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I’m saying him winning this district with the roster he had isn’t earth shattering. And at least a couple of the other coaches in that district did more with less imo. And yes, I believe 2-3 other coaches in that district “could” (not “would” because this is obviously pure speculation and conjecture) have won district outright with that team. And again, let’s not turn this into a Sigler isn’t a good coach argument. He’s obviously an excellent coach. He just wouldn’t have been my choice for COTY in THIS particular year. Only because there were a couple of other remarkable jobs done in this district. But again, it’s not the worst part of the superlative voting on this team.

HJ had the team with the brightest future (if you don’t count players who would be incoming freshmen next year). Very comparable teams this season (thus, the split). But with Bush, if I’m picking a roster, it’s Silsbee easily imo.

I’m saying that if that’s the first time you’ve heard a coach voting for himself, there must never have been a unanimous COTY vote. Because by necessity, those two would be mutually exclusive.

Argument could be made that with that roster, Rideaux or Mitchell wouldn’t have needed a tiebreaker game to win district.

So based on those two sentences, a COTY vote has never been unanimous?

I would have chosen Rideaux or Mitchell. But I would have been fine with Davis as well. Nothing against Sig. He always does a great job. But this was a year to give it to someone else. Just IMO.

Agreed. Same with all the Co-players of the year. Obviously Bush is a no brainer. But in one of those categories, one of the players is in a different hemisphere than the other.

Bernie scares me. I like to be prepared for the unthinkable. If the unthinkable happened and he was able to “accomplish” half of what he’d like to in 4 years, could take us decades to recover. I know confidence is high, but 2016 taught us anything can happen. At the same time, if the “Shanghai” of Bernie is completed by the Democratic Party yet again, the President could get more mileage out of that than the economy.

Great thread @gonelsons ! 👏👏

The key word is parents. They could care less about education either. They care about votes.

Griggs on another level. That kid is the best prospect in the Houston area in any classification. Period.

No it’s directed at parents putting their kids in a school of their choice, for whatever criteria they choose. The very rhetoric behind it is parents making decisions on their kids’ educations, not others.

AND if you guys are paying attention to politics, “choice of school” is a huge talking appoint that actually gets bipartisan support. UiL might have this particular issue taken out of its lap eventually. In other words, this has a decent chance of getting sanctioned by the government. It just won’t be called recruiting.

It’s just finding it’s way to 4A. That Plano East team from several years ago that won state was probably the best recruited team I’ve seen. The metroplex state champ is always formed “by committee.” Last year’s team was no exception. AND the 4A champ (Dallas Family Faith or whatever) imported almost the whole team AND coaching staff. Houston area is just playing catch up. And it just goes on in a smaller scale down here. But it does go on and has for years. I could probably pull 20 examples off the top of my head but am not interested in doing that.

Yawn 🥱

Isn’t this a rematch of a state championship game from a few years back?

Wow! Congrats to the Horns. Keep believing in yourselves and who cares if anyone else does. Side note - there aren’t many better at dictating the pace and style of a game as your leader. Keep buying in and take it one game at a time.

You are dipping into my repertoire.

While I tend to agree, there is a great equalizer any time you play Yates, no matter how talented they are. But it involves taking care of the basketball and attacking the basket. If you are settling for 3s, you’re have to hit a really high percentage this year. But they will always be vulnerable if you don’t turn it over and can exploit the back side of that press. Having said all that, I agree they might be the most talented team in the state, regardless of classification.

Can I just say how entertaining this district was this year, top to bottom? It was about as competitive as you can get. And congrats to both of these teams, and especially the Silsbee Tigers. This one was hard fought and earned. And forget what fans say about what round you may or may be done in. I see 4 teams going to the playoffs from this district who can play with just about anybody. One game, one possession at a time...

So there are a few of you left that don’t live in Japan or the Dominican Republic

Great, great post. All very true. I’ve seen him engage students on different topics (history in particular) on summer road trips. Yes, in the summer. And actually get kids interested in educational topics unrelated to basketball. He’s really something special who will have an impact on many kids that can last a lifetime.

I saw something the other day by a well respected NBA draft analyst talking about how impressed he was with his game. He keeps improving, kid has a real shot. I think he’s already at a point where he will be able to make a living at the game. With his trajectory though, playing at the highest level isn’t beyond him. Excited for him and his family. Stay healthy and keep improving!

🙄 were you there? I won’t get too disrespectful but I honestly doubt there’s a 4A district in the state with better coaches from top to bottom than this one. There’s more than one that, IMO, would have more hardware if they coached 100 miles or so away than the current coach there because they are capable of making in-game adjustments and altering game plans based on the opponent. HJ’s coach is one of them.

Silsbee is going to be fine. And I know you guys think the second coming of the class of 2019 on the way. But you either do or will realize how special that group was. You had 4 kids on that team that will play D1 basketball (I hear glowing reports on Tyler constantly on what he’s doing in juco in Kansas). On a 4A team. And McCain had the ability to be the best kid on the floor in every game he played from freshman year on (and was the best player in San Antonio in that State Championship game). And if you haven’t noticed, Adams, as a college freshman, is already drawing the attention of NBA folks. Yes, you heard me right. Maybe you will catch lightning in a bottle twice, just maybe. But that group was a once in a lifetime type class. It will be unfair to every class that comes through Silsbee for the rest of time to use that bunch as the measuring stick. Simply enjoy that you will almost always be one of the better teams in the area.