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I think you're taking what was intended as a complement and turning it into something else. I saw Buna this year and they were competitive with a bunch of guys who don't jump out at you athletically. Thats pretty standard for Buna with most teams being a little better. Lots of good players have come through there, but I don't recall a whole lot of 6'6 guys tearing down rims. Whitmire always did more with less and that's impressive.

I hope not too. Orangefield has been really good with McDonald and could continue to be really good with Whitmire. He has a good track record of taking kids without much athleticism and natural talent and turning them into good players and teams.

Those Connells really are the best. I heard Whitmire is going to pass due to too much drama. If true, that's a shame because he's a really good coach. Buna should have never let him walk.

What would have happened had the cats tried to score 80 against Hitchcock? I'll tell you. Would have gotten 40 popped. You/dad should stick to turning valves.

You sure? I always had the feeling he leads the area in parent complaints. To stay on topic, I saw the ghosts daddy declared his support for a candidate. Interesting move.

Bridge City kid was 2nd team. Fort Bend kid was honorable mention. Those are facts, Jack. Another fact is your football coach begging Orangefield's best 8th grader to move to LCM. This is a basketball thread. See ya!

One starting wr from bc another from fort bend. WOS qb got benched and moved over mid season. WOS rb moved over week 10. So not a ton of impact, but not for lack of trying... Back on track. I believe DJ Wilson is interviewing early next week.

I poked at him earlier, but you guys are being a little hard on the guy. He just wants the best for his son. If Orangefield doesn't hire a coach to his liking they will likely be taking his talents to IMG Academy.

So we could get Whitmire at OF and DJ at Buna head to head? Or DJ gets OF and Buna begs Whitmire to come home? I like it. Who is Hoyt?

If you're talking about the kids dad that always wears the cool flat bill hat, then I could not think of a worse idea. I guess it would make for good TV though.

Hearing DJ Wilson's name a lot and one has to believe that the current assistant is involved. He's got some really good head coaching experience. Bobcats can't go wrong with either one of those guys...and they're related!

I usually agree with you, but i think Lumberton finishes towards the bottom. They lost a ton. So does Silsbee, but they're Silsbee. Rest of the district bring a lot back from poor teams. I think this is the weakest the district has probably ever been. I do think Jake McDonald gets your Bobcats into the playoffs. The HF, HJ, Huffman district will be a battle. Three good teams. I'll be interested to see who is suiting up for the Horns, but they should be good.

Good list, but you only put seven. Add Anthony Allen (Lincoln), Daimon Sweet (Central), Imannuel McElroy (Lincoln), Kelvin McKyer (Lincoln), Darryl McArthur (Silsbee), Keena Young (Ozen), Braelon Bush (Silsbee) all have to be in that discussion. Guy from Nederland named Buddy Davis played in the NBA and won a gold medal in the Olympics, but I never saw him play. Probably has the resume to make it though.

I see your point and I think those two will be NBA players. So will others at Montverde. Eight months doesn't make a huge difference, but when the gap is two or three years it adds up. That's not just s&c, but experience, discipline, and maturity as well. This is why I think the teams dominated by one and done kids don't win as many championships as people think they should.

Montverde, IMG, Oak Hill, Sunrise, Findlay, etc are all very, very good, but they should be. They pull talent from all over the country and even the world. Of course they should strum a school like Yates, who only pulls players from all over Houston. And a typical high school team only gets kids from their own town or district. It's not a level playing field, but we're not getting into that again. Now, Montverde vs SFA or a mid-major is an interesting question. They'd be more talented and their potential is MUCH higher, but I've heard Marvin Lewis say potential gets you beat. The difference in the body of a 21 yr old compared to a 16 yr old is huge. The difference mentally is even more pronounced. I'd argue that coaching would be in favor of an SFA as well. Those prep coaches would jump at the opportunity to be a D1 coach. How much strategy goes into beating high school teams by 50 with a team of all stars? How much struggle and adversity? The benefit of going to those prep schools is to practice against the best day in and day out and they serve that purpose. I don't think Montverde would win a mid major conference though.

Of course he voted for himself. Anyone who didn't vote for him must be racist. Just like the refs are racist when he loses. Great message to send to kids. Now, sign on all your different logins and blast away, coach.

What the hell is wrong with you?

What are they bitter about? Now why in the world would the district coaches not vote for those HF kids?

What is the worst part?

I can. This cat doesn't think any rules apply to him. I can't wait for him and his boys to get on here and comment.

I assume you are saying Coach Rideaux voted for himself. Is that something that they aren't supposed to do?

I don't like cheaters and I believe that the current coach is breaking rules. The two transfers are really good players and always conducted themselves how they should, but I believe they were recruited to come to HF by the head coach. I believe other students were recruited to HF that didn't come with them. I believe that more students will be recruited by the coach to HF and eventually they will get HF in trouble. I know that you think your friend has a great coaching pedigree and reputation, but he is not Greg Wise and HF is not Yates. Eventually it will hit the fan. And I'll still be embarrassed of how HF is operating.

More embarrassed than bitter. My school district hasn't always been the best athletically, but it's always been a good school district that did things right and we always put academics first. There has always been talent at HF, but we've missed on coaching hires basically since Jeff Keener. This latest hire is a miss too. Those transfers haven't always lived in HF and the new ones won't either and everyone knows it. I'd rather lose with our kids and coaches who do it right than openly break the rules and then brag about how great they are. Nobody is buying it. I'm old enough to know that winning isn't everything. It's not bravery to point out something is wrong. For what it's worth I've made my opinion known to the principal, AD, and superintendent at HF so I'm not hiding behind an anonymous message board.

Haggerty at Crosby is the best player in the area next year. Unless he moves to Yates.

It's been one really nice run over there!