I am glad you were able to share this as Dr. Kilgo fastened on something that is usually what sticks in my craw when this situation is brought up here. And that is that a school does not have the latest in turf or indoor training facilities does so simply because it does not desire their school district to have them. Nothing can be farther from the truth. Quick fact, no high school field in Orange County has artificial turf. Equally quick fact, every AD in a school in Orange County wants turf on their field be it Jeff Mathews, Cornel Thompson, Randy Crouch, Josh Smalley, Dwayne DuBois or Johnny Robinson. Second equally quick fact, every superintendent and board of trustees of every school district in Orange County....Vidor ISD, Bridge City ISD, Orangefield ISD, Little Cypress-Mauriceville CISD, West Orange-Cove CISD or Community Christian School, would love to provide it. However, whenever they enter into their budget workshops, the money simply isn't there.
Now, one by one, districts around the area are finding ways to fund such a venture and perhaps very soon every district in the area will overcome the cost obstacles to install such a field. But for those that have it to look down their noses at those who don't does not make those who have it look superior, it makes them look like idiots.
