Kountzer

I got a tweak in my lower back. I started to stay home but I went to the hoopsgiving classic anyway so I could see Silsbee play warts and all.  I asked a group sitting near me if they were from Silsbee. They said they were from Katy Tompkins. They wanted to watch how Silsbee plays defense. I told them how most of the team was still playing football.

Wyatt got warmed up then started getting off some shameful poster dunks. Jared looked good for Silsbee. Some of the players for Silsbee have improved. Rice & Tristan Dean are doing things they never would have tried last season. Saw some new faces, 9th graders I guess.

I left early.  That group from Katy Tompkins left before I did.  As the scores shows, it was that kind of game.

I wanted to stay and watch BU vs Carter.  My back was putting the hurt on me so I left. 

The UT football program has not exactly set the world on fire since coach Charley Strong left either.  

Oklahoma is down in the dumps.  Deion Sanders is pulling in five star talent to HBCU Jackson State U.  Things are in a flux.   Then there is NIL and transfer protocol.  Guys I saw playing high school ball five years ago are still playing D-1 basketball and football.  I guess will NIL you can make a nice living playing D-1 college sports.

5 hours ago, Mr. Buddy Garrity said:

Should've just kept Sumlin, would've been cheaper 🤷🏾‍♂️

As is said hindsight is 20/20.

Five years or so ago, before I retired, I was given a dps regular truck an told to go work in Bryan Texas for a week. That office was no where near as busy as my office in Houston, so I was working but also conversing.  I talked to some strong Tx A&M alumni.  I mentioned coach Kevin Sumlin just to seee the reaction.  Sumlin was in limbo then.  You could sense it was a matter of time before he would be gone. I felt that he, Charley Strong and the UT basketball coach got their jobs on the coattails of prez Obama. I don't have a picture posted but those that know me know I am African American. 

I am not trying to go political with this, just giving background.  The TX A&M alumni were all adamant they wanted Sumlin out and replaced by someone better. Sumlin went on to bomb at Arizona, but that's a whole nother Oprah Winfrey show.  Needless to say neither I nor the alums I talked to foresaw the fiasco in A&M football that happening right now.

2 hours ago, AggiesAreWe said:

I am a bit surprised that United lost to Washington. This is the same Washington team that Silsbee took down in regional finals last year. I felt Washington was a very good team but lacked toughness and big game confidence. Silsbee was smaller but much tougher mentally and physically.

I had United winning this at home by 10+.

Early season games are tough to call sometimes and IMO don't carry much weight. Never know what team you are going to get.

At least two new players were to transfer to BTW, that was the talk. 

11 hours ago, BADSANTA said:

On the right hand side. Maybe be 2nd or 3rd largest in the state now. It’s been there about 4 or 5 years now. The Shell station is on the left when you turn under 290. 

I’ve had Q there before and we have discussed that place before.

On 11/17/2022 at 7:01 AM, BADSANTA said:

If your traveling to the Silsbee game tomorrow night, stop in over at Waller County Line Bar B Que right across from Buckees at the Shell Station. The lines are always long but the bar b que is dang good. I recommend the baked potato. It can feed an entire football team off one lol. 

I don't remember a Buckees; I haven't been out there in awhile. Maybe I just didn't notice.

 Good Qi just the same.

Looking at the map I see Dobie HS is not that far from the church I attend.  Place that in the for what it is worth file.

The Pasadena Dobie @ Silsbee game, played 11/12/22 was recorded & you can watch it on youtube. 

Harris played smart.  Dobie was watching him close. He had no room to drive to the bucket.  No need to risk injury on a game like that.  

Dobie has a deep bench. They would make a good 4A team.  They are 6A, I think.  How competitive they are at their real level IDk.  A glance at the TABC rankings would help.  A loss but a good warmup game.

I was out walking my dog and one of my neighbors, the dad of one of the Westfield players was having fun talking about how Silsbee got handled.  I told him how the star players and the rest of the starters were out for this and that and for football. Silsbee is < a 1000 students.  The rest of those schools have 3k to 3.5k students.  A full Silsbee team that is in the basketball groove would give them a run for their money.  The Tigers are known for beating 5A and 6A teams, at least 3 or 4 times a season.

I should have gone to this but I was somewhere else.  The key thing is Jared did not play.  Those are some good big school teams.  The kid down the street plays for Westfield.  I see him and his sisters practice in their driveway all the time. I wish I could have seen him play Silsbee.  When everyone comes together this is going to be a tough team to deal with, especially at the 4A level.

Could be a return to the halcyon days when Silsbee was in SA every year, and coach Sigler had a 12 to 15 man rotation.  Which means they will trap and press all game long.

On 11/2/2022 at 6:29 PM, AggiesAreWe said:

You heard wrong.

Javier is starting for the Astros tonight.

I was glad I was wrong.

I'm hearing the Astros are putting Verlander back on the mound tonight.  This series could be toast.

Guy on Facebook, Melvin Dews raised an interesting scenario.  The Univ. of Texas created the UIL  So there is a definite connection between the two.   When the appeal was still unresolved UT was in the running to recruit Anthony Black.  Black chose Arkansas. The appeal did not go in his favor.  If Black had chosen to take his basketball skills to UT would the result of the appeal still be the same?  Probably, but who knows for sure?   Interesting question just the same. 

It went to the Supreme Court? Wow.

I saw some video of Silsbee vs Barbers Hill. Jared was doing his thing as usual. The players with him were doing good too.  That was encouraging to see.

The UIL is smart. They didn't announced their rulings during the heat of the season and the playoffs.  Fans would probably erupt.  They waited until just before the beginning of a new season.

3 hours ago, PhatMack19 said:

Word out of Arkansas is that Black is a star.  Possible lottery pick after this year.  

He needs to at least play this season for Arkansas before deciding all that.

Is Silsbee participating in the Spring Westfield scrimmage, probably next Tuesday?

8 hours ago, AggiesAreWe said:

Not basketball players? Interesting

I expect at least 3 of those 8 players to be starters on the basketball court. Possibly 4 of them.

These 8 will make up the bulk of the varsity basketball team. Lot's of playing time.

I'm not sure what I meant then either.  my bad.

On 10/26/2022 at 4:27 PM, Tigers94 said:

Everybody is coming back except for 2 players.

They lost one kid who sometimes started. Bench should be better than last year. One player who got injured early last year and didn't play should be back, and some other younger players should be able to step up more.

They lost Tre Haynes to graduation. He would hit the 3 shot. I saw video of some incoming young guys who could possibly do the same; time will tell.  The injured guy coming back is probably Bilily Boulwin, who is listed as 6’4 190lbs. 

There may be 8 but but not not not basketballers still playing football. The Tigers could possibly ‘end the frustration’ on the football field. Wouldn’t that be something.

 I went to that Spring Westfield scrimmage last year. I am having transportation issues so I don't know if I will make it this year. The kid down the street plays for Westfield.  It wasn't compelling basketball last year. Just a scrimmage.  The jamboree on Friday in Bellaire may or may not be worth attending, considering the 8 football players who probably will be missing.  All things considered Silsbee Tiger boys basketball probably won't get to rolling good until the mid to second half of district play.

4 hours ago, ST413 said:

I had someone this week, who played at a very high level, say he is “the best  high school player” he has ever seen.  And he added that he had seen Eric DIckerson play in high school.

The current star player always gets the praise.

On 9/16/2022 at 1:11 PM, Kountzer said:

10:30AM Stafford vs Madison.  We're talking about Dallas Madison, correct?

Or it could be Houston Madison.