Silsbee v/s Rudder

[AggieLion]

I know the coach at both schools and have seen both schools play.  I have personally seen Rudder practice, play, and know their coach quite well.  For those who know Kountze basketball, you should know Desi Howard (Do-Dirty).  Well, the Rudder coach, Coach Jones, played with Do-Dirty at Pan Am.  With that said, Silsbee has better come to play.  Rudder plays similar to Kountze.  They run and gun...and when I say gun, I mean they shoot the ball..a lot.  They shoot the ball at least over 80 times a game!  Their best player, who they call 'Mun' (@ 6'3) can shoot outside...real sweet shot...and he has ups...he has caught many rebounds from nowhere and dunked it...due to his ups.  They have a point guard who shoot average...reminds me of Jackpot from Kountze a little.  Their energizer bunny is a guy name Will.  He gets real hyped up in the games and will get his...They have a left hander named Samaje and a player named Reginal who can shoot 3's.  The cool thing about this group is that they have no Seniors on their team.  There are actually no seniors at the school because this is a new school (in their 2nd year) and next year they will actually be 4a.  With this being said, I hope Silsbee will be prepared to play..I think this is going to be a very, very fast paced game with, I assume, I lot of fouls (Rudder will press the whole game as well....and they are five deep..Coach Jones believes in playing a full speed and keeping five fresh guys at all times).  This will be a very tough first playoff game for Silsbee.  I would love to see Silsbee and Kountze come home with the State title!  If Silsbee gets past Rudder, they will have beaten a good team!

[ST413]

The Tigers will have to play well and be more balanced.  They need take care of the boards and make some better shot ecisions late in the game if it stays close.  I think their shooting will be thrown off a little by our height if we stay in their face.  I feel like thetigers can hold their own in a fast paced game if they make their shots and not blow the easy ones.

[HoopInsider_Cooper]

[font=Courier]Little birdie told me that Rudder coach was overheard on Saturday night at the Montagne saying Rudder wins by 15+.[/font]

[AggieLion]

I think that if Silsbee take care of the boards they will win.  Like I said...Rudder is going to shoot..no if, ands, or buts!  Silsbee will have to stay out of foul trouble (which is what I think is going to hurt them due to the fast past game they WILL be playing).  How deep is Silsbee?  Rudder is 5-6 deep and they will keep everything moving just as fast.  This will be a fun, great game to watch!!!  Not too many people know anything about Rudder..except Madisonville, Navasota, etc...but being that I know the players from there, seen them practice and play many times...they remind me of Kountze!  With that said, if Rudder is off on their shooting, Silsbee will win!  They will need to stop Mun and quiet down William "Will".  Rudder lost to Bryan High by 2 or 3 and Bryan High is a very good 5a school.  I do believe Coach T will have his boys ready.  Good luck to the Tigers!!!

[ST413]

Silsbee is 8 maybe 9 deep. 9 may be stretching it.  I can't see Rudder winning by 15 but I haven't seen them play.  The Tiger's need to pick their level of play back up a little.

[AggieLion]

Coop, are you trying to psych some people up! lol!  I could not see Coach Jones saying anything like that.  He does not look over any school and definitely would not make predictions like that.  If he did say that, it would be like hearing a Coach Fred Williams, or a Coach Boutte saying their team will win by 15...the fact is you would probably not hear them say that, but if they did say they should win a game...more than likely they will....I will leave it at that:)

[AggieLion]

ST413..are they really that deep?  Do those eight or nine play in the game?  You will definitely see Rudder come with 5-6 come off the bench that will keep the speed of the game going and will continue to shoot the ball. 

[ST413]

Yes usually at least 8 play in each game.  When you  say 5-6 do you mean they only have one key sub or 5-6 more on the bench.

[AggieLion]

5-6 more on the bench...

[HoopInsider_Cooper]

[font=Courier]LOL....No AggieLion....I had a few people tell me that last night & another today.

From what I hear, it's going to be a war.[/font]

[ST413]

The Tigers play 9 players in tight games and have 2 more that have seen good minutes in games that were't blowouts.

[ST413]

[quote name="HoopInsider_Cooper" post="763884" timestamp="1266821688"]
[font=Courier]LOL....No AggieLion....I had a few people tell me that last night & another today.

From what I hear, it's going to be a war.[/font]
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Thats not the first time I have heard those type of comments come playoff time.  I have a hard time seeing the Tigers getting beat by 15 by any AAA team unless we have bad foul troubles.  With that being said we better come to play and get some balanced scoring.

[ST413]

[quote name="HoopInsider_Cooper" post="763884" timestamp="1266821688"]
[font=Courier]LOL....No AggieLion....I had a few people tell me that last night & another today.

From what I hear, it's going to be a war.[/font]
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It really amazes me to hear a coach say this after seeing the Tigers.  I hope we can get out of our late game slumps the last couple of games,  I would love to see the Tigers flip flop this prediction.

[PINETREE]

[b][color=maroon][i]All i have to say on this matchup is that Silsbee better come prepared and play team ball. Hill having 33 points against Kountze Sat. night is all well and good,but the rest of the team needs to be involved. This is a win or go home tourney now.

[FanintheStands]

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[quote author=HoopInsider_Cooper link=topic=66363.msg763884#msg763884 date=1266821688]
[font=Courier]LOL....No AggieLion....I had a few people tell me that last night & another today.

From what I hear, it's going to be a war.[/font]
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It really amazes me to hear a coach say this after seeing the Tigers.  I hope we can get out of our late game slumps the last couple of games,  I would love to see the Tigers flip flop this prediction.
[/quote]I think every coach ought to be confident enough in his team to believe this.  He should also be able to project this confidence.  If he doesn't think this, then his team shouldn't be in the play-offs.

[ST413]

Every coach should be confident but making a statement like that in public especially at what might as well be considered the opposing teams home is questionable.

[FanintheStands]

[quote name="ST413" post="763959" timestamp="1266852459"]
Every coach should be confident but making a statement like that in public especially at what might as well be considered the opposing teams home is questionable.
[/quote]Why? It might pump up the other team?  If they ain't pumped up already, then they aren't gonna be pumped up.

[AggiesAreWe]

I think what ST413 is trying to say, you never want to give your opponent any added fuel to the fire that is already burning.

I agree, making those kind of statements publicly really only get's your opponent pumped up more and put's more pressure on yourself.

[AggieLion]

The comment that was supposed to been heard is hear-say.  I would bet money that Coach Jones from Rudder did not make this statement!  Again, though, if he did, then he must be really confident.  It would be like the coach from Yates saying that he is going to win a game...not guaranteed, but he is confident that his team will do so (and I would totally agree with him!!)  To be honest with you, I don't know any coach that will make a statement like that in public...other than one that is fairly new at coaching and doesn't really know much about sportsmanship and respect.  Do you know of any coaches that will make statements like this in public?  I will say though, I am not an idiot to think there are coaches out there who has not or will not say it....I just don't know any:)

[ST413]

Exactly.

[AggieLion]

[quote name="AggiesAreWe" post="763964" timestamp="1266852823"]
I think what ST413 is trying to say, you never want to give your opponent any added fuel to the fire that is already burning.

I agree, making those kind of statements publicly really only get's your opponent pumped up more and put's more pressure on yourself.
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Yeah, I agree.  That is why I really think it was not said by him, but by someone else or just a rumor to psych the Tigers up and their fans.  Maybe I should say that I heard the coach from New Waverly say that his team is going to put a Yates beating on Kountze when and if they ever play one another...Now that rumor would cause some firing up!!

[FanintheStands]

[quote name="AggiesAreWe" post="763964" timestamp="1266852823"]
I think what ST413 is trying to say, you never want to give your opponent any added fuel to the fire that is already burning.

I agree, making those kind of statements publicly really only get's your opponent pumped up more and put's more pressure on yourself.
[/quote]I think those kind of statements affect your own team as well.  Your players realize that they have to step up.  But it gives them the added  bonus of knowing that their coach has confidence in them.

Joe Namath didn't predict a Super Bowl win simply because he had one too many to drink, you know!

[AggiesAreWe]

Let me just say this, it wasn't hear say. ;)

[ST413]

It can also backfire especially with kids and cause them to look past that opponent.

[AggieLion]

[quote name="AggiesAreWe" post="763982" timestamp="1266853950"]
Let me just say this, it wasn't hear say. ;)
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Was that little birdie you heard a reliable source? ???

And if you didn't hear it....it is hear-say....