BLUEDOVE3

It would be so nice if one of the cinderella teams in the district spoil HJ's AND Silbee's district hopes?

[quote name="AggiesAreWe" post="932431" timestamp="1292262749"] Galveston Ball only suited out 13 players and according to game stats, only 9 played in the Silsbee game. [/quote]Okay, those 9 should have made All-Tournament. :D

[quote name="AggiesAreWe" post="932328" timestamp="1292252150"] All 13 Galveston Ball players plus 2 HCL and 2 HCYA players make up the all tourney team. Well, at least according to Dove that is. ::) [/quote]Thats not true. Galveston Ball played 13 student-athletes against Silsbee and had at least 3 more on the bench who didn't play.So thats at least 3 of their players I would not have voted on.

[quote name="stevenash" post="932407" timestamp="1292260337"] [quote author=BLUEDOVE3 link=topic=77409.msg932368#msg932368 date=1292255085] [quote author=Tiger05 link=topic=77409.msg932343#msg932343 date=1292253389] [quote author=FanintheStands link=topic=77409.msg932339#msg932339 date=1292252947] That's a big enchilada to swallow.  I love my Hawks, and I love the heart that they display, but its an uphill battle to beat Silsbee.  This district is Silsbee's to lose.  It's not impossible, but the smart money would be on Silsbee......... [b]or Hamshire Fannett[/b]. [/quote] :D :D :D :D ::) :D :D :D ::) :D :D :D [/quote]We got jokes today :D :D >:(` [/quote]  Are you referring to the HJ story above or to "HF wins the 2012 3-a State Championship"? [/quote]ABOVE

[quote name="True Blue" post="932384" timestamp="1292257444"] [quote author=BLUEDOVE3 link=topic=77296.msg932317#msg932317 date=1292251638] Good guard play is the key. [/quote] It doesnt matter what level you are at, if you cant get the ball out of the back court with pressure your not going to win many games. Evadale has a center and two forwards aver. over 10 points a game but you have to have a guard get the ball up the floor in their hands. They have a shooting guard that shoots the set shoot 3 very well, and in games were they are able to get the ball up the floor and in his hands at his set spot , he is aver. 40% but in games were he is forced to help bring the ball up the floor he is only shooting 20%. But with only having 4 days  of practice and playing 12 games, its a work in process ;) [/quote]So true ;)

[quote name="Tiger05" post="932343" timestamp="1292253389"] [quote author=FanintheStands link=topic=77409.msg932339#msg932339 date=1292252947] That's a big enchilada to swallow.  I love my Hawks, and I love the heart that they display, but its an uphill battle to beat Silsbee.  This district is Silsbee's to lose.  It's not impossible, but the smart money would be on Silsbee......... [b]or Hamshire Fannett[/b]. [/quote] :D :D :D :D ::) :D :D :D ::) :D :D :D [/quote]We got jokes today :D :D >:(`

[quote name="LAZEEK" post="931062" timestamp="1292094245"] [quote author=cbosha link=topic=77282.msg931055#msg931055 date=1292093369] It is so disturbing to see how many people are against HJ. Wow! [/quote] cbosha I will give you the cliff note version......... HJ got the perceived bad name back in 07 when a ton of Hawk Hecklers got on here running their mouths!!!!  A few bad apples ruined it for everyone!!!  Now I will not defend the HJ folks that get on here and make stupid comments and trash other schools...... and there have been several in the past but very limited now.  There are a more good HJ fans on here than bad HJ fans (mostly punk kids) running their mouths that have never set foot on a basketball floor!!!!! HJ has been and will always be a solid basketball program.  It all starts with Little Dribblers and the work that the HJ coaching staff puts in with the LD program and Junior High program!!!!  I know that your son was a HUGE part of the successes from LD and JH programs!!!  And now will reap the benefits from the HS program!! Some disrespect HJ because of the success and others because of the trash talkers that are no longer even members of this board!!!!  That is your cliff note version!!! ;D ;D ;D [/quote]I like HJ. I'm just jealous of the program over there. >:(

[quote name="FanintheStands" post="932333" timestamp="1292252620"] There is one thing that Silsbee got out of this game that is as good as gold for the rest of the year.  They know that, whenever they stop on the court, they are going to face a team that they can beat.  No other team that they face the rest of the year will give them the test that Ball gave them, and they proved that they were up to the test. Did they lose?  Yes, they lost the battle, but I think this may help them win the war! ......at least until they step into the Hawk's Nest!!!!  ::) [/quote]I was going along with what you were saying until you brought in HJ ;D

[quote name="BMTSoulja1" post="932285" timestamp="1292244330"] Gentlemen, G. Ball WON the game!  I don't care how they did it.  They made plays down the stretch after being down.  They held on at the end.  At the end of the day, they are still undefeated, still # 1 in the state.  Silsbee have 1 more loss for the season, which will not effect them much.  So stop trying to downplay Ball.  Tigers, move  on and get prepared to win your district outright.  Ball was the better team that night... [/quote]Spoken like a true warrior with the battle scars to prove it 8)

Good guard play is the key.

[quote name="LAZEEK" post="931971" timestamp="1292192100"] DC is easily the best player in the area!!!!  There is no questioning that!!!  No sarcasm in this post either!!!! [/quote]Without seeing all the talent in this area and watching this kid play, I'll have to agree with you. Especially since I don't have to agree with you over a HJ player ;)

[quote name="stevenash" post="931941" timestamp="1292187487"] [quote author=BLUEDOVE3 link=topic=77353.msg931828#msg931828 date=1292172985] [quote author=ST413 link=topic=77353.msg931823#msg931823 date=1292172202] The Tigers have only lost 2 games. The other was to Ozen. A game that we didn't play well in. [/quote]Silsbee has a very good team. Obviously the team is like a lot of other teams. Many play up to their competition AND play down at times. [/quote] Unless you are playing yourself, you are ALWAYS  playing, to some extent, up to or down to the competition. [/quote]I was referring more to the mental game.

[quote name="stevenash" post="931881" timestamp="1292180418"] [quote author=BLUEDOVE3 link=topic=77296.msg931820#msg931820 date=1292171991] [quote author=stevenash link=topic=77296.msg931742#msg931742 date=1292159674] [quote author=BLUEDOVE3 link=topic=77296.msg930893#msg930893 date=1292079576] [quote author=stevenash link=topic=77296.msg930889#msg930889 date=1292078743] [quote author=BLUEDOVE3 link=topic=77296.msg930200#msg930200 date=1292018734] [quote author=east texas bb link=topic=77296.msg930138#msg930138 date=1292014115] Basketball is about matchups.  You cant compare scores in the paper or game to game situations.  You can get a little info this way but not as much as you would think. [/quote]Ah, heres a person that knows basketball. I'll find me a match to stop a spot up shooter in high school basketball anyday. Getting Nash started up again ;) [/quote] I am here and ready to start.  I would disagree with you because "some people" forget that basketball is a team game where all five players have a role (at least for the better teams) in making things happen.  Some defender might be capable of stopping a spot up shooter one on one, but a decent coach will get that shooter shots regardless of how good the particular defender is.   It really isnt that difficult to force "that defender" to cover someone else via screen/multiple screens.  Additionally, any spot up shooter who is going to be "shut down" by the defender will have that defender in his face.  Even the slowest of the slow that has any kind of basketball intellect has a response to that type of defensive effort.    If that defender holds his spot up shooting opponent to no shots taken or very few taken, the spot up shooter has simply provided some of his teammates with additional opportunities they might otherwise not have had. [/quote]I knew you would come out sooner. But you make valid points. Lets just hope the "other teammates can score. [/quote] IF none of the teammates can score, then your "team" has little chance. [/quote]Give me a true point guard with the ability to score (shoot & drive), pass the ball, he'lll make his weaker teammates look good ;) [/quote] He sure will.  However, it takes more than a great point guard to make a team successful.  I am pretty sure that Kevin Johnson, John Stockton, Allen Iverson, Jason Kidd, and Gary Payton(among others) would confirm my contention. [/quote]A good PG and a good big man

[quote name="ST413" post="932248" timestamp="1292215948"] Even at that,  after the first quarter we had their full attention.  A team that is supposed to be that much better than us should have been able to turn things around and take control,  especially when our top 2 were in foul trouble. [/quote]True champions wake up in the final period and realize it's time to go to work in situations like this. Ball probably has not heard of Silsbee. Unless you're from the area, many people from the larger populated areas only keep up with 4-A and 5-A basketball.

[quote name="LAZEEK" post="932243" timestamp="1292215675"] [quote author=CATMAN link=topic=77340.msg932241#msg932241 date=1292215614] This site should be call the SILSBBE and the HJ ===SHJ-SPORT ;D ;D ;D ;D [/quote] Silsbee and HJ keep this website going!!!! ;D ;D ;D [/quote]Tried a HF takeover. But they stepped further  back to the end of the line.

[quote name="ST413" post="932238" timestamp="1292215398"] [quote author=BLUEDOVE3 link=topic=77340.msg932234#msg932234 date=1292214913] [quote author=AggiesAreWe link=topic=77340.msg931973#msg931973 date=1292192333] Dove, how do you know that Ball wasn't focused last night? It was a tournament championship game. They looked as focused as any team Silsbee as faced all year. Your first time to see Ball play this year yet you have the pulse of the team already. ::) Keep trying to downplay the close win by Ball, just makes you look foolish. [/quote]I'm the guy to tell you all the Ball guard play would make a difference. You've already backed me up with your previous post :P Trust me, Ball didn't take Silsbee serious. Its a mental thing in sports. Maybe something you're not familiar with (mental training in sports)...... [/quote] That goes right back to the head coach.  There is no excuse for a coach making a statement like that as far as I am concerned.  Yes you can have confidence in your team but never discount youir opponent that way.  If Ball was not taking the Tigers "serious" then it goes back to poor coaching in that respect.  One he motivated us even more and two he let his team overlook a talented team.  Shame on you Coach. [/quote]Thats my point!

[quote name="westend1" post="932214" timestamp="1292213184"] [quote author=BLUEDOVE3 link=topic=77392.msg932078#msg932078 date=1292204176] T[quote author=westend1 link=topic=77392.msg931986#msg931986 date=1292195252] Wells and James from Brook. [/quote]I sawWB play the other night. I didn't see any top 10 players [/quote] Interesting.   Brook has beaten Central, ozen, nederland and PNG yet they don't have 1 top ten area player? what game did you see? [/quote]I knew one kid that played for WB. Just curious but where did these other kids get their playing in while growing up? Never seen them at the Melton Y, The Rec Center, PA YMCA. But anyway,I saw WB play Silsbee, which was a boring game.

[quote name="AggiesAreWe" post="931973" timestamp="1292192333"] Dove, how do you know that Ball wasn't focused last night? It was a tournament championship game. They looked as focused as any team Silsbee as faced all year. Your first time to see Ball play this year yet you have the pulse of the team already. ::) Keep trying to downplay the close win by Ball, just makes you look foolish. [/quote]I'm the guy to tell you all the Ball guard play would make a difference. You've already backed me up with your previous post :P Trust me, Ball didn't take Silsbee serious. Its a mental thing in sports. Maybe something you're not familiar with (mental training in sports)......

T[quote name="westend1" post="931986" timestamp="1292195252"] Wells and James from Brook. [/quote]I sawWB play the other night. I didn't see any top 10 players

[quote name="BADSANTA" post="931860" timestamp="1292177441"] So you thinks Silsbee will beat HJ twice this year? Ball was focused [/quote]Ball beat Eisenhower by 20 pts.  Ball wasnt focused. Beat HJ twice? Wow! Not sure. Gotta see HJ play.

[quote name="SHS_Mayor" post="931874" timestamp="1292179802"] I Guess we know who won that Match Up........... :o Stallworth looks like a man among boys every night [/quote]DC is good. I ALSO like #23 (?), Lane? He opens up everything if he shoots like he did with Ball game.

IM GOING to watch an HJ game when they are scheduled to play a quality team. Get my own opinions

[quote name="BADSANTA" post="931855" timestamp="1292176010"] BlueDove3 just make sure your in attendance for Silsbee vs HJ to open district. This game hopefully showed you how good we are. [/quote]I repeat! Slsbee is VERY good. But I do think Ball's lack of focus made your team look better. But at the same time, this game should have given your boys the confidence that they played the big dogs in a close game. A good mental achievement to start district off with next year. ;)

[quote name="LAZEEK" post="931836" timestamp="1292173874"] Imagine the talk on this board if Silsbee had actually won the game!!!!! :D :D :D [/quote]I haven't heard too much either. Maybe Silsbee fans have a little more humbleness about them than  another school with it's sorryful, I meant sourful tastes. :-*

[quote name="AggiesAreWe" post="931840" timestamp="1292174368"] Finally got to meet Bluedove and mommagotjuice last night. Pleasure meeting you both. Momma, may I say you are a very pretty lady. Dove, you obviously married up. ;D [/quote] :D >:( ??? >:(