Ghost Writer

Silsbee is loaded with atheletes on the regular. The fact they have not won championships in football is not because the district pours more into basketball than football. To the contrary, the basketball program has not only won championships, but won period for a long time in spite of. It was only when Silsbee got an Administration that afforded the basketball program some of the same amenities as football,(ie: basketball class and the ability to go play outside the immediate area to name a couple), that Silsbee got over the hump championship wise. Football has had those amenities and more. Monetarily, there is no comparison between the two when it comes to outlay. Comparing this athletic  program to to others in the area (WOS, Newton, etc) is really comparing communities. The Silsbee community values all their sports not just one or two. Bigger, stronger, faster works well for football, but basketball requires a level of skill that can only be attained through skill development. When bigger, stronger faster meets skilled in basketball, skilled at that game usually wins out at a more consistent rate. I will end with this, Silsbee is unlike anywhere else in this area. They don't take down the basketball goals or prevent basketball practices from happening or even games from taking place until football season ends. Why? because there are other students that are trying to be the best they can at their sport and are not afraid to go play schools while under manned. Before someone asks, yes I KNOW these things first hand.    

13 minutes ago, Unwoke said:

I have never seen a vaccine that forced me to wear a mask.

I have never seen a vaccine that required me to maintain my social distance.

I have never heard of a vaccine that spreads the virus even after vaccination.

I had never heard of rewards, discounts, incentives to get vaccinated.

I never saw discrimination for those who didn't get a vaccination.

I have never seen a vaccine that threatens the relationship between family, colleagues and friends.

I have never seen a vaccine used to threaten livelihoods, work or school.

 

I have never seen a vaccine that would allow a 12-year-old to override parental consent.

I have never seen a vaccine like this one, which discriminates, divides and judges society.

 

As the social fabric tightens, we realize it is a powerful vaccine!

 

It does all these things except IMMUNIZATION.

I have never seen a vaccine do these things either, but that is because it is the virus that is doing these things and not the vaccine. The vaccine is doing what it is supposed to do and that is lessen the chances of people dying from this virus. Flu vaccines and others do not eradicate the disease the just lessen the complications of them and lessen the occurrence of them. Those vaccines that are taken by your children just to go to school, didn’t completely eradicate most of the maladies, they are just not prevalent anymore because everybody has developed antibodies over the years to fight them off because of said vaccines. Given time, the same thing will happen here. 

Houston and Dallas are able to get away with recruiting because they are their own DEC (District Executive Committees). the entire 4a district in HISD and DISD work for the same AD respectively. What coach is gonna report kids transferring for athletic purposes within their district with the threat of losing their job  hanging over their head because the district is loading up their "showcase school" ? Also, just like basketball kids are steered to Yates in this way, football kids are steered to a certain school(s) as well. That's why small towns can fair well against most of the other Houston schools and not these. As stated before, if these schools have this unfair advantage then they should either be in 5 or 6a or in their own league. And yes, there are exceptions when talking about small towns competing. However, in most instances, small towns cannot compete on a consistent basis.  

May the Lord meet all of the needs of Todd and his family during this trying time.

Congrats to all chosen!

Hard to come up with top 5 when I can think of 3 names that should be there before some of these:

David Brown

Michael Dabney

James Simmons

And there are others....   

40 minutes ago, stevenash said:

location of game tonight?

East Chambers @ 7pm

9 minutes ago, Tigers94 said:

No freshman game? Is it because Silsbee may not have enough players? They've been playing with 6 kids.

Still gonna get there kinda early. Hate having to hike up a hill just to get to the gym. I hate that parking lot period lol.

Was told WOS only has 5 players. Silsbee still has their 6. Playing with 6 is tough but Playing with 5, next to impossible because of injury, foul trouble,etc.

13 minutes ago, ST413 said:

Huh, he was inSilsbee the last 2 years that i know of.

also played jr,high in silsbee

8 minutes ago, TxHoops said:

Concordia played a VERY competitive schedule.  Silsbee would definitely be an underdog against them if they played now.  Badsanta is right - Concordia may be the best shooting team in the state.  

Silsbee would also be an underdog to Houston Christian this year.  But who cares - just beat the team across from you and bring home the hardware!   The only teams that matter if they will beat are still playing in the Class 4A tournament. 

AMEN!!!

1 hour ago, L-Train11 said:

I actually respect him for not pointing out other programs who have the same issue. That's the problem nowadays is everyone wants to point the finger at other people (programs in the instance) instead of looking in the mirror. AAW's concern in this matter is silsbee, because silsbee reflects on him. Which is a pretty mature choice in my opinion compared to the opposite which is blaming everybody else.

I agree with respecting him for not pointing out other programs. but don't point out your own in a public forum either. Everyone else handles theirs in house, why not do the same. 

12 hours ago, WOSgrad said:

You kind find him at just about any Tiger football, baseball or basketball game if you wish to talk to him....he broadcasts each and every Tiger district game and has done so for the past 7-8 years.

So each and every incident that you complain has been instigated by "another" team, he was witnessed from court side!

What? He deserves this lecture from you simply because he won't blindly take the side of his alma mater?  Does that mean he doesn't support it?  My friend, what you have described is not support.  Support is able to look at a situation, even in the best of times, to attempt to make things even better.

And for that he gets this scorn, gets treated like some bumpkin who has never been to Silsbee High and invited by another numbskull on this thread not to attend any more games.  Y'all are pitiful and don't deserve the effort he puts in for Silsbee High.  Yet, even though you don't deserve his services, he will be there for the rest of this season and all of next year with enthusiasm in his voice for his beloved Tigers.

I can be found at any of the basketball, football, track meets and baseball games in the playoffs. And trust me I was courtside for each and every one of those games you say I complained about. Here's the thing, he is not being lectured, and I never said he was not supportive. But if he is  gonna make statements like his original one, like his alma mater is the only program that supposedly needs cleaning up, then he ought to be willing to make the same statement about the other programs that supposedly need it in this open forum as well. Whether his services are deserved or not, Silsbee doesn't need those services if he is going to make those type comments. No he is not blind and neither are you sir. However as I stated before, even coaches themselves have to watch film to catch things they miss. If AAW felt that strongly about it then why not go talk with the people who could do something about it instead of throwing them under the bus. And before you say it, I KNOW he has not talked with them.  

15 hours ago, BS Wildcats said:

I don't know if you know this, but you are talking to a man that has probably seen more Silsbee games than anybody here.  He probably doesn't need game film.  If anyone is a good authority on Silsbee athletics, it is AAW.

Trust me when I tell you that I KNOW just as much or more, and even coaches need game film....I also know exactly who he is sir.

1 hour ago, AggiesAreWe said:

Let me rephrase my comment. Some of those kids in the "program" need to clean their act up. Been going on way too long and something needs to be done about it.

When the team gets in confrontations with more than just one other team, then the team needs to take a long hard look at themselves. Of late, Silsbee has been the common denominator in several of these instances.

As a long time Silsbee Tiger, I have been very embarrassed of late of some of the actions of our athletes.

Clean up your act! Silsbee is talented enough to win without all that extracurricular.

 

First of all, just because you choose to ignore or non comment about the other teams' kids actions in all this doesn't mean they don't have kids just like Silsbee's talking and taking cheap shots during games. ( all you have to do is get some film of these games and see for yourself) It doesn't seem to be too difficult to do so. Secondly, I think most of us were embarrassed by "the fight" and the kid that deserved to be punished the most was and has paid his debt so that is not the issue here. The issue here is just because Silsbee seems to be the common denominator in these incidents does not mean they have not taken a long hard look at themselves. Contrary to what has been published, Silsbee has long had a Technical foul punishment in place in their program and it has been used over the course of the last 6 years or so. These confrontations you speak of, outside of the Jasper incident, have all taken place within the district, most notably with the Orange county schools. Silsbee never has these issues when they play anywhere else (Houston, Dallas, Sherman, San Antonio, Beaumont, La Marque, Cleveland, etc). So maybe, just maybe, the problem is something else.....I don't know, like some people don't like their style of play (in your face defense) or maybe point spreads, heck I don't know. What I do Know is you are right, Silsbee is very talented, but that doesn't mean that they ought to just allow themselves to become a whipping board for everybody that chooses to use tactics that are not part of the game. I too am a long time Silsbee Tiger. If you would like to discuss this further I would welcome the conversation in person.  

18 hours ago, Silsbee92 said:

I agree.  Just play the games/sports and be young adults.

I for one am sick of the constant conversation about our community and their sports environment.  We have a lot of fine young athletes that deserve proper recognition for their accomplishments. 

It's prevalent, even in these forums, that some Silsbee fans/players have to overcome the impulse to always respond to every comment or action.

Hopefully some changes are being made at the junior high school sports level.

 As well as us Parents.

Well, these kids do just try to go and play the games, however, the social media thing swings both ways (between teams)....heck, even our President can't seem to stay off of twitter. As far as the community goes, there will always be a few who will sully things up for everybody else in the community no matter what community we point out. but when the statement is made that a 2 year probation was expected because "the program", not plural, needs to clean up its act, then that statement is directed at leadership, ie: the coaching staff. So the question remains, what exactly needs to be cleaned up?  

Exactly what needs to be cleaned up?

The Silsbee Lady Tigers are in fact a legit 10 deep with 2 of the remaining 4 also contributers. The team that wins 21-3A will be the one who avoids the injury bug between Silsbee and Orangefield. If one of these two teams wins on the other's home court, they will run the table. 8)