[Daddy's Girl4]

The problem is that students aren't interested in the sport anymore. They aren't willing to put in the time. Just as coaching is a year round thing, playing basketball should be too. Basketball players are made in the off season. Jenkins lacks girls players, or boys for that matter, who are willing to put in the hours of running, lifting weights, going to camp, etc. It takes drive to develop talent. The players have got to get some gumption about them and step up to the plate. Coaches can come and go, but if the athletes were more dedicated their programs wouldn't go that affected.... The coaches can't help it if they are given a team with one or two players with real talent, and the others all busy worrying about how they look.

These high school kids today wouldn’t know what to think if someone brought in a hard nosed coach to whip them into shape. They would all quit if someone came in and expected them to put in more time than their hour and a half everyday.

As far as Ashley Addington goes, she is young and inexperienced with coaching girls basketball. However, she has assisted April in coaching the softball team and was an excellent player herself. No one complains that this was April’s first coaching job? April did a good job with the girls and I think Ashley will as well. She may be in need of a good assistant.