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  1. Completely taking Sells out of the offensive equation 2nd half. That’s gonna do it.
  2. Tarkington won by 2. EC came back from down 10 late to tie. Tarkington scored with about 12 seconds to go. EC then turned it over with about 5 seconds left. I think it was 63-61
  3. IF they did that.. it might certainly stay somewhat respectable. IF. But.. I have a sneaky suspicion that Silsbee's perimeter players would make it a little more difficult to do than the current district foes. Closeout speed is likely considerably magnified. You could theoretically say that about any team. IF X hits most of their 3's and Y misses... then it could be respectable at least. And Kountze may have a higher likelihood of that happening than some.. but still doesn't mean it's likely. It wouldn't be worth betting a playoff warmup game on that likelihood.
  4. I'm glad Kountze is having an improved season. I am. And I believe the Sells kid is a player.. But.. beating up on their district doesn't mean they could give Silsbee anything competitive. Like already said.. not gonna happen. And I personally don't even believe it would be a game.
  5. The list of things that can change between JH and HS is vast. It's more likely than not that JH success won't be the same in HS. 1st and foremost.. 7th grade kids playing against everyone else's 7th grade kids and 8th grade kids playing against everyone else's 8th grade kids is not evenly remotely the same as 9-12th against 9-12th. A grade level of kids playing with either the grade above them or below them.. or both can dramatically change the success/failure compared to when it was just them. Not only do kids mature, gain strength, gain speed, gain size, and gain skill (both physically and mentally) at completely different levels and pace individually, but kids actually WORK and/or gain/lose interest completely different. Forget about the other obvious variables.. like: academic eligibility, transferring (both losing and gaining kids), quitting, reclassification, coaching change, etc. etc. etc. The situation for a Senior IS NOT THE SAME as that same kid's situation was when they were a 7th grader. To think so is idiotic. It's truly funny to me to hear people make predictions based on what happened in JH... might as well add little league as a predictor lol.
  6. According to Maxpreps.. OF beat EC, Woodville, and Jasper in 2011. And played Silsbee within 4. I'm pretty sure Huckaby was a Slot-T guy if I remember correctly.
  7. I put it in parenthesis for a reason. Every week leading up to that week.. Silsbee was supposedly too good to be knocked off by BV.
  8. My mistake.. Franklin (Slot-T team) made the finals this year.. after winning two consecutive. And Bellville (Slot-T team) made the state finals.. after running through the "best" that SeTx had to offer. My mistake. They only made the finals running the Slot-T. That's terrible.
  9. So the coaches who run Slot-T that won state championships this year and the years before don’t know how to coach? Interesting take..
  10. That can be a tricky situation to say the least. I would imagine that it happens more often than people think.. especially in bigger schools. I would say that if one kid plans on being "baseball only" then during the fall we need to make sure that kid is as prepared (strength and speed) wise as possible for when baseball does roll around. Any kid willing to go through an intense offseason regime for one sport wouldn't be that much of a detriment to the program. The ones that will be "in the way" or taking reps from others.. will likely show themselves out rather than go through an intense training. In small schools.. you don't see it as often because there are probably more multisport athletes. I've seen AD's in the past pretty much make it mandatory (in small schools) that if you're going to be in athletics, then you're going to do SOMETHING athletics related in the fall as well as SOMETHING in the spring. Reason being the number of available coaches. People often forget than for every group of individual athletes has to be a coach available to at least monitor them. During football/volleyball season.. most small school coaches are involved with the big fall sport. Can't have a bunch of different "offseason" groups. And when I say anything.. Anything from one of the sports to even manager, help with practice, help at home games, concessions, something.. I personally like the idea.
  11. Students should be in the athletic period for any team sport for sure.. including baseball/softball. I could see the argument for not letting kids in that play individual type, after school sports (golf, tennis, etc.) even though I don't necessarily agree with it. I think all athletes should be lifting/running/training for their sport outside of its season. And even sometimes during season.. depending on what the coach of that sport deems best.
  12. Allowing all kids into athletics just because they want to or sign up for it is a huge mistake. There are numerous reasons for removing kids from an athletics class. Including but not limited to: A senior finished with sports, a student/athlete that doesn't play anything, behavior reasons, academic reasons, and probably many more. Make it public which schools just allow any kid into athletics that want to be.. because I'm sure there are other coaches that would like to schedule them.
  13. In 7 years or less they'd be ordering rings.
  14. Several “elite” coaches on that list have had seasons AFTER reaching his elite status where they not only didn’t win it all, but didn’t get close. If it was only about coaching then that wouldn’t be the case. Coaches don’t get worse over time.. they have different players.
  15. I can't even get him to explain to me why Bill Belichick is sub .500 without Tom Brady.. or hasn't won a playoff game since Brady left NE. Or why some is his elite coaches (by his definition) didn't win another state title after reaching elite status (according to his definition). So.. again. You're wasting your time. Might as well just let him believe that any coach could go to any team and win it all eventually. Wait.. I think 7 years is his timeframe.
  16. You're wasting your time trying to convince him of this. I've tried time and time again.
  17. That would be true if rankings were an accurate measuring stick to how teams can/will actually do. But it never matters as much as most think. I'm not suggesting that this will turn out better/worse despite/because of said rankings for either team.. just that rankings matter very little at times. Rankings of teenage kids matter even less.
  18. Score more points than the other team. That's usually the offensive game plan.
  19. It's speculation at best right now. I just think it'd be hilarious if several of the schools opted up. Not just Liberty/HJ.
  20. It's obviously allowed because districts have been and are doing it. This is what I'd call a legitimate reason. "Extreme" distances could have an impact on stretched budgets or class time for students.. I would think that UIL could come up with a list of qualifying situations for playing in a different district than UIL assigned. What would be the reason for Liberty or HJ to opt up? They're certainly not "100+ miles away from every school that would be in the District".. so what's the reason? And then, hypothetically, should a school or more from the previous district decide to opt up to avoid a 5 team district.. is that not as good of a reason? See what I'm saying? A fraction of the public school in Texas that live in the middle of nowhere are saving money and school time, but it's applying statewide. I don't agree. Not that it matters.. the UIL has never done several opinions of mine so why would they start now? They wouldn't.
  21. I didn't say it was a real issue.. I implied that it's potentially an issue. Then I gave an opinion of which I'm allowed. You don't have to like or agree with it.
  22. Who decides the “right reasons”? Like I said.. just NO across the board. If you think your school district can’t cover travel expenses, just forfeit your playoff spot and schedule schools within a whatever mile radius.
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