Hi Y'all,
I am new to this board. I can also be located on the forum boards at floridahsfootball.com. As most of you already know, the FHSAA released new districts this past Monday. I would like to discuss with y'all about Class 5A District 12 which includes Booker (Sarasota), DeSoto County (Arcadia), Hardee (Wauchula), Port Charlotte, and Sebring. I was reading some Facebook posts and it appears the folks down in DeSoto (who went 0-10 in 2020) don't like this new district. They say the district is unfair and that they are afraid to play Port Charlotte and Sebring. There's also some talk about them going Independent now. I don't get all this because they've played Port Charlotte the past two years, they've played Hardee every single year since 1921, besides the last reclassification cycle they are usually put in a district with Sarasota Booker, and they played Sebring in a Spring or Kickoff Classic game a couple years ago and used to play them often in the regular season. Also, if they are afraid of playing Port Charlotte why didn't they cancel their game against them last year? I know most of DeSoto's players are young and they have problems with transfers, but I read about the new head coach they hired named Sam Holland and it seems like a great hire. He's been coaching up in Georgia for about the past 7 years, hardly has a losing season, and won a state championship with Chiefland. If Coach Holland can put some leadership on the team and motivate the players to stay at DeSoto, I think they will do much better. Yes it will take some time, but it's doable. I hope DeSoto stay in Class 5A District 12 instead of thinking about going Independent. Them playing teams such as Port Charlotte and Sebring will give their younger players more experience. Also, sometimes getting a new coach is all that is needed to turn a program around. Bartow went 0-10 in 2018. Bartow hired a new coach and he changed everything around. Bartow went 5-5 in 2019 and then 8-1 in 2020. Anyways, I would like to hear y'all thoughts below. Thank you and good night.
I am new to this board. I can also be located on the forum boards at floridahsfootball.com. As most of you already know, the FHSAA released new districts this past Monday. I would like to discuss with y'all about Class 5A District 12 which includes Booker (Sarasota), DeSoto County (Arcadia), Hardee (Wauchula), Port Charlotte, and Sebring. I was reading some Facebook posts and it appears the folks down in DeSoto (who went 0-10 in 2020) don't like this new district. They say the district is unfair and that they are afraid to play Port Charlotte and Sebring. There's also some talk about them going Independent now. I don't get all this because they've played Port Charlotte the past two years, they've played Hardee every single year since 1921, besides the last reclassification cycle they are usually put in a district with Sarasota Booker, and they played Sebring in a Spring or Kickoff Classic game a couple years ago and used to play them often in the regular season. Also, if they are afraid of playing Port Charlotte why didn't they cancel their game against them last year? I know most of DeSoto's players are young and they have problems with transfers, but I read about the new head coach they hired named Sam Holland and it seems like a great hire. He's been coaching up in Georgia for about the past 7 years, hardly has a losing season, and won a state championship with Chiefland. If Coach Holland can put some leadership on the team and motivate the players to stay at DeSoto, I think they will do much better. Yes it will take some time, but it's doable. I hope DeSoto stay in Class 5A District 12 instead of thinking about going Independent. Them playing teams such as Port Charlotte and Sebring will give their younger players more experience. Also, sometimes getting a new coach is all that is needed to turn a program around. Bartow went 0-10 in 2018. Bartow hired a new coach and he changed everything around. Bartow went 5-5 in 2019 and then 8-1 in 2020. Anyways, I would like to hear y'all thoughts below. Thank you and good night.