New Bern won titles in 2012 and 2014 and went through a rough patch from 2015-2018 before hiring the new coach in 2019. Great crop of freshman came in at the same time and they went from a 2-win team in 2018 to a 10-win team overnight. All freshman in 2019 and all seniors now in 2022.
Of course it is since Grimsley knocked out all your Charlotte and Charlotte area teams.
Being I picked Grimsley in every playoff game, I’ll ignore your stupid comment. Actually my early pick is because of New Bern’s impressive running game and Grimsley’s porous defense.
Looks about right. We'll have our work cut out for us.Massey ratings predictions for the finals.
With Grimsley’s defense in the playoffs, I’d be surprised if New Bern doesn’t score at least 40.
Yet another smartass comment from Mister Hyundai.
I strongly doubt anyone from Grimsley is reading a comment like I made and it's giving them motivation. What does that say about their offenses? Nothing. It goes more to say that in none those games was defense played well. They obviously weren't defensive struggles. These days it seems it's more about who can outscore the other than who can defend well. Does the saying "defense wins championships" not mean anything anymore? In the regular season, Grimsley allowed 13 ppg. In the playoffs so far, they've allowed 33.4 ppg. What's changed? Better competition? Okay, so you say better competition, some are bragging that Grimsley went through the Charlotte area gauntlet! So, through that gauntlet, Grimsley has allowed 20 ppg MORE than during the regular season. Was the competition from Charlotte that much more superior from that which they faced in the regular season? I doubt it. So, you and others are apparently getting offended by my opinion which is just as valid as anyone else's opinion on this board. If the competition from the Charlotte area wasn't that much more superior, which I agreed with that it isn't, then why is they allowing 33.4 ppg in the playoffs? Without emotionally looking which is hard for fans or those with anti-Charlotte bias to do, because both of those camps cause emotional reactions. Anyone who knows me and has read my posts over the last few years, will easily see my thoughts don't come from emotion, but from research, analysis, numbers and viewpoints of other commenters who are closer to the teams. I have no horse in the race and haven't this or any other season. In every playoff game, except the one against Hough, I picked Grimsley to win. So, no I don't have a pro-Charlotte area bias. The situation is those who are fans and those with an anti-Charlotte area bias tend to not like or agree with someone who tries to give an objective view. Do I have anything against Grimsley? No. Can I not stand to see teams from outside the Charlotte metro area do well when Charlotte area teams are eliminated? Not at all. In fact, I follow teams and playoffs on a national level, not just North Carolina. So, while many on this board focus only on North Carolina or a specific team or geographic area within North Carolina, I don't. Now I'll finish with this. There were a couple who like Massey's ratings and give them such credibility that they mentioned them on this thread as favoring Grimsley in this game. According to Massey, his ratings indicate New Bern should score 35 on Grimsley. With that being the case how does my comment, that with Grimsley's defense, New Bern could score 40-45 on them, make it seem I have some anti-Grimsley bias and New Bern scoring 40-45 on them is outside the realm of possibility?If Grimsley's defense is so porous, like you put it. What does that say about offenses of the teams they played against, I guess they are all TERRIBLE on offense for not being able to score more points on Grimsley's trash defense......
If Grimsley's defense was so bad, what does that say about every other defense they played against? They were all worse... Davie gave up 69, Charlotte Catholic gave up 42, Independence gave up 44, Hough gave up 40, and Weddington gave up 28. Hey, guess what? that's all too much, because they lost.
Their defense isn't dominant by any means, but they aren't porous, actually they were good enough to win these playoff games against every opponent put in front of them.
You're actually gassing them up by repeatedly saying they are bad. Please stop, we don't need to give them more reasons to win than they already have.
A smartass comment, you think, but yeah you read it, didn't you? You must be a Greensboro homer.
I don't know what you're puffin', Mister Honda, but you have to have some kind of extreme intuition to conclude I'm a Greensboro " homer. " May I have your autograph to frame and hang on the wall beside Mister Einstein's picture ?
Yep. So if you're not a Greensboro homer, why do you hope Grimsley scores 101 points if New Bern scores 100? Yes....Greensboro homer.
I know. Reasons will continually be given by Grimsley supporters, which I assume you are. They don't want to believe their defense in these playoffs is possibly suspect. But, I'll say it one more time. It's been porous.
You didn't actually read my comments without ready to give a knee jerk reaction, did you? If you did, you would've know what I said about their porous defense. Go back and read them again...and really, really try to understand them, if you can. Then you'll know whether you should ask that question or not. It's kind of an irrelevent question considering the time frame I'm addressing and Grimsley is obviously in the championship game. But it doesn't negate that in my opinion, they have a porous defense during that time frame.
There you go...instead of talking football, you deliver personal attacks. That's your MO. We're done here.
That's great we're done. Sit your Charlotte ass on the couch and enjoy another Bon Bon...
Just a few things I will rebuttal with. Yes, the level of competition has changed, I WOULD HOPE IT HAS, THIS IS THE PLAYOFFS..... smh
