Quote from: hpudad on October 01, 2009, 02:13:14 PMQuote from: HPU Back-Up on September 30, 2009, 11:10:49 AM
I've been reading these Post patterns for 9 years now and played at Howard Payne from 2000-2004... There used to be some HPU updates from time-to-time on here... Does anyone know what the hell is going on in Brownwood??? how did we get so bad??
I know a little on this subject since my son played at HPU from 2005 to 2008.
Lets see the coach that recruited him wasn't the coach his first year. The coach they had that first year (Redwine) was a good coach. They were pretty good that year, went 7-3 and gave UMHB their last confernece loss.
Before Coach Redwine HPU was predominately a passing team (Adam King). The staff tried to make them more balanced between the pass and run. Coach Redwine lasted three (3) seasons at HPU. He was not forced to leave.
The current coach was on Coach Redwine's staff as the DC.
So since 2004 there has been three different headcoaches at HPU. Not a lot of consistance in recruiting.
During the 2005 to 2008 seasons HPU had good teams but not teams that could overcome their own mistakes. They would have turnovers and penalties that would kill drives.
If you want to know more PM me.
Thanks for the summary... tough to swallow... I actually backed up Adam King for 4 years... Somehow HPU always had great athletes on both sides of the ball... just seems like they aren't getting the recruits to come down there anymore... its a hard place to recruit because there is really nothing to do in Brownwood unless you're a hunter... But good to know some HPU people still read and post... I played for Vance Gibson and heard he is one of the highest paid 4A coaches in the state and was a finalist a few years back for the South Lake Carroll job... Underwoods Best BBQ in Texas... My first year at HPU our coaches banned us from posting on this website the same way these DI programs are banning their players from Twitter and Facebook... Sting'em