JayBilas

That's why I said "excuse me". I overlooked that part. BUT I doubt they make it to the regional final, and I stand behind the fact that Houston Yates will win this region by an average of 15-20 ppg., easy.

Ok. "Playoff" Bryce Griggs is an entirely different animal than most. I know you've seen him. Arceneaux and company are very talented, but Griggs is a pro. He will be way too much for anyone in 5A. Hightower has a pretty good supporting cast as well.

Ok, 25. But it won't be close. Houston Yates wins this region in a walk.

Excuse me, he said regional FINAL.

Totally agree. Bryce Griggs can beat this United team with just a little help from his teammates.

Shepherd. They beat Shepherd. Lets keep this all in perspective now. They have had a GREAT season, and McClure CAN play, but lets not crown them regional champs just yet. Houston Yates will beat this team by 30. But hey, they made it to the 2nd round and won district for the first time ever, so there is a lot to be proud of.

Strangely enough I DO NOT support the system as it currently is. It is MY belief that larger city schools should NOT be able to play in 4A or lower classifications due to the talent pool alone. HOWEVER, do not act as if YOUR beloved school has not benefitted from having kids that resided outside of the boundaries of Sour Lake and/or the close surrounding communities, Silsbee either.

That's irrelevant and a cheap way to try to distract from the topic at hand. The UIL says those kids at Yates are eligible just as they said the kids HJ had from Beaumont through the years were. NOW that HJ has been beaten by 50 in a playoff game is when it becomes such a horrible "injustice". Please sir spare me, and give us all a break! The system no longer works for YOU guys, so NOW its flawed? Not hardly, sir.

Dallas Carter and Faith Family BOTH are very capable of beating Yates. They will play in the regional final for sure in the north region (region 2)

Is Harvey Weinstein just partially guilty? That's a ridiculous answer, but expected. HJ won state and had success with BEAUMONT kids. Their hands are NOT CLEAN and neither is Silsbee. That's the problem that I have with all of the groaning and complaining. You conveniently want to slide OJ Simpson into this? Are you kidding me? YOUR HANDS ARE NOT CLEAN IN SOUR LAKE!

Injustice? We all know about the advantages of being in a large metropolitan city and playing in 4A or below in UIL classification. However, according to the rule MAKERS, they say what Yates is doing is considered ok. Would it have been an "injustice" if Hardin Jefferson would have advanced to the state tournament with kids from Beaumont? Just playing devils advocate here for a second.

I didn't see the Beaumont Enterprise article, but did the HJ coach accuse Coach Wise of recruiting publicly?

Not surprised one bit. Its NOT Greg Wise doing any recruiting, its these street agents and former players.

That depends. If your high school program is a perennial loser, AAU....If the opposite is concerned than its High School.

So are you guys implying that HJ and Silsbee has NEVER accepted transfers into their programs?

Are you guys implying that HJ and Silsbee NEVER gets transfers into their respective programs? Just a question.

So they go from Knowles to HIM? Why did they let go of Knowles in the first place? This move wasn't even a LATERAL one in my opinion. Had to be some sort of personality conflict.

Over Marquis Saveat? Interesting hire. Thought this one was a one horse race..

WHY? You guys are going to MAKE me be this Dickie V character! LOL

No secret on the boys hire. It's David Green. From the info that I have gathered, they had to repost the position due to adding "assistant athletic director" to the title, so that they could justify the money. They had to follow protocol on the hire. It takes time. Have some patience, folks! Tammy Walker-Brown is going to be the girls choice, and that was easy to see as well.

Isn’t he like 136 years old now? lol

Cats out of the bag...wonder why are they waiting so long? Is North Shore going to up the ante?

What are you talking about?

OK I get it now. It takes a special talent to win 3rd place at Ozen after all they did was win in basketball over the last 17-18 years, winning 12-13 district titles outright in a ROW during that span I get it now. My mistake. I thought that Beaumont was the largest area in SE Texas with the largest pool of kids to pull from and they somehow managed to have a surplus of talent since the school opened up, but suddenly the tank was empty, and he was the only coach that could manage to squeak out a third place finish, because certainly there were no other coaches in the UIL to come in third and beat a second place team in the first round of the playoffs in another district. What was I thinking? 3rd has got to be the new 1st place. PLUS I must have been crazy to think that Temple is not the same because after all, they DID win 8 games last year. My apologies for just not knowing the real deal about this situation.

I certainly wasn't trying to make you angry, and I have nothing against Thomas or Dickie V, I was simply asking a question. The bottom line is 1) Temple IS NOT the job that it once was, and 2) what was done at Ozen WAS very average. It was 3rd place. Ozen at one point won like 10 or 11 district titles in a row. So, yes, there would be no parades for a 3rd place finish, although Coach Thomas may have done a good job getting them there, it was no special feat. Not saying that its not IN him, its just not been shown yet. Its very early in his career and quite honestly he was at the right place at the right time to get Ozen. I hope he does an outstanding job at Temple, my question was how could you be so sure? That's no knock against him, its a legit question. I wish him the best, but I think you're being a bit over zealous.