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Who cares about stats. The only one I care about is wins. I'll take 11 kids who support each other and play together as a team over stats any day.

This is exactly right. Stats look good in the local newspaper for mom and dad, but if you have a team player who does good things in practice, gets his blocks during the game, ect. you get wins. More wins brings more recognition to your team. Word then travels through coaches and eventually up to the college realms. If a kid works hard in the off season and during practice his stats will take care of themselves, plus his team will be better and win more games.