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Nos to Silsbee.......hmmmm! Wondering what formula you are using when predicting a 10 year olds height will be 6'5- 6'8? And Bluedove to Ozen I'm not on the Ozen bandwagon at this time :-* Maybe so, but I heard they are going to offer you a $500,000 signing bonus. Keep in mind that this prevents Ozen from being dominated by HF in 2012. hmmm! Now you,re beginning to get too deep into my personal business :-X I apologize for the depth of my intervention. Besides, I should have already known that an individual of your integrity and resources would NEVER be swayed by such a bonus offer. VIVA the HF 2012 squad. Stevie I promise you, if we mix the 2013,2014 and 2015 players together, it would be one of the most athletic teams in basketball HF will have in a long time. It would be a coach's dream in the 3-A division. Possible 6'5"- 6'8" post, quick athletic guards and good wings. fORMULA? Let's dosome natural progression. C'mon help me add this one up. (1)12 year who is 6'2" (2) see #1 I had no idea that a 12 year olds current height attributed to his growth rate. Who is to say he wont be 7 foot? Thats what I say! He still has time to grow more by high school. He could be at that range by high school. And HJ better be shaking in their boots ;D Dove, I hope you are right but becoming tall does not assure anything as far as competency in basketball is concerned. Additionally, when the 1991 HJ state championship team was in the 8th grade, the tallest kid on that team wound up being the shortest one by the time they won the title. I suspect there was a lot of excitement when Manute Bol came into this world. Lets see, how many titles did he acquire and how many all star appearances did he make? Nash, I know talent. I develop talent. I'm well aware of what you're saying. I've seen in my lifetime several big men and a few were teammates of mine. And they were AWFUL when they started out playing the game. Two became ALL-Americans and another NBA Hall of Famer But let me get back to my point I'm really making here. In fact, this is the only point that I keep repeating. I'm jealous of HJ's program and HF's program gets no respect and probably rightfully so. BUT! HF has some kids that are being groomed to take HF to another level with their 2013, 2014 & 2015 class. And if I'm still around by this time, I'll be first in line cheering these guys on and I'll get on this forum still "talking smack."

Nos to Silsbee.......hmmmm! Wondering what formula you are using when predicting a 10 year olds height will be 6'5- 6'8? And Bluedove to Ozen I'm not on the Ozen bandwagon at this time :-* Maybe so, but I heard they are going to offer you a $500,000 signing bonus. Keep in mind that this prevents Ozen from being dominated by HF in 2012. hmmm! Now you,re beginning to get too deep into my personal business :-X I apologize for the depth of my intervention. Besides, I should have already known that an individual of your integrity and resources would NEVER be swayed by such a bonus offer. VIVA the HF 2012 squad. Stevie I promise you, if we mix the 2013,2014 and 2015 players together, it would be one of the most athletic teams in basketball HF will have in a long time. It would be a coach's dream in the 3-A division. Possible 6'5"- 6'8" post, quick athletic guards and good wings. fORMULA? Let's dosome natural progression. C'mon help me add this one up. (1)12 year who is 6'2" (2) see #1 I had no idea that a 12 year olds current height attributed to his growth rate. Who is to say he wont be 7 foot? Thats what I say! He still has time to grow more by high school. He could be at that range by high school. And HJ better be shaking in their boots ;D

Nos to Silsbee.......hmmmm! Wondering what formula you are using when predicting a 10 year olds height will be 6'5- 6'8? And Bluedove to Ozen I'm not on the Ozen bandwagon at this time :-* Maybe so, but I heard they are going to offer you a $500,000 signing bonus. Keep in mind that this prevents Ozen from being dominated by HF in 2012. hmmm! Now you,re beginning to get too deep into my personal business :-X I apologize for the depth of my intervention. Besides, I should have already known that an individual of your integrity and resources would NEVER be swayed by such a bonus offer. VIVA the HF 2012 squad. Stevie I promise you, if we mix the 2013,2014 and 2015 players together, it would be one of the most athletic teams in basketball HF will have in a long time. It would be a coach's dream in the 3-A division. Possible 6'5"- 6'8" post, quick athletic guards and good wings. fORMULA? Let's dosome natural progression. C'mon help me add this one up. (1)12 year who is 6'2" (2) see #1

Nos to Silsbee.......hmmmm! And Bluedove to Ozen I'm not on the Ozen bandwagon at this time :-* Maybe so, but I heard they are going to offer you a $500,000 signing bonus. Keep in mind that this prevents Ozen from being dominated by HF in 2012. hmmm! Now you,re beginning to get too deep into my personal business :-X I apologize for the depth of my intervention. Besides, I should have already known that an individual of your integrity and resources would NEVER be swayed by such a bonus offer. VIVA the HF 2012 squad. Stevie I promise you, if we mix the 2013,2014 and 2015 players together, it would be one of the most athletic teams in basketball HF will have in a long time. It would be a coach's dream in the 3-A division. Possible 6'5"- 6'8" post, quick athletic guards and good wings.

Another good piece of grazing land going to waste > What's your point? Urban Progression > > Build it in the West End

Nos to Silsbee.......hmmmm! And Bluedove to Ozen I'm not on the Ozen bandwagon at this time :-* Maybe so, but I heard they are going to offer you a $500,000 signing bonus. Keep in mind that this prevents Ozen from being dominated by HF in 2012. hmmm! Now you,re beginning to get too deep into my personal business :-X

Nos to Silsbee.......hmmmm! And Bluedove to Ozen I'm not on the Ozen bandwagon at this time :-*

Another good piece of grazing land going to waste >

Nos to Silsbee.......hmmmm!

that's a very rare occasion to see a Basketball coach as AD... maybe bartlett can handle it Aren't AD's usaully football coaches?

I wonder if this is Thomas Henderson from Univ. of Hawaii/Houston Rockets?

And I know HF is better in track so we should move a team ahead >

Hmm? I married a country girl! Dickie V inferred, not me , huh? Was just curious how living in HF compares to Houston. As far as basketball, there is no camparison. Thats why all the top players end up there during the summer. Remember, this is a sports forum so I am sticking to topic. In fact, I am sitting in a gym now in Houston. 8) Big deal. I am sitting in the smallest and most private room in my house reading the sports page. And there lies the difference!!! What difference? Do you mean comparing HJ to HF in basketball? Me and you!

Hmm? I married a country girl! Dickie V inferred, not me , huh? Was just curious how living in HF compares to Houston. As far as basketball, there is no camparison. Thats why all the top players end up there during the summer. Remember, this is a sports forum so I am sticking to topic. In fact, I am sitting in a gym now in Houston. 8) Big deal. I am sitting in the smallest and most private room in my house reading the sports page. And there lies the difference!!!

Whats the margin of error? Dove, would I be guessing correctly if you thought there was no margin for error in the girls rankings but a lot in the boys? Nash, you are the man! I'm proud to see that you are interested in the error margin.

Sounds like the middle schoolers @ HF. They lift and then go play basketball.

Really! Hmm? I like that kind of program and dedication.Hmm?Do I have any relatives in HJ district? Hmm?

So HJ doesn't have a "Universal Off-Season?"

Heres my take on a subject that a lot of coaches may mention in their pep talk but have no idea or maybe the time to *teach* mental games. The mental aspect of sports unlike shooting free throws isn't as tangible as how many shots were made at the line. I've heard people say you can't teach the mental toughness and maybe they have a point. But the one thing I do know is that you can put an individual in situations that help mature their mental aspect of the game. One has to become a student of the game and have goals for themselves. I remember as a teenager going off to college to play ball. I remember two guys on the team who also played point guard, one was from NY and the other from North Carolina. I have to admit when I saw them play in pick-up games, I became a little nervous because they were good. But when practice began, they could not play the whole floor. They were street ballers and no concept of situation basketball. On the other hand, I had become somewhat of a student of the game and understood the game better, even though I knew the kid from NC was better than me. Understanding the mental aspect of the game helped me position myself to play on the team. I see too many kids today who don't know how to run a simple fast break or break a press. There are many ways to work on your mental skills. I make my students challenge themselves to get out of their comfort zone and play until it becomes comfortable. I also attribute my learning to the years of getting hit by the board in practice from elementary school through high school ;D

With your definition, the *next level* could be a step down for some players 8) That's not my definition.That's a fact,anything after high schoo; is the next level.The levels don't always go up'I've seen a ton of good players after high school playing at the "y" or the rec center because they still love the game,Some don't have the help out of high school to play so their next level is a step down ;) And many don't have the mental toughness to get to the next level.

Hmm? I married a country girl! Dickie V inferred, not me , huh? Was just curious how living in HF compares to Houston. As far as basketball, there is no camparison. Thats why all the top players end up there during the summer. Remember, this is a sports forum so I am sticking to topic. In fact, I am sitting in a gym now in Houston. 8)

Hmm? I married a country girl! Dickie V inferred, not me , huh?

In other words, he would do great at Lamar Univ? Is Lamar after him? If Lamar did not have an interest in Ryan Donahoe 2 years ago when he too, was 3-a player of the year, I cannot imagine they would have an interest in Benard. LU was willing to sign him especially after there was no interest shown from the top dogs. But LU wasn't in a rush either. One of LU's main competitors brought scholarship papers and asked him to sign them and told the HJ coach Donahoe was better than any guard he had on the floor (SFA-who played in the big dance). Apparently he got some bad advice from someone. No, Lamar wasnt in any type of hurry at all. I would be willing to bet that if he had gone to Lamar, the school would have been glad they got him and he would be more than competitive in that league by now. So what has Ryan Donohoe done in college?

Or we could discuss NAIA possibilities for HJ players

he would be a undersized 3 but a 2 guard his size at a mid major is pretty good bacbone.........come on man........you played college ball...........how many 5'8 2 guards are there. He is left handed and struggles to dribble more than twice with his right hand. That is not mid major ready at the 2 position. He may be mid major ready in 2 years if he works hard but not now. Bluedove.......his quickness is good but not great.........however his anticipation and ability to make the decision to shoot or to dribble drive is great. That is what makes him great and in my opinion is more important that quickness on the offensive end. If he's 5'8", he better have some quickness about him