Hayfield Football Coach Fired

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If you people think Hayfield players care what your random child thinks bout then, I have a bridge to sell you. They want to play football in college. Nothing else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My non football kid said that the Hayfield team is viewed by the other schools as a joke due to cheating, and that the kids consider any Hayfield wins illegitimate. The kids say that the actual champion will be the team that finishes the season in 2nd place.

No one, especially colleges, care what your kid or any others say. But thanks for sharing.

Good colleges won’t consider prospects from teams tainted by a cheating scandal. Maybe colleges that are desperate for football players, but no respectable ones.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was at the game last night. I had never seen the team play before and only read about all the complaints on DCUM (this includes in past years as we are an Edison family with daughters so no reason to go to a football game of another school). But my kids went last night and I drove their friends and just stayed to see what the hype was about. And while the Hayfield team is good. They are not large or imposing at all. They're just fast and talented and it's really only 5 of them who stand out. So many people spoke about how unsafe it would be to play them. I can's say how. Edison has a little small player #2. He was tiny tiny and he was fine and might have been the best one of the team. Edison did have 3 guys get injured but 2 looked like cramps and the third looked like what happens when you play football. Hayfield's team is not big at all.

I was at the game, too. Hayfield has 12 players over 6 feet and 200 lbs. Their biggest players are 6’ 6” 279 lbs, 6’ 285 lbs, 3 @ 6’ 1” 260 lbs, and 4 who are 6’ 1” and 240 lbs. Edison has 5 players over 6’ and 200 lbs., their biggest player is 6’ 3” 245 lbs. These are their stats on Hudl. Hayfield also has about twice as many players as Edison.

The game was very unsafe. Lots of late hits (that weren’t called by the refs). The fact there were no serious injuries is a testament to Edison’s players and pure luck.

Edison beat Lewis 49-0 last week. They will be bludgeoned by Hayfield. Lewis is a tiny, young team with inexperienced players. They should not play Hayfield. Mark my words, there will be a serious injury at that game.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s just football. The team clearly isn’t cheating and they’ve built a powerhouse. If they were losing there wouldn’t be any outrage. Since they are winning, the white supremacies want to find a way to discredit the success

OK Coach Overton, how is this about race? The racial makeup of the schools and teams is similar. Sneaking in illegible players and rigging the system to play smaller teams in order to get your player stats up isn’t really “building a powerhouse.” It’s cheating.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was at the game last night. I had never seen the team play before and only read about all the complaints on DCUM (this includes in past years as we are an Edison family with daughters so no reason to go to a football game of another school). But my kids went last night and I drove their friends and just stayed to see what the hype was about. And while the Hayfield team is good. They are not large or imposing at all. They're just fast and talented and it's really only 5 of them who stand out. So many people spoke about how unsafe it would be to play them. I can's say how. Edison has a little small player #2. He was tiny tiny and he was fine and might have been the best one of the team. Edison did have 3 guys get injured but 2 looked like cramps and the third looked like what happens when you play football. Hayfield's team is not big at all.

I was at the game, too. Hayfield has 12 players over 6 feet and 200 lbs. Their biggest players are 6’ 6” 279 lbs, 6’ 285 lbs, 3 @ 6’ 1” 260 lbs, and 4 who are 6’ 1” and 240 lbs. Edison has 5 players over 6’ and 200 lbs., their biggest player is 6’ 3” 245 lbs. These are their stats on Hudl. Hayfield also has about twice as many players as Edison.

The game was very unsafe. Lots of late hits (that weren’t called by the refs). The fact there were no serious injuries is a testament to Edison’s players and pure luck.

Edison beat Lewis 49-0 last week. They will be bludgeoned by Hayfield. Lewis is a tiny, young team with inexperienced players. They should not play Hayfield. Mark my words, there will be a serious injury at that game.

Thank for you putting that into perspective. So Hayfield beat Edison 70-6, Edison beat Lewis 49-0, and Hayfield is scheduled to play Lewis next month?

If there is a serious injury at that game, Michelle Reid should be shown the door the same weekend. Seriously, she should locked out of Gatehouse by the following Monday.

[Anonymous]

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If Edison beat Hayfield last year, the game should have been similar this year since it should largely be the same kids again except for graduated seniors. A lopsided result from year to year just shows the extent of the absurdity.

Edison is much worse this season. They also beat Langley last season, this year Langley trounced them.

Most of Edison’s star players last year were seniors. The seniors this year were the last to play in flag football together before covid shut it down. So the new players on the team are inexperienced.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was at the game last night. I had never seen the team play before and only read about all the complaints on DCUM (this includes in past years as we are an Edison family with daughters so no reason to go to a football game of another school). But my kids went last night and I drove their friends and just stayed to see what the hype was about. And while the Hayfield team is good. They are not large or imposing at all. They're just fast and talented and it's really only 5 of them who stand out. So many people spoke about how unsafe it would be to play them. I can's say how. Edison has a little small player #2. He was tiny tiny and he was fine and might have been the best one of the team. Edison did have 3 guys get injured but 2 looked like cramps and the third looked like what happens when you play football. Hayfield's team is not big at all.

Multiple Chantilly players were injured and are out for the season.

That tells me football is not their sport. People get injured in sports. That team is not big at all. My girl broke her finger in volleyball. The other was concussed in soccer. It's sports.

I just wrote this. I should clarify, getting injured doesn't mean football isn't for them. Blaming the injury on anything other than the fact that it's a sport with risk is.

Not when coaches are rigging the system and bringing on players who, in essence, push your team into a different division.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hayfield 70 - Edison 6. Edison becomes the second team to put points up against Hayfield.

The Hayfield Clemson commit who had been ineligible was on the field tonight and scored a TD.

How was he ineligible? I’m curious how it’s known because FCPS and Reid tried very hard to say that the identities of the 9 ineligible students should be kept private. So my question is, if no one knows who they are, how does anyone know if they are playing at games or not?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s just football. The team clearly isn’t cheating and they’ve built a powerhouse. If they were losing there wouldn’t be any outrage. Since they are winning, the white supremacies want to find a way to discredit the success

OK Coach Overton, how is this about race? The racial makeup of the schools and teams is similar. Sneaking in illegible players and rigging the system to play smaller teams in order to get your player stats up isn’t really “building a powerhouse.” It’s cheating.

Hayfield was actually in the more competitive Liberty District with larger Yorktown, W-L, Madison, South Lakes, Langley, etc., about 8-10 years ago (2010s). Then they left to play schools in the National District (with smaller more inexperienced teams) which was more at their level. So Hayfield is not playing the likes of Lewis (former Lee), Falls Church, Stuart (former Justice), Annandale, etc., just to run up stats. They’ve been in the National District for about 8 years or so (and I think the resurrected Gunston District for a portion of that timeframe).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s just football. The team clearly isn’t cheating and they’ve built a powerhouse. If they were losing there wouldn’t be any outrage. Since they are winning, the white supremacies want to find a way to discredit the success

OK Coach Overton, how is this about race? The racial makeup of the schools and teams is similar. Sneaking in illegible players and rigging the system to play smaller teams in order to get your player stats up isn’t really “building a powerhouse.” It’s cheating.

Hayfield was actually in the more competitive Liberty District with larger Yorktown, W-L, Madison, South Lakes, Langley, etc., about 8-10 years ago (2010s). Then they left to play schools in the National District (with smaller more inexperienced teams) which was more at their level. So Hayfield is not playing the likes of Lewis (former Lee), Falls Church, Stuart (former Justice), Annandale, etc., just to run up stats. They’ve been in the National District for about 8 years or so (and I think the resurrected Gunston District for a portion of that timeframe).

That's a trip down memory lane. At least the last version of the former Gunston District included TC Williams (now Alexandria City) and West Potomac.

The idea of the juiced-up Hayfield playing Lewis this year cries out for intervention.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hayfield 70 - Edison 6. Edison becomes the second team to put points up against Hayfield.

The Hayfield Clemson commit who had been ineligible was on the field tonight and scored a TD.

How was he ineligible? I’m curious how it’s known because FCPS and Reid tried very hard to say that the identities of the 9 ineligible students should be kept private. So my question is, if no one knows who they are, how does anyone know if they are playing at games or not?

This one was particularly high profile because he was a D1 college commit. He did not play in any game prior to last night and then caught a TD last night.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So see 5 games, 4 shut outs wins of 64-0, 63-0, 70-0 and 65-0 and 1 other win 48-7. Maxprep ranking said as of 10/1 were #1 in their district but only 25 in VA and 24 in DC area. Even assuming Maxprep rankings are worthless, is Hayfield not higher because West Springfield wasn’t a shut out? Also, after 9 of 15 found ineligible, are players from last year varsity getting to play?

Yes, a couple starters from last years varsity team from Hayfield still start this year

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hayfield 70 - Edison 6. Edison becomes the second team to put points up against Hayfield.

The Hayfield Clemson commit who had been ineligible was on the field tonight and scored a TD.

How was he ineligible? I’m curious how it’s known because FCPS and Reid tried very hard to say that the identities of the 9 ineligible students should be kept private. So my question is, if no one knows who they are, how does anyone know if they are playing at games or not?

This one was particularly high profile because he was a D1 college commit. He did not play in any game prior to last night and then caught a TD last night.

He was cleared on Wednesday.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hayfield 70 - Edison 6. Edison becomes the second team to put points up against Hayfield.

The Hayfield Clemson commit who had been ineligible was on the field tonight and scored a TD.

How was he ineligible? I’m curious how it’s known because FCPS and Reid tried very hard to say that the identities of the 9 ineligible students should be kept private. So my question is, if no one knows who they are, how does anyone know if they are playing at games or not?

They are standing on the sidelines with street clothes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My non football kid said that the Hayfield team is viewed by the other schools as a joke due to cheating, and that the kids consider any Hayfield wins illegitimate. The kids say that the actual champion will be the team that finishes the season in 2nd place.

No one, especially colleges, care what your kid or any others say. But thanks for sharing.

Good colleges won’t consider prospects from teams tainted by a cheating scandal. Maybe colleges that are desperate for football players, but no respectable ones.

Many Power 5 schools were visiting Hayfield during the off season in the spring.