Not 3a, But A Very Interesting Article On A Very Successful High School Program.

[olddawggreen]

I'm not trying to push SLC here, but for those that love high school football and like to read, this is an article that basicly gives an insider's view of a very successful football program. Warning; The article is long and for those that are interested in reading it,you might want to print it.

http://www.dmagazine.com/ME2/Audiences/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=MultiPublishing&mod=PublishingTitles&mid=7155F7796F354F21B1183937D847D6DF&tier=4&id=2E4662E89091450EA6D4A0FF01296094&AudID=29CB3DCAC7E94A08B642EC371FE6E70B

[wookinpanub]

Originally posted by olddawggreen
I'm not trying to push SLC here, but for those that love high school football and like to read, this is an article that basicly gives an insider's view of a very successful football program. Warning; The article is long and for those that are interested in reading it,you might want to print it.

http://www.dmagazine.com/ME2/Audiences/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=MultiPublishing&mod=PublishingTitles&mid=7155F7796F354F21B1183937D847D6DF&tier=4&id=2E4662E89091450EA6D4A0FF01296094&AudID=29CB3DCAC7E94A08B642EC371FE6E70B


... i just wonder if there will be a follow up on steroid testing there.

[burnet44]

He was a tall man with blue eyes and a tight jaw. Ledbetter was nearing 40 when Southlake Carroll hired him away from Frisco in 1979. Ledbetter was to teach three classes at the high school, serve as athletic director and head football coach, and, since Southlake had spent a little extra to woo him, drive a school bus every morning.

Southlake was a Class 2A school then. The kids on Ledbetter’s football team were descendants of farmers: white, slow, and strong. Ledbetter made every one of them run track, a policy that still stands today. He made them lift weights in an era when few high schoolers did. But his best decision was to schedule games against bigger 3A teams. Ledbetter knew Southlake would grow. And when the population hit 5,000 in 1986 and the school became 3A, few were surprised to watch the football team, with its wishbone offense and punishing defense, go 9-1 in the regular season and claim the district championship. Soon after, Ledbetter was scheduling games against 4A schools.

That’s when Southlake got really good. The kids loosed hell on the poor saps from their district. From 1987 until 1993, the Dragons never lost a regular season game, 10-0 every year. Carried across seasons, that’s 72 wins in a row. The Dragons won three state championships during that stretch: 1988, 1992, and 1993.

thats the foundation

[pirate4state]

Originally posted by olddawggreen
I'm not trying to push SLC here, but for those that love high school football and like to read, this is an article that basicly gives an insider's view of a very successful football program. Warning; The article is long and for those that are interested in reading it,you might want to print it.

http://www.dmagazine.com/ME2/Audiences/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=MultiPublishing&mod=PublishingTitles&mid=7155F7796F354F21B1183937D847D6DF&tier=4&id=2E4662E89091450EA6D4A0FF01296094&AudID=29CB3DCAC7E94A08B642EC371FE6E70B

wow that is a long story. SI had an article about Riley Dodge in the lastest edition. Good read.

[olddawggreen]

Originally posted by wookinpanub
... i just wonder if there will be a follow up on steroid testing there.

Not a concern, or a problem:rolleyes:

[burnet44]

just people trying to drag down a good program
with talk

jealously at its best

[wookinpanub]

Originally posted by burnet44
just people trying to drag down a good program
with talk

jealously at its best


second only to certain posts about "The Corps"

[burnet44]

those aint rumors those are true

ok

thread lock down in progress

[LH Panther Mom]

Originally posted by burnet44
thread lock down in progress
We have other tools to use. ;)

[burnet44]

Southlake city officials will tell you why their town has grown so much. They’ll say the foundation was laid by DFW Airport, and then, in the early ’90s, new water and sewer lines in the southern part of the city gave rise to what you see today. But one man is more important than any sewer line: Bob Ledbetter.

Bob started it all

[burnet44]

Originally posted by olddawggreen
I'm not trying to push SLC here, but for those that love high school football and like to read, this is an article that basicly gives an insider's view of a very successful football program. Warning; The article is long and for those that are interested in reading it,you might want to print it.

http://www.dmagazine.com/ME2/Audiences/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=MultiPublishing&mod=PublishingTitles&mid=7155F7796F354F21B1183937D847D6DF&tier=4&id=2E4662E89091450EA6D4A0FF01296094&AudID=29CB3DCAC7E94A08B642EC371FE6E70B

it is 3A history
thanks
dawg

[olddawggreen]

Originally posted by burnet44
Southlake city officials will tell you why their town has grown so much. They’ll say the foundation was laid by DFW Airport, and then, in the early ’90s, new water and sewer lines in the southern part of the city gave rise to what you see today. But one man is more important than any sewer line: Bob Ledbetter.

Bob started it all

Your right burnet44, Ledbetter laid a foundation that went on to creat a 3a, 4a and 5a success story.