Bull crap? Have you even watched Varina’s JV team this year? They are loaded. A lot like those HS JV teams from 5-6 years ago. They beat Henrico 80-0 and could’ve put up 90 on Hanover last week. Those kids make it look easy. They are very young in football and basketball but they have a lot of major D1 kids in their program. I’m just the messenger.
Bedwell took Henrico to state championship game in 1999 then took LC Bird from 2012-2014 not to mention the numerous state semifinal game appearances before then. He has won everywhere he went and he turned Hermitage around rather quickly. One of the great 'what ifs' of Central Region lore will be had he been able to remain at Hermitage, how long before he would have had them playing for a state title? And if he could ever coach again in the region, how long before he would have them competing for state titles. Say what you want about the man and many have both good and bad... he knew how to coach.
Great stuff bro. He made turning around Herm look easy but he put so much time and effort in that rebuild in a really short time. I know for a fact that he had big plans for those 2021 and 2022 Herm teams and I truly believe they would’ve won back to back in titles with what they had lined up to come into that program. I hate that people have that negative stigma about him especially knowing all of the details and how hard it was on Coach to see his reputation messed with like that.
You act like HS doesn’t just RELOAD every yr. Do you know what grade their STARTING RB is in?! He’s TOO GOOD for JV,and starts for a nationally ranked team. He’s not doing what he’s doing against 14&15 year olds. He’s already got a D1 offer. How many of those JV kids have an offer? Have you seen HS’s JV play? They dropped 40 on TDale last week. That coach seems to be feeding Johnson “ready to play” talent every year. Varina,just like HS,has major D1 talent every year. I will take LJ any day of the week over ANY coach in VIRGINIA to coach that talent. Not many coaches out there have five state titles in eight years.
Varina has all upperclassmen starting at the skill positions? So yeah those freshmen are playing JV…. D1 Carter >>>>>> your RB and they’re both in the same grade. Braylon Hood, Jaysean Richardson, and Jadon Baskerville are all big time sophomores contributing like seniors on varsity. I’m not taking anything away from yall but what HS has, Varina is now matching or better. HS definitely has more depth (y’all have 400+ more students in your building) but Varina has some dudes.
