Coach27

To Hillster: Coach Shackelford resigned from coaching in May.

CraigS I played HS ball and club ball and never missed ONE UIL GAME for club and signed a full scholarship.......and would of NEVER put my high school coaches in a situation where i "told" them when i would be there.  I was there.......because i made that committment to the team, to my coach and to the local high school i played for.  Playing a college sport is a job.....i know this from experience.  the demands are HUGE...They are paying your way so they own you.... and yes, i played because of the love of the game-- but there is a difference. It's not the same experience as playing high school ball....... BUT--you don't seem like the type to hear anyone elses argument on this subject ..... not even coming from a person who has 'been there, done that'...

Kids should play high school sports first. period!  that only time that they have to play high school sports is in high school... there are thousands of clubs for every age out there!!!!!!  they can play any sport until they are 100 years old!! there are only 4 years to play high school ball........ 4 years in an entire lifetime!!!!!!!! SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS!!!!

So we are going to cut coaches:  these people are the ones that supervise your kids on those EXTRA curricular activities, so now we are going to have less people keeping up with the same amount of kids?  In my opinion, this is not smart.  Less people to give more attention to your child? Less people to go the extra mile for your child? I am not saying that teachers don't do the same, because i know they do. Coaches spend a whole lot of extra time with their athletes......... and a lot of times serve as more than just a coach to these kids.  I just don't think that they should be the ones that get cut.  That's all i am saying..... it's MY OPINION..... it doesn't have to be yours.

You all realize that this is the way that these coaches support their families right???/  we are talking about peoples ways of paying for groceries, doctor visits, electricity and everything else that cost money!!!  How can any human being be glad that another human being doesn't have a way to support their family?????? what has happened to us as people?