No Gamble All-Star game this year

[HoopInsider_Cooper]

[font=Courier]Gamble pulled out of the affiliation....No all-star game. There will be a Southeast Texas Basketball Awards event April 17 at the Holiday Inn on Jimmy Johnson Blvd.[/font]

[court side]

How come this happened ???

[The Goat]

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How come this happened ???
[/quote]Health

[AggiesAreWe]

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[quote author=court side link=topic=67331.msg777135#msg777135 date=1268626446]
How come this happened ???
[/quote]Health
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According to the article that Bob West wrote, health wasn't the issue at all. Here is part of that article:


Sad to say, there won’t be any James Gamble Awards this season. The Lincoln coaching legend, though forever grateful to Ray Depwe and so many others who saluted the area’s top schoolboy players in his name, [b]had a difference of opinion on how certain matters were handled  and wrote a letter to Depwe saying he was withdrawing any personal affiliation.[/b] The good news is that the area’s top players will again be recognized at what will be known as the Southeast Texas Basketball Awards. The banquet to recognize Southeast Texas’ best is set for April 17 at the Holiday Inn on Jimmy Johnson Blvd

[The Goat]

That article was for SETX.

[The Cook]

What the h*$# does that mean??????????

[Djones8301]

Goat, health is not the reason, the reason is, they were using Coach Gamble's name but he had no input on the award winner. Coach is a close friend of mine and health is not a factor.

[team first]

Our area needs an all-star game...Maybe hoopinsider all-stars vs houston all-stars etc... let's get it going!

[jabu84]

hoopinsider all stars vs Rcssports All stars

[The Cook]

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hoopinsider all stars vs Rcssports All stars
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Does this mean that the Gamble All-Star game is gone for good?

[Spanky]

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Goat, health is not the reason, the reason is, they were using Coach Gamble's name but he had no input on the award winner. Coach is a close friend of mine and health is not a factor.
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I was recently in PA, is Coach Gamble running for political office?  I thought I saw a yard sign with this announcement on it.

[adminbaberuth]

Seen a sign with Coach also, along with Borne.

[AshlyHasBeen]

So I'm told that there were no individual award winners, just something to honor the finalists.

[Spanky]

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[quote author=palincoln4life link=topic=67331.msg777583#msg777583 date=1268749943]
Goat, health is not the reason, the reason is, they were using Coach Gamble's name but he had no input on the award winner. Coach is a close friend of mine and health is not a factor.
[/quote]

I was recently in PA, is Coach Gamble running for political office?  I thought I saw a yard sign with this announcement on it.
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I believe Coach G is running for Drainage District 7 Commissioner.

[AggiesAreWe]

A tid bit from Bob West's article in today's paper:


I’m not quite sure what to make of the Southeast Texas Basketball Awards that were presented Saturday night at the Holiday Inn on Jimmy Johnson Blvd. How you can pick the top 12 players out of Southeast Texas, and not have anybody from a Memorial team that was probably the best in the area, is just odd. Especially when that Titans’ team had a pair of Division 1 signees in Darius Harris and Shaq White



I do not know the complete list of the 12 finalists (do know that Silsbee's Stallworth and Kountze's Brey made the list), but I agree with Bob here, Shaq should have made the list.

[HoopInsider_Cooper]

[font=Courier]I do know this much....Coaches were responsible for nominating players, IE: WRS Awards. [/font]

[AggiesAreWe]

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[font=Courier]I do know this much....Coaches were responsible for nominating players, IE: WRS Awards. [/font]
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After seeing the complete list, it is obvious that some schools did not participate.

Silsbee, Kountze, HJ and Nederland were basically the only schools represented.