5GallonBucket

Look at the 46 second mark and check out wear his head is in relation to the rim.

[quote name="Riding Solo" post="1394424" timestamp="1366032420"] [quote author=usedtobe link=topic=111134.msg1394412#msg1394412 date=1366027811] [quote author=Riding Solo link=topic=111134.msg1394361#msg1394361 date=1365975842] [quote author=usedtobe link=topic=111134.msg1394352#msg1394352 date=1365972390] [quote author=Riding Solo link=topic=111134.msg1394345#msg1394345 date=1365971026] Orangefield needs to drop their Boys track team and save the school some money. Because it is clear that some coaches and some  kids not all could careless about the sport of track. By the way they should have dropped it many years ago. Really sad how far track has dropped on the depth chart at Orangefield. Most of the time not all if you have a good track program your football program is pretty good also. Just ask WOS they can tell you. Maybe Orangefield should start a swimming team or maybe bowling. :-[ [/quote] I assume you are "Tongue in cheeking" about dropping track.  I remember that the Bobcats developed a series of PDG boys poll vaulters a few years back. :) 8) [/quote] Yes Orangefield had some good pole vaulters but that was many years ago and that is a small fraction of a track team.  Orangefield won the district championship in 1980, 81, 82 and 83.  Also in those years went sent quite a few young men to the state track meet who brought home state championships. In those years we had pretty good football teams also. That being said I know the district is different now but back then we competed with Jasper and Silsbee who were 4A and pretty much blew away 4A's like Port Neches, Nederland and Bridge City at the time. We also beat TJ and SFA in a trianglar meet held between the 3 schools. TJ was 5A, Todd Dodge was a Junior at the time. TJ had some athlete's at that time like Bruce Miller and many more. Orangefield is proud of their past pole vaulters and should be but that is the past. I want to be proud of the "Track Team".  Don't see that happening anytime soon. [/quote] Yep, with supporters like you the obvious answer is "Give up." SMH  ::) [/quote] LOL!!!!!! thats funny. Why is it when someone tells the truth on here then they are negative or not supportive? If they don't like what I say then do something about it. You can't tell me that Orangefield does not have any athletes, I know they do. They had one regional qualifier and that was a third place finish. You know nothing about me man. Back in those 80's it was manditory that you ran track if you played football. You may not have been on the track team but you did the workouts like everyone else. We also competed with each other to earn a spot on that Track Team and this was every week. You can shake your head all you want but until Orangefield addresses this problem I will continue to voice my opinion. ;) Also back then the parents backed the coaches and never questioned their decisions. [/quote] I feel your pain and understand completely Riding Solo.  Times have changed and not for the better.

[quote name="Stevenash" post="1393304" timestamp="1365623293"] [quote author=BADSANTA link=topic=110159.msg1385751#msg1385751 date=1363362170] What about PA SFA and Lumberton? [/quote] I can remember a very tall kid at SFA who went on to play at, I think, Virginia. [/quote] .  Eric Alexander class of 2000 was a very good basketball player, but better in football. (not the tall kid mentioned)   played football for LSU and then with the New England Patriots, Cleveland Browns, and Jacksonville Jaguars

HF 1.  2. Cedric Larnette 3. 4. 5.  Jarred Alread

[quote name=""SmokeFan13"" post="1383500" timestamp="1362693661"] [quote author=Mr. Buddy Garrity link=topic=109875.msg1383493#msg1383493 date=1362692739] This McCain guy kin to Brandi McCain? [/quote] Oh yes he is Brandi's nephew! [/quote] He can go to....i saw him play against ML KING's 8th undeafeated team last year that had Pearson, Atwood, and Company. McCain was in the 7th grade, but he played on the 8th grade team for the ML King Tournament. He held his own...  Very impressed.  Seemed to have a good attitude as well.

nothing there

if you have athletes, size, quickness, that can hide poor coaching and make a poor coach look good.  and im not saying that central or ozens coaches are poor coaches, i don't know them nor have i seen them play or coach at practice. COACH OF THE YEAR means you took a team that exceeded their expectations.

couldn't agree more hf fan

[quote name="BLUEDOVE3" post="1381311" timestamp="1362148052"] UIL says the kids are legal. [/quote] not saying that uil does a bad job but sometimes the governing body is not always equipped to govern...... similar to someone else. ;)

This is an opinion furum, but some of you people aint got a clue about basketball and the process of all district picks. Just because you watch the game doesn't mean you know the game.

hearsay thats all i ve heard....

FTs and turnovers will kill ya.

Any coaching changes in the 21-3A district?

I believe morgan worthy of OF is a sophmore

[quote name="Dick Vitale" post="1379272" timestamp="1361817173"] [quote author=5gallonbucket link=topic=109731.msg1379253#msg1379253 date=1361814763] [quote author=Dick Vitale link=topic=109731.msg1379231#msg1379231 date=1361809731] Truth is folks and this may sound harsh, but the Yates fan base is not really USED to winning in basketball..They were a football power for many years and had that same "swag" about their football program back in the day...This does not excuse inappropriate behaviors by any means, but its still kind of "new" to them...HJ fans have been used to winning basketball, and have a tendancy to be less cocky about their teams success...This has become their time to "shine" over the last few years and they are doing just that..Doesn't make it right, but its one of the major reasons they do it...[b]They can't act like they have been there before, because before a few years ago...They really hadn't. ;)[/b][/quote] I was on a college team that won our conference tourney and made it to the big dance,  but i didnt act inappropriate nor did my teammates or fans and that was the [b]first[/b] time our university won the tournement in 17 years.  WINNING OR LOSING should not dictate how you act as a human. [/quote] From a FAN perspective, though, not a player or coach....Fans have NO REAL boundaries, really...We both know how they are SUPPOSED to act, but it does not always happen like that, especially when they are not USED to winning like they are.. [/quote] true.

[quote name="Big girl" post="1379247" timestamp="1361813982"] My son is a great athlete. Someone asked me why I won' t send him to Yates. (I live about 25 miles away). I told him that I would not send my dog to Yates. He stated that the only thing he cared about was his kid playing for a winning team which I thought was sad. Academics are of the utmost importance in my family. Yates is not known for academic excellence. 8) [/quote] I believe the NBA leads all professional sports with former players going bankrupt...... 

[quote name="Dick Vitale" post="1379231" timestamp="1361809731"] Truth is folks and this may sound harsh, but the Yates fan base is not really USED to winning in basketball..They were a football power for many years and had that same "swag" about their football program back in the day...This does not excuse inappropriate behaviors by any means, but its still kind of "new" to them...HJ fans have been used to winning basketball, and have a tendancy to be less cocky about their teams success...This has become their time to "shine" over the last few years and they are doing just that..Doesn't make it right, but its one of the major reasons they do it...[b]They can't act like they have been there before, because before a few years ago...They really hadn't. ;)[/b][/quote] I was on a college team that won our conference tourney and made it to the big dance,  but i didnt act inappropriate nor did my teammates or fans and that was the [b]first[/b] time our university won the tournement in 17 years.  WINNING OR LOSING should not dictate how you act as a human.

Tips for silsbee if yates goes up for a dunk.....  Foul hard....really hard to send a message....to the point of knocking them to the floor......  Basketball is a contact sport as well.  Im not saying hurt intentionally, but if you ve played at a high level you know what im talking about.  I highly doubt Yates players even play football, so silsbee should get physical with them. If they hit they re free throws so be it.  Which is a lower percentage than a dunk

what about Ford Park

wasn't at game heard there was a lot of dunks HJ should ve made them pay after several dunks.  Foul hard....really hard to send a message....to the point of knocking them to the floor......  Basketball is a contact sport as well.  Im not saying hurt intentionally, but if you ve played at a high level you know what im talking about. If they hit they re free throws so be it.  Which is a lower percentage than a dunk of those 2nd half field goal percentages how many were actually 10 ft and beyond jump shots?

[quote name="Dick Vitale" post="1377262" timestamp="1361469061"] That was 1996. [/quote] who was they lost to? cleveland?

[quote name="Dick Vitale" post="1377253" timestamp="1361467851"] [quote author=5gallonbucket link=topic=109582.msg1377246#msg1377246 date=1361466727] i dont' know who recruits or who doesn't but i do know that a winning tradition can recruit in and of itself. [/quote] This is probably the best statement of this entire thread, and I am mad that I didn't post it first! >:( ;D [/quote] ;)

[quote name="LAZEEK" post="1377255" timestamp="1361468171"] So a winning tradition generates attention all the way over in Africa? [/quote] wouldn't take it that far.....  whether yates is breaking the rules are not....the game is still going to be played so play your hardest and have confidence in your team and coach.

was it 98 that silsbee lost in the first round when they were ranked very high they had chris miller, thadeus holden, lewis arline

i dont' know who recruits or who doesn't but i do know that a winning tradition can recruit in and of itself.