Russell will not struggle as much as people think that they will. Outside of maybe 3 teams the rest of the region is pretty weak. Russell has some potential coming up in the system. The question about Russell this year is do you take a team like this and coach only the upper classmen or do you play the younger ones? In a few years Russell will be a good team, why not play the younger ones this year (A little here and a little there) and let them gain some valuable expereince.

Not evey game, but it is a start. You can have the best talent, but if they are not prepared properly, they will slip-up when it counts.

 

Ask any girls coach in the 16th and they will tell you Russell was also very prepared for every game. Heck they knew some of their opponents sets as well as the actual team running them did. Rose Hill ran nothing but had two superior players who created on their own. I am sure Coach Kidwell had his team prepared and I am also sure he feels he could have done something better to win that game. There is also one winner and one loser in every game but the Russell program could hold its head high for the character and discipline it represented the past five years ON and OFF the court.

Let it go and move on , you lost.

Some simply can't follow the rules. This one is finished. Feel free to start another one but if the rules are not strictly followed, some of you will be on the outside looking in.