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I think it's very wrong to discount what this program has accomplished -- both this season, and overall. They have no say in their district schedule, but they played well in it. And they weren't given Bracken County as a playoff gift, they earned that privilege by winning a tough battle against a decent Bellevue team. Walton-Verona is still a very young, small school program; they have a lot of room to grow and improve. But they should be recognized for how far they've come along in such a short period of time, and their efforts this year should not be trivialized.

Nobody is discounting their wins, was merely stating that the district this year was quite soft and played well into WV favor for making the playoffs.. in the same district the previous year I do believe they were winless.. low football iq? Nice personal attack try... I also believe I picked wv to win this week and have in previous posts... except beechwood.. and any team with less than three wins in a year should not be in the playoffs (bracken and probably others)... just sayin, nice to se adults not being able to conversate without personal attacks on posters....

So Don, what's with the "haterade" comment then? Why would you post such an ugly word? If it wasn't about the kids, then who or what is "haterade" directed towards?

Look, haterade is not a strong or ugly word. If I wanted to be ugly or mean I would have sat on here and ripped up and down on this team. However, I didnt and for good reason, b/c with a young program its good for the kids to see what success is like. Same thing with Brossart, they win a few games and now look at them. I simply stated that I think people may overlook the fact that this district is hugely soft this year and that WV had a great year to make a playoff push. I may not be a fan of the staff in place (which is my god-given right) and that I am sure they are getting more kudos than they deserve, but that still doesnt mean I dont want to see this team succeed. I have made that very clear. If I were commenting on CovCath's staff or another team that people love to hate, there would be tons of people right there sayin the same thing, but since WV is a young program that makes it not okay to say something like that? WRONG. In my second post I mentioned the fact that WV had been winless the year before when Dayton had a better team, Bellevue had that Buckler kid, Brossart was coming on strong but not sure how they lost to Ludlow last year.. Ludlow is a fledgling program like Dayton right now.. I do believe those two teams are on the upswing eventually by starting thier own middle school programs.. If I am correct tonight would be senior night in Walton and this is the first graduating class that would have played all four years of football at Walton. Should be an exciting night for those young men and I wish them all the luck to get a W going into the playoffs.

I'm not close to the WV staff -- I don't even know they're names. But I don't understand how a very young program can exhibit rapid progress over a few years of existence; qualify for a home playoff game with its first set of four-year players; have "a good group of young men, [who] have finally meshed as a team and not individuals playing for the same team"...and yet, still have a coaching staff that has received "too much credit" and "more kudos than they deserve."