[The Eagle Knows]

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WOW what a statement, has Martin County sports become the tail wagging dog, they have their problems however so do other school sports programs.

There is only one Captain of a ship and with Martin County basketball the Captain is Head Coach Jason "JJ" James. I've always heard attitude effects behavior, not behavior effects attitude. In general, a coach's behavior / job is to build a team that can win games not to piss off a particular player, but it happens sometimes and coaches are human. No one player is bigger than the team.

I heard there is a morale problem with this team and it's being fueled by a couple players not the coach or the team. It's human nature for a parent or guardian to want the best for their child and they always feel their child is extra special, but when they encourage the child to walk out or quit, this behavior doesn't come the top, it come from home.

I went to the KHSAA website and the numbers for this team speaks volumes. Some players are shooting in the 56% made shots range while some are at 45% or less range which is a player problem also it effects their point totals, furthermore some players just take better shots than other players. Some players draw more fouls than other and some players just do better at the FT line than others. There wasn't a big difference in total shots taken by the leading scorers.

I've watched this team play and they could be really good but IMO they have to many people on the bench during the games. Assistant coaches can be good for a team and Martin County has one good one, but the extra "want to be helpers" are just a distraction to the players and killing this team.