You may be right, but I guess what I meant to say is that Payson's just an average team, no better, no worse. This reminds me of two years ago when we were in our second season at the 4A level. Donnie Wilbanks was injured at the mid point of the season and Payson lost the last 5 games of the year with players quitting and the team throwing in the towel. I'm not saying that the team has done that yet, but some of the trends within the team unit seem to lean a lot along the same lines as that year.
I don't believe the team is really as bad as they have played the last two games. In watching game film from the Blue Ridge game, talking to several players, the head official, and my co-workers that broadcast the game, Payson just fell apart in the second half and made mistakes that Blue Ridge took advantage of, which is BR's trademark. In the case of the Round Valley game, it's important to remember that this team is now 9-0, and is a top-3 team in anyone's rankings that you look at. They are considered underrated by many if they aren't ranked first, and that may just be the truth.
This topic has come up not only with the radio broadcasts that I am involved with, but on a 3A football website discussion board (to the tune of 6 pages in a few days). What needs to be established here, whether you agree with a contract or not, is that these players committed to a contract that said specifically that they would not do this and that or else you will be released from the football team for the duration of the season. These players broke the agreement with the knowledge up front what would happen in their so chosing to do so. The coach followed through on his end and the players no longer are a part of the team this season. One of them is a sophomore star, leading the state (levels 1A-5A) in tackles (courtesy of MaxPreps AZ). Imagine now if Coach Anderson had kept this player for, say a 3 week suspension, and the rest were not welcome back, or worse... all 5 were allowed to remain with the team while another player earlier this season was terminated from the team for violating the team policy. Wouldn't that open up a whole can of worms? Kudos to Coach Anderson for sticking to his guns and upholding his team policy, agreed upon by all players prior to the beginning of the 2006 football season.
Patrick Walker CellularONE Friday Night Football Show; Broadcaster, 3A East Game of the Week KRFM 96.5 FM/ Z92 92.1 FM
22 October 2006 at 10:06 a.m.
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PatrickWalker (Patrick Walker) says…
You may be right, but I guess what I meant to say is that Payson's just an average team, no better, no worse. This reminds me of two years ago when we were in our second season at the 4A level. Donnie Wilbanks was injured at the mid point of the season and Payson lost the last 5 games of the year with players quitting and the team throwing in the towel. I'm not saying that the team has done that yet, but some of the trends within the team unit seem to lean a lot along the same lines as that year.
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21 October 2006 at 9:07 a.m.
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PatrickWalker (Patrick Walker) says…
I don't believe the team is really as bad as they have played the last two games. In watching game film from the Blue Ridge game, talking to several players, the head official, and my co-workers that broadcast the game, Payson just fell apart in the second half and made mistakes that Blue Ridge took advantage of, which is BR's trademark. In the case of the Round Valley game, it's important to remember that this team is now 9-0, and is a top-3 team in anyone's rankings that you look at. They are considered underrated by many if they aren't ranked first, and that may just be the truth.
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26 September 2006 at 3:54 p.m.
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PatrickWalker (Patrick Walker) says…
This topic has come up not only with the radio broadcasts that I am involved with, but on a 3A football website discussion board (to the tune of 6 pages in a few days). What needs to be established here, whether you agree with a contract or not, is that these players committed to a contract that said specifically that they would not do this and that or else you will be released from the football team for the duration of the season. These players broke the agreement with the knowledge up front what would happen in their so chosing to do so. The coach followed through on his end and the players no longer are a part of the team this season. One of them is a sophomore star, leading the state (levels 1A-5A) in tackles (courtesy of MaxPreps AZ). Imagine now if Coach Anderson had kept this player for, say a 3 week suspension, and the rest were not welcome back, or worse... all 5 were allowed to remain with the team while another player earlier this season was terminated from the team for violating the team policy. Wouldn't that open up a whole can of worms? Kudos to Coach Anderson for sticking to his guns and upholding his team policy, agreed upon by all players prior to the beginning of the 2006 football season.
Patrick Walker
CellularONE Friday Night Football Show;
Broadcaster, 3A East Game of the Week
KRFM 96.5 FM/ Z92 92.1 FM
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