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A tribute to the 2007 Tigers
I once heard a very famous coach talking about his illustrious and very successful football career which included having won the majority of the games his teams played. In elaborating about all the years he coached, the one thing that he said that registered most with me was that he could probably remember more about the losses they suffered than the wins. Certainly there were some wins that were more significant in the grand scheme of things that he remembered in great detail but on the whole it seemed his mind had processed the majority of the wins in such a way that they were out to pasture, so to speak, in the portion of the brain where we find contentment. The losses on the other hand were like maverick steers that could never be com- pletely processed and put into the pasture of contentment. In my own personal experience, I can attest to the truth in what the coach was saying. I can still vividly remember almost everything about a few special wins in my high school career but as for most of the wins, I am not sure I could even tell you the final score much less details about the games themselves. As for the losses and particularly those that were close, I still on occasion have nightmares where one or two plays that we didn't make that might have changed the outcome of the game still haunt me. Don't get me wrong it is not something that happens frequently but when it does the memories are as vivid as they were shortly after the loss actually occurred. I've said all that so those of you who have never been in the position these Thomasville Tiger seniors are in can understand the depth of their feelings right now. I know you might be wondering why I have only addressed the seniors and their feelings and have overlooked those juniors, sophomores, and freshmen who were a part of the team. Once again calling on my own experiences, I know that they still have years left in their career in which they can claim special victories and possibly avenge some of the losses but for the seniors that time has passed and whatever memories of their high school career they will carry with them have all been made. Even though disappointment at the way things ended last week is the prominent emotion these young men are feeling right now if they take the time to examine all they have accomplished they do have an awful lot to be proud of. First they became the winningest senior class in THS history winning 45 games in the four years they were in the program, surpassing the 2006 class which had the record with 44 wins. In addition that put them at the top of an elite group of only five classes to ever accumulate at least 40 wins in their four year stints. They also became the class with the most playoff wins in a four year period winning 11 of the 15 post season games they played. In that same area they became the only THS team to go at least as far as the semi-finals in the AHSAA State Playoffs for three consecutive years; 2005, 2006 and 2007. For that matter no other team in this immediate area and probably only a select few in the entire state have accomplished that feat over the past three years. Scoring a total of 564 points this season placed them at the top of the list of the fifteen best offensive teams in THS history based on total points scored. It also put them in at number two on the all time offensive teams list based on average points scored per game with a 40.25 average. Perhaps when the sting of last week's loss has had some time to become a little less painful, the Thomasville Tigers of 2007 will be able to feel good about what they have accomplished in their career and will know that they have earned a special spot in the 91 year legacy of Thomasville High School football.
Until next time……be safe!
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