Originally posted by Reschke
Sounds like we need to get those boys down here to Alabama to see if they really know football or the coaches just cherry picked the area and smoked everyone else.
Sounds like what I hear they do in Texas.
It has been explained to me that because Dallas is so large an area they have a bunch of teams.
And what they do is cherry pick the biggest and best kids and put them on certain teams. Basiucally creating all star teams leaving the other kids to either play on the lesser teams or not play at all.
No offence to Texans and if it isnt true then it isnt.
But all I know is, some years ago when my sons undefeated team which made it to Pop Warner Super Bowl Week in Disney world they ended up playing and loosing to the eventual champs from one of the Dallas teams.
Now on our team we had kids of all sizes ranging from those struggling to keep their weight down to those struggling to make the minimum weight.
and thats pretty much what we saw with every single other team they faced right on through the regionals.
But on the Dallas team. Not a single kid was more then two or three pounds under the max weight limit and almost half were just a pound or less under.
Our guys made a good showing of it but there was just no way they could compete with the size difference. LOL I remember one play specifically where this huge Dallas running back literally dragged 3 of our guys, Including two of our best defencive players 5 yards down the feild before they could get him down.
After the game and over the coarse of the rest of the week we were talking about it with some folks who explained what I said above to us. From several different people in at different times.
Now if thats the way it is then thats the way it is.
Just doesnt seem very fair and I know your not allowed to do that sort of thing here. Where they only way you dont play for the town or area you live in is if that team is full. Then and only then can you go to and play for another town or area. And your not allowed to pick and choose who is on the team. Its all first come first serve by rule.
Just seems sad that anyone would be that desperate to win they would have to stoop to such levels.
All in all everyone had a good time and we were all just happy to make it there considering it was only our towns second year witha Pop Warner team.
Was a hell of a year which included one of the very best games I've ever seen played at ANY level bar none against a very good East Orange team where at one point the guys gave the ball up on our own 4 yard line and held them and we eventually won 6-0 on the last play of the game with 2 seconds left.
The cheering and chanting of "DE-FENCE" from the crowd got so loud on both sides that the cheerleaders stopped cheering. LOL
Hell of a game.
