AthleticSupporter - Jock

I keep reading where some of you are predicting Lumberton will move back up to 5A next realignment.  That seems silly to me considering that Lumberton's snapshot # decreased over the last 4 years (1222 down to 1215) while the UIL cutoff to move up to 5A consistently goes up each time.  Maybe you guys know something that I don't but it seems pretty clear that Lumberton will still be 4AD1 at the next realignment.  To have an intelligent discussion about this, someone could pull up the last 5 UIL cutoff #s and compare that trend to the less than 2% average annual growth in enrollment at LHS over that same time period.  Maybe you guys are teaching that new Common Core curriculum math in your district but UIL #s and LHS #s seem pretty basic,  You only have to know how to add, subtract and occasionally divide to figure this stuff out.  Use Excel if it gets too difficult.

I think about how the Greatest Generation would handle this whole situation. They didn't raise any "Bubble" boys and girls. It's embarrassing how dumb we have become now that we have all the information in the world right in our pocket. And with social media, we are able to infect everyone else with our stupidity.  

Same with baseball, track, golf and other outdoor sports. That's too dangerous. But put all those kids in an enclosed space with adults who are more vulnerable to this particular virus because that makes perfect sense.  Oh, and don't let those nasty parents bring outside food to kids at lunch because they might be sick.  The people making these decisions get the bonehead of the century award. You can't have it both ways. Either go with the stupid idea that we are going to contain mother nature and prevent spread of a virus that many of us in setx already have anyway and just haven't been tested, or manage it with a controlled spread which doesn't overburden the health care system. But to contain, you can't put the kids and teachers in classrooms. And to control, it makes more sense to continue certain events and limit outside groups. Athletes at outdoor sporting events with only key personnel makes more sense than kids and teachers in the classroom if your true concern is public safety. But guess who doesn't get that state money if those kids aren't in the classroom?

I think about how the Greatest Generation would handle this whole situation. They didn't raise any "Bubble" boys and girls. It's embarrassing how dumb we have become now that we have all the information in the world right in our pocket. And with social media, we are able to infect everyone else with our stupidity.  

Same with baseball, track, golf and other outdoor sports. That's too dangerous. But put all those kids in an enclosed space with adults who are more vulnerable to this particular virus because that makes perfect sense.  Oh, and don't let those nasty parents bring outside food to kids at lunch because they might be sick.  The people making these decisions get the bonehead of the century award. You can't have it both ways. Either go with the stupid idea that we are going to contain mother nature and prevent spread of a virus that many of us in setx already have anyway and just haven't been tested, or manage it with a controlled spread which doesn't overburden the health care system. But to contain, you can't put the kids and teachers in classrooms. And to control, it makes more sense to continue certain events and limit outside groups. Athletes at outdoor sporting events with only key personnel makes more sense than kids and teachers in the classroom if your true concern is public safety. But guess who doesn't get that state money if those kids aren't in the classroom?

What happened to being Texans?  
Remember the Alamo!
Remember Goliad!
Now it’s “self isolate”, and elbow-bump.  We cancel the Houston Rodeo?  I’m ashamed; I expect this in California and New York.  Sucks for all the seniors.

So you can go to school but you can not do extra activities. Like that is really going to help.
 

Kinda funny how this works.  2 people 60 ft apart hitting a tennis ball back and forth is too dangerous, but piling 2000 kids into a school for 8 hours should be safe.  

Okay black men can hoop.  We got enough hoopers.  We need to work on more black male Drs, Lawyers, financial this & that.  You don't have to be tall for any of those. You don't have to be able to go left or right.  Don't have to run a 4.34 in the 40.  

What is it with folks trying to apply race to dang near everything these days?
Conspiracy theory with the UIL on the pairings at state tourney??? RIDICULOUS!!!
UIL has done their pairings by win percentage for many, many years. Top two teams by win percentage get placed opposite of bracket then the other two teams are drawn/flipped for to see who plays who. Where is the conspiracy? It's completely a coincidence that two predominantly black schools are facing each other in semifinals. That's it. 
What about the conspiracy theory that could be taken that the UIL, with these pairings, has guaranteed that a predominantly black school will be in the finals? What about that?
BTW, Stafford is a predominantly black school. Argyle is the only predominantly white school of these final four schools.
Conspiracy theory? Racially motivated decisions? GIVE ME A BREAK!!!

We can agree or disagree but EVERYONE benefits from a move in let’s not act like no school in SETX hasn’t had them whether minimal or substantial effect.

You can't say that because you are "apart" of the problem.

Good point...That was a strong district...

Let’s be honest here if lumberton was 4a and never went 5a you don’t think Lumberton doesn’t make the playoffs in the last 7-8 years. @AthleticSupporter - Jock What do you think? 

Is this a bad time to remind Tragic Johnson that Sigler is African-American?

Great season, guys.
We did the best we could with what we had this year. Silsbee was pretty much two players surrounded by freshman and a mostly rag tag undersized bunch of kids. The fact that Coach Sigler made it to region with them says a lot.
And I know we don't like losing, but lets be real here: If we had played Yates this season, it would have been very ugly.
Now it's time to rebuild and for Bush to make some noise at the next level.

In most cases I would agree with you wholeheartedly. In region 3 this year Yates bus will have to break down for them not to be in the state tournament if they play like they have been playing. 

Or would Calipari be a better comparison?

Just because they got away with it does not mean it wasn't an athletic move.  Earlier you talk about HJ needing to stop whining, get it in the gym, and get better.  Advocating the addition of players via transfer doesn't support that statement.  Which is it?  Work hard and get better or change your personnel through "players recruiting players?"

We should probably better define what "living" means. Does that mean that the kid has an "Uncle" that is now raising him starting between his Junior and senior year in high school?

So proud of this Raider team! Broke the most wins in school history with 24 wins and got the program’s first playoff win!!!! Beyond proud 

Harder in what way? It's not harder to get accepted into college, get financial assistance, gain meaningful employment and even become president of the greatest and most powerful country on Earth. It's harder to get fired from a job, I'll give you that one. You can't call Davis a crybaby for pointing out undisputed flaws in a system and that Yates takes advantage of those flaws to create an unfair advantage and then cry about fairness in society that is easily disputable. 

Agree 100%. Great season and great effort against the #4 team in the state.  I'm proud of the Raiders. 

Beyond PROUD of our boys and the HISTORY they made this season unforgettable. Keep y’all s head high and remember y’all are apart of the team that brought BASKETBALL to life in LUMBERTON ❤️🏀💙

Agree 100%. Great season and great effort against the #4 team in the state.  I'm proud of the Raiders.