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No doubt. I’ve been giving your buddy some credit lately for playing the hand he’s dealt, especially since I’ve heard from some of his players about the difference he makes off the court. Like I said, I’m working on it.

they have 4 wins against teams with winning records this year, and HJ has 12, with considerably better losses as well. And HJ definitely had a tougher schedule, but the AP tournament was way down this year for whatever reason, and they got a couple of cupcakes there they normally wouldn’t get. That said, HJ undeniably has more talent, so it’s comparing apples and oranges. But I’d say that you’re saying that there are only 4 really bad teams on Lumberton’s schedule is off.

I’ve really been trying to be more positive on here. I didn’t say anything negative, incorrect, or insulting. You asked if I was surprised (in some effort to call me out, I guess?). I’m not surprised. They went 17-16 with an inarguably soft schedule, and most likely will finish 4th in a 7 team district, and will most likely bow out in the 1st round of the playoffs. I could’ve predicted that 6 months ago. What am I supposed to do here? Pretend I’m surprised, and that they’ve had some master class of a season? They’ve had an okay season. I can’t make it into something it’s not. Good for them for getting back to the playoffs. For what it’s worth, they would’ve likely finished 4th and made the playoffs in our other local 4A district as well, so credit to them for becoming more competitive the last several years.

Not really. They surprised me last year. This year they’re about where I thought they’d be. A .500ish record and a low playoff seed. If someone had asked before the season (and it might be in writing on the site), I woulda had them 4th or 5th, and it looks like the most likely result is gonna be the 4-seed, unless vidor pulls an upset. If they beat HJ or HF in the first round then they will have surprised me. BC surprised me the most this season. After going 1-11 in district last year, and 12-23 overall, for them to have a winning record and a shot at the 4th playoff spot going into their last game is impressive.

University Fires Back at Striking Students by Charging Them Tuition (msn.com) Personally, I think it's great. These kids are paid TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS an hour to do graduate assistant jobs around campus, and also get free healthcare, while on average receiving $20K in tuition assistance a year. They're wanting more perks, and a "substantial raise" greater than the 3.5% raise the university is offering them. This is the most ridiculous thing I've heard in like 2 days. From the article: "As the university has advised the Temple University Graduate Students' Association and its members on multiple occasions, graduate students who choose to participate in the strike and not perform the work for which the university employs them will no longer receive compensation and their work-related benefits while they are on strike," Steve Orbanek, a university spokesman, told Newsweek.

There’s been like 7 total threads started in this forum in the last 10 days. I think you’re over analyzing this. That said, would love to watch the video

Same.

And they played against Central, Ozen, Nederland, PNG, etc. for almost the entirety of his time there. Not really sure what your point is. They played against bigger schools for like 20 of his 22 years. And how long were they in 5A before he took over? Also pertinent information.

last ever post on here was wishing us merry christmas while fighting covid. I guess that's what got him.

Ridiculously low-scoring game in Oklahoma shows the need for shot clocks in high school basketball across the country (msn.com) For those who won't hit the link, Anadarko, Ok held the ball the entire game and lost 4-2, after being down 2-0 at the half. Down 4-2, they held the ball until the final buzzer, missing what would've been a game-winning three against Weatherford, Ok, who moves to 19-1 with the win.

Vidor had 12 winning seasons between 1940, their first year of football, and 1998. so basically 12 winning seasons in 60 years. Mathews had 11 winning seasons (plus two more .500 years) out of 24 seasons. So for people to act like he wasn't good for Vidor, or that the school district should have fired him long ago, is simply laughable. I think most of his detractors have something a little more personal, like they didn't start when they were at vidor, or maybe he didn't play their kid enough for their liking.

it'll just be thornton melon with his pitchfork.

Man, I completely missed this one! Was battling it out with him in the football pickems just a few weeks before!

I watched like 3 minutes and had to turn it off.

The last couple of shots were after he dropped the gun, but there’s got to be a slight amount of time factored in for the cops to realize the threat has ended or he’s complied. Seems like a completely legitimate shoot to me

Sounds like he may have actually shot himself

Lumberton blew it open. Big win for the raiders

HJ beat Livingston 63-26

HJ up 46-13 on Livingston at the half. It’s senior night, and Beavers is in some sort of cast. She’s missed the last couple of games. I hope they’ll get her back for the playoffs, not sure what’s wrong with her

HJ won 71-49. They played before the girls, who have senior night tonight.

Pretty much a play in game for the fourth seed right now. Massive game for both squads!

I’d be in

I'd say close to half of the schools in texas have a decent or good amount of talent in a given year, but only 12 teams a year out of over 1000 win a championship each year. The odds of any random team winning a championship in a 20 year period is way below 1%. Surratt is a phenomenal coach. Possibly the best in Texas history. Carthage started winning championships because he arrived, I'm not arguing this point. The point I'm making is that in the 30 years before Surratt showed up, Carthage had a grand total of 3 losing seasons. They always had a pretty good team, with a pretty good groups of players, a decent amount of good athletes, and always had more coming down the pipes. Once they had an elite coach show up, he took them to the next level, and players from surrounding areas suddenly found ways to get into the district. But what he did there is a far cry from going to (insert whichever of our local teams) that averages 2-3 wins a season over a couple of decades, and acting like he'd be able to do what he did at Carthage. Unless he got away with recruiting a ton of talent from other schools in the area, it would be simply impossible. You can't turn bad football players or mediocre athletes into state title contenders, no matter how good of a coach you are. You can certainly improve them, but again, coaching only takes you so far.

Oh, i know. You and I are on the same wavelength on this issue.

Hard to blame a kid for being small, or unathletic, or for being large and athletic, but going to a school that has few other kids like you. I'm not a kid blamer, just a realist. An example from another sport: I hunt in a little town called Avinger. Their basketball team won a 1A state championship in 2016, going 32-2. The next season the coach moved down the road to Jefferson, and took several players from Avinger with him (only 7 players suited out the year before for Avinger, 1 graduated, and 4 went with the coach). Avinger didn't even make the playoffs the next year. Jefferson had three very good years (3 district titles) under their new coach and with their new players, but only won one playoff game a year each of those three years. despite having a state championship coach, as well as 3 of his starters from his state championship team. Jefferson couldn't even make it past the second round of the playoffs in all of three of his seasons there. It's pretty obvious what the problem was: he didn't become a lesser coach when he moved, and if anything, his players would've improved as they got older. But his 1A talent wasn't nearly enough to compete in the playoffs in 3A. There is a threshold where coaching ability can't overcome talent disparity. A great or elite coach will certainly have a much higher threshold than an average or poor coach, but there is a point where no coach can exceed past a certain point without a certain amount of talent and players.