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[quote name="Zoneblock" post="893737" timestamp="1288632471"] [quote author=BADSANTA link=topic=75334.msg893693#msg893693 date=1288630461] HF will one day get a very strong team in football! Nevuary 32nd has to come one day! Lol [/quote] I wouldnt make to many jokes I remember a stretch when silsbee couldnt win [/quote] :D

[quote name="AggiesAreWe" post="893786" timestamp="1288634743"] [quote author=BLUEDOVE3 link=topic=75070.msg893665#msg893665 date=1288629243] [quote author=Sgt Rey link=topic=75070.msg893650#msg893650 date=1288628098] How many people attend HF B-Ball games? [/quote]I've never attended. I dunno  :D [/quote] That's not true, Dove. You said you were at last season's home game against Silsbee. You even stated that you saw me broadcasting and you even made comments on the Silsbee team. [/quote]I thought he was referring to baseball..my bad.

[quote name="Sgt Rey" post="893650" timestamp="1288628098"] How many people attend HF B-Ball games? [/quote]I've never attended. I dunno  :D

[quote name="PVT Ryan" post="893427" timestamp="1288596371"] HF has a basketball program?  According to La Dove, they only have year around football out there.   ;D [/quote]It's my understanding that a few of the boys actually get to play baseball in their free time. ;)

[quote name="AggiesAreWe" post="893343" timestamp="1288580007"] [quote author=BLUEDOVE3 link=topic=75334.msg893335#msg893335 date=1288579829] [quote author=AggiesAreWe link=topic=75334.msg893211#msg893211 date=1288572498] [quote author=BLUEDOVE3 link=topic=75334.msg893210#msg893210 date=1288572312] [quote author=BADSANTA link=topic=75334.msg893185#msg893185 date=1288569117] Silsbee will be in the playoffs [/quote]So yall just got the game won AND in the playoffs already, huh?Anything can happen. [/quote] Care to make a wager on this game? I'll take Silsbee, you get HF. [/quote]Yes, I predict HF 7A & 8A will beat the socks off Silsbee. OOPS! Wrong forum. [/quote] Typical answer, running scared as usual. [/quote]My momma didn't raise a fool! :D

[quote name="BADSANTA" post="893500" timestamp="1288618619"] HF wouldn't win this game even if we spotted them 30 points [/quote]Thats not nice. ;)

[quote name="AggiesAreWe" post="893211" timestamp="1288572498"] [quote author=BLUEDOVE3 link=topic=75334.msg893210#msg893210 date=1288572312] [quote author=BADSANTA link=topic=75334.msg893185#msg893185 date=1288569117] Silsbee will be in the playoffs [/quote]So yall just got the game won AND in the playoffs already, huh?Anything can happen. [/quote] Care to make a wager on this game? I'll take Silsbee, you get HF. [/quote]Yes, I predict HF 7A & 8A will beat the socks off Silsbee. OOPS! Wrong forum.

[quote name="HoopInsider_Cooper" post="893239" timestamp="1288574531"] [font=Courier]Hicks is Hicks bluedove...LOL..I don't know how many times he's put I work for the Enterprise in that magazine.  ;D[/font] [/quote]We're in deeper trouble than I imagined  :D :D

[quote name="HoopInsider_Cooper" post="893117" timestamp="1288563668"] [font=Courier]Big Red, I did not do a magazine, but I did do a small-school (3A-1A) section in Jim Hicks' (RCS) Da' Magazine that will come out soon. I will be doing a big preview very soon in the Examiner. Thanks for asking. [/font] [/quote]I've heard Hicks mention you at times. So you cover this area. Tell Hicks "Hampshire" is spelled Hamshire  ;D

[quote name="BADSANTA" post="893185" timestamp="1288569117"] Silsbee will be in the playoffs [/quote]So yall just got the game won AND in the playoffs already, huh?Anything can happen.

Before you can win in competition against others, you must start with winning against yourself.

[quote name="speechless" post="890314" timestamp="1288374934"] okay...so you say "the most talented kids"....what % of college athletes are you talking about then?  "The most talented kids" make up a very small % of the college population.  Heck, John Wall didn't need Kentucky really....but the John Wall's of the world are few and far between.  Of course, I can see your reasoning....with the financial success rate of pro athletes after their careers why would any of them need good high school or college rearing?  Go ask any college coach if they believe the high school program is important to potential prospects....I GUARANTEE you they won't say it isn't. [/quote]I don't like using someone like John Wall in this convo because he was programmed for the system. By that I mean players like him were 5th year seniors playing against younger guys. Shoot, 6 months age difference is a huge difference. Can you imagine being 18 months older...sheez!  Thats why Westbury Christian (5th year seniors) could not participate at YMBL. But thats my pet peeve and a whole different topic, which we have already strayed away from. But anyway, the top 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, or 100 could still get major attention just by attending or being invited to the major camps and playing in major summer tournaments. But hs offers another avenue to see how these players play in a more structured environment such as hs

[quote name="gamoty" post="890319" timestamp="1288375478"] I have talked to several friends of mine who are college coaches about recruiting at AAU tournaments.  They hate it.  There are too many tournaments in the summer and they usually are not even evaluating anyway they are just showing face so that the kids can see that they actually care about them.  How many AAU games have you seen with helpside defense? [/quote]Ah, I love it! They probably do hate it. I agree with you. But thats my point. They better go and show their face. Not true sir, they are evaluating the kids. Some of these coaches have never seen the players until the summer months. Thats why you have so many players playing at schools many miles away from home. Look at UT's roster as one example. The summers allow coaches to cover more players now than back in the day.

[quote name="team first" post="890289" timestamp="1288372907"] Wow Dove, you mean kids don't need coaching. They are that good? A kid will NEVER REACH HIS FULL POTENTIAL, if he isnt in a good h.s. program. Fact is , like speechless says, there is not a whole lot of coaching going on at the AAU level. Believe me, most of those guys are in it to enhance, yes, themselves. An AAU basketball practice? Love to see one! Yes kids develop through playing, but just like anything else, they will benefit greatly in a HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL PROGRAM!!!!!!! SEEN IT!!!!!!!!!! [/quote]I never said a kid would not benefit in a high school program. I said the most talented kids don't really need hs ball to advance to the next level. Many are already under the radar. As far as coaching, there are a lot of very good AAU programs out there teaching and coaching the kids. In fact, there are a lot of former NBA pros and other pros working in grassroot basketball, teaching the game.

[quote name="speechless" post="890243" timestamp="1288368578"] [quote]The good players really don't need high school ball. High school has become a play ground to keep in shape for the summer competition.[/quote] LOL!  thats where your wrong....the ncaa is working diligently to take recruiting out of the hands of aau wannabes and put it back in the hands of the men who have studied, trained, and earned degrees in this field and aren't out selling cars by day and pretending to be a coach by night. [/quote]Sure, there is a new proposal out there to reign in the summer open events. Ain't happened yet. You don't hear too many college coaches crying about attending summer tournaments. Too much talent in one area of the building versus travelling to Port Arthur, Texas to see a  possible -potential- -maybe -good recruit.  The NCAA biggest concern riight now in regards to enforcement are the boosters, who are funneling monies through shyster AAU/summer basketball programs influencing kids to "look" at certain schools.  I repeat, most ogf your talented high school players don't need hs ball  ;)

[quote name="Homer" post="890183" timestamp="1288364867"] Anybody know a HF vs BC 8th grade A score? [/quote]  33 (?) - 0 HF wins.

The good players really don't need high school ball. High school has become a play ground to keep in shape for the summer competition.

[quote name="CATMAN" post="889850" timestamp="1288307614"] [quote author=BLUEDOVE3 link=topic=75112.msg889465#msg889465 date=1288271603] [quote author=CATMAN link=topic=75112.msg889298#msg889298 date=1288231902] I see Silsbee is going to the BS tour. [/quote]BS? Meaning Bull S$it? [/quote]  :D :D :D :D :D [/quote]And whats really funny is that it was a serious question. I thought he may have meant it was BULL .....

[quote name="Trojanfan" post="890045" timestamp="1288328342"] Big Mo is not the first kid to move into Yates  school district just to play for Wise, Trey Bennett moved there from Milby and Shai Fields Pearland,Luthern North,and who knows where else he was before that to come play at Yates this year. I think they try to use their "magnet school" statis to cheat a little, but it sure was pretty suspicious that Big Mo played his summer league ball for the Houston Select, and I wonder who the coach of the select was? it was COACH WISE    [/quote]I'm sure there is a snowball effect happening with Yates' current players and their parents who are zoned to Yates.. People can get ruthless their kid's playing time is being taken away.

[quote name="speechless" post="889471" timestamp="1288272090"] [quote]I see English more out of town than I do in S.E.Texas. He's getting his boys ready (the right way).[/quote] The right way eh?  Laughable at best... [/quote]Are you saying he's breaking some kind of rule or possibly catching up with the competition?

The man BISD has already said no public funds would be used to build the "motel" and it would see if private investors would be willing to build and BISD students would use the facilities for a Hotel/ Restaurant academic program. With the right planning, Beaumont could roll in some major athletic events with a nice looking athletic compound. Bringing in more money to the area AND giving a certain sports reporter more events to cover, thereby increasing his revenue/income and paying more taxes to Uncle Sam. Me and you could start a part-time business selling t-shirts during these events for extra income. It would help us pay our credit debt down.

[quote name="CATMAN" post="889298" timestamp="1288231902"] I see Silsbee is going to the BS tour. [/quote]BS? Meaning Bull S$it?

[quote name="bmrm" post="889346" timestamp="1288235718"] I have two players to watch this season.......MY SONS!!! [/quote] :D :D no shiggidy...I feel ya

Or coach him yourself

[quote name="stevenash" post="889058" timestamp="1288215242"] [quote author=BLUEDOVE3 link=topic=74791.msg889002#msg889002 date=1288210564] [quote author=CATMAN link=topic=74791.msg888473#msg888473 date=1288144978] [quote author=whsalum link=topic=74791.msg888385#msg888385 date=1288139332] I don't currently live in Beaumont but I was born there, my parents lived and owned property there for years but honestly I didn't know I had to move back to have an opinion.If the folks that built and managed Ford Park haven't been able to make it profitable how do you you think the BISD could do it. I could understand a new gym if the ones there now were in disarray but that's not the case.Just a question here.If the gym would be for the kids who would the motel be for ???? As far as the Glen Beckits remark goes there isn't a racist bone in my body however a little common sense seems to associate some people with being racist these days . [/quote]   AMEN [/quote]Racism is dead! Those who  cry racism on a regular basis are, most often, more guilty of same than  whom they accuse. [/quote]There is no more racism! It's gone.