MY OPINION on the Logan and Ironton football program's views on league titles and regular season success. Heck, I can't lie about what Ironton has done against Logan lately, it's a fact. My original post wast directed at Logan posters who get on threads just to say how they are going to kill Ironton this year when the game is two or more weeks away at the time. I know some Ironton posters do that and are just as ridiculous. This Ironton team, although they seem very focused and team driven, isn't close to what the teams were in the past. I can admit that without even really having to think about it. I was just at the Russell game talking with some people about how excited everyone seemed about the season because we beat Wheelersburg. The only thing I said was "Let's get through Logan and see where we stand before we get too excited." So yes, I do have respect for Logan this year. Look through any post I have made on here and you will never find me saying how we will destroy Logan or even beat Logan because I truly don't know. To be honest I'm worried about Ashland this week.
