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Anymore score updates for this week?

The team does have a level of talent, but it is clearly not on par with some of the previous BH teams. That alone is not a problem, because good coaching can make up for a lot of talent deficiencies in VB. What we are seeing now, however, is the impact of years of weak development and coaching at both the HS and at club. In past teams, BH had superior talent could compensate for those issues; that safety net no longer exists. At the end of the day, regardless of whether the problem stems from HS coaching and player development, or club coaching and player development, accountability for the HS falls on the head coach. Unless something clicks soon, BH could be headed for a rough and unfamiliar season.

Based on the wording, sounds like a parent. Power of positivity I guess.

The record of previous coach didn't have much to do with coaching up Xs & Os, it had to do with superior talent developed by clubs...not necessarily the local one off of the I10 either. IYKYK. People will be quick to blame the new coach right now, but this isn't entirely their fault...yet; they are working with what was left for them. People should be asking what happened to player development these past few years. The majority of the players in the system play for the same club, to me I would start asking some hard questions of that club and what are they doing to keep these kids competitive, because it doesn't look good. For the ones that aren't in club, very few, what kind of development was being coached up at the HS? The JV team is also having a rough go so far too, so the immediate future does not look all rosy.

Maybe first game jitters for BH or LP got MUCH better since last season, but that box score is surprising for sure.

Hard to argue with this, I forgot about the Alvin ISD connection with the girls AD. A quick look at MaxPreps will show BH routinely beating 6A schools for a number of years, so "needing" a coach with 6A experience doesn't hold water. The reality is that Chambers County (really East Harris too) and farther east to the Beaumont area are on an island when it comes to VB club options; especially when compared to the majority of the larger Houston Metro area. That is why getting a coach that had shown a track record of achieving, even with lesser talent, would have moved the needle a lot more.

GCM was not in a super weak district while Veen was there. For a number of years that district contained the always strong Friendswood team and an extremely competitive Santa Fe team. Years before that were against Summer Creek and Kingwood (better than todays KW). It is very plausible to say that GCM had MUCH more competitive district draws than BH.

If Alvin didn't have many club players then how much coaching up of non-club players actually happened? Based on the record, it wasn't much. To say that win loss record is not an accurate indicator of success is just not true. Not saying teams lacking club players can become world beaters, but they can be more competitive than AHS's record would indicate. The idea that any 6A coach is better than a 5A, 4A, etc... is also not very accurate. This hire just strikes me as a scramble because BH was turned down a handful of times and maybe overestimated their aura. Lastly, say what you want about Veen (and there is a lot), but the teams that GCM fielded when Veen (nee Mulryan) was the coach were much more successful than what Alvin has put up in the past number of years.

Heard it was the former coach at AHS.

Word is that the job has been filled and the replacement is coming from Alvin HS. A step up for that coach, but not sure if it is for the BH VB program. In 3 years of running the AHS program the overall record was 38-78 with a win percentage of just about 33% and only reaching the playoffs once. Not sure what happened with this coach search, but on face value this is very underwhelming. Either BH was not very flexible with the expected duties of a 6A head VB coach and were turned down by multiple targets or not much effort was put into the search.

Still no hire. Maybe BH isn't ready for 6A VB yet.

Jumped or pushed…semantics I guess.

Back to Livingston. Tried for other openings, but the Lions were the only takers. Oh well, I guess someone could hear the clock ticking to midnight. BH will still have VB talent, so it will be interesting to see if they get a serious coach.

Player talent is and has been there, that's not the issue. The issue has been cakewalk districts where minimal coaching was required, basically sleepwalking, until playoffs....and we have seen what happens there.

With BH more than likely going up to 6A, it appears that the window on any meaningful playoff runs could be closed. I would definately say their history of outright dominating their own district is done. Just wasting VB talent for years.