oldschool2

Not that I necessarily agree with both sides of the argument, but I do realize that complacency could trigger many "the grass is greener somewhere else" feelings. Especially considering that most teachers that do a lot of complaining (I'm assuming) can remember a time when conditions were seemingly better. A time when if a teacher had issues out of a kid all they had to do was walk outside and three on the backside would fix it. A time when expectations of their job was probably much lower. So in that regard, I understand why they are making the argument.. ya know.. "we don't get paid enough for this". Like you say and I agree with, it's not difficult to do something else. I also think that the teachers' salaries are reflective of the amount they have to deal with in regards to school size. It's true that you won't get paid the same in a tiny school as you would in a huge school... but you also won't have 40 kids in a room that may or may not include gang members (embellishment). So yeah.. maybe the grass is greener somewhere else and maybe it's not. Go find out if it's that hard to deal with. I think a good number of educators are ok with their job and are perfectly happy with the reward vs. risk. Just my opinion based on the friends/family I have in the profession.

Are you assuming gender? Totally kidding.. Sometimes I guess I'm perceived as a jerk, but mostly I'm really just trying to be funny. I guess that's why my career path veered away from comedy.

Looks to me like SA scored more points than SV did.

I would've lost big money on this one.. Good job Kountze. I love when teams win that weren't "supposed to win".

Maybe true.. but even though people are just getting random degrees then becoming certified through alternative plans, there are still significant shortages every year all across the state. People aren’t even becoming teachers and then falling back on their degree.. They’re skipping becoming a teacher altogether and teachers that have been so for years are leaving the profession in mass numbers.

I'm told regularly from my many friends in education that there is a mass exodus concerning both coaches AND teachers from the profession. Not just BISD. I also have a friend that words in the education department at SFA that tells me the number of students they're having in the education program lately is scary low. I'm not sure if teacher pay would correct the issue or not.. people can speculate but the reason may not be money. Like you said..."despite having one of the higher paying districts in SETX".

I would have also.

Like I stated earlier.. Doesn't matter if you give up 7 but only score 6. And scoring 50 means nothing if you give up 51.

Well... technically it is. By definition anyway.

What's even more staggering to me is that there's only one state champion out of the 20 teams.

It matters when the defense can convert turnovers to points.

Upon further expection.. it's similarly successful to have a top defense as it is to have a top offense. Top 10 Offenses: Atascocita- 12-2 Round 4 San Augustine- 14-1 Round 5 Panhandle- 8-3 Round 1 Shiner- 12-1 Round 3 McKinney North- 10-2 Round 2 CC Miller- 12-1 Round 3 Midland Lee- 11-2 Round 3 Red Oak- 11-2 Round 3 San Saba- 13-1 Round 4 Highland Park- 11-2 Round 3 Top 10 Defenses: Diboll- 11-1 Round 2 San Saba- 13-1 Round 4 Cy-Fair- 11-1 Round 2 East Bernard- 14-1 Round 5 Austin LBJ- 8-3 Round 1 Ralls- 10-2 Round 2 Austin WL- 15-1 Round 6 SC Alto- 12-1 Round 3 Lindsay- 9-3 Round 2 Duncanville- 15-1 Round 6 Offense= 114-17 Collectively 31 rounds deep Defense= 118-15 Collectively 31 rounds deep

Soooo.... does defense really win championships? Only one team on this list won the title. Also, the top 10 offenses seemingly won more playoff games than the top 10 defenses. Just sayin

Derrick and I have talked quite a bit of ball.. y'all have a good one. I know he was a handful in college because of his work ethic. Not many freshmen start on that level. I have no doubt that you guys are getting the same effort with his coaching. I haven't been to a game but I think it's all he knows.

Coach Daniels is a friend of mine from way back. He's been around a lot of winning basketball.

I wasn’t implying it’s anybody’s fault.. I know that fans should be updating. It’s aggravating because I have other ways of finding scores but can’t even count on those for girls basketball.

I really do. I actually have friends with ties (one way or another) with all of those schools.

In my complete opinion, it seems that schools locally are so hindered by not only numbers but by players with completely different skill sets it seems to me that it would be a nightmare to come up with something that your specific group of girls can actually do (system) from year to year. It also seems that the reason so many girls teams in the area are so "pressure, steal, layup" oriented is because they may not have 5 kids capable of a conventional half-court basketball style of play. Not sure. Can your "shooters" create their own shots? Because I wouldn't put it past a lot of these area schools to junk defense your shooters. Do you do dribble drive stuff because you see a lot of man defense? I love dribble drive stuff but I rarely see high school girls teams capable of doing it. It's pretty much all what most NBA teams do nowadays. If so that's kind of great. That you see man AND you have the personnel necessary to run a dribble drive type of offense.

Then HJ is most certainly doing it right. They are making all of the necessary deposits. That's what I used to tell my kids growing up.. If you need a withdrawal later, deposit the time/effort now.

10-4. And btw.. I can think of very few situations where girls can't access the gym during the summer. I know that a lot of schools have volleyball nets up but that doesn't effect shooting or ball handling work. They probably won't have access like being described at MM but it's there. And yeah.. I personally get tired of looking on this forum and can't even see scores posted. Not that I have a vested interest but I usually like to keep up with all sports to an extent.

Martin's Mill?! No offense, Coach, but making a comparison to them isn't even applicable. You're talking about a school that A) doesn't have volleyball and B ) has kids with very supportive home situations. Ex: They play all year.. camps, AAU, privates, etc. Having a youth program "like their's" isn't going to happen. You make some fantastic points though and you're 100% correct about the need to get them playing earlier somehow (with other girls only). I'm not the expert on the subject but I can promise that even if they're taught everything needed it has to be worked rigorously all year long. That was my original point and what I'm sticking by. It takes purposeful practice and often.

I'm pretty certain that the cons far outweigh the pros in terms of little dribblers. To be clear, I'm not advocating for ZERO youth basketball experience. I definitely think that even bad experience can be better than no experience especially in terms of learning some concept of the game. However, if a kid is relying on little dribbler ONLY for their skills training then they're going to be in a bind in the long run. I'll guarantee you that there aren't many youth basketball programs that do it the way it should be done. I personally think that all youth basketball coaches should attend at least one sort of seminar with the school's varsity head coach for ideas, useful drills, and maybe some preferred concepts to focus on every practice. Maybe even some practice planning itself. I'm fairly certain that no towns are doing that. If so, please enlighten me. I noticed you mentioned HJ. I would never take anything away from their accomplishments or the volunteers coaching their youth sports.. but.. they have a player on their team with multiple big time D1 offers and another player on their team that had a father who was a varsity head coach for several years. Is the youth program responsible for ALL of the success they're seeing? Or do they maybe have some players that spend a huge amount of time working on the game outside of the season?

I have a lot of friends in the coaching world on every level all the way up to college. I think you're grossly underestimating how much gym availability these kids have during the summer.

No argument here. In fact, I think little dribblers is the single biggest contributor to bad basketball in rural America. Kids don't learn anything except bad habits. Girls especially (with shooting) are often times not big enough or strong enough at very young ages to get the ball to the rim so they are encouraged to get it up there however they can. That's so detrimental. Small school basketball is a cesspool of 2 handed shooting, right handed dribbling, and stupid fouls / tie-ups. It's hard for me to even watch high school basketball anymore (locally) because I just stay mad the entire time.

I wasn't implying that it's an excuse you were making, just a bad excuse for anyone to make. Want to shoot better? PUT IN THE TIME/EFFORT necessary. Not just shots. Proper shots. Practice doesn't make perfect practice makes permanent. You have to practice doing the right thing.