John Blutarsky

GCM only lost one starter and three seniors, returns there entire pitching staff, and also has a strong freshman group coming in. Varsity and JV should be in the running for DC. It's going to be a dog fight with PNG. I expect both schools to make some noise in the playoffs. The biq question is are we going to get the Super Mario we had two years ago or the "pretty good" Mario we had last year. If he pitches like he did his sophmore year GCM's going to be tough to beat.

It went about how I expected. I almost kinda laughed out loud a few times.  Before it even started there were a few talking about how Katy has 70-75 kids on their sidelines suited up. 1st we are not katy lol.
Another one was how great WOS is and they are small and all that. And they are great year in and year out with about 25 kids on the sideline.  We are not WOS.
Another lady said that all teams need to be the same from the freshman to the JV to the Varsity.  I guess that goes along with the everyone gets a ribbon for playing these days. If all 3 levels were the same then whats the point of having a goal to play varsity sports. Lets start giving out Letterman jackets to the freshman teams now.
I did say that we needed a coach that would not only take care of GCM and get the kids out playing that are walking the hall ways but some one who will also get his feeder schools in line. Yes high school is high school but it starts at the Jr High level. Got to get those kids motivated and looking forward to continuing some thing at the next level.

I don't think they did a good job of getting the word out. The first I saw of it was here, and it was in todays Baytown Sun, so there wasn't any advanced notice.

Nick Saban was in Channelview yesterday. Did anybody hit him up? That Alabama gig has to be getting old by now.

Goose Creek CISD Athletic Director Bernie Mulvaney and the GC Athletic department will hold an open forum for parents on December the 8th at 6:00 PM in the GCM auditorium.
The forum will give the opportunity for the community to provide input about the next Head Football coach and Campus Athletic Director at GCM.
The forum will last an hour and will answer questions as well as seek input from the community.

baseball is coming....looking good there? 

Junior High Basketball starts today. Gentry takes on BH South. 8th in BH 7th at Gentry.

They've already kicked em out of the district. lol Not up to their standards I guess.

GCM needs to start a "Mailbox Distribution / Prospective Student Information Service" to help with the move to 6A.

Good question.  I think he is probably going to be unknown to outsiders. Most who will know him have probably been around the school already.

So does anybody know about Coach Bren Jones resume? Is he the man to lead GCM to the next level or should they be looking outside the current staff. I see Coach Jones was one of the coaches that applied for the Lee job but didn't get it. What does that tell us?

Oh I agree, but every time there's an opening in Baytown, that's the first name you hear.

Olin rumors to begin in 3....2....

If they are doing the same thing as last time, UIL should announce cutoff numbers in late November early December. If you know the number then you should be able to figure out the division then. I do not remember if they listed the schools in each division at that time or waited until the districts were announced in February.

Well I wish you were right but I heard the number 2165 directly from a principal at the begining of the year. Hopefully we've expelled a few non-athletes since then. lol.

I think it could still work if they changed their philosophy. It seems to me that they're either throwing the ball deep of behind the line of scrimmage for a screen. With the speed of #10 and #3 I would live by the old Steve Spurrier adage of hitting the reciever moving forward and use more quick slants.

Well I wish you were right but I heard the number 2165 directly from a principal at the begining of the year. Hopefully we've expelled a few non-athletes since then. lol.

If I remember correctly, the new cutoff #s are not released by UIL until maybe the 1st week of Feb?  Maybe someone else can confirm that.  All we will know for sure this week is what everyone is turning in as their official snapshot #.  Then the guessing game will last from now until Feb.

That's how they started out the season, but couldn't make it work.

Crossing my fingers and hoping for a repeat of last year.

Right now my concern is with this freshman class. Is it the coaching or do we have too many knucleheads that are having a problem comprehending schemes and techniques. I don't know, maybe it's a combination of both. All I know is there are still alot of mistakes, kids lining up in the wrong place, missing assignments etc. This should have been cleaned up by now. I don't see the opponents having as many problems as we are but then again maybe I'm focusing too much on our players. But the biggest concern is the that I have seen at least three good solid players that could help this team quit, and I've heard comments from other parents that their kids are ready to just focus on other sports. It's not just transfers that you have to worry about, some of the multi sport athletes can lose interest if they think there just going to get their butt kicked every week and with the possibility of moving to 6A next year, that's a legitimate concern. I'll get with the coaches and voice my concerns hopefully they'll realize that I'm not trying to dog them. I just want to know why we have suddenly gone from being a solid competitive team to looking like we can't beat a junior high team. And I want them to realize that some of their better athletes are getting very discouraged.

There are alot of unhappy parents right now. This team isn't even compettive any more. Lost alot of kids to grades, had to combine teams, then alot of B teamers that were no longer getting playing time walked. Lost a kid who is talented enough to possibly start at QB as a sophmore cause he's tired of losing, but to be fair he's a baseball player first, I don't know if his heart was ever truly in it. But they're going to lose more kids if things don't change, I'm already hearing it from kids and parents. This year is about development and frankly I don't see it. There is plenty of talent in this class but it's not being utilized properly. They're not 38 - 0 bad. I'm not talking win's and losses here either, I'm just talking about competing. And before someone says I just sound like a disgruntled parent who's son doesn't get enough playing time, not the case. My boy starts both ways and probably needs to get more rest. I'm happy with is play. I'm just concerned about the future of this program.

There are alot of unhappy parents right now. This team isn't even compettive any more. Lost alot of kids to grades, had to combine teams, then alot of B teamers that were no longer getting playing time walked. Lost a kid who is talented enough to possibly start at QB as a sophmore cause he's tired of losing, but to be fair he's a baseball player first, I don't know if his heart was ever truly in it. But they're going to lose more kids if things don't change, I'm already hearing it from kids and parents. This year is about development and frankly I don't see it. There is plenty of talent in this class but it's not being utilized properly. They're not 38 - 0 bad. I'm not talking win's and losses here either, I'm just talking about competing. And before someone says I just sound like a disgruntled parent who's son doesn't get enough playing time, not the case. My boy starts both ways and probably needs to get more rest. I'm happy with is play. I'm just concerned about the future of this program.

I'm not quite sure what people expect to happen at GCM. No one puts in all those hours and wants to lose (players or coaches).  I may not agree with every decision a coach makes, but I know for a fact that not one coach at any level prepares to fail. It's a hero or goat job. Someone is always unhappy with you no matter which one you currently are.
I'm not at practice so I can't comment on how these guys are being prepared. I'm willing to bet, based on the games I have seen, that they are not being coached to do some of the things they do.
 Now, with the 9th grade at RSS doing so well, I'm sure kids will start to talk about transferring. Been that way in Baytown for years. Everything goes in cycles. 
Taking care of business in the classroom is on the player. They are given every opportunity in the world to take care of their business. Coaches and teachers do all they can. At some point you have to assume responsibility for yourself.
Bottom line, winning is a habit. Unfortunately so is losing. Sounds like we need to break one of these habits.
(Sorry for hijacking this thread. It was not the intention.)
 
 
 

There are alot of unhappy parents right now. This team isn't even compettive any more. Lost alot of kids to grades, had to combine teams, then alot of B teamers that were no longer getting playing time walked. Lost a kid who is talented enough to possibly start at QB as a sophmore cause he's tired of losing, but to be fair he's a baseball player first, I don't know if his heart was ever truly in it. But they're going to lose more kids if things don't change, I'm already hearing it from kids and parents. This year is about development and frankly I don't see it. There is plenty of talent in this class but it's not being utilized properly. They're not 38 - 0 bad. I'm not talking win's and losses here either, I'm just talking about competing. And before someone says I just sound like a disgruntled parent who's son doesn't get enough playing time, not the case. My boy starts both ways and probably needs to get more rest. I'm happy with is play. I'm just concerned about the future of this program.