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I believe you are hitting the problem right on the head. There are many problems with a lot of schools these days and pay is certainly one of those problems. Most would debate this topic for hours, but of all the coaches I know that LOVED coaching and still left the profession anyway it was due to what seems to be the same issues over and over again... PAY ( most assistant coaches that work in a winning program usually work about 70-80 hrs a week during season and probably 55 hrs a week out of season. There is no such thing as having summers off anymore. If your program is successful, most likely your program is getting after it and training during the summer also in order to improve your kids. Most coaches are ok w/ working the long hours, but to do all that, work those kinds of hours all year and still only make $55k-$70k / year...? Some just find that is not worth the time. ) Weak Administrations/Discipline ( There is a disease going through most schools these days when it comes to administrators cow tailing to griping parents in regards to discipline in the school. I was at my kid's school last semester and I wanted to puke at all the kids just casually walking through the halls cussing like sailors [ MF this, stupid B!&@h that, I don't give a F*#&, etc... just openly not caring 1 bit who heard them. I asked the office personnel why in the world kids were talking like that, and they responded "they always do". I wanted to puke. You also have the teachers constantly pleading with administrators to help FORCE kids to act right in the classroom, stop cussing in the classroom, quit being disrespectful in the classrooms... and they say it just falls on deaf ears. Nothing ever gets done about it. Forced Academic Policies ( teacher being forced to allow kids to keep doing work until they pass when the kid absolutely refused to do anything, turn in any work or give any effort academically for entire grading periods/semesters. I am 100% in agreement with doing absolutely everything a person can to help kids. But like when the kids has missed 20 days in a semester, hasn't turned in 1 single assignment in 2 weeks, and when they do show up to class they are disrespectful to teachers; and then when the kid finds out he/she won't graduate with classmates, the parents come up to the school and throw a fit. And the result is the administration just puts the kid into credit recovery classes and do some kind of little computer credit and gets credit for the entire class and passes and graduates. I agree with the teachers - that is complete Bullsh!%...!!!! ) Completely Idiotic and Unrealistic Parents ( Parents who come to the school and go bezerk on people b/c there is "no way that little Johnny/Suzie did that", you ( the coach/teacher ) are lying and have some sort of horsesh!@ prejudice against their kid. The kid has only been written up or tried to be discipline 15 times already this semester, but "Johnny/Suzie didn't do anything wrong." And then on the sports side of it... Little Johnny/Suzie who is 5'6", 160 lbs, runs like an elephant and jumps like a sloth, catches w/ frying pan hands, and throws like a 6 yr old - "should be going D1 to Alabama..!!!" You ( the coach ) are "just trying to screw my kid over. He was 4x All Star during little league." Stuff like this where parents are completely off the reservation on seeing their kids w/ blinders on. This new "everybody gets a trophy", "don't hurt anyone's feelings", "we are all the same and we are all equal regardless of talent/skill/work ethic/preparation/desire" is DESTROYING our country and our kids.

I couldn't disagree with you more!!! Why is/should teaching be a lower-middle class profession? Everyone in the world has been taught something by a teacher that has made them successful. Doctor's, lawyers, engineers wouldn't be anywhere without teachers. Why is it ok to pay larger salaries for those jobs but next to nothing to the people that taught them?

very senior heavy but they don't play much,has underclassmen getting more playing time

Just don't understand why so much "hate" on Hefner. It's like folks go out of their way to be a critic when it comes to him.

and make the insurance affordable!!

The only way the state is going to get more people interested in teaching is to raise pay SIGNIFICANTLY and cut back on most of the bureaucratic BS and paperwork that gets piled on teachers.........

Louisiana Tech and Oral Roberts begs to differ. Anyways, will Nederland's bigs be up for the challenge of battling with PAM's twin towers?

I've watched Hefner play a numerous amount of times....and I must say he hasn't showed me his worth yet. Maybe he can today but i don't see it happening. and that 21 points he had was garbage points in the 4th

I'm told regularly from my many friends in education that there is a mass exodus concerning both coaches AND teachers from the profession. Not just BISD. I also have a friend that words in the education department at SFA that tells me the number of students they're having in the education program lately is scary low. I'm not sure if teacher pay would correct the issue or not.. people can speculate but the reason may not be money. Like you said..."despite having one of the higher paying districts in SETX".

Personally, I can see this game being like the Silsbee at Bridge City game to start district.

Now it's clear why your post is the way it is. It's cool though. The time for beating WB will come in due time. Been many 1 score games in the past. Maybe #BGOE need to worry about not taking 40 pt beatdowns in basketball. 😏

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3 games today with first starting at 4:30pm, no JV Girls game.

Teachers know what they are getting into when they become one. Same with coaches. Have seen some former coaches try to sue the school for back pay. Lol. Sit down with that. You CHOSE to be a teacher/coach. Want to make more more? Chose a different profession.

Evadale wins by 20

Evadale sweep tonight

Don't get in that argument with Cardinal Backer. He has an Elitist view........

A big part in the decline of people going to school for teaching is because people are going to school and getting lets say a Finance degree or any other degree. Then going through an alternative certification program which it not hard at all and you have your degree to fall back on if teaching isn't for you anymore.

Amen brother!!!

exactly......

No Worries Buddy! I remember watching Chip play baseball! He was legit!

Being the best player has little to do with the outcome of the game. It is a team sport. For the Bulldogs to beat the Titans, you need all the Dogs to step up. Imo, five good players beat one great player, every time. For example, in the Silsbee vs HJ game. Bush did great, but he had some good teammates step up, so Silsbee got the win. Bush couldn’t win it by himself, and neither can Hefner.

Yes, sounds about right. Although on a neutral or home court, United IMO are double digit favorites. Since this is in NS and knowing how their home cooking work, 7 point win is fair...

"Power 5" commit lost first round to friendswood last year...supposed to win games just by him walking on the floor. But hey English on the awesome coaches list too. I dont know the answer to this so just a question. whats the furthest English has been in playoffs because if he cant do it with a TAMU commit and full of seniors................YIKES.

Poor FT shooting by both. One thing I noticed in my short few years of following HS basketball. One game, a team can’t seem to miss a FT. Next game, can’t buy one. Three point shooting was a good avg. Imo, 3 pointers get a lot easier to make when you have a good lead. All in all, this game was a “gray hair maker” for coaches and fans.

This thread is interesting to say the least. Comments made here by both sides... Um. Seems like deja vu. I've seen this before. Actually, same thing applies to the game itself. I've seen this before, so I expect the same results. Unless the quote BEST PLAYER IN THE FLOOR unquote has a say in it in year 4. I'll be keeping up with this interesting one...

Looking forward to broadcasting this game. Lot's of star power in this one.

Pretty sure he was referring to the fact that he has 6 varsity games against the Mighty Titans since he started as a freshman on varsity. None of the rest of his teammates do. Spin it how you want, but he is one of the most unselfish players you will ever see.

He just can't get his players at Texas to play the HAVOC style that got him hired. Watching them is a "slap in the face."

I know ......right...... we all know guns kill people not people kill people and yet how many abortions a year do we have a year????

#22, i remember him, seen him run over many of ppl back then. He won in 96. Chip won in 97. Edit: i stand corrected you're right, the 09 Enterprise article i was reading with the winners had the wrong years.

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Haven't seen LCM play this year, but they seem to be not bad looking at their record. Tigers need to take it one game at a time. I don't know if Bush will hit 40 + again or not. He has Martin and Cartwright to lean on for offensive help now. Sometimes Gilder is good for about 10 - 12 points a game as well.

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Only thing i have about this matchup is: will Bush hit 40+?

Why are these people so upset? Everyone knows the Democrats aren't really trying to take their guns, right? That's nothing more than a vast right-wing conspiracy theory.

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Well, there is a high chance because Carthage may not even be in region III according to some projections...

Well since we are asking about folks credentials here (and, no, I am not a coach), what in the way of coaching experience do you bring to the table so that everyone here should use your "scale" as to what an "elite" coach is?

I just got wind of this as you know you're on my ignore list. As for your question: it will not get answered. I answer questions from ppl i have respect for. Good day.

What were the top 10 defenses? It’s my opinion that it takes both. You can give up 10 ppg and still lose if you can’t score.

That’s what I’m saying

lol...great response. You should teach a debate class.

Ah, the days when the Golden Triangle was able to fill TWO districts in the State's largest classification!

That was personal favorite... didn’t think it would make anybody’s list. Silsbee was stacked that year and it was back and forth all way. Last team with the ball should have won. Silsbee missed what should have been the game-winning fg as time expired. DC was on the line, AND I can’t stand Silsbee. I’m not saying that it was the best game ever, but I can’t think of one I’ve personally enjoyed more. We had another good one at WOS around 2012. We turned the ball over on downs on what should have been the go ahead possession in the red zone as the game was winding down. Closest I’ve ever seen us come to beating WOS (except the Dan Ray rainout game).

This is easy

Couple of favorites.... I'm no particular order... 2010 Nederland at Central 2014 Central Vs. West Brook 2015 Central vs. West Brook 2015 Central Vs CE King 2016 Silsbee vs Carthage 2016 Silsbee vs. Bridge City 2018 Silsbee vs. West Orange - Stark (both meetings) 2018 North Shore vs. Duncanville 2019 Silsbee vs Wimberley

Silsbee vs El Campo a few years ago... if we are talking about local and games that we’ve actually attended. If not, then North Shore vs Duncanville last year for sure