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Last numbers I saw from the CDC is that 90% of new cases, and over 95% of hospitalizations and deaths are occurring among the unvaccinated. So I guess if nothing else the curve will flatten out when enough unvaccinated have gotten sick, but hospitals are being overwhelmed in the process.

567 new cases yesterday, nearly 1000 in two days. Is it time to start putting at least some precautions back in place until it dies back down some?

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I have dogs on my lease all the time. I don’t like them there, but I wouldn’t shoot one unless it was growling at me on my way to the stand or something.

Spent some time around Coach Kenebrew yesterday at HF’s new teacher orientation. He seems like a really good guy. Appears very humble and genuine.

They’ll still be playing for a bronze. Would be nice to see them lose that one as well, but even if they win this Olympics has been a disaster for them.

To be legal they have to be attacking a pet, person, or livestock.

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I don’t disagree with the fact that this year was the year that they had a shot at state. Silsbee and Yates were both way down, and it was probably the most talented team he’s had at HJ. Had they made it through that first game and got some guys healthy, and through the suspension of their best player, they had a chance to make a deep run. But as for the three rounds deep comment, until this year there was exactly one local team with the talent to make it past the third round since 2015, and it wasn’t HJ. I don’t care how good of a coach someone is, they’re not taking a couple of D3 guys and a bunch of roll players and beating teams from houston full of 6’5” to 6’9” guys with D1 talent (or Silsbee with its three D1 players). There comes a point where coaching ability can’t make up a gap in talent and athleticism. I remember going and watching HJ play Houston Sterling in the 2nd round in 2015. HJ had a good team that year, but Sterling had 9 guys on their roster over 6’2, and had four starters between 6’4” and 6’7”. HJ played a fantastic game and lost by 11. Sterling made it to the state finals. Those are the kinds of teams HJ has consistently faced in the 2nd or 3rd round of the playoffs. Coach K isn’t winning those matchups. Look what happened with lumberton this year. Had a D1 player and some other solid guys around him and got ran out of the gym by Huffman because they just couldn’t compete with the talent. Or is the Huffman coach just that much better? And this year’s huffman team would’ve gotten run out of the gym by the Yates and Silsbee teams from a few years ago that Davis couldn’t get past.

The problem with max preps is not every game gets posted. Actual records of HJ under Davis: 14-15: 28-8 15-16: 26-9 16-17: 24-14 17-18: 31-10 18-19: 28-10 19-20: 27-12 20-21: 20-6 (no tournaments) district record during that span: 65-11 (includes 4 district champ/co-champ and 3 district runner ups)

Or finishing district runner up to the state championship Silsbee teams with three D1 players.

The program didn’t get yates in the 2nd or 3rd round most years before he coached there. You’re a broken record. Just say you don’t like him, because you’re ignoring the obvious while repeating the same arguments over and over. HJ has had less talent and faced MUCH tougher playoff competition since he took over. He’s still kept them in the hunt for district championships and won playoff games every year but one. If you think Sutherland would’ve done any better against Silsbee and Yates over the last 6 or 7 years you’re delusional.

How? Because he was in a district with Silsbee who had the talent for several years to possibly make it to state a division higher? Because he keeps running into Houston AAU teams in the playoffs? The talent level isn’t what it was at HJ 10 years ago. They’ve had some good players, but not like before he took over. All he does is win 20+ games a year and competes most years for a district title with decent athletes. It sounds like you have some sort of axe to grind more than anything else.

Admittedly a biased post here, as Clay coached me when I was a kid, and I’ve always liked him. I did a little research, and talked to some HJ folks as well. As best I can tell, Tatum won about 7 games in two years before Davis got there, then won 19 his first year, 26 his second. Two district titles in his two years there, and a regional tourney appearance. Took over Jasper and won the district his first year, and took them to the regional quarters. Missed the playoffs the next year, which was the year he was dealing with some family stuff that led to him coming back to HJ as an assistant. I believe his playoff runs at those schools were the deepest both schools had ever gone at the time. HJ hasn’t gone as far under Davis as they did under Sutherland in the playoffs, but they’ve lost in the playoffs to Sterling, Navasota, Yates x 3, and Silsbee. Every one of those teams went to state or the regional finals. He took over basically right at the time that houston all of a sudden had 4A AAU teams, and Silsbee was able to play 3 D-1 players at once. HJ has had some good players in his time at HJ, but nothing compared to what Sutherland coached there, and the route to state has been infinitely harder since he took over. The playoff loss this year was really the only bad playoff loss he’s had in his career, and his best player was suspended and two other starters were injured (he’d tell you himself that they still had no excuse losing). Davis may not have a state championship, but he consistently takes decent athletes and builds really good small school basketball teams. He may not be the best coach in the area, but he’s earned the right to be on a list of the best coaches around here. He’s also undoubtedly had the opportunity to move to schools that would give him a better shot of advancing, but has stayed loyal to HJ.

A lot of those “any level” players are kids that don’t even look like they could dominate a middle school game. It’s impressive what they’ve done with those guys.

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.

Not sure. One thing I do know, is people i know are starting to get sick again, and they all have one thing in common.

He’s also had to coach in the era where 4A has become a big city classification, with all of these houston and Dallas schools somehow fielding 4A squads. Not to mention the insane talent silsbee has put out. It’s kind of funny that you talk about the talent he inherited, but want to give Mitchell full credit for making the playoffs 3 years in a row with a D1 player (something I’m not positive Davis has ever had, except for a couple of seasons with Parquet).

If they lied about half of them then only 100x as many unvaccinated people died as vaccinated.

They said going in that some people would still get it after being vaccinated. It prevents it in the vast majority of people, and greatly reduces the symptoms for most of those who do get it despite being vaccinated. People can question “future side effects” if they want, but it’s unarguable that the shot is incredibly effective in fighting Covid.

Of the nearly 9,000 Covid deaths since February in Texas, all but 43 occurred in the unvaccinated. For whatever that’s worth to y’all. I’m all for people choosing to get it or not, but these numbers are pretty telling. [Hidden Content]

I wish I’d woken up in the middle of the night to watch them lose.

Interesting topic. It brings up a lot of questions: does one only become a citizen by being born in the state? Can the state reject your moving into the state based on your political beliefs? What about college students who want to attend college out of state? I can think of a dozen more

Probably a golf cart salesman or something important like that.

Completely asinine. And I spent so much time on here thinking you were reasonable and intelligent. Care to tell us what you do for a living?