[Cals Pal]

I said my peice on the Pikeville Valley Thread! But I dont care to repeat myself here also. We won a state championship two years ago, no excuse for this season unless you are a coach. Then the excuse is you dont have the talent we had then. True you dont. But that doesnt mean you dont try with this squad. Alot of bad coaches do that, they sit and wait for a really talented group to come along then start coaching again. Well that state team will likely not come along for another decade but we should be top of the region every year. The kids have to know you care, your interested in them as a person and and athlete, that you are working and doing your best for the them in order for them to do it for you. Because if the coach doesnt try, the team will not try, and if the coach blames, the team will blame, if a coach makes excuses, the team will make excuses. It takes a big commitment to be a coach, to do what you can for every team and every player, every day and not just the most talented when you have a good group, and a commitment to share in losses and wins and not to just blame kids. More kids have quit bassketball this year than any other in the past 10 years, what does that tell you? And a few more would have if we the parents had let them. But next year if there is not a change I wont blame mine for not going out. From State to barely winning the region (with what was left of boohers team), to not even making the region, in two seasons is rediculous. Newsome without a doubt has a great bball mind, but the kids do not like or respect him and rightly so, and that will keep us from ever being on top again.