[Football24_7]

Man you need to be coaching D-1 with all of your knowledge and training ability. I bet you used to sell cars for a living because you could sugar coat a turd.

Not sure how putting me down with sarcasm HELPS your argument (glad though, you opted for the use of nonsequitors; it's almost always more effective than the equally well-thought-out "na-na-na-na-NAH-na" defense).

I will post once again and this is a fact not an opinion as you say "I loved all 3 sports and I never cared what a coach said about the other sports because I was going to play regardless. Do not make this an issue between coaches and sports beacuse to play or not to play is an individuals choice with input from the parents!! "

But it IS an issue with SOME kids (maybe not YOU growing up...but your experience is NOT the same as EVERY KIDS'!). My post is about an issue that I have WITNESSED WITH MY OWN EXPERIENCE...and MANY times...in MANY different places in this state. Oh, and there are EXAMPLES posted on this THREAD of kids that bball (and other sports -- which is JUST as bad, in my opinion) coaches tried to convince should not play other sports...FOR SELFISH reasons! [/QUOTE]

You give me a team of players that want to play and I will give a team of players that were begged and pleaded to play and you will be fired within a year while I will be building a program.

I'd love to take you up on that one. Because MY team would be MAINLY kids that LOVE the sport...along with a FEW that were encouraged to play. And then, with my sport's unique ability to pull kids together as a FAMILY, I think those "begged and pleaded" kids would eventually be LOVERS of the sport as well.

You don't see many "team turmoil" type situations in football. You see it many times every season in bball.

Crutches are just something to lean on..........just like excuses!!!!!

This quote (and the one above) seems to imply that you think this thread is some kind of BBALL COACHES vs. FOOTBALL COACHES thing.

It is NOT (please go back and OBJECTIVELY read the original post).

The intent of this whole thing is to point out NUMBERS FACTS to bball kids that MIGHT NOT REALIZE them.

...and where exactly are the excuses (or foul language) you've accused me of?

One last question,how many academic scholarships are available? Just want to make sure that kids no all of their options:confused:

There are MANY academic scholarships (actually, funny you should ask, it's how I was able to afford college! I was NOT a "tall, athletic" kid like the ones this thread is geared toward).

I have no problem at all in mentioning these in this thread.

BUT AGAIN...this thread was about BASKETBALL KIDS THAT MAY BE GETTING HURT BY NOT TRYING FOOTBALL!!!!

If they're HIGH SCHOOL basketball players, IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING that they are "trying academics."

To my knowledge, there are NO coaches of ANY sport telling kids, "hey, I think you should do LESS homework so you can concentrate on getting better at this sport."

So, you have once again said, "WHAT ABOUT ORANGES???!!!" as your rebuttal to a discussion completely about "APPLES."