PrairieMan

I didn't realize you were such an idiot. You are correct he got ejected because early in the game his son got his head split open by an elbow from a Shepherd kid and as you can imagine absolute no call. Then while he was out they went on a 19-4 run. Then with a 2in gap in his head he came back scored 30 in 3 quarters and after bringing them back and taking the lead. He made an unbelievable play where he recovered a loose ball took it in for an and1 and probably seals the fate of the game and the refs decided to help out Shepherd by calling the most phantom travel call ever. So yeah he got kicked out. The mere fact that, you are so childish to worry about that vs how gutsy a kid was to take that kind of shot and to come back finish the game with 30 then go to the ER to get fixed tells me exactly the kind of person you are. Edited for language.

Actually it was only 2 pts. Took maybe 10 shots. Had a really tough night. On tip off the defender was staring at him and never left his side. They switched 3 kids off on him all night and every time he touched the ball they sent an extra defender at him. He still had some opportunities but didn’t capitalize on them. He also celebrated on Tuesday his accomplishment of crossing the 2k point mark back in December.

Haha, this makes me laugh AAW. Just about a year ago I remember having a conversation about a silsbee player not being much of a factor and you got awful emotional about it. In fact I believe you said Wheatley was going to lose to Silsbee even after me telling you and all the other faithful that Sanders was the best basketball player I watched all year and he wasn’t going to let that team lose to them. All good don’t want anyone to say anything they can’t take back. Good luck to your teams except when they play the horns.

I was actually enjoying the conversation. I was genuinely asking you if you saw other kids on that team that were going to make an impact to the game or that looked like they were willing to help. By no means is the kid perfect, trust me he has plenty of downfalls. Let’s just say he got an absolute earful last night about turnovers and taking some bad shots. If I came off as trying to say he was great, that was never my intention. As a matter of fact throughout my conversation I’ve said he’s always going to be the player he is and unfortunately the supporting cast struggles at times. Did I take offense to you saying he was the problem, sure! I was merely giving the reason I felt that you were wrong about that. Not because he’s great or he thinks he’s great or I think he’s great but because his teammates are not very skilled or not confident in themselves. Then that leaves him to take the pressure on his shoulders. Sometimes it works out for us and sometimes it doesn’t. Trust me he loves it when somebody else wants to bring the ball down or is willing to help run the offense. Heck talk to Ware or whoever your friend there is and you’ll find out quick, he loved having chase bring up the ball, they had to force him at times to bring it up. During the school season, Just once he’d love to stand in the corner and catch and shoot a shot but as you can tell, It doesn’t happen often. As HF coach is screaming “he doesn’t get it back” after everytime he passes it. Sorry if I came off, as that guy. Didn’t mean for it to be that way. Just having basketball conversation.

Well if you know him like you say you do and he played for your boy then you know how much he is perfectly happy with taking on whatever role that is necessary to win. Unfortunately that role at Tarkington is the one where most kids prefer to stand and watch him and just shoot a three if he creates it for them. You say you were there. How many times did you see other kids handle the ball 1v1 and do something with it. I mean not absolutely panic and turn it over? How many shots did you see the other kids create on their own? They shot 25% on the night, he shot 50%. How many times when HF threw a triple team at him did you see other kids run up to take the ball and relieve pressure?

Gotcha! Love that you’re excited about the thought of Tarkington not making the playoffs. You’ve only been wrong every year about it. I’m guessing the hate is because of the BTA that they put on your favorite school… like when he “took over” and scored 40 on them. Keep hating brother! 🤘🏼🤘🏼

Interested in the games you’ve seen? He’s the PG, what position does the ball normally go through in your offense?

Actually 33 did not get the tech. #2 got the tech for saying “good call” to the ref while the bigger kid from HF screamed “what the ****” to the ref right in front the stands with his arms out, and nothing. We can agree to disagree on the reffing, nobody ever agrees on the calls. But here’s what I’ll say more games than not, just like last night. Nobody can stay in front of #21 without grabbing and shoving and last night was another example of that. If you like we can review as much game footage as you like. Before every in bounds #2 would have his arms completely wrapped around his waste right in front of the ref. As far as your and AAWs assessment, you should both probably watch more games to fully make that determination. The only way his teammates “want” to be involved in the offense is if he drives and kicks to them. Otherwise nobody else wants to handle the ball. So does the ball go through him a lot, 100% and for the most part his teammates appreciate it. You should see the ball handling when he comes out. Regarding shooting, he’s a 35/50/87% (3/2/ft) shooter, the rest of the team is about 20/40/55% soooo with both of your expert who should take more shots and handle the ball then?

Unfortunately, if you’ve watched Tarkington basketball, it isn’t. We are the tale of two teams. The best example I can give you is we’ve beaten Onalaska this year by 9 and then they beat us 30+. #21 Ellington is avg 30 pts a game this year and he’s giving you every ounce of effort he has night in and night out. Don’t get me wrong he has good days and bad days shooting like anyone else but he’s always showing up (as mentioned previously he scored 35 last night). Unfortunately the cast around him is full of kids that until this year have never started a varsity game in their life. Those kids struggle at times and when they do, they tend to fall a part mentally. So when you have that kind of volatility it quickly becomes easy to see how they can compete with pretty much anyone on a given night or absolutely fall apart and get the doors blown off by an overall mediocre team. A couple other factors included that HF shot the 3 ball better than any other night I’ve watched them play and Tarkington might have went 3-20 if that. Also, the first half was a 6 point game, the refs the second half lost their mind. They went from calling really a pretty decent game to completely one sided which doesn’t make up all the points we lost by, by no means but another factor. Then trying harder to come from behind once down 15 just forces the issue for those guys with lack of experience.

Thanks for the solid input. FYI this extremely small 4a team finished 3rd in district last year and lost in the playoffs to the state runner ups. If you have any actual valid input, I’m willing to talk basketball all day with you.

Absolutely horrible game for Tarkington, #21 PG had 35 points of teams 51 with not much help tonight. Total lack of hustle and physicality.

In today’s game Calvin Ellington #21, PG for the Tarkington Longhorns breaks the single game record with 57 points in today’s victory vs Hardin.

West Fork 78 Tarkington 68 Final in OT Horns Senior PG #21 had 31pts brings his avgs to 30.8ppg / 7rpg / 5apg /4 spg on the season

Final Tarkington 69 Douglass 53

Final Tarkington 83 Timpson 53 Tarkington PG #21 with 45 points