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Is there a magic lesson? HF is going to have to stay focused these next two games or they could easily find themselves with a 3rd place finish. I think they will beat Livingston at home but Huff will be a challenge at Huffman. They handled a Liberty club that they should beat easily.

Good win for the Hawks. This one could have easily been a trap game

I think Buna had two brothers then named Conwell or something like that and a really good big kid that went to play football in college. They had some talent also.

I think the district champ definitely has a tougher road. Not sure I’d want a coach or player who didn’t play to win though. If Silsbee is hitting the 3 they are just on a different level not sure about Booker T, I haven’t seen them.

It takes time in the gym starting at a young age . The kids and the parents have to buy in. I can’t believe there’s not as much talent in Warren as there is in the other clubs in this district they just haven’t put the work in

Newton is a football town that plays basketball in the off season. That’s a good thing for the rest of the district because them and Woodville always have a lot of athletes. Warren just doesn’t look like the kids stay in the gym anymore. I saw them earlier in the season and it was clear they didn’t play much in the off season. They had some size and it looked like a little potential.

Bryan is definitely a heckuva coach. He’s had some pretty good players also over the last few years.

I don’t know much about what they have walking halls but I know Coach Hand and Coach Carter won a lot of games up there when they showed up

I’d have him #2 but that’s just my opinion

Yes sir I watched him as a player as well

Not people that knew him

This district is already very interesting 😂😂. Gonna be 2 pretty good clubs sitting at home

At the end of the day the coach makes decisions that give his team the best chance to win. No one in the gym wants to win worse than he does. The mommas and daddies are just fans and unfortunately some of them never learn that. I don’t know this coach at all but he has to be extremely frustrated with the noise from the bleachers. If you look back at the Horns season it looks like the coach has been looking for an answer that just isn’t there. With 3 district loses and a very tight OT win against Huffman it may be time for the Horns faithful to come back to reality. Some people seemed to think that this club would challenge Silsbee when in reality that was wishful thinking on their part.

Now that’s impressive!! Congratulations!!

This response pretty much sums up my position. Carry on coach .

Once again you watched a different game. I’m not sure a stint at Tekoa makes you an expert although you’re certainly entitled to your opinion. The trap that was used in the 2nd half was a different look and worked on more than one occasion on different players. Give credit where it’s due . With both teams hitting on all cylinders HJ has the best club this year. I gotta think these conversations make things tough in the HF locker room. On a different note HF looks to have a really nice JV club. Some of those kids , if eligible, could play on the varsity.

Joub is the real deal

I haven’t looked at the schedule but I think it’s gonna come down to who gets the most home games 😂what a fun district

It seems like these game threads always turn into a discussion as to how HF figured out a way to lose. This one should be about how HJ found a way to win. The Davis’s turned the tide coming out of the locker room for the second half, Clay by making some big time adjustments on the defensive scheme and Clayton by filling it up from DEEP!! That was the spark the Hawks needed and the que for Sears and Melvo to take this game over. The Samaha kid as well as several others gave the Hawks some big time minutes off the bench.

As easy as it would be to blame this loss on one kid that’s just not the case. HF has players that seem to consistently disappear in big games. Last night was a perfect example.

I made this analogy last summer during predictions and my basketball IQ was questioned😂😂

I think the substitutions he made were made because the starters were out of gas. That and he was looking for scoring. The blond headed kid came in and hit a 3 but that was it. I think #23 had a 3 point play with a minute left in the 4th but the game was over by then. HF has defensive liabilities all over the floor. At the end of the day the coach doesn’t have but so many pieces to work with and HJ just has more pieces this year.

Very true. HJ did a good of fronting the big kid in the post which made it harder for him to get the entry pass. They also were very successful with a little trap in the 4th quarter. Bottom line for HF to be successful #5 has to touch the basketball. If I were on the Horns sideline I’d make sure he touched it every trip down the floor. Kid is strong as a bull and doesn’t shy away from game

HF lost this ball game because they got away from feeding the ball down low to #5. He is the best ball player on their squad. They also seemed to struggle with conditioning. They are very suspect on the defensive end. The HF coach made a wholesale substitution to start the 4th but I can’t blame him after watching his squad score 3 points in the 3rd. I would be hard pressed to question the HF staff. They have one of the best assistant coaches in the area.

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