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I think you would be surprised. It is not publicized, but most schools that want to be good at baseball play fall baseball.

This is an easy one. We have let grifter unqualified coaches infiltrate our children and convince them that they will be D1 athletes if they only focus on a single sport. We've got kids, with single digit ages, playing their sport year-round to "maximize exposure" despite the fact that most college coaches on the recruiting trail will value a multisport athlete. This translates to the school year and ends up with kids being football, basketball, baseball only kids. Track is pretty much the only one left that keeps kids playing other sports and that's primarily because football coaches demand their football kids be track athletes. I literally talked to a man last night, who just moved to Texas from Oklahoma who was telling me his kid played on two different football teams during the season last year. One for his school, one for his select league. During the week the kid was a RB for his school, and on the weekends, he was a QB for his select team. This would equal 7 days a week of full contact football for a 6th grader......6th grader. Once that ends, rolls straight into 7 on 7 for the spring and back to football in the summer. All this for a kid, who seems to be a good athlete, but probably has a ceiling of D2 at best, if he doesn't burn out before that. Parents are silly and think they can develop their kids into being the next Quinn Ewers, but they completely miss the biggest factor in creating that type of athlete.....genetics. Genetics are undefeated. Always have been, always will be. Play sports because you love to compete then compete in everything you do. Quit giving bullsheet rings to "state champions" every single weekend all over the US and get back to valuing team championships won at the community level to build the continuity when they are young. This is the only way to reestablish the pride once felt by every kid in every town across Texas when they got to put on a uniform with their school colors. Otherwise, we can kiss the magic of high school sports goodbye.

She's a Republican so I'm sure the media will ethically and responsibly report the story.

Not many schools, if any in our area, have fall baseball teams. Kids play for teams outside of school during the fall if they want to.

I'm going to agree with this. Individual drills would be fine, but a varsity baseball player should not be involved in full pad practices during the baseball season. Especially, if he is a contributing player on a playoff bound baseball team. This is irresponsible and selfish of the AD/HFC.

17-5A W17 Barbers Hill Vs. F18 Angleton Game 1: Wednesday, May 1 @ Angleton, 7:00 Game 2: Thursday, May 2 @ Barbers Hill, 7:00 Game 3: Friday, May 3 @ Barbers Hill, 7:00 (if necessary) R17 PNG Vs. T18 La Porte Game 1: Thursday, May 2 @ La Porte, 7:00 Game 2: Friday, May 3 @ PNG, 7:00 Game 3: Saturday, May 4 @ TBD, TBD R18 Friendswood Vs. T17 Nederland Game 1: Thursday, May 2 @ Goose Creek Memorial, 6:30 Game 2: Friday, May 3 @ Goose Creek Memorial, 6:30 Game 3: Saturday, May 4 @ Goose Creek Memorial, 12:00 (if necessary) W18 Santa Fe Vs. F17 Crosby Game 1: Thursday, May 2 @ Crosby, 7:00 Game 2: Friday, May 3 @ Santa Fe, 7:00 Game 3: Saturday, May 4 @ TBD, 1:00 (if necessary)

I was told Dave Campbell recognized Coach Rich as one of the best 1st year coaches hired by the Bulldogs….

That conversation shifted gears. As far as parents moving their kids to schools that best suit their interests.. that's been happening since long before the talk of vouchers. It can't be stopped. I'm on the fence. I see the arguments for and against.. but I think that maybe a parent's school tax dollars should go to the school of their choosing. Schools should do better job implementing programs and others that A) keep kids there.. B)attract from outside. Competition is good.. why shouldn't schools have to compete?

Well, to be more correct we can just say the "inmates are running the asylum" but those pesky libs hate that verbiage as well.

Or a less lethal option would be to have law enforcement yell improper pronouns at them...they'd scatter like sheep. I still prefer your way, lol.

I am out of VOTES, but I will give a BIG AMEN!!!!

You start opening fire and drop about 10 or 12 of these protesting morons it will break up pretty quick. This ties in with killing the chicken killing dog.

I’m glad someone is paying attention. lol

No argument in your rationale however politics isn’t rational. Said people vote. Those votes don’t have to be approved by a jury deciding if a voter has a valid reason for his beliefs. There are things that I firmly believe but I would never say them, even in private (what is private anymore?) if I ever intended to run for office. It doesn’t matter if my private thoughts could be proven 100% as correct, it still might very likely lose voters and an election. Maybe you missed the Trump presidency……

Well at least she didn't eat the dog. Then again, she might have become president. I can't believe this went to page 2 without anyone mentioning Obama eating dog meat.

Y’all see this?

You won’t get an argument from me that this won’t hurt her nationally but I don’t think this will hurt her in SD or even an appointment in a Republican administration. I’m sure she saw backlash from some, apparently not from folks like you and me, which is significant, but like I said, I appreciate the honesty.

Big girl has went into hiding. I think she knows her sorry arse potus is wrong, but she doesn’t want to acknowledge it. She doesn’t want to get cross ways with the 2-3 liberal posters here.

well then I'm with you on the other stuff you stated. I don't at all have an issue with a basketball player getting some jump shots in during football, or some easy BP swings, etc. But I don't want basketball players doing box out drills, batters facing live pitching, etc during football, and vice versa on football drills during those seasons. I guess I should've clarified my original post with the caveat that I don't think they should be doing major work in multiple school sports at the same time.

If there's a specific situation that started this thread, I don't know the details. Nor do I care. But I do have an opinion about what I'm gathering from some of the comments. My opinion: I do believe that an AD should leave the players of a particular sport to their respective head coach during that season. The varsity players of that sport anyway. I believe it's a little different concerning the sub varsity players of that sport. If an AD/HFC decides to grab some JV baseball players for some offseason football stuff during the athletics period, I don't have AS MUCH of a problem with it. I would still consider it a common courtesy to discuss with the head coach of that particular sport to consider their thoughts on it. I also believe that ALL athletes should be lifting and running all year. When in a particular season, I believe that the head coach of that sport should control the reigns on that topic to implement some sport specific lifting/running during their season. But all athletes should be in the weight room year round. As far as playing multiple sports? I'm an advocate. I know that the popular idea is for potentially good/great players in a specific sport to "focus" on that sport. And I agree.. but focusing on one sport doesn't mean stopping the others. It just means prioritizing time in a way that extra work is put into that specific sport. After hours, weekends, holidays/summer, etc.. Just because you plan on making a push into college baseball (for example) doesn't mean you can't work on baseball during other sports seasons. That's exactly what I did.. and countless others. Plus, it's important to maybe learn how to be a role player in a sport that you're not the best at. Because that's coming. That's my opinion. And I come from an era where kids played multiple sports if they knew it would be helping. Helping their classmates.. or just contributing to school pride. I hate knowing that there are schools that could be much more competitive if their kids would just come out. It's hard for me to understand if I'm being honest.

There are times when certain things are appropriate, and when they are not. We can agree to disagree on the appropriateness of star baseball players doing contact football drills in the days leading up the baseball playoffs.

Hmm..... I tend to disagree. I was a multi sport athlete in High School and am now a coach. Kid is not going to be a very good hitter if he only hits in the spring and summer, I took BP and threw (to keep my arm in shape) during football and basketball season. Kid is not going to be a very good QB, WR or DB if he only throws passes, runs routes or covers receivers in the fall or during a few 7 on 7 games after baseball is over. And a kid is never going to be good shooter of the basketball if he only shoots during the basketball season. Skills are honed, not mastered, they need to be developed and practiced repeatedly.

Getting hurt in another sport isn’t the problem. Getting hurt in offseason workouts in the middle of district is. He had surgery this morning and will probably miss football next season anyways. At least they got to workout in pads in April.

They lift around their baseball schedule. They don’t go heavy on game days or do shoulder workouts before they pitch that night. They damn sure aren’t tackling each other.

I was not talking about lifting and speed/agility drills... Every good coach in ANY sport should be doing this in season... We are talking about mandated SPORT participation in OFF SEASON...

Can't really agree with this statement.

but will he be doing contact football drills mid-season?

But it spells DOOM because one player got hurt....ridiculous

Brookeland brings back 8 of 9. All five starters return.