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I see it through a totally different lens. I’ve seen far too many wannabe superstars over the years lose games for teams due to selfishness. Those boys don’t need him to win games, in fact the outcome probably would have been more in the Card’s favor. Just my old, professional opinion of course.

Gators kicked my Aggies ass last night. A&M scored just 3 points in the first 12 minutes (game clock) of the game. Only trailed by 10 at that time but it was a sign of how it was going to be. At one time Aggies were 1/20 from three. Needless to say A&M won't be ranked again this week. Could use a home win vs. Missouri this week before going on the road to ranked Vandy on Saturday.

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Here are some big district match ups for this week (Feb. 10-14): Tuesday, Feb. 10 18-5A Dayton at Crosby 7pm 19-5A Barbers Hill at Nederland 7pm 18-4A West Orange-Stark at Lumberton 7pm 19-4A Huffman at Tarkington 7pm 21-3A Pollok Central at Central Heights 7pm 22-3A Buna at Warren 7pm 23-3A Anderson-Shiro at Crockett 7pm 24-2A Shelbyville at San Augustine 7pm 25-2A West Hardin at Sabine Pass 7pm 28-1A Brookeland at Spurger 7pm Wednesday, Feb. 11 23-6A Summer Creek at North Shore 7pm Friday, Feb. 13 18-5A Dayton at West Fork 7pm 19-5A Barbers Hill at Beaumont West Brook 7pm 18-4A Silsbee at West Orange-Stark 6:30pm 19-4A Hamshire-Fannett at Huffman 7pm 21-3A Pineywoods CA at Central Heights 7pm 22-3A Warren at Kountze 7pm 23-3A Coldspring at Crockett 7pm 24-2A Chireno at Corrigan 7pm 25-2A Big Sandy at Sabine Pass 7pm 28-1A Chester at Hull-Daisetta 6pm Saturday, Feb. 14 23-6A Humble at North Shore 1pm

I'll be posting Playoff Scenario thread on Monday.

Tuesday, Feb. 10 18-5A Dayton at Crosby 7pm Splendora at Kingwood Park 7pm Porter at Pasadena 7pm 19-5A Barbers Hill at Nederland 7pm Beaumont United at Port Neches-Groves 7pm Baytown Sterling at Baytown Lee 7pm Port Arthur Memorial at Beaumont West Brook 7pm 18-4A Bridge City at Jasper 7pm Little Cypress-Mauriceville at Silsbee 6:30pm West Orange-Stark at Lumberton 7pm 19-4A Liberty at Hamshire-Fannett 7pm Huffman at Tarkington 7pm Livingston at Shepherd 7pm 21-3A Woodville at Diboll 7pm Newton at Huntington 7pm Pollok Central at Central Heights 7pm 22-3A Anahuac at Orangefield 7pm Buna at Warren 7pm East Chambers at Kountze 7pm Kirbyville at Hardin 7pm 23-3A Anderson-Shiro at Crockett 7pm Coldspring at Trinity 7pm New Waverly at Onalaska 7pm 24-2A Hemphill at West Sabine 7pm Chireno at Woden 7pm Corrigan at Colmesneil 7pm Shelbyville at San Augustine 7pm 25-2A Big Sandy at Danbury 7pm Deweyville at Evadale 7pm West Hardin at Sabine Pass 7pm 28-1A Brookeland at Spurger 7pm Burkeville at Chester 7pm Leggett at Goodrich 6pm High Island at Hull-Daisetta 7pm Wednesday, Feb. 11 23-6A Atascocita at Goose Creek Memorial 7pm CE King at Channelview 7pm Summer Creek at North Shore 7pm Humble at Kingwood 7pm Friday, Feb. 13 18-5A Dayton at West Fork 7pm Splendora at Pasadena 7pm Porter at Crosby 7pm 19-5A Barbers Hill at Beaumont West Brook 7pm Beaumont United at Nederland 7pm Port Neches-Groves at Baytown Lee 7pm Port Arthur Memorial at Baytown Sterling 7pm 18-4A Jasper at Little Cypress-Mauriceville 7pm Lumberton at Vidor 7pm Silsbee at West Orange-Stark 6:30pm 19-4A Hamshire-Fannett at Huffman 7pm Shepherd at Hardin-Jefferson 7pm Tarkington at Livingston 7pm 21-3A Newton at Diboll 7pm Pollok Central at Huntington 7pm Pineywoods CA at Central Heights 7pm 22-3A Kirbyville at Anahuac 7pm Buna at East Chambers 7pm Hardin at Orangefield 7pm Warren at Kountze 7pm 23-3A Anderson-Shiro at Onalaska 7pm Coldspring at Crockett 7pm New Waverly at Trinity 7pm 24-2A Hemphill at San Augustine 7pm Chireno at Corrigan 7pm Shelbyville at Colmesneil 7pm Woden at West Sabine 7pm 25-2A Big Sandy at Sabine Pass 7pm West Hardin at Deweyville 7pm Evadale at Danbury 7pm 28-1A Brookeland at Goodrich 7pm Leggett at Burkeville 6pm Chester at Hull-Daisetta 6pm High Island at Spurger 7pm Saturday, Feb. 14 23-6A CE King at Atascocita 1pm Kingwood at Goose Creek Memorial 1pm Summer Creek at Channelview 1pm Humble at North Shore 1pm

All I saw was #24 hit some big three's at some very crucial times in this game. IMO, BC doesn't win this game without him. For what that's worth.

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Are the playoff brackets structured yet for this year?

I was one of those professionals for a long time before moving to this area many years ago. I am plenty qualified to call out what I see. Sometimes the truth hurts and you can tell who get their feelings hurt. I have no personal agenda and I want to see the Cards do well for many years after this one. A selfish player is not a play maker, end of story. The end of the game last night was nothing but chemistry and smooth ball movement on that court. That last group had to dig themselves out of a hole and they did it with class. I think Coach Daspit has done a wonderful job with this team. He deserves to be Coach of the Year. 24 is a stud and will be special, he just has alot of growing and learning to do. For now, he is nowhere near the caliber as some of the boys on that team, but he will get there by his senior year.

Booker T just lost to Yates and BC was up double digits multiple times on Yates last year but lost it late 4th quarter. So we’ll see how it goes come round 2.

If Booker T has any Lewis/Mcdermott caliber players on their team, it'll be a miserable round 2 for the Cardinals. I scanned over their games played this year and didn't see anything too impressive in the wins department. Maybe they're still good, but not like a few years ago.

24 for BC is a stud!! Will be special

It's either hit or miss. Lol!

Critical thinking skills are a hallmark of a true technical education. Critical thinking skills are also learned through living. You must have a way to sustain yourself while you’re learning, and you will learn critical thinking by living better than from any book. Any form of education is only the beginning. It’s up to the individual to continue learning. I was the training coordinator at the petrochemical company I worked for during my last few years. Before I signed off on completion to satisfy company and OSHA rules, I had my own rule. The student had to tell me ‘why’ when I asked them a question instead of just telling me the procedure from the manual. Then, I knew they could critically think in a hazardous environment. If they could do so at the plant, they began to do so in other parts of their life. How do I know? Coffee break discussions.

You love you some polls.

I got a story about that. In 1984 I was named to represent Hardin County on the Southeast Texas Workforce Development Board. It is responsible for distributing federal workforce training dollars in the three county region here. Reagan’s retooling of the old CETA program. I served until 2019. As time went on, corporate America became more and more involved indirectly with public education curriculum. Basic skills, they said. Since then, education has gotten more and more “basic”. More science and math, less English, history, and social studies. Also escalating over that time was the complaint that public education wasn’t cranking out kids who could do much of anything and as always blamed parents, drugs, video games, music, etc. to keep our eye off reality. A “liberal” education in the technical sense creates a well rounded individual with effective critical thinking skills. We quit doing that. People with poor critical thinking skills are more malleable and less capable of focus outside the basic skills they were taught. Training went from Apprenticeship programs to ITC and other training facilities funded by employers. Again, criticism about the “unpreparedness” and indifference of the workforce continued. It hasn’t worked. If anything it has made people more inclined to be told what to think rather than possess the curiosity and critical thinking skills to evaluate current events for themselves. It just ain’t that simple. “Train them and they will come” is not all it’s cracked up to be. Educate them and they will be sought.

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I only skimmed the article. I’ll have to read it fully later tomorrow. Generally, Fortune has some good articles. So, I’m interested. As far as your initial sentence, I disagree with your premise. Instead of regulating high performers, I suggest re-emphasizing technical skills over liberal degree programs that provide for more indoctrination than education. If you truly believe in equality (not equity) as I do, you are forced to believe that everyone is capable of learning a technical skill. I’m a big proponent of technical skill programs. Whether these skills are learned through military service, or other training programs that provide real world skills is irrelevant to me. (Although, I wouldn’t be against a minimum 2 year service requirement for all after high school graduation that would provide income, service to the whole, and training for needed skills. A little patriotism wouldn’t necessarily be a bad thing either.) From the initial scan of the article, the data suggests a timeframe that correlates to when technical skills were the mainstay of the middle class, and provided a livable wage. This compensation for skill still remains, and is actually higher today because of a severe shortage. The key isn’t regulation. It’s the correct education. That isn’t impacted by CEO compensation. I don’t believe a law is needed to limit someone’s individual earning power they have gained through their efforts. That stymies. Instead of trying to hold someone back, find the way to bring the others up. Retool our educational priorities. Personally, I grew up poor on a farm where my family went bankrupt before farmers were paid NOT to grow stuff. My dad worked his tail off and paid back every dime. He was that sort of man. I served in the military, served the government in some other related functions off book, ended that affiliation, and went to work in Operations at a petrochemical facility. During that time, I completed a Design Degree, and then Engineering. I did this later in life while married with a son. It can be done. I’ve been retired and able to live off of investments and savings for ten years. I firmly believe it really is all in how you apply yourself, and what’s important to you. No corporate greed affected my status.

Wow! It's quite.

Still don’t hear nothing but crickets on the challenge. Show me documented evidence that illegals voting has impacted any race anywhere any time. You can’t. Because it doesn’t exist. One of the great red herrings of all time.

Capitalism can’t exist without creating a segment of the population that is unemployable. The greater the inequity in wealth, the larger that segment becomes. If a family with two adults working still can’t afford basic housing, transportation, food and clothing costs, you see no obligation of the group as a whole to assist? I agree that the system is out of control at this time, but that does not negate the principle. When the average difference between line worker and CEO wages was 20/1 in favor of the executive, the middle class was doing a heck of a lot better. I like this article in Forbes which lays responsibility on the corporation to fix this inadequacy rather than the state. Regulation exists primarily because of greed. Show me how to reduce the debilitating effect of corporate greed on the middle class without laws, and I’m all in. [Hidden Content]

Our military is not keen on being used on the homeland. I can also tell you that from experience. I am not keen on them being used. They are serving for a different purpose. Correct again. We will never agree on the welfare state. To me, the welfare state is a mechanism to take away liberty, and provide for subservience. Not to provide liberty.

I think you are putting your own personal agenda above what is likely the best for that team. There is always plenty to improve on, but questioning chemistry and team dynamics 30ish games into a season is not productive. You are what you are at this point and it’s time to be the best version of that possible. You know who makes deep runs? Talented teams with guys that make plays. And the freshmen for Bridge City is one of those guys. Let the professionals worry about how to manage their squad. I promise they aren’t just sitting around twiddling their thumbs.