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Tiler Paine from HF hit 2 last night against BC.

Wow! A post about a one-sided basketball game runs into this. A 4-A Div. II team playing a 5A team in a non-district game, trying to prepare themselves for a tough district, learning how to compete and adapt to adversity and we turn this into an opportunity to take jabs at a coach you don't like and are jealous that you can't do what he does, is pathetic. After being down several key players due to various reasons such as injury, quitting, left school, and just about any other excuse you can think of, he is still a coach. Not a magician. He can't wave a wand and make everything better. None of those reasons were a result of Coach Jacks either. Don't care what you have heard, keep looking. The real answer is there. Ask some of the girl parents of the Lumberton team now why Jacks left. They will proudly tell you they had a hand in it. The old "Don't care if we are winning, my daughter isn't scoring enough." mentality is strong with some of them. Or, niece for that matter. This generation of "Helicopter" and "Lawnmower" parents is ruining the way high school sports is being played and coached. I know everyone has coached little dribblers, little league, junior league, AAU, select, and whatever else kind and that makes all people sporting experts and gurus, and the guys that actually get paid to do it know nothing. I get it. Some of you are geniuses. Why don't y'all coach then? Let me answer that for you. 1. You don't have a degree, judging by some of your spelling and dictation I am not surprised. 2. You can't afford the pay cut. 3. You only want the job on Game nights, not everything else. 4. You may have to coach your own kid or another that acts like yours. 5. You have paid your kids entire life to have them take lessons from every sport "guru" around because you can't teach them yourself or you don't know how to. 6. Someone may see through all the BS you have been laying on through the years and realize you weren't the stud you claimed to be back in the day. Just my thoughts. I would love to sit down and talk sports with any of you experts if you would like to.

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Hit the back button and close yourself out of it. You don't have to read every post or agree with them. The question asked was legitimate.

Why would it matter if he did or didn't play? Is there a little dribbler/select "coach" parent that is more qualified?

Where exactly are you getting your info from? That is one of the most asinine comments I have ever seen on here, and I have seen you put some doozies. Check your information before you throw out incoherent babble. Hear any info from any of the coaches that are leaving as to why they are gone? I bet if you ask them, they will tell you. Don't go by what he said and she said. This is what makes you look foolish and others from Lumberton bad. People associate the rest of the town with you sometimes and it is a shame. There are some coaches leaving, some by choice and some non-renewed. What would cause a mass exodus after a 7 win season in Lumberton? Ask yourself that question. Where does it start? Top or bottom? How many of Babin's former coaches did he bring with him from Warren? Deweyville? Houston? Where are all the Babinites that are following him to the promised land? How can so many jump ship and follow Jehling to the land of Horns? How many have interviewed for jobs here and turned them down? Believe it or not, there is not a line of coaches beating down the door to get into Lumberton. For you to throw out that the coaches that are leaving were "lazy" and did not want to work based on something you "heard" is absurd. Check your info next time. You know so much and like to keep everyone informed, ask around these questions and see if you like the answers.

Lack of respect and sense of entitlement comes from the home. Youth doesn't really have anything to do with, in my opinion. All of the selfish acts of individuals causes tension and forms a division in the dugout which is hard for any team, especially high school kids, to deal with. Parents need to get on board or off and bring their "superstar" boys with them. Again, stay classy L-Town. Stay classy.

Try to teach kids about commitment and accountability and some parents and grandparents can't handle it. Support the coaches decisions whether you agree with it or not. They are just doing what should have been taught at a younger age. Great examples of a few things were shown tonight. What a good coach should do, and what grown adults should not. Stay classy L-Town, stay classy.

Tryouts will be this Saturday the 12th at 2 pm at the little league park on Lumberton. Message me or email me at [email protected] for more info. Thanks.

We will be having another tryout next Sunday, December 13th, to fill our roster. It will be at the Academy at Ford Park. I will post the times at a later date. If you a have a child who is looking for a low-pressure but competitive team, come see us. Fees will be minimal and will try and stay local with our tournaments and little travel. Please email me or message me, Todd Paine, if interested. Email at [email protected]. Thanks.

I am looking for a few more players to complete the team.  We will be hosting a tryout on Saturday Jan 17th at the Lumberton Little League Ballpark from 2-4 p.m.  I will take a 10 year old looking to play up or 11 year olds.   Please feel free to email me or message me with any questions. We will begin play by the middle or end of February.  My email is [email protected]. 

We will be hosting a tryout on Saturday January 3 and Saturday January 10. For information please contact Todd Paine via email at [email protected] or call at 409-751-5504.

I am starting an 11 U select team with The Redline Organization. I am looking for a few players to fill out my roster. Will be hosting a tryout soon. If interested, please email me or message me. I run a low pressure environment team. No drama. I will make sure your child will learn the game, have fun, and be competitive. [email protected].

I am about to start a Select team for next year. Will be 11U.  I am looking to see if and how many will be interested.  Based out of Lumberton but will take any Southeast Texas kids.