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re: It's West Monroe Rebel Day!!!
Posted on 12/11/10 at 4:42 pm to OU812
Posted on 12/11/10 at 4:42 pm to OU812
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Dale, we had 2000 students during 3 years I was there.
Yep. WM has always been a huge school. Shows is the only reason WM got great. I remember Charlie Brown (old Neville coach) used to say that he would win a state championship every year if he coached at WM... because of all the talent. Well, they got a coach.
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Posted on 12/11/10 at 4:44 pm to OU812
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Apparently 1993 was their first one and we all know they've been back on the reg since then. What changed in 1993 to make them so dominant?
I went to West Monroe High School for 3 years, 1988-1990. The 1st major problem was just that, only 3 years at the high school, with the 9th grade being in the junior highs. Yes, WM had 2000 students feeding from jr highs(WMJH, Boley, Riser, Richardson, and Woodlawn) all running different offenses and defenses.
The 9th grade was moved to the high school during the 1988-1989 school year Ross Davis was fired after the 3-9 1988 football season. BTW, West Monroe's record in 1987 was 1-9. Shows was hired abouut January of 1989 and his 1st hire was Casey Sanders. WM had no weight program to speak of before that. It was bad then...with construuction, they had to practice at Boley and dress out at the stadium. In 1989, they went 5-5 with only about 35 players on varsity! They were very talented with 6 players signing with colleges, including Shawn King to LSU.
Arledge came to WM in 1992 and it took a complete 4 year cycle to get to where they were in 1993. The rest is hisory. Let's not forget that the community involvement and booster club at West Monroe is 2nd to none. With that, I personally think that Don Shows is a piece of crap! Most of his former players do as well, especially in his early days(he made the player's parents pay for their uniform if they were damaged his 1st year)!
Posted on 12/11/10 at 4:47 pm to T1
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Shows is the only reason WM got great.
It is much more than that! The community support and the influx of cash from the boosters. He surrounds himself with excellent coaches.
Posted on 12/11/10 at 4:49 pm to OU812
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It is much more than that! The community support and the influx of cash from the boosters. He surrounds himself with excellent coaches.
That all happened after Shows though. There wasn't ANY support when WM was losing. The bandwagon got HUGE after 93.
Posted on 12/11/10 at 4:49 pm to OU812
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especially in his early days(he made the player's parents pay for their uniform if they were damaged his 1st year)!
WOW really?
Posted on 12/11/10 at 5:09 pm to Michael J Cocks
Does Tommy Banks post here??
Posted on 12/11/10 at 5:40 pm to tigerbait41485
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Does Tommy Banks post here??
I haven't read or heard anything about what he's doing these days.Posted on 12/11/10 at 6:03 pm to RaginCajunsULL
"Rams win by 20+"
still butthurt about last week I guess....
still butthurt about last week I guess....
Posted on 12/11/10 at 6:18 pm to UnoMe
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Since this thread is about WM: I was just reading up on WM's history, more specifically their state championship history. Apparently 1993 was their first one and we all know they've been back on the reg since then. What changed in 1993 to make them so dominant?
Coach Childress retired from Ruston. We owned the Rebs back then. My how things have changed..
Posted on 12/11/10 at 6:21 pm to mcpotiger
Micah Eugene is a beast and maybe if he could score higher than a 16 on the ACT, he'd end up at a good college.
Posted on 12/11/10 at 7:33 pm to hendersonshands
This district pretty much has owned the state for 25 yrs, Shows happened to show up about the time Childress & Brown retired. And the rest is history, like it or not.........
Posted on 12/11/10 at 7:47 pm to Michael J Cocks
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WOW really?
The 1989 team's starting OT hurt his shoulder and tore his jersey up and he made his parents pay for it.
Posted on 12/11/10 at 7:47 pm to tigerbait41485
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Does Tommy Banks post here??
Dale Murphy may know something about that?
Posted on 12/11/10 at 9:55 pm to OU812
Are you saying Dale Murphy is Tommy Banks???
Posted on 12/11/10 at 9:58 pm to tigerbait41485
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Are you saying Dale Murphy is Tommy Banks???
He may be related?
Posted on 12/11/10 at 10:04 pm to T1
quote:Ever heard of Casey Sanders?
Shows is the only reason WM got great.
Posted on 12/11/10 at 11:42 pm to hendersonshands
WRECKA RAMS BROUGHT THAT WOOD TONIGHT
This post was edited on 12/11/10 at 11:46 pm
Posted on 12/12/10 at 6:35 am to NIH
not a good day then ram day
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