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  4. Hardin-Jefferson 54 Houston Yates 102/FINAL

    in High School Boys Basketball

    Posted · Edited by Honest Abe

    9 minutes ago, Mr. Buddy Garrity said:

    SFA. And yes. You?? Not sure what that has to do with Yates and HJ & crying about Yates "recruiting".... 

    I’m asking bc it usually helps having ‘been there’ and understanding the topic at hand. Did you ever attempt to recruit kids from PATJ or Lincoln to okay at SFA or vice versa?

    And for the record, I earned 9 letters while playing 4 sports in HS at Nederland. 
    I know for a FACT that I worked harder than anyone else at being the best I could be. So I understand putting in more ‘work’ in the gym as Mamba suggested. But no way was my team ever going to be HS opponent with 5 college players on it. 

  8. Hardin-Jefferson 54 Houston Yates 102/FINAL

    in High School Boys Basketball

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    41 minutes ago, Honest Abe said:

    You build a college program, and they will come, yes. The UIL is not intended to create ‘Dynasty’ or all-star teams (in any sport). 

    Ok Buddy, try to understand how this works. I’ll go real slow for you....

    You made a comment about your build a program, blah, blah, blah...’ 

    I responded with a rebuttal (this is considered debating your statement). Are you with me so far? Good. 
     

    Next, I would suggest maybe defending your statement. However, your response was  ‘crybaby...’  (This would be considered an attempt to undermine my rebuttal). You still with me? 
     

    so, let’s try this again. 
     

    Me:

    Build it and they will come? That is what a college does. They build a program by recruiting HS kids to play for their school and compete against other similar schools. 

    Ok, now it’s your turn:

     Do you agree that colleges ‘build it’ by recruiting as I stated? Do you think HS teams should be able do the same? It sounds like it from your remarks. I just happen to disagree with said statement. 

    See, no crying, just debating. 
     

    This has been brought to you by;

    Lesson 101 in debating. 

    You’re welcome. 

  9. Hardin-Jefferson 54 Houston Yates 102/FINAL

    in High School Boys Basketball

    Posted

    12 minutes ago, Mamba said:

    What are we teaching kids that the playing field should always be level or do we tell our kids that they need to get better in order to compete . That they need to put In the work ,get in the gym and work on your game . They don’t hand out participation trophies which is what some of you are looking for. GET IN THE GYM AND GET BETTER !!!! PERIOD!!!!! And coaches get better watch tons of film see how you can play multiple styles the game is evolving if you don’t evolve with you’ll get left behind. 

    And what exactly would you tell the other teams in the Yates 4A district who lose by 60., 70, 80 points?? 
    To work harder in the gym? Those other Houston ISD schools don’t have a chance to win district bc they are overmatched by an all-star team. Yates isn’t a HS b-ball team. 

  13. Hardin-Jefferson 54 Houston Yates 102/FINAL

    in High School Boys Basketball

    Posted

    8 hours ago, BMTSoulja1 said:

    Wow. Lemme find that article.  Playing devils advocate, looking at it from Yates' end, Coach Davis' words can come off as a little 'salty' after a loss.

    Salty or simply the truth? Does ANYONE deny that Yates recruits? This isn’t college basketball, it’s high school. The idea is to take the kids in your town and play against the kids in the next town to see who is better. The next level, college, is where you get the best talent from said schools and put them on the same team and then compete. Yates is basically a small college/JUCO team. 

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