Gary Criswell retweeted
This week's @CBS6 @910TheFan coaches poll is out
1 @VarinaFootball (26)
2 @TDKnightsFB (2)
3 @gohshsfootball
4 @MidloFBRecruit
5 @HuguenotFB
6 @PHSAthletics01
7 @Manchester_FB
8 @tesfootball
9 @RecruitHermFB
10 @bcprva
@CoachCriz @LaneCtvsports @CBS6SportsSean
1 @VarinaFootball (26)
2 @TDKnightsFB (2)
3 @gohshsfootball
4 @MidloFBRecruit
5 @HuguenotFB
6 @PHSAthletics01
7 @Manchester_FB
8 @tesfootball
9 @RecruitHermFB
10 @bcprva
@CoachCriz @LaneCtvsports @CBS6SportsSean
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A great Game 10 matchup! #staywithcoach
The regular season finale of our GOTW will be 8-1 @HuguenotFB at 8-1 @Manchester_FB. @CoachCriz @StevenA_88 & I will have the call Friday JIP just after 7pm on @NewsradioWRVA, 1140am, the @Audacy app and online here audacy.com/stations/newsr…
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Yes Sir! #staywithcoach
Love you, I owe you everything. You changed my life, forever grateful. 🙏🤙
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I did the same thing @CoachDanCasey !
Rest in peace, June Jones.
A pioneer of Offensive Football.
The Run & Shoot fundamentally changed the way the Pass Game is taught. It gave QB’s & WR’s the freedom to adjust routes and find space.
I’ll never forget staying up until 2am EST watching his Hawaii teams score 60+
Legend.
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Gary Criswell retweeted
Culture is intentional.
Shaka Smart’s 26-page culture blueprint shows exactly how they do it.
"We say culture is simply how we act, interact, and respond. That's it."
- Shaka Smart 🥇
Shaka Smart’s 26-page culture blueprint shows exactly how they do it.
"We say culture is simply how we act, interact, and respond. That's it."
- Shaka Smart 🥇
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Gary Criswell retweeted
Tonight on the HS walk-thru on @910TheFan we missed @CoachCriz, but @StevenA_88 & I had a great chat with @CosbyTitansFB coach @Coach_Wild. Here is a link with you can LISTEN open.spotify.com/episode/7FQlHJ…
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Worth a read! #staywithcoach
After knocking off #2 BYU, Scott Frost reflects on why a lot of good coaches lose their jobs, while average coaches win
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4 Verts = "Wheel & Deal"
This is the base menu our QB has when stepping up to the LOS. Outside WR has fade/fallout option, inside WR have sit/post option. QB has freedom to tag catch & throw routes to any WR or leverage/blitz replacement routes to the RB.
#AirRaid #RaidNShoot
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Gary Criswell retweeted
June 6, 1944. An American paratrooper jumps into Normandy in the dark and lands on the roof of a church.
By the end of the war he had been declared dead, held a funeral he didn't attend, escaped the Nazis, and fought his way toward Berlin in a Soviet tank unit.
His name was ieved to be the only American soldier to serve in both the US Army and the Red Army during World War Two.
Beyrle was from Muskegon, Michigan. He joined the 101st Airborne, the Screaming Eagles. His buddies called him Jumpin' Joe.
On D-Day night his plane was hit by flak and he jumped early. He came down on a church roof, slid off, and lost his unit in the chaos. For a few days he fought on his own, blowing up a power station and cutting German communications.
Then he was captured.
Here's where it gets strange. A German soldier ended up wearing Beyrle's uniform and dog tags. That German was killed. When the body was found, the Americans identified it as Joseph Beyrle.
The army told his parents their son was dead. His hometown held a funeral mass for him. His obituary ran in the local paper.
Meanwhile, he was very much alive, being moved from one German prison camp to another.
He escaped more than once. One time he and two other prisoners jumped off a train heading east. They thought they were heading for Russia and freedom. They got lost and ended up in Berlin, where they were caught by the Gestapo, beaten, and tortured.
In January 1945, from a camp in eastern Germany, he finally made a clean escape. He went east, toward the gunfire. Toward the Soviets.
When he found a Soviet tank unit, he walked out with his hands up, holding a pack of Lucky Strike cigarettes, and shouted the only Russian he knew. American comrade.
It worked.
He asked to join them. And they said yes.
For about a month, an American paratrooper rode with Soviet tank crews as they pushed toward Germany. He used his demolition training. He fought. He was reportedly welcomed by a Soviet officer who was one of the rare women commanding a tank battalion.
Then a German dive bomber attacked. Beyrle was badly wounded.
He was evacuated to a Soviet hospital. Soviet Marshal Georgy Zhukov reportedly visited, heard his story, and gave him papers to get to the American embassy in Moscow.
When he showed up, the embassy didn't believe him. As far as the US was concerned, Joseph Beyrle was dead. They held him under guard until his fingerprints proved who he was.
He made it home to Michigan in April 1945.
In 1946 he got married. In the same church where they'd held his funeral.
Decades later, in 1994, he was honored at the White House by President Bill Clinton and Russian President Boris Yeltsin for serving both countries.
And the last twist. His son, Joseph Beyrle II, grew up to become the United States Ambassador to Russia.
By the end of the war he had been declared dead, held a funeral he didn't attend, escaped the Nazis, and fought his way toward Berlin in a Soviet tank unit.
His name was ieved to be the only American soldier to serve in both the US Army and the Red Army during World War Two.
Beyrle was from Muskegon, Michigan. He joined the 101st Airborne, the Screaming Eagles. His buddies called him Jumpin' Joe.
On D-Day night his plane was hit by flak and he jumped early. He came down on a church roof, slid off, and lost his unit in the chaos. For a few days he fought on his own, blowing up a power station and cutting German communications.
Then he was captured.
Here's where it gets strange. A German soldier ended up wearing Beyrle's uniform and dog tags. That German was killed. When the body was found, the Americans identified it as Joseph Beyrle.
The army told his parents their son was dead. His hometown held a funeral mass for him. His obituary ran in the local paper.
Meanwhile, he was very much alive, being moved from one German prison camp to another.
He escaped more than once. One time he and two other prisoners jumped off a train heading east. They thought they were heading for Russia and freedom. They got lost and ended up in Berlin, where they were caught by the Gestapo, beaten, and tortured.
In January 1945, from a camp in eastern Germany, he finally made a clean escape. He went east, toward the gunfire. Toward the Soviets.
When he found a Soviet tank unit, he walked out with his hands up, holding a pack of Lucky Strike cigarettes, and shouted the only Russian he knew. American comrade.
It worked.
He asked to join them. And they said yes.
For about a month, an American paratrooper rode with Soviet tank crews as they pushed toward Germany. He used his demolition training. He fought. He was reportedly welcomed by a Soviet officer who was one of the rare women commanding a tank battalion.
Then a German dive bomber attacked. Beyrle was badly wounded.
He was evacuated to a Soviet hospital. Soviet Marshal Georgy Zhukov reportedly visited, heard his story, and gave him papers to get to the American embassy in Moscow.
When he showed up, the embassy didn't believe him. As far as the US was concerned, Joseph Beyrle was dead. They held him under guard until his fingerprints proved who he was.
He made it home to Michigan in April 1945.
In 1946 he got married. In the same church where they'd held his funeral.
Decades later, in 1994, he was honored at the White House by President Bill Clinton and Russian President Boris Yeltsin for serving both countries.
And the last twist. His son, Joseph Beyrle II, grew up to become the United States Ambassador to Russia.
Community note
Joseph Robert “Joe” Beyrle had two sons. The elder son, Joe Beyrle II, served during the Vietnam War, but wasn’t a US Ambassador. That was the other son, John Beyrle.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Be…
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Giants running TE Leak Wheel
Great Route from Thomas Fidone to break back inside!
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Gary Criswell retweeted
GOTW Friday is the East End showdown as #3 @gohshsfootball visits #1 @VarinaFootball. @StevenA_88 will have updates from @PHSAthletics01 at @TDKnightsFB all night. @CoachCriz & I are on at 630pm on @910TheFan, 910am, 105.1fm, @Audacy app & online here audacy.com/stations/thefa…
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My favorite part? This is all about pride! #staywithcoach
GOTW Friday is the East End showdown as #3 @gohshsfootball visits #1 @VarinaFootball. @StevenA_88 will have updates from @PHSAthletics01 at @TDKnightsFB all night. @CoachCriz & I are on at 630pm on @910TheFan, 910am, 105.1fm, @Audacy app & online here audacy.com/stations/thefa…
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Gary Criswell retweeted
This week's @CBS6 @910TheFan coaches poll is out
1 @VarinaFootball (27)
2 @TDKnightsFB (1)
3 @gohshsfootball
4 @MidloFBRecruit
5 @PHSAthletics01
6 @HuguenotFB
7 @Manchester_FB
8 @tesfootball
9 @DSFfootball
10 @RecruitHermFB
@CoachCriz @LaneCtvsports @CBS6SportsSean
1 @VarinaFootball (27)
2 @TDKnightsFB (1)
3 @gohshsfootball
4 @MidloFBRecruit
5 @PHSAthletics01
6 @HuguenotFB
7 @Manchester_FB
8 @tesfootball
9 @DSFfootball
10 @RecruitHermFB
@CoachCriz @LaneCtvsports @CBS6SportsSean
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Gary Criswell retweeted
Congrats to our @TheBTT players of the game from tonight, @MicahScott1400 from @PHSAthletics01 & @qb_king7 from @HopewellFB
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Gary Criswell retweeted
WATCH postgame extra. @CoachCriz @jeremy_lapidus & I wrap up @PHSAthletics01 GOTW win, big wins for @gohshsfootball, @KWHSFB, and other key results facebook.com/GHessRVA/video…
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