TxHoops

Texas to start a 4 game set with Stanford. After last weekend, here are some quotes about Bridge City's Chase Shugart: Catcher Tres Barrera: : Oh man, that guy's a character. He's definitely a spark plug already as a freshman. He gets everybody going, and that's the type of kid he is. He wants to go out there and he's going to do whatever it takes to beat you. It's great to have that in the closing position, that's what you want. Augie: Chase is progressing. There is adjustments for everyone when they come to school, whether it's an athlete, or not. It's just more complicated for the athletes because of the time management and not many of the players are used to having to manage the time during the day so efficiently. He's growing into it, like the other freshman. He's not way out of bounds. He hasn't been way out of bounds. He's doing fine. We like him in the closer's role because of his competitiveness. He actually can hit. He's a good offensive player. Right now, one important job at a time. We really like the way he competes and we need that mentality in the closer's position and we need more than one closer. Right now, it's him and Kingham.

Lee only has a capacity of 1500. Not sure on Channelview but I bet it's closer than you think. Lee just seems bigger because of the arena-type seating.

I would be more concerned if Dickson hadn't early enrolled at Baylor...

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Agreed. I've been one of his biggest proponents. And the games I've seen Nederland, that hasn't been an issue. Other schools, not so much.

Fair enough. That is definitely a debatable point. And ease up, I even defended your goofy behind in this thread!

You're right. Hard for these teams not to play close.

My bad, Cruz is +10,000 which is 100 to 1 (bet $100 to win $10,000). Kevin rule is out

Per the Kevin from "The Office" rule, we should all bet on Cruz. "If you ever get 10,000 to 1, you have to take it. If John Mellencamp ever wins an Oscar, I'm going to be a very rich man." Which is ironic:

Vegas odds to win the Presidency: Clinton -150 Trump +200 Rubio +500 Sanders +1000 Bloomberg +2500 Cruz +10,000 [Hidden Content]

I wondered this week if he would have skipped Clarence Thomas' funeral. Like him or not, Scalia will go down as one of the great justices in our history. Regardless of ideology, some people are committed and just excellent at their jobs. I could name a Republican and a Democrat of the past 50 years that I would consider great Presidents (although most of you would probably disagree with the Dem). I bring up Thomas because I would guess President Obama would not have missed his funeral. And this is a man who, last I checked, has not asked a single question from the bench since 2006. (Waste of space, IMO). To miss Scalia's funeral is an inexcusable snub. I disagreed with Scalia as often as I agreed with him but he was objectively one of the finest jurists of this generation.

And by the way, KP is a pretty good team. They are ranked 5th in the site's final poll while Nederland is 8th. Those two teams could play 10 times and most, if not all, would come down to the final couple minutes of the game.

The one knock on English I've heard from Nederland fans on here that may have legs is over-substituting. There is a difference between a Silsbee that has 10 players who would get significant minutes for any team in the area and other teams playing that deep (and even deeper) that don't have quality depth. But English at least does it primarily in games where he has a decent lead. I see some coaches play every game 11 or 12 deep (significant minutes) and 4 or 5 kids wouldn't wouldn't even start on many JV teams in that district...

You know that's his beef with WOS. Not hard to add 2 + 2. But as I said, he will give props to some coaches, including Sutherland. I think his problem with English stems from some upsets over Ozen of English-coached teams. But he can make an argument about lack of championships. And he correctly points out the lack of talent argument is sometimes overplayed. But he overstates his case. English is at a minimum a good coach - I would argue a very good coach.

Yes indeed. I would have hated it for him if he were unable to make it back, but even worse for that senior group. Need all their weapons to be able to make a deep run.

Some would argue biggest games period. Would have to be either Silsbee/HJ or Central/Ozen.

This cracked me up

I bet it will get done then. Davis has really beefed up HJ's schedule since taking over. It's such a good, healthy rivalry it would be a shame to not play anyway.

The problem is that Silsbee AND HJ are far and away the best 2 4a programs in this area. To lose those two games with a playoff-type atmosphere is costly to both teams IMO.

No doubt

Too hard to get 2 coachs to agree, much less 4, but.... wish they would flip for Montagne Center if Beaumont wins or like the Merrill Center if FB wins.

I agree Soulja. And as much as it pains me to defend OF... Although most of us know he is way off on English, it's hard to argue his opinion has anything to do with race. After all, I believe in another thread (I'm too lazy to find it) he stated that Sutherland is the best active coach in the area. I think Todd is still white.

To answer the original question posed, I think Trump ccould beat Hillary and has a strong base is so-called "moderates." I think many times they label themselves as such because they don't particularly like either party. As has been said ad nauseum, he is viewed as an outsider and that plays well to much of the populace. For the record, I think Rubio could beat Hillary as well. I think her best shot would be against Cruz, as much as some don't like to hear it. Not saying she can't beat the other two but I think her chances are best against our senator.

Reminds me of Justin Bieber telling Frank Sinatra how to sing (disclaimer: any matching of first names is purely coincidental)...

Amen. Rarely does a team run the gauntlet without an "ugly win" or two. Win and advance. All that matters.