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I lost 4 sweet 16 teams in round one, but all 12 I had left made it through to the sweet 16.  I’d call that a success.  Always nice when you end the round of 32 with the same amount of possible points remaining as when you started 

Why would McNeese getting destroyed by a team thats been to the national championship, elite 8, and sweet 16 in the last 3 years hurt anyone?

Knew this was coming.
Another "glass half empty" post from the site pessimist. 

CB’s response to a common analogy:
”That’s like comparing apples and oranges”
CB: Well, it’s not a good analogy. Oranges are a citrus fruit and apples or not so their texture is nothing alike. Many people like eating an apple peel, but virtually no one eats an orange peel as they’re bitter and nasty although some people might use the zest for flavoring. What is really telling is that apple seeds are dark whereas orange seeds are virtually white. Furthermore, apples can be red, green, yellow, and maybe other colors but oranges are orange, hence the name of the color. 

I had a whole response typed out and then just deleted it to avoid violating site rules.  

Kids will be kids… form of trash talking is part of the game. Gotta control your anger. If you don’t want them to trash talk do your job and lock him down, complete those passes, catch the ball and get open and etc…. 
 
but this could have been way way worse situation…. Thank goodness it wasn’t. Parent attacking a kid. Straight clown behavior…. Wrong kid/ family getting attacked could have resulted in a shooting/stabbing or whatever. People today seem to be more trigger happy imo. 

I grew up in a military family (Dad was a Marine), and I went to elementary school in San Diego for several years. We went to school for 12 weeks and then off for 4 weeks (60/20 schedule) with 4 rotating tracks (Track A off, Tracks B, C & D were on and so forth). But that's back in the mid-70's when there were a lot more stay at home moms, all the school kids' families were mostly lower middle income at least and there were great communities of military families in our military housing that could help each other out. I can't imagine that type of schedule these days.

I got a little defensive.  I wasn't trying to belittle the job itself or people who do it, and made my point in a poor way.  And I respect y'all's arguments about 5-day weeks.  I do think people tend to overestimate the effect it'll have on the average family, though.  

I got a little defensive.  I wasn't trying to belittle the job itself or people who do it, and made my point in a poor way.  And I respect y'all's arguments about 5-day weeks.  I do think people tend to overestimate the effect it'll have on the average family, though.  

It's comical reading responses to this from people who have no idea or understanding on how anything works.
As with anything else that you want to give your opinion on, do your homework (couldn't help myself) and come in with some legs to stand on. 
The rebuttal of "working parents", how do you handle Christmas break/Spring Break/Thanksgiving Break/SUMMER?
The removal of Friday doesn't mean the kids are losing time in the classroom, that time is made up by starting earlier and finishing later M-Th. 
People throwing the wages argument of "part time work deserves part time pay" are ignorant if you think teachers are swimming in it.
I can keep going but unless you're involved, you can't possibly understand. My wife is in year 12 at a lower socioeconomic school and to help with getting by with 3 kids I continue to work my 6-day a week job. Thanks for taking up my lunch break with your ignorance.

You apparently don’t understand how it works, on more than one front.  We receive 187 days pay, prorated through the course of the year to ensure we receive a paycheck in the summer.  And districts are required to work a certain amount of minutes a year, with 4-day districts adding minutes to each day, working certain Fridays, and an extra week or two or three a year to make up the difference.  And you clearly underestimate the difficulty of the job, and the value a good teacher has in society.  Like a profession there are good ones and bad ones, but I don’t understand your attitude towards teachers at all.  

The reason there was no media coverage is because this 7 on 7 wasn't a state qualifier tourney. It was just a "practice" type to get ready for the state qualifying tourneys. Was no need for coverage, particularly since it was on a Saturday. Klein is clueless when it comes to sport media coverage. He was just wanting to take shots, which he enjoys doing.
Now as for no law enforcement working this event, that can be questioned.
Video isn't the greatest so it's hard to tell if an officer or two was there or not.
I agree that the parent should have been arrested.
This was just another "hit piece" by Klein. The dude really needs to get a life.

The first video was filmed on a potato apparently, but the parent who jumped a player should’ve been arrested without a doubt.  As an HF fan and employee, that’s embarrassing.  Hopefully our district takes whatever actions necessary against the players involved, and the parent if possible.  

It was more than just about the last few posts, or even this topic specifically. All I read on here is "Well, what about...(insert what ever deflection you want to come up with)". If you're missing something, then you are no different than most - me included. We become so polarized to "our guy" that we can't see the forest for the trees.
@Reagan posts sensationalized articles about "what the left did this time" and @Big girl, God bless her, can't seem to make sense of what day it is. Both are extreme and the truth falls somewhere in the middle. But there isn't any middle ground thee days. There isn't any give and take these days. Between social media, mainstream media (which includes CNN, Fox, the Big 3, MSNBC, etc.), we are willingly being polarized. It's for a reason, both political & social. We are slaves to their thoughts. Most people can't admit that Trump is a narcissistic crook. I can. I'm still going to vote for him...because, in my opinion, it beats the alternative. 
Quit calling each other names and pointing the finger and try to have a discussion that's meaningful.

You are probably correct… there are millions of Canadians pouring across the border in caravans but for some reason have gone unnoticed.
I hear that Detroit and Seattle now have a huge homeless population because of all the White Canadians streaming into this country.

I'm not sure if you have kids (Honestly I hope not with your response), but I do and I thank God he is still with me. I have two good friends, one lost her first born Son(to a work accident) and the other to a drug overdose. The pain that causes does not go away....EVER.  That pain is so severe, if you have kids or don't, you can't even attempt to understand their pain. They are reminded several times a year (every holiday, birthday and special event) for the rest of their life they lost their kid.  So, if that guy Republican or Democrat got in to yell at the President over the death of his Son, I support that 150%.....and you should too. Life is short, and you never know if your kid might lose their life and you have that same pain. 
Everything is not politics, and those lives and deaths are real.

You are being completely ridiculous now.
Losing credibility with every post you make.
You trying to compare a charter school that pulls from 18 other ISD's in the DFW metropolis to a town of 6500 (Silsbee) with just one ISD is a complete farce.
Of course, I completely understand your disappointment with your precious Yates team and it's fall from 4A grace.
Maybe some day they will be back.

Seastrunk is a beast 

I hear ya.
Think I'll let BE handle that. Don't want any daddies or mommas blowing me up. lol
 
I will say that if Miller is 1st team, then Sells is the first selection for 2nd team.

I wish you'd quit pretending that 18-13, 12-6 is somehow better than 9-22, 5-13.  

WRONG!!
They are of an excellent design, I am sure paid for at a high engineering and consulting cost.
 These signs scream of success!!
Seriously, if you are going to waste money on such an endeavor, that is the best they could come up with?
On the order hand, maybe one of the big oil companies donated the money and it really has no bearing on the taxpayers.
 On the other hand is it any different than the money wasted on the Welkom To Nederland sign? 

Awesome effort by Silsbee in the 2nd half. No quit in these tigers. Congrats on being the best legitimate 4A team in the state for the second straight year! 

Hollow 3-peat in my opinion.  Sure players around se texas move around to play for a good program, but what they do at faith family is put an all-star aau squad against teams who can’t draw from a player base like they have. 
 
glad i got to see silsbee again, especially harris and the other seniors.  Congrats on a great season tigers. 

The play-by-play and color guy on NFHS are killing me. Their discussion concerning FF’s move up to 5A being “more difficult and interesting…” is ignorant and farcical. 
 
They will dominate exactly the same. Only now their district opponents will be more competitive…but that only makes you better. 
They will still go get the best players in South Dallas if not the Metroplex at large. 
If they jumped directly to 6A…what’s the difference? 5A and 6A are essentially equivalent…in basketball anyways. 
End of rant. Sorry. It was just too much to listen these two professionals try to twist themselves into pretzels to avoid the elephant in the room. 

I loved the Silsbee Tiger’s fight. They never back down. They never make excuses. 
I understand the politics that spawned this and the legal inability of UIL to effectively mitigate its snowball effect. But on the whole…it’s sad to see Texas Basketball head in this direction.

Silsbee out scored FF 31-19 in the 4th. Closing the game on a 22-5 run.
Needed some of that in the 1st half.