The only people that lost that game for Mount Airy were the coaching staff. They allowed their players to get way out of control, and lost control themselves several times. 3 sideline warnings? 4 total unsportsman like calls, one on the head coach? Players tried to bait Mitchell players into fighting all night, but Mitchell kept their composure. The fact that Mount Airy fans keep seeing otherwise backs up the common conception that its a trash program, with trash fans.
And would've gotten handled by Tarboro even if they had won that game.
I'm not really want to take up for the rivals up the road. But I have seen the film. I'd say they have a valid point. Flags being thrown when a play is 20-yard down the field. Or a holding call on the interior from a side judge. Or not waiting for a ball to be spotted at the end of the game when the chains are moved excuse me not move yet those pretty hard to swallow. We've had some calls like that against us before as well. But Mitchell won the game so what can you say. I think the unsportsmanlike calls were unfortunate. Especially the shoe throwing thing. From what I hear the kid offered it to the players. Nobody paid attention so he tossed it to the sideline. Especially when you're in a hurry up mode. I will take a fence to some shitbird from that area calling us trash up this way. We have our trashy ways and pilot and in Mount airy. But I hardly think that's appropriate. No more appropriate then shitbird. Anyway the sideline calls were interference and they should have been avoided. But they were definitely four or five questionable calls in that game that all went against them. Who's to say if it was on purpose or just poor officiating. I think the Mount airy people should let it die so that everyone else does too. But hark down on the poor rhetoric.
Oh and I agree about the tarboro statement. I don't think anybody would have not gotten handled by them. They are a different animal.
In my honest opinion I believe if East Surry does not go up to 2A we probably get Tarboro East Surry round 4 this past season. Would have been a interesting matchup for sure.
Agreed. I have to admit, East Surry made me eat crow last year. They transitioned to 2a just fine, and look to continue to be a solid contender.
I felt they'd get to the 3rd round at least. But to make it to the regional finals was impressive. Just had no answer for the golden lions. Regarding this upcoming season, a tarboro Mitchell rematch wouldn't surprise me in the least bit. If that happens I hope it's at Carter Finley because Keenan stadium parking is a nightmare lol
Well thank you very much. We had a great year. We also had a great group of seniors. I don't probably agree that if we were in one day it would have been any different. I think we would have lost in Mitchell as well. Consider the way Mount airy moved the football easily against Mitchell we probably could have done the same thing. And definitely don't think we are better coached both coaches are very good. Most of the teams we played similarly we did not score as many against in had more scored against us than Mount airy did. But it was awful close. I think they were an exceptional team. They really big surprise considering the year before but then again there was the pandemic going on. I think things look brighter for their future right now than probably ours considering that we are in 2 a. But I sure would have liked to have stayed in the lower classification for sure.
Can't get any worse lol. As much as I wanted the new coach gone based on emotions, I really do believe that a coach deserves 3 years, especially a first time head coach. His first year, when we went 6-3 and lost to the eventual east champions, the were still traces of Coach Cobb in the program. Last year, his second, was all him and it showed. But it was also the first year with the new and better teams in our conference. A few real programs replaced a couple of bums lol. I know the athletes are anxious to restore the Cougar Pride, but I don't expect any huge gains over last year. I see 6 regular season wins.
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6 regular season wins is still a big improvement from last season. I think if he doesn't improve this year the heat is definitely gonna be on. Y'all definitely are in a tough conference though, wish tarboro was 2a we'd be in that conference more than likely. Being at the tarboro swe game last year I saw that a lot of swe fans that weren't happy with the product on the field.
Hey Mountie. If you ask me 2019 was Mitchell's best team ,Mount Airy fans want to complain about the officiating and far as I know may have good reason,but anyway, I don't think there was a call in that game as bad as the one Mitchell got at the end of game in 2019 vs East Surry where the referee had to be blind to not see the ball was caught a good foot inbounds.lf Mitchell had pulled that game out I think the championship game vs Tarboro would have been an interesting matchup considering how well Mitchell played East Surry on there own field .It all about matchups .
I feel so bad for Mitchell that year. That's a tough way to lose. Especially when their coach admitted that if they had scored they were going to go for two which I actually like that decision.
There is no denying that East Surry was the better team. That was a once in a lifetime team for a program. But Mitchell played their game to perfection, and could've won. I dont think they could have repeated the same feat a week later, although I feel that Mitchell and Tarboro were closer than either vs East Surry. Last year showed just how good Tarboro is as a program. A "down" year, against a formitable opponent, and the Viks had their way. Craddock is one hell of a coach, he can wring every last bit out of his boys. Hopefully our teams can have a rematch this year!
Unfortunately we will never know. Mitchell would have caused tarboro issues because they had a good passing game. I believe tarboro would have won if we'd have played Mitchell that year but I think it would have been close imo. Like you stated we put up 28 on East Surry and that was with turning the ball over 4 times. Heck before the turnovers really started to bite us we were scoring right with them it was shaping up to be a shootout.
