exbobcat

If your job depended on the quality of burger produced, would you hire people to work for you that specialize in chicken? Move to Kansas. Basketball is huge there.

Just give it to Clint and keep rolling. Don't over think this thing.

Bet there's less people involved than at Elysian Fields....

Summer time is for lifting weights and 7 on 7. Get out of the AC.

He's also right that Austin "is looking into this loophole" (implying that Austin is doing anything right with public education is hilarious.) They also changed that law last year when it pertains to Coaches. If you have Coached for 20 plus years, you can retire and come back as a Coach only. The District can basically get a Coach for whatever stipend they feel is fair. That's how it can be cheaper for an ISD. I will say this though. I have NEVER seen someone that dislikes public school and Coaches be convinced otherwise. There is enough false information out there to feed all their hate and spite. I would just ignore him.

What next?

Excuse my ignorance, but are your ties to CH or Cana?

Most of those facilities are tax payer approved bonds. The tax payers in a community can spend their money any way they choose. Also, Athletics accounts for less than 8% of MOST school districts in the state of Texas. Yet is services the largest group of kids when it comes to "groups". We are 46th in spending per-pupil in the U.S. Sure there is wasteful spending that needs to be addressed, but are we trying to get to last in spending our money on our kids? Do some research before you blindly listen to what a lot of the Politicians try to spew.

Congrats to Ken Little. A great man and Coach. Our profression has never had a better representative.

You can say that again.

Anyone have a live internet feed?

Both. And a community that doesn't bad mouth the Coaching staff at the dinner table in front of kids all the time. That has more of a negative effect on a program than any one single thing.

Well, tell us who the whole town knows it is. No need for secrets.

If a 16, 17, 18 year old kid is still sore 24 hrs after lifting then they are out of shape. If you lift 12 months a year, it is not a problem.

You couldn't have missed the point more if you had ducked. The guy said that you shouldn't lift and only focus on Basketball for the entire season. That's what I was referring too. Nothing will change the way people like you think though.

Tell that to Rick Barnes at Texas, or any other Division 1 Basketball Coach. If you do things that way, you will be at your weakest when? During the end of the season, which at most places is also the most important. How does that make sense to even the most diehard basketball fan?

Sounds like you have things well in hand. If every parent (fan) were like you, every community would be much more successful. Good luck to you and your boy.

I don't mean this in a derogatory manner at all, but if his High School Coaches are teaching him something different than someone who is a "certified weight trainer", I would just go talk to them and see what the differences are and why. That's not something I would just blow off. Make sure your kid and his Coaches are on the same page. It will put a quick halt to some future problems. I also noticed that you said your son was in the 8th grade. Understand that some Jr. High Coaches are young and still learning also. Open lines of communication are always best.

He had an 80yd TD run after he "hurt" his knee. I don't think it had much of an impact on the outcome of the game. West Virginia is getting a good one.

Is Palestine hiring a seperate AD only instead of AD/Hd Football?

Yep, just different names for a couple positions.

I dont' want to get into a debate with you, but you are comparing apples to oranges. It takes an entire community on generally the same page to have sustained success in Football. It is just that hard to do. Football is unlike any other sport in that aspect. I know the baseball, basketball, soccer parents think it's all the same, but it's just not that way.

My comment had nothing to do with the Coaching situation. I happen to know one of the guys on that long list of Coaches, and he enjoyed his time there very much. My post was in reference to this new fad of parents "backing" or being proud of kids who quit on their team in the name of "unity" or whatever else they chose to label it. What is going to happen when they feel their boss had wronged them or their buddy? They gonna quit? I don't care how you package it, quitting is quitting.

What is the deal with parents? When did parents become proud of their kids if they quit as long as they quit "together"? I don't care how you package it, they quit. You don't have to think long to figure out why Bullard's program has been so bad for so long. Starts at the dinner table, always has.

Well, if we're going to be grammar police. It is a "moot" point, not a "mute" point.