[bball_fan]

To any players from Kimper or parents that believes we ran the score up, let me once again start off by saying Coach Kidd and myself deeply apologize. Our starters only played between 3 and 4 minutes of the entire game. Yes we pressed to start the game, but as soon as we got a 20 point lead, we put our 6-10 guys in. When they came in halfway into the first quarter, they pressed one trip but that trip Coach Kidd was screaming back up. The very next trip down the court we played a 2-3 zone which we stayed in the rest of the game. Whenever we got steals, we held the ball and let the defense get back and set up. We would then walk the ball up the court. Yes we jumped out big quick, all of our starters had scored by the time the second group were in the game. The starters did return to start the second quarter for less then a minute and then the 6-11 guys returned to the game. The halftime score was not something we was proud of, let me stress that. The second half was started by our 8-13 guys and we screamed at our team to get the ball to our 13th man and let him score. Once he finally scored, half way through the third quarter, we pulled them out and put the C team in except for 2 B team players which did not play long at all. Those boys would finish the game out. The second half score though, for those of you who were there and keeping track was Kimper 16, Mullins 13. We slowed the game down even more in the second half, told our boys not to come out beyond the 3 point line on defense and even dared them to steal the ball. So if you want to say we ran up the score, let me once again say I am deeply sorry. It was not our intentions by any means. If you wish to call me a liar, then I ask you to refer to the B team game which I coached just before. I pressed man to man until we had a 20 point lead and then I backed off into a 2-3 zone. I sent what A team boys that played on B to the locker room in the third quarter and made sure to at least get every player on my team a full quarter worth of playing time in the second half. Easy Money, we get on here and promote basketball for these kids and not just our kids but from every school. That is why I defend Betsy Layne so much when people attacked them, that is why when I asked about why Feds Creek ran up the score that I also praised Feds Creek's talent. When I posted late game information about the Belfry game, yes I said the refs did a poor job but I also said Belfry would've beat us no matter how good or bad the refs were. And for those of you from Belfry, yes we had no clue about how talented you were going to be going into that game. You have a great deal of talent and will mix in up with any team in the county. I have a vote in the weekly top 10 and I had no clue about you. I can promise you though, unless something major happens at Betsy Layne Saturday, you will be in my top 5 when I cast my vote. But back to what I was saying, these boys and this game is why I volunteer to help Coach at Mullins and get paid nothing for it. Ask every coach around here how many of there assistant coaches put as much time and effort into there team as I do and make nothing at all or have no relation to any kid on the team? These boys mean the world to me, that is why I have at times put them above my job which pays my bills. So please do not question my character or Coach Kidd's. We put the interest of the children first, maybe that is why some of the parents of our transfers in the last week said they brought there boys to Mullins because of us. Us carrying on on this message board, arguing like we have been does nothing but set a bad example for these children. A lot of people, including myself, have said things on here that have been taken the wrong way and had negative effects towards teams. So let me once again say, to anyone from Kimper that we may have upset, I am publicly saying I am sorry if you believed we ran the score up on you. Our intentions were never to do so. To anyone whom I may have offended on this website but something I have said, I apologize. I will continue to post stats though about our team, win or lose. I will continue to speak my honest opinion about teams and players on here but I will do so in a manor that does not attack, bash or has harmful intentions. If anything I say does effect someone negatively, let me assure you that I do not mean anything personal.