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1. San Augustine 2. Silsbee 3. Newton 4. Galena Park North Shore 5. Austin Westlake 6. Allen 7. Longview 8. Alvin Shadow Creek 9. Denton Ryan 10. Fort Bend Marshall 11. Aledo 12. Pleasant Grove 13. Carthage 14. Waco La Vega 15. Grandview 16 Malakoff 17. Gunter 18. San Saba 19. Mart 20. Albany

There are several examples that you could find. Just like there are several examples of coaches who have won titles and then never even come close afterward. Here..let's start with a coach that everyone knows. Tom Westerberg won 4 state titles in the highest classification in the state. When is he going to win one at Barbers Hill? When will he win a district championship? Playoff game? 4 different times he was selected as the 5A/6A Coach of the Year. Is he a worse coach now than he was 5 years ago? I certainly don't think so. Or is it because he had Kyler Murray behind the center?

Unfortunately..that is the common misconception. I personally think that some of the best coaches in the state have never won a championship. I also think that there are several not so good coaches that have won one or multiple. But yes I know how coaches are judged.

All dynasties eventually fall. Some stay on top longer than others, but they all end sometime. The more success you have the more others will try to duplicate what you do. The more that happens the higher the likelihood of one of them replacing you.

Looks to me like the pool dried up a bit. Not to keep bringing it up... but maybe some folks on here will finally start seeing my point that even good coaches can't win without good players. No matter what is "built" or whatever. Not too long ago Coach Joubert was among the premier coaches in the area/state. He a worse coach now than he was a few years ago? Well I hardly believe that.

Since the little league is over...will have to wait until intramural sports. No yelling there

Salaries are set by school boards that are elected by the people of the community. They usually take several things into consideration like experience, success, worth (their view), etc.. Most of these coaches don't make what they deserve considering the time put into the program during the season, summers, other games, weekends... whatever. Make a big deal about an AD's salary and see what kind of coach you end up with. As long as the current one is keeping kids excited and motivated, working towards being successful, and holding players and coaching staff accountable then I would leave it alone.

Every team is eventually subject to a good run of kids..or a bad run of kids.

So...Lumberton was down 2 starters and beat Kountze by 30? Twilight zone.

There is no way I'd suit up more than 10... maybe 12 or so in a tournament. Those coaches need to not lead those kids on into thinking they're anything more than they aren't. Take the best 10 or so that have the best chance of contributing to the varsity one day according to what the varsity coach likes to do and send the rest of them to offseason.

I saw that team several times over those couple of years. Angel could fill it up..no question. But if I were picking a team I'd take Benson first. Several weapons. How is the Shelbyville team this year in comparison? Good players? Athletes? Speed? Size? Mixture? I am always intrigued when a small school has a run of basketball talent.

So is United going to be pretty good? I know there were some "new school growing pains" in football but Central/Ozen always had some hoopers. Are they going to be ok?

Every school is subject to a run of bad players. Sometimes you gotta just ride the wave.

I'm not suggesting that this will happen anytime soon.. but I'm sure at one time LaMarque thought that their reign wouldn't end. Just throwing that out there.

I was wondering the same thing..until I looked at their schedule on maxpreps. They aren't doing so hot. [Hidden Content]-(kountze,tx)/basketball/schedule.htm

Confidence is more important than preparation. Having said that..it is good to throw in a game or couple that will likely be close contests. It looks to me that this West Hardin game was good for Hardin. Have to learn to play from behind, play with a close lead, play in "no shot" scenarios, play in "no foul" scenarios, play when you're getting fouled because you have the lead, play when you're forced to foul, etc.. A coach knows their team, though. Getting involved in games where you will get blown out or even beat by 25+ will NEVER prepare you for anything. Maybe the coach scheduled wins because they would be few and far between later.. maybe it was either play them or teams that they had no chance to beat. Nobody knows. Err.. none of us does anyway.

I'm pretty disappointed that I didn't catch the whole game of NMSt vs KU on Saturday night. I watched the 2nd half and was happy I did. That ^ is what makes college basketball great.

The kind that doesn't win state titles. At least not in this classification.

When it comes to 3AD2.. Newton is just on another level.

They will soon enough.

I knew it was Carthage and another team from their district. Thanks.

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I think Carthage and Gilmer did it one year.

And this is where indoor turf practice facilities make a difference.