RedZone Posted February 5 Author Report Share Posted February 5 34 minutes ago, Reb72 said: West Monroe is a shell of its former self... we are very average at best these days Just 5 years ago West Monroe was 14-1 and number #59 in the nation. West Monroe has been close a couple other times as well. Lost in the 5A State Championship by 3 points that year. West Monroe's a little bit better than average even today especially with their facilities and amount of players they have on the roster. Most people in South Louisiana know West Monroe is always a threat to go to the Dome. This might not be West Monroe Glory Years football, but then that goes for 500 other teams in the nation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reb72 Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 2 minutes ago, RedZone said: Just 5 years ago West Monroe was 14-1 and number #59 in the nation. West Monroe has been close a couple other times as well. Lost in the 5A State Championship by 3 points that year. West Monroe's a little bit better than average even today especially with their facilities and amount of players they have on the roster. Most people in South Louisiana know West Monroe is always a threat to go to the Dome. This might not be West Monroe Glory Years football, but then that goes for 500 other teams in the nation. I appreciate the respect but WM is on a downward spiral, trust me. We take a little further step back every season and with the current powers at WM I don't expect that to change. Last year we lost at home in the 1st round of the playoffs to a team that was .500. I predict this year we will finish 4th in our own district and will be lucky to even make the playoffs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedZone Posted February 5 Author Report Share Posted February 5 West Monroe is probably never going to win another piece of a myth National Championship like lots of teams that have won a piece of one in the past. That's reserved nowadays for 5, 6 or maybe 7 schools...... much like college football. It certainly doesn't mean WM can't put a quality team on the field with quality players though. WM just needs to find the right coach and get with the times. Maybe the new guy this year??? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedZone Posted February 5 Author Report Share Posted February 5 7 minutes ago, Reb72 said: I predict this year we will finish 4th in our own district and will be lucky to even make the playoffs That's silly and taking it too far, my man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reb72 Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 21 minutes ago, RedZone said: That's silly and taking it too far, my man. WM will lose to Ruston, Neville and Alexandria in District Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedZone Posted February 5 Author Report Share Posted February 5 The Trinity Trojan from Texas is another squad that's playing with a limp these days. They're definitely not what they used to be and they are going through some of the same things West Monroe is currently going through. Getting with the times and finding that right guy. You still have to beat them though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedZone Posted February 6 Author Report Share Posted February 6 DLS, CA is another program that will never win another myth National Championship and they are losing to teams they've never lost to before. It really doesn't mean they can't be good or play quality football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atticus Finch Posted February 6 Report Share Posted February 6 19 hours ago, RedZone said: Just 5 years ago West Monroe was 14-1 and number #59 in the nation. West Monroe has been close a couple other times as well. Lost in the 5A State Championship by 3 points that year. I would suggest that if a team is #59 in the country then they probably wouldn't have lost to Zachary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedZone Posted February 6 Author Report Share Posted February 6 25 minutes ago, Atticus Finch said: I would suggest that if a team is #59 in the country then they probably wouldn't have lost to Zachary. Zachary was 13-2 losing to Catholic (Baton Rouge) 31-30 and Zachary got thumped pretty good by D2 Power State Champ U-High (Baton Rouge). John Curtis was #1 here in 2018...... was very little doubt about that. West Monroe was #2 even with the loss.... they were basically 8-1 vs Top 1000 teams and notched a couple OOS wins......much better than just "average". 1 Curtis [John] (River Ridge, LA) team preview trend Louisiana 5A District 9 I 13-0 6-0 (1st) 9-0 69.7 42.6 93-65 WINS: #140 Easton [Warren] (New Orleans, LA) (38-20), #147 Catholic (Baton Rouge, LA) (49-7), #184 Evangel Christian Academy (Shreveport, LA) (56-34), #234 Archbishop Rummel (Metairie, LA) (44-21), #328 Bishop Lynch (Dallas, TX) (21-14), #477 Jesuit (New Orleans, LA) (27-14), #477 Jesuit (New Orleans, LA) (23-0), #480 Brother Martin (New Orleans, LA) (45-16), #730 Landry-Walker (New Orleans, LA) (42-18), #799 St. Augustine (New Orleans, LA) (58-22), #1088 Holy Cross (New Orleans, LA) (46-21), #2256 Parkview Baptist (Baton Rouge, LA) (21-0), #3399 Archbishop Shaw (Marrero, LA) (29-3), LOSSES: none 2 West Monroe (LA) team preview trend Louisiana 5A District 2 5A 14-1 5-0 (1st) 10-1 60.5 34.3 122-65 WINS: #295 Ehret [John] (Marrero, LA) (44-20), #295 Ehret [John] (Marrero, LA) (28-0), #404 Neville (Monroe, LA) (29-14), #530 Ruston (LA) (34-0), #530 Ruston (LA) (45-21), #599 McGill-Toolen (Mobile, AL) (31-24), #989 Ouachita Parish (Monroe, LA) (49-18), #1029 Alexandria (LA) (37-17), #1123 Captain Shreve (Shreveport, LA) (43-0), #1901 Noxubee County (Macon, MS) (30-9), #3420 Pineville (LA) (53-0), #3420 Pineville (LA) (60-14), #3472 Wossman (Monroe, LA) (56-14), #3789 Natchitoches Central (Natchitoches, LA) (55-14), LOSSES: #119 Zachary (LA) (27-24) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atticus Finch Posted February 6 Report Share Posted February 6 4 minutes ago, RedZone said: Zachary was 13-2 losing to Catholic (Baton Rouge) 31-30 and Zachary got thumped pretty good by D2 Power State Champ U-High (Baton Rouge). I know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atticus Finch Posted February 6 Report Share Posted February 6 4 minutes ago, RedZone said: West Monroe was #2 even with the loss.... they were basically 8-1 vs Top 1000 teams and notched a couple OOS wins......much better than just "average". I never said they were average. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolebull813 Posted February 6 Report Share Posted February 6 17 minutes ago, RedZone said: Zachary was 13-2 losing to Catholic (Baton Rouge) 31-30 and Zachary got thumped pretty good by D2 Power State Champ U-High (Baton Rouge). John Curtis was #1 here in 2018...... was very little doubt about that. West Monroe was #2 even with the loss.... they were basically 8-1 vs Top 1000 teams and notched a couple OOS wins......much better than just "average". 1 Curtis [John] (River Ridge, LA) team preview trend Louisiana 5A District 9 I 13-0 6-0 (1st) 9-0 69.7 42.6 93-65 WINS: #140 Easton [Warren] (New Orleans, LA) (38-20), #147 Catholic (Baton Rouge, LA) (49-7), #184 Evangel Christian Academy (Shreveport, LA) (56-34), #234 Archbishop Rummel (Metairie, LA) (44-21), #328 Bishop Lynch (Dallas, TX) (21-14), #477 Jesuit (New Orleans, LA) (27-14), #477 Jesuit (New Orleans, LA) (23-0), #480 Brother Martin (New Orleans, LA) (45-16), #730 Landry-Walker (New Orleans, LA) (42-18), #799 St. Augustine (New Orleans, LA) (58-22), #1088 Holy Cross (New Orleans, LA) (46-21), #2256 Parkview Baptist (Baton Rouge, LA) (21-0), #3399 Archbishop Shaw (Marrero, LA) (29-3), LOSSES: none 2 West Monroe (LA) team preview trend Louisiana 5A District 2 5A 14-1 5-0 (1st) 10-1 60.5 34.3 122-65 WINS: #295 Ehret [John] (Marrero, LA) (44-20), #295 Ehret [John] (Marrero, LA) (28-0), #404 Neville (Monroe, LA) (29-14), #530 Ruston (LA) (34-0), #530 Ruston (LA) (45-21), #599 McGill-Toolen (Mobile, AL) (31-24), #989 Ouachita Parish (Monroe, LA) (49-18), #1029 Alexandria (LA) (37-17), #1123 Captain Shreve (Shreveport, LA) (43-0), #1901 Noxubee County (Macon, MS) (30-9), #3420 Pineville (LA) (53-0), #3420 Pineville (LA) (60-14), #3472 Wossman (Monroe, LA) (56-14), #3789 Natchitoches Central (Natchitoches, LA) (55-14), LOSSES: #119 Zachary (LA) (27-24) That was another one of those embarrassing years where John Curtis got to handpick the worst team at the battle of the border event. And they still almost lost to some dud tapps team Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedZone Posted February 6 Author Report Share Posted February 6 10 minutes ago, Atticus Finch said: I never said they were average. Well, that's what I was referring to when I brought up 2018. I said they've been close to winning State a couple times since 2011. It's not a big deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golfaddict1 Posted February 6 Report Share Posted February 6 20 hours ago, RedZone said: West Monroe is probably never going to win another piece of a myth National Championship like lots of teams that have won a piece of one in the past. That's reserved nowadays for 5, 6 or maybe 7 schools...... much like college football. It certainly doesn't mean WM can't put a quality team on the field with quality players though. WM just needs to find the right coach and get with the times. Maybe the new guy this year??? The last season a NJ public school was ranked in the USA Today poll was 2000… Greg Toal with Hackensack. Olsen’s Wayne Hills stint was probably the closest public school to landing a top 25 since. @Omaha Vol and @whiteshoes would know best. Forget MNC, I doubt you’ll see a NJ public school in a top 25 anytime soon. Even top 100 would be a surprise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedZone Posted February 6 Author Report Share Posted February 6 37 minutes ago, RedZone said: Well, that's what I was referring to when I brought up 2018. I said they've been close to winning State a couple times since 2011. It's not a big deal. The devastating part of that loss to Zachary in 2018 was West Monroe was ahead with 2 minutes left in the game and Zachary 4* WR Chris Hilton took a screen pass 80 yards to the house with a little over a minute left. Chris Hilton will be a starter this year at WR for LSU and the next Superstar at that position. Remember the name! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedZone Posted February 6 Author Report Share Posted February 6 7 minutes ago, RedZone said: The devastating part of that loss to Zachary in 2018 was West Monroe was ahead with 2 minutes left in the game and Zachary 4* WR Chris Hilton took a screen pass 80 yards to the house with a little over a minute left. Chris Hilton will be a starter this year at WR for LSU and the next Superstar at that position. Remember the name! That had to have been hard for West Monroe fans. https://x.com/JacquesDoucet/status/1071619406097248256?s=20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedZone Posted February 6 Author Report Share Posted February 6 31 minutes ago, golfaddict1 said: Forget MNC, I doubt you’ll see a NJ public school in a top 25 anytime soon. Me and my man @Atticus Finchcould probably put together a 2024 Preseason Top 25 right NOW....and would probably be just a couple teams off either way. Maybe I'll do one later this week and just see how far I'm off. I don't even know who's playing who yet, but it doesn't even really matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reb72 Posted February 6 Report Share Posted February 6 1 hour ago, RedZone said: That had to have been hard for West Monroe fans. https://x.com/JacquesDoucet/status/1071619406097248256?s=20 you are correct, it was hard... worst part was this "block" during the play that everyone saw but wasn't called 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atticus Finch Posted February 6 Report Share Posted February 6 2 hours ago, RedZone said: Well, that's what I was referring to when I brought up 2018. So then what does it got to do with me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atticus Finch Posted February 6 Report Share Posted February 6 2 hours ago, RedZone said: It's not a big deal. Then why are you pressing it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedZone Posted February 6 Author Report Share Posted February 6 8 minutes ago, Atticus Finch said: So then what does it got to do with me? Nothing at all. Why you here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiteshoes Posted February 7 Report Share Posted February 7 18 hours ago, golfaddict1 said: The last season a NJ public school was ranked in the USA Today poll was 2000… Greg Toal with Hackensack. Olsen’s Wayne Hills stint was probably the closest public school to landing a top 25 since. @Omaha Vol and @whiteshoes would know best. Forget MNC, I doubt you’ll see a NJ public school in a top 25 anytime soon. Even top 100 would be a surprise. Linwood Main Regional made a strong push for Top 100 inclusion last season. Other NJ public's that were on my radar last season are Old Tappan NV- Old Tappan, Tom's River North, Wayne Passaic County Tech, and Millville. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atticus Finch Posted February 7 Report Share Posted February 7 16 hours ago, RedZone said: Why you here? To say exactly what I said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedZone Posted February 7 Author Report Share Posted February 7 44 minutes ago, Atticus Finch said: To say exactly what I said. I don't think anybody really remembers what that was exactly, but I'm sure you thought it was important! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atticus Finch Posted February 7 Report Share Posted February 7 1 hour ago, RedZone said: I don't think anybody really remembers what that was exactly, The good news is that this forum is in written language so they can just follow the string and read it again if needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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