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And to be clear, the guy you few were arguing should have been hired would only have more experience than someone with ZERO experience.  Think about that. 

8 hours ago, gogo173489 said:

That's the problem. 6-51 is experience, yes, but it's not good experience. So be honest about the experience you speak of in this situation. The guy with 100 wins removed his name from consideration because he felt like the team interviewing him had already made up their mind and was uninterested in his interview. There are many upset about that as well. 

What kind of talent did Chilton have compared to their opponents.  Since we know what kind of experience it was, you must be able to let us know their strengths and weaknesses compared to their opponents.   So when Kountze was god awful for a couple of years, Joubert forgot how to coach for a couple of seasons?

29 minutes ago, BS Wildcats said:

And, you have a Supreme Court Justice that doesn’t know the definition of a woman.  The whole Democrat party and their ideals are stupid.  It is beyond belief how anyone would cast a vote for a Democrat.  There really are a lot of stupid people out there.

It’s as dumb politically as it is in practicality.  It never ceases to amaze me how truly out of touch with reality these idiots are who govern us.  

This issue is beyond stupid.  I can’t even believe it’s a thing. Change your sex or whatever all you want. But you don’t do it and expect to compete against our daughters.  That’s lunacy and a good way to push swing voters to the right. 

20 minutes ago, ah22 said:

What about making a run at Jeffcoat from LCM. Pretty sure the best returning player at OF was there before last year. 

LCM pays better.  And he will have better players there overall on a consistent basis.  Would love to have him but pretty sure he wouldn’t be interested. 

19 minutes ago, AggiesAreWe said:

I think there is a reason why he is not employed by any school district. At least, I don't think he is.

Maybe so.  Have no idea honestly.  Nor do I know if he would be interested.  Looks like his training business is starting to boom.  For good reason.

18 minutes ago, Knox34 said:

Yeah if you have a college degree these days they will get you certified 

This.  More so than ever.  Teacher’s in higher demand than almost any profession.  Wonder if there’s a way to solve that. 

1 minute ago, AggiesAreWe said:

Is he certified?

I don't think a school district the size of Orangefield would hire anyone who wasn't certified. Just doesn't fit the budget.

Certification is easy assuming he graduated Lamar.  As you know, it’s not like getting certified as a peace officer, etc.  Essentially pay some money and pass a test.  They hire people all the time (at OF at least, with understanding they will get certified in whatever time frame grace period TEA or whomever dictates  

32 minutes ago, BEARCPA said:

Winning 65% of your games at Orangefield is no small feat.

2 deepest runs in school history two (both third round).  Those two teams each had a historically good player for Orangefield which always helps.  But he probably  had the most 6 year tenure of any coach in program history.  Good guy too - wish him the best. 

1 minute ago, Knox34 said:

Orangefield could go outside the box and hire one of the basketball guys like weisbrod or Jace miguez or even scales 🤷🏻‍♂️…. Thoughts? 

Thought about Weisbrod.  Personally would love that. 

On 3/29/2023 at 7:46 PM, Mr. Buddy Garrity said:

In bold: if that's true I wonder how much camp performances factor into that........ 🤔

A lot when moves significantly up or down.  

23 minutes ago, gogo173489 said:

I never said you acted any way at all. My point was that KJ has very little experience himself, and none of that coaching experience is positive. So with neither candidate having much experience, I don't care where the coach was hired from. What I do care about is what that particular group of girls has been through coaching wise in the last couple of years. Losing Girola, then the AD at the time was not even interested in finding a girls basketball coach for the next season. The kids didn't know who their coach would be until after school started. They had to virtually beg Coach Dobbins to come out of retirement for the season. There were 3 "finalists" for the job this time around. One removed his name because he said during his interview the team interviewing him seemed "uninterested" in listening to what he had to say. This particular candidate has quite a bit of experience, and somewhere around 100 wins as a head coach. Sounds like to me this decision was made prior to there being any interviews, and that's an issue. 

It wasn’t you, it was Johnny in the post quoted.  But it sounds like what I suspected, there wasn’t a ton of interest in the job and it came down to two people. The job was given to the only one who had head coaching experience AND the only one with GIRLS coaching experience.  Hardly an out of left field hire if that’s the case. 
 

But your points are well taken and fair enough. We both want the same thing. The girls to have success and be guided by someone with character who will positively impact their lives.  I believe that is KJ, you have your reservations and I’m not saying you are unreasonable to have them.  But I truly believe you and others will be pleasantly surprised.  
 

I will say that I’ve posted more on the girls basketball board in this thread than I have the whole board since I’ve been a member!  Go Lady Cougars!

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5 hours ago, Johnny Carson said:

@TxHoops you act Lamar is Duke, UNC or some great program.  Taking a coach from Lamar is not always a step up.  So to be fair when speaking about Tic Price being third, it is not that he was that good at 112-113 it is everyone else was really bad.  Again a nice guy is great when talking about someone courting my daughter, or just being a friend.  Our point is with his record without a hookup he would not even get his foot in the door.  Connell got the raw end of the deal here.  We're still going to support our Lady Cougars no matter who is on the sideline but it was a lot easier if they made the right hire.

No one acted like that. You act like Buna women are the equivalent of UConn.  To you and @gogo173489, sorry they didn’t hire someone with a whole one year of boys’ assistant coaching experience, none as a head coach and none with girls (other than “helping” from the bench at boys games).  Since we are only discussing these two, tells me a lot about who was interested in this job.  They didn’t hire someone that is from Buna.  That’s why you guys are upset.  I get it. As stated, I wish Remi all the best.  My guess is if he was willing to switch to girls to stay in Buna, he will still be available in the future.  Maybe he will get the boys job when the next coach gets run off. 

6 hours ago, baddog said:

12 year olds tearing up a city. You know what would have happened to me if I acted that way when I was 12? My dad didn’t beat me, but it would have been a while before I could sit down. 

Was supposed to be there in July for a basketball event. Got switched to Las Vegas. You can imagine how happy I was, for many reasons. 

10 hours ago, Johnny Carson said:

@Mr. Buddy Garrity I believe he is from the area where he came from which is around Waco.  He did GA for Tic Price at Lamar and we know how that went as well. 

Wondering if anyone realizes (they didn’t when they were complaining about Tic on this site) that Price was the third most successful D1 basketball coach in Lamar’s history behind Tubbs and Foster.  But don’t let facts get in the way of narratives. 

10 hours ago, Johnny Carson said:

@Mr. Buddy Garrity I believe he is from the area where he came from which is around Waco.  He did GA for Tic Price at Lamar and we know how that went as well.  Everyone is saying he is a really good guy but his coaching record says he is not a good coach.  Small town politics got involved here and ousted another hometown guy.  I'm hoping for the best and nothing against Coach Johnson just mad that we did not give our own the opportunity. 

I see the whole Connell family from the dad to the youngest working with kids around here with basketball all the time.  The dad coached a girls team in Little Dribbles this past season when no one would step up to do it.  Sad that our own students cant go off get an education and come back to coach unless they're from the right families.  Only winner here is the school that Coach Johnson came from.  

A)  He was never a GA at Lamar (student manager) and let us know how that went?  Making it to the conference tournament semi finals his last year?  Or how he was exceptional at his job?  I guess since you guys are experts, you have done more than look at MaxPreps to see what kind of teams he had?  
 

B ) The RC Hyden days aren’t likely coming again.  I like the Connell family too but it appears that you all are advocating for hiring someone who also has limited experience coaching high school basketball, and not on the girl’s side.  THAT would smack of local politics.  
 

C) In the end, if he doesn’t work out, you can move on.  It’s girl’s Hs basketball.  Not like you had to lock him in to a 10 year deal.  Let’s wish him well and see what he can do.  He’s a bright, energetic young man who knows the game.  Give him a chance. If you do, I think you will be pleased. 

I think you guys will be very pleased with Coach Johnson.  He will be great for the program and the community.  

On 4/15/2023 at 3:51 PM, Mr. Buddy Garrity said:

This is very surprising. Something had to have happened over at UGA. 

 

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That or someone got outbid. 

Junior Lofton goes for 42 & 14 a day or two after signing a 4 year/$7m deal with Memphis.  Memphis had to sign him to a regular contract (instead of the 2 way/g league deal) in order to be able to use him for the playoffs (and Steven Adams is out for the year). The Griz only played 6 guys, but I still have to wonder if he got that opportunity before they signed him to the deal, how that would have affected his contract.  Gotta think it would be at least double.  Still, huge day for Junior and a great opportunity for him going forward.  

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Sam Bennett from Texad A&M currently in 3rd

Gig ‘em Ags and Sam Bennett.  One of the best golf stories I’ve ever seen.  I will forever be a fan. 
 

Am very proud of our Bobcat on it. But my personal opinion is that if you aren’t going to include everyone (within a classification, etc.), kind of makes the list a bit of a joke.  Like having an All American college team with only players from Adidas schools.  Just my opinion though.  Still an honor but if you are going to do it THSCA, do it right.  

5 hours ago, AggiesAreWe said:

It's only for schools that are coached by a coach who is a member of THSCA. Not all coaches are members.

That’s what I assumed when no Hitchcock guys were on the team and even more glaring, no Harris on the 4A team or Yates on the 6A team. 

1 hour ago, LumRaiderFan said:

That is a possibility, no doubt, but I’m pretty sure most would love to see him in the pokey, even if it costs them the election, it’s that bad, lol.

I think that’s exactly it

1 hour ago, LumRaiderFan said:

If this takes Trump off the table, then the democrats have to deal with DeSantis.

Once again, the liberals didn't think this through, lol.

I would say they are thinking two moves ahead and intentionally bolstering trump to have him as their opponent.  But we all know that can’t possibly be true.  Your statement is the far more accurate obviously. 

16 minutes ago, CardinalBacker said:

What scares me is that those people who never cared about politics but suddenly showed up to uninformedly but a hat, fly a flag, and vote Trump will go back to their trailers and not vote because "Trump got screwed."

I've seen nothing to convince me that any Republican can win in 2024.

 

1 hour ago, LumRaiderFan said:

If this takes Trump off the table, then the democrats have to deal with DeSantis.

Once again, the liberals didn't think this through, lol.

I don’t think Biden can beat DeSantis.  I don’t think Trump can beat anyone.  This is literally going to come down to which idiots in which party prevail.  But in politics, we are an eternity away.  Who knows what changes between now and then.