JayBilas
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53 minutes ago, 2wedge said:
Ok, I really don't know why this is bothering me so much, but it is what it is I guess. I don't have time this evening, but I'll be back tomorrow and I will post my case for why you are "Walt", along with receipts that IMO prove my point. Once that has been done, I'll be done with this and will take my happy behind back to the football board where I belong.
You go right ahead, sir. Good luck.
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4 hours ago, 2wedge said:
I've never said you couldn't coach. I never even said you shouldn't post. I've known you were you since the first time I saw JayBilas post after the death of DickieV (RIP). The only thing I've taken exception to is you disparaging the HF hire in public forum after you didn't get the job. Literally one of the most classless things I've ever seen, and you cloaked it in your "defense" of the other candidates. That's my issue with you.
You’re wrong. Dead wrong, and I have no idea why you insist that I’m him, but ok. Carry on. Please do not pull Walt into this. I assure you he has no clue what’s going on here.
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4 minutes ago, OCWChuck said:
I think he (2wedge) thinks that you (Jay Bilas) are actually Walter Yates and that you (Yates and/or Bilas) think that he (2wedge) doesn't know. He also thinks that you (Yates and/or Bilas) can't resist defending him and/or yourself.
I don't believe it though. No way a top ten coach would get on here and promote himself.
I am a school administrator locally and won’t divulge who, what, or why, but he (Yates) and I are close. I will leave it at that. This is not Walter Yates. I understand the urge to poke at him because you think I am him but I assure you I’m not. He’s a good guy that can actually coach, but had some tough growing pains early on in this coaching business. I think he is better suited as a college coach, but he’s changed quite a bit over the years. I take up for a lot of people on here in case you didn’t notice. lol
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8 hours ago, AggiesAreWe said:
Pretty sure he/she is not serious.
What do you think?
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11 hours ago, 2wedge said:
Can't make this list without adding Walter Yates Jr.
What’s the reason for this?
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He is at Westbrook as an assistant.
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Joe Sigler ABSOLUTELY belongs in that top tier of coaches listed. MASSIVE oversight there.
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34 minutes ago, mrtomcat said:
I hate this discussion with a passion. It's so difficult to judge a coach or the greatness of his performance.
Take for instance.....Sutherland - He's great in a lot of folks eyes, but has he WON somewhere that doesn't have basketball kids? No!
He even lost to a Hardin team full of 4.9 kids who can't grab the rim.
Does Joubert win at Kountze when the talent is down? - The answer is no.
Why? Because the kids are 90% of the recipe. It's all about where you're coaching and what district you're competing against.
I said all that to say this.....Sutherland, Joubert, Davis, Sigler, Green, English are probably the best SETX has to offer but its the kids in their program that speak for them much more than they can speak for themselves.
A great coach for me will always be a guy that can win with garbage. There is no other way to measure greatness.
So have you heard of a Coach by the name of Andre Boutte? Has more state titles than anyone on your list and TWICE as many state tournament appearances than many on your list of "best SETX has to offer". And to criticize Joubert by saying all he wins with is talent, is quite possibly the dumbest statement on this thread. I think you should re-think your statement.
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There are about 5 GREAT coaches in SE Texas, a few really good ones, and the rest are just guys wearing a whistle. Guys like Green, Sutherland, Boutte, English, and Sigler are proven in this area. Davis and Joubert have done a really good job of maintaining good programs over the years, and Mitchell is up and coming and had better ride last season out into a better job, or he will be a lifer there. Other than THAT? I'm not so certain about beyond those that I mentioned. SE Texas is not as basketball coach rich as one would think.
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4 hours ago, 2wedge said:
What say you, JayBilas?
18 hours ago, BMTSoulja1 said:Maybe Yates should apply... 🤷🏾♂️
Do I think he should apply? I'm not sure what he wants to do at this point. I can certainly find out, though. Last I heard, he was exploring going back to the college ranks.
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16 minutes ago, no-look said:
No hate intended. But I do think the 4A basketball numbers could somehow be adjusted.
Are the numbers for 4A to LOW in your opinion?
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I don't really understand this thread. Are you guys accusing Argyle of being too large for their classification, thus the reason for recent success? I am just trying to understand with all the underlying sarcasm and all, that can also be disguised as hate, (especially with the Houston Yates reference) but maybe I'm missing the point of the thread. Please help.
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21 hours ago, 2wedge said:
Either way, it's pretty wild that you are here commenting on the job you were a finalist for, acting like you were not one of the finalists and purporting to have sources on the inside who were informing you of the process. "Sources say the finalists were on campus today for interviews....".......
It's a bad look brother.
What the heck are you talking about? I spoke with TWO of the guys that interviewed THAT week is how I knew. I guess my question is, why are you still on this a week later? I'm done with the discussion, and the decision was made, for whatever the reason. Doesn't matter that much to me to discuss it or for that matter prove to you who I am or am NOT for whatever reason, 2Wedge. If that's your REAL name. See how dumb that sounds? No one is revealing their actual names on here, whether it be for privacy purposes or job related purposes, so you can accuse me of being who you want, i am not moved. Who exactly are you, and why are you so stuck on this particular topic? Brother.
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1 minute ago, bullets13 said:
I guess we'll have to agree to disagree. If you'd been hired, and I came on here saying "This hire is the sign of a football coach and AD that does NOT want the basketball program to prosper", would you consider that only a criticism directed at the AD, or would you feel like your coaching ability was being questioned as well?
I can see that logic, but it was not my intention to criticize the coach.
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3 minutes ago, bullets13 said:
Kind of makes you wonder what the post would've looked like if the wrong one of the TWO pure basketball coaches had been hired. What criticism would've been used in that case?
I never criticized the COACH, I thought the reason for the hire was football driven. That's all. I could be wrong, but that was my thought based on conversation about the hire. I repeat, I could be wrong, however. Had one of the other guys had been hired, it would have been more expected. They could have been criticized too, but I certainly had nothing bad to say about the candidate that got the job.
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22 hours ago, 2wedge said:
This is the absolute definition of hating. It's interesting to me, there once was a poster who frequented the basketball board by the name of DickieV. DickieV was a well known basketball coach from the SETX area who was quite vocal about his opinions on many things, but announced his identity and intention to leave the board after being hired as an assistant at a West Texas college. DickieV hasn't really been heard from since, except for the one time he popped in to criticize Dave Bliss receiving another job in college basketball after the Baylor debacle. DickieV argued that others deserved that second change rather than Bliss, and even pointed out that DickieV had been chosen as coach of the year over Bliss when they both coached in TCAL. After those comments, he vanished again.
Fast forward to now. JayBilas arrives on the board, seemingly out of the blue, with a major interest in the HF coaching position. JayBilas' sentence structure and overall disposition of his posts is almost identical to DickieV. JayBilas even displays his passion toward subject matter that DickieV was passionate about. After reading the list of finalists for the HF job that was posted here, my interest is piqued regarding these two contributors. Who knows, what's really going on.
I'd hate to think that one of the other finalists for the job was on a public message board disparaging the finalist that was awarded the position, especially since all of the criticism is an assumption and has been proven wrong. That would be a tragedy.
I have no clue where you are going with this post, but there is no "hate" involved, merely an opinion, which is what everyone has that posts on here from time to time. I knew a couple of the candidates for that job, as well as a few former parents of HF kids, and we have had conversations about it. I hope that the new coach does a good job, I just heard he was football guy that only coached middle school basketball before this. I could be wrong but it is what was said. I will never bash a coach, because he deserves a chance like anyone else to prove who he is as a coach without bias. I thought it may have been a football hire, but again, I could be mistaken. I have no dog in the fight, and the hire is completed, and I wish him well. Now we move on to the next topic. Isn't that how this is supposed to go?
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24 minutes ago, Bird33 said:
What position does he coach in football, Jay Bilas????
Not sure exactly, but this is 100% a football hire based off the info that I have received. That guy did NOT want the basketball program to win the way they have, because it makes the football program look that much worse. The AD brought in basketball guys with the help of a committee, but pushed a football guy that was found late. Shame for those HF kids, but this is a fact.
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4 minutes ago, whsalum said:
Is he a football guy?
Yes. You have TWO pure basketball guys with head coaching experience, and you hire an assistant from Crosby with no head coaching experience? Its clear what they were after. A football guy.
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6 minutes ago, whsalum said:
What’s your opinion of the new coach?
That hire is the sign of a football coach and AD that does NOT want the basketball program to prosper.
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8 minutes ago, AggiesAreWe said:
An HF team that a very young Silsbee team handled fairly easily in the first round of the playoffs. Tigers won that game by 25.
Hamshire Fannett's best player not able to play varsity last season, correct? Would he have not made somewhat of a difference in that game?
1 hour ago, whsalum said:The biggest challenge a young coach would face at HF would be actually coaching the team. I know you know this team very well but sometimes I think you give them more credit than they deserve. Looking at them from a fan’s standpoint you see a club that finished their previous season tied for the 3-4 playoff spot. They were supposed to have a loaded JV club but finished either 2nd or 3rd at that level. I could be wrong but I didn’t see the ability to put up the scoring numbers you predict. I hope for the kids sake they get their coach hired pretty quick where they can all get on the same page.
I don't know that this job is tailor made for a young coach at this juncture, as previously thought. A young coach could do well here, but its a lot of moving parts going on in HF right now, and a new coach will have to somehow hold all of this together which could be challenging on an inexperienced guy. Gotta figure out how to get and keep their kids at HF first and foremost, then compete with experienced wining programs like HJ and Silsbee in the playoffs. Williams has been there, and so has Yates. I hear Savaet has decided not to interview for this one, but that has not been confirmed.
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7 minutes ago, Cougar1999 said:
Personality wise Coach Saveat is similar to Coach Rideaux and would fit that of the kids and parents coming in from the outside. Many of the kids would be familiar with his name and face being he's the former head coach at Ozen. But like I said the protect fit for the job would be the current assistant Coach. Young and very knowledgeable about the game. Was the JV coach so he's also familiar with all the young talent. He would also be looking to start his own legacy I believe and would be at HF for some years. Coach Knowles, who coached him in high school and is also on the coaching staff, is about as good as it gets as far as wisdom and knowledge to draw from.
Ok, I get it. You are aware that Yates and Williams were also Ozen assistants under Boutte, when Rideaux was a player there, before becoming head coaches right? They have VERY similar approaches and have all been effective as head coaches. They did interviews with those guys today, so I guess it won't be long now.
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46 minutes ago, Cougar1999 said:
I personally like the current assistant coach. Coach Cam is young and already has the relationship with my son and the other players. Of 3 named here, only Coach Saveat would fit the makeup of the school and players. Hopefully they keep Coach Cam. I'd like to see that preferably.
Ok, that's fair enough, but what does "fit the makeup of the school and players" mean, exactly? Just curious.
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1 hour ago, 2wedge said:
Oh yeah. Yates has had great success in the past and has always kept himself out of trouble. HF should be proud to have his name on the list.
See, these message boards are designed for cowards to come on here and talk about things they really don’t know and make it public without the repercussions of actually facing that person. And that’s ok, because after all, it’s a part of it, right? What if people could go back in YOUR life and profession and discuss any and everything that they THINK has happened without really KNOWING the facts and tried to make it into a negative light as you were trying to move forward in your career? That would suck, right? Each of these guys have all dealt with different issues during their careers, and the mere fact that these people are still sought after speaks volumes about who they are today as coaches and as people. I think that when guys come on here and say things that are not true or attempt to demean someone in a sarcastic manner, their real name should be revealed. It’s only fair, right?
My point is I know these three guys to be excellent coaches and in turn are actually excellent PEOPLE. Your opinions are one thing, but to attempt to dig up their past as if that’s really going to affect their ability to lead now is just crazy. Kind of makes me wonder if you wish you had the opportunity that they are being afforded and maybe that’s your axe to grind. Have you MET either of them? Try that. Talk to them and see if that won’t change your strong opinion of what they have been through in their careers. Just a suggestion. Good luck to each of them, going forward in their careers.
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I truly wish I could prove you all wrong but let’s kill this one right here. I will no longer post on this message board. For the sake of the person involved, I apologize to him for creating this madness somehow. I never said I was you yet somehow I’m being connected to you and these people are insisting that it’s you. My apologies, brother. I’m off of here for good. Again, I apologize for the confusion.