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We don’t have long to wait and find out. I keep hearing every year HF will win district and their best player was on the JV and they consistently finish 3rd. I watched the Longhorns on quite a few occasions last year both the varsity and JV and they aren’t going to be bad. I don’t see them winning the district. Huffman will miss Harvey’s unselfish play but they have lots of pieces returning. HJ returns Sears, White, Brown , Davis and a couple of kids who are pretty solid on the block. Throw in a few kids who went 22-1 on a JV club and you get a solid club. I can’t wait for the season to start. 

Those kids have bought in to the program and won’t beat themselves. They’ll be more than respectable. 

Considering that WOS doesn't shoot the ball all that well, there may be quite a bit of zone run on them by many teams in district.  Silsbee won't do this, but IMO Silsbee's swarming defense is going to give the other guards of WOS fits. Size is negated when you turn the ball over before they can get the ball to them.  

D1 players everywhere in this one!

I gotta ask if WOS looked sharp and disciplined how in the world does their next game end early in a rumble. Also HF loses to Nederland and Memorial and are tabbed as your district favorites? I don’t see anyone challenging Silsbee in that district and the other district will have a shared title. 

All out war!

I wouldn’t make to much out of the Superintendent or the school board or the either coach. Fact is we were a 1-9 type club with our old coach and we’ll probably be 1-9 type team with the new one. It ain’t the X’s and O’s

Sad to say this happens way to often in Warren. I’m glad my kids had intense coaches during their years there 

It’s true they’ve all had good athletes but that doesn’t necessarily transition into basketball success. Jasper’s basketball team was not real good before he took over up there. He’s done a good job at HJ year in and year out. 

We gotta quit using the old “ he made the playoffs “ phrase. The playoffs are so watered down these days that’s no longer a qualifier. We have some really good coaches in this area. If you name 10 you probably have dropped out of the great ones and in to the good ones 

Maybe he wants to coach his daughter and be part of a team that goes to the State Tournament and has a chance at a State Championship.

Brian is definitely way up there.  Some on here will downplay his greatness but most acknowledge how good he is.  And I will say, like Foster mentioned above, I can verify first hand that he is always willing to help a kid out, even if it’s not one of his own kids or students.   You can tell a lot about a person by how they treat people when it doesn’t personally benefit them.   Both are incredible human beings off the court.  

I’m looking forward to watching this incoming Freshman group at Kountze 

RJ Sears and Trevon White are both solid returners for HJ

People these days want to have life handed to them on a silver platter.  Nobody wants to take the time to build a program and develop it.  Rome wasn't built in a day.  Not really the message to send to kids.

I gotta disagree with this one. After you get past each team’s best player Lumberton wasn’t even close to Huffman talent wise. Huffman wins that match up every time. 

Texas football fans thought Mack Brown was underachieving too.  How did that work out for them?  Clay does a fantastic job at HJ.  Imagine how they'd have done had Parquet and the 6'10 kid stayed over there?  I'd say they've lost more in transfers than they've gained.

Not sure what some people expect from these coaches. 
Consistently winning and making playoff runs means you're doing something right. 

Granted this year’s playoff loss was a bad one. Not sure you can hold the losses to Yates against him. I definitely think he’s a top 10 guy.

Clay has consistently won 25 games while playing a tough schedule. He lost one game to a great Tiger team when Cartwright hit a 3 at the buzzer. He lost another to the same  Tiger club at HJ by 3. If you charted the talent of each club these games probably shouldn’t be close. Give the guy his due. He’s successful year in and year out. 

What is your point ? Every school has move ins. He does a great job with the kids he has. Like him or not Coach Davis does a great job and should be on this list. 

You’ve literally said the same thing three times.  By college type players are you talking about D3?  NAIA?  You’re severely overstating the quality of players and talent going through HJ.  What HJ does is build good players, but they’re not overrun with college ready athletes like you keep saying.  

I did above 

It’s true they’ve all had good athletes but that doesn’t necessarily transition into basketball success. Jasper’s basketball team was not real good before he took over up there. He’s done a good job at HJ year in and year out. 

I think he chose to play college football instead but Daniel Marsh could have certainly played college basketball. I have gotten out of touch with the Hardin basketball community but I have to believe there are still Reecsanos and Randolphs over there as well