I have mixed feeling on Bellevue playing in the Region.

 

As was stated, they work hard and do want to win, but where is the community support for their girls?

 

Maybe five students other than the Mom's and Dad's and I really mean it! I highly doubt if they had anyone else there to see or root them on.

 

So is the administration choosing to vote every year for the draw in the 36th in the hope of having a chance to go to the Region for the Community to enjoy the ride, or it is just a way to keep one of the teams on the Hill out of it? :idunno:

 

Look at the Villa crowd and students! They earned the right to attend and even down 12/14 points they cheered, screamed, rooted and had a ball.

 

To me at least, it has always made me feel better to earn something, rather than to be given to me!

 

 

 

Okay, enough is enough. This is starting to get ridiculous.

 

Whether yopu personally believe that the Bellevue STUDENTS earned their way into the tournament or not is really not the question. They did exactly what they had to do to get to the tournament. In exactly the same manner and with exactly the same chance to draw into the short bracket as every other team in the District. Your opinions as to the draw versus the seed have NO bearing on whether the girls EARNED their opportunity. In tournament play you beat who is in front of you and move on. Seeding versus a draw should have NO impact as to ones appreciation of the efforts of these STUDENT ATHLETES. Argue the process as you wish but everyone needs to stop casting doubt on the Bellevue players, the coach etc. TOG I am certain that is not your intention here, but too many others have done so.

 

Alot of folks were disappointed with the turnout, but again, don't rain on the parade of the the players. Whether they, as you put it, earned it or not, I'm also certain had no bearing on who did or did not not attend and to even remotely insinuate that it did is ludicrous. I don't have an answer as to exactly why the low turnout, I have my suspicions, but no real answer, but I can assure the town and the school are quite proud of those young ladies. They did what they had to do. They had no vote in the process. NOTHING was GIVEN to them.

The Bellevue players, cheerleaders and staff all represented the district with gutsy play and enthusiasm even when the score turned ugly. When presented with the opportunity to represent your district you have to step up and give your best for 32 minutes. Bellevue certainly did that. Blind draws set aside I for one applaud their character and approach to this game.

The Bellevue players, cheerleaders and staff all represented the district with gutsy play and enthusiasm even when the score turned ugly. When presented with the opportunity to represent your district you have to step up and give your best for 32 minutes. Bellevue certainly did that. Blind draws set aside I for one applaud their character and approach to this game.

 

Said with class, as I always expect from you paNDA. By the way, the NDA fans were nothing short of gracious and complimentary as well. Thank you.

Okay, enough is enough. This is starting to get ridiculous.

 

Whether yopu personally believe that the Bellevue STUDENTS earned their way into the tournament or not is really not the question. They did exactly what they had to do to get to the tournament. In exactly the same manner and with exactly the same chance to draw into the short bracket as every other team in the District. Your opinions as to the draw versus the seed have NO bearing on whether the girls EARNED their opportunity. In tournament play you beat who is in front of you and move on. Seeding versus a draw should have NO impact as to ones appreciation of the efforts of these STUDENT ATHLETES. Argue the process as you wish but everyone needs to stop casting doubt on the Bellevue players, the coach etc. TOG I am certain that is not your intention here, but too many others have done so.

 

Alot of folks were disappointed with the turnout, but again, don't rain on the parade of the the players. Whether they, as you put it, earned it or not, I'm also certain had no bearing on who did or did not not attend and to even remotely insinuate that it did is ludicrous. I don't have an answer as to exactly why the low turnout, I have my suspicions, but no real answer, but I can assure the town and the school are quite proud of those young ladies. They did what they had to do. They had no vote in the process. NOTHING was GIVEN to them.

 

The girls don't have a vote and I am sure they played their best. However the system needs to be fixed. 42 pt blowouts are not what should be happening at this stage of the game if possible. The girls from BHS will certainly remember playing at BOK the rest of their lives. That doesn't make this right though. The best teams in the district should advance. So in the end the best team moves on to Diddle. Teams getting free passes early in the tournament will help them keep their legs late in the tournament. That shouldn't happen. I'm sure that if the people of Bellevue thought their team had even a snowballs chance they would have turned out in droves, but the out come was predetermined. The people that make these decisions need to look at this and make it right for future athletes. I looked at other scores from around the area 8th, 10th and & 7th regions and couldn't find another score like this. Not that they were all nail biters but at least somewhat competitve. Good luck to Bellevue in the future and I hope soon they will get into the tounament and reall make some noise.

Okay, enough is enough. This is starting to get ridiculous.

 

Whether yopu personally believe that the Bellevue STUDENTS earned their way into the tournament or not is really not the question. They did exactly what they had to do to get to the tournament. In exactly the same manner and with exactly the same chance to draw into the short bracket as every other team in the District. Your opinions as to the draw versus the seed have NO bearing on whether the girls EARNED their opportunity. In tournament play you beat who is in front of you and move on. Seeding versus a draw should have NO impact as to ones appreciation of the efforts of these STUDENT ATHLETES. Argue the process as you wish but everyone needs to stop casting doubt on the Bellevue players, the coach etc. TOG I am certain that is not your intention here, but too many others have done so.

 

Alot of folks were disappointed with the turnout, but again, don't rain on the parade of the the players. Whether they, as you put it, earned it or not, I'm also certain had no bearing on who did or did not not attend and to even remotely insinuate that it did is ludicrous. I don't have an answer as to exactly why the low turnout, I have my suspicions, but no real answer, but I can assure the town and the school are quite proud of those young ladies. They did what they had to do. They had no vote in the process. NOTHING was GIVEN to them.

 

The girls indeed worked hard and tried their best and I appluad them, but surely the Community could have done a better job of supporting them a whole lot more. Honestly I was surprised at the very low turnout.

 

The players the coaches, I tip my hat to you, however the fans/students, I am not allowed to print that on BGP's!

Gosh Oldguy...I was hoping to be able to pull up your post from one year ago...you made the exact comment last year after the Boone/Ludlow game. I told ya then "they seem to always play to the level of their competition". You took a couple of more shots at them, but in the end, it worked out okay.

 

It can be frustrating, but it is what it is.

 

 

Boone I believe didn't make (I don't have the stats) a single trey in the first half and they had to attempt at least 10/15. If they had made just some of those treys that would have made the score even worse, that was what I was meaning. Boone just couldn't buy a shot from outside the arch!

Boone I believe didn't make (I don't have the stats) a single trey in the first half and they had to attempt at least 10/15. If they had made just some of those treys that would have made the score even worse, that was what I was meaning. Boone just couldn't buy a shot from outside the arch!

 

On the other hand, if Bellevue makes their layups, its a ball game in the first half. They had plenty of chances to score and didn't convert on the opportunities. They needed to score while Boone was not hitting and that didn't happen. The second half, it was a different Boone team.

The girls don't have a vote and I am sure they played their best. However the system needs to be fixed. 42 pt blowouts are not what should be happening at this stage of the game if possible. The girls from BHS will certainly remember playing at BOK the rest of their lives. That doesn't make this right though. The best teams in the district should advance. So in the end the best team moves on to Diddle. Teams getting free passes early in the tournament will help them keep their legs late in the tournament. That shouldn't happen. I'm sure that if the people of Bellevue thought their team had even a snowballs chance they would have turned out in droves, but the out come was predetermined. The people that make these decisions need to look at this and make it right for future athletes. I looked at other scores from around the area 8th, 10th and & 7th regions and couldn't find another score like this. Not that they were all nail biters but at least somewhat competitve. Good luck to Bellevue in the future and I hope soon they will get into the tounament and reall make some noise.

 

 

I believe you would have a different opinion if your son/daughter went to Bellevue/Dayton/Newport.

I believe you would have a different opinion if your son/daughter went to Bellevue/Dayton/Newport.

 

Having a different opinion still doesn't make it right NCC is not that much bigger than dayton or bellevue. And newport is probably bigger. The All A is for the smaller schools. NCC has to play Ryle tonite and they are 4-5x the size of NCC. The tournament is not so everybody should get to play but to determine a champion. If you are in the tournament you should at least feel like if things workout right and we play our game we have a chance. Did the girls of Bellevue and the parents feel that way last night or were they there thinking well at least we got to play at BOK. My nephews played football at Bellevue and I have firsthand knowlege of th problems that come with supporting a child in those programs. but we do our best and hope they have a few bright moments in their athletic careers. That is all any of us are trying to do and Bellevue qualified under the current system but if the rest of the state works under a different system it doesn't make it fair to the other teams inour district that have a chance.

Having a different opinion still doesn't make it right NCC is not that much bigger than dayton or bellevue. And newport is probably bigger. The All A is for the smaller schools. NCC has to play Ryle tonite and they are 4-5x the size of NCC. The tournament is not so everybody should get to play but to determine a champion. If you are in the tournament you should at least feel like if things workout right and we play our game we have a chance. Did the girls of Bellevue and the parents feel that way last night or were they there thinking well at least we got to play at BOK. My nephews played football at Bellevue and I have firsthand knowlege of th problems that come with supporting a child in those programs. but we do our best and hope they have a few bright moments in their athletic careers. That is all any of us are trying to do and Bellevue qualified under the current system but if the rest of the state works under a different system it doesn't make it fair to the other teams inour district that have a chance.

 

 

All I'm asking is do you think you would still feel this way if your child went to Bellevue instead of NCC? Also, not sure why more Bellevue fans didn't come out to support. It was pretty lonely in the stands. I was talking with a few parents during halftime and they were saying that they heard only 40 presale tickets sold that day. Also, I thought someone mentioned earlier about there being 3 other districts who blind draw. Are they taking abuse too? And last, why doesn't the state classify basketball? There are only 2 states left.

I believe you would have a different opinion if your son/daughter went to Bellevue/Dayton/Newport.

 

I do not think I would. Yea I would love for my child to be given a shot to play on the big stage, but at the same time it would hurt more to me to watch them play in a game where they have no chance to win from the get go. It does not sound like it happened in this game, but as you know, some coach's (see E-town thread couple weeks back) do not mind 'sticking it' to their opponent. I would not one to be a parent of a child on the losing team. I feel that the all 'A' was created to give these small schools a chance to play in a big tourney.

I say we quit crying about the blind draw and stay positive in this thread. Bellevue did nothing wrong and whether you like it or not you will never change it if you dont like it. Deal with it.

 

Congrats to Coach Fookes as I predict they run the table with Ms. Moss and Congrats to Coach Sorrell for a fine season with the Bellevue Lady Tigers. He made some adjustments mid season and they played much better in the 2nd half. The girls bought into his system and hopefully the program gets better and builds off the District Runner up spot.

I like Notre Dame pulling the upset of the tourney on Friday. IMO they were the best team in the region at Christmas break.

I like Notre Dame pulling the upset of the tourney on Friday. IMO they were the best team in the region at Christmas break.

 

Its all about who is the best in March though. Good choice for an upset though.

Its all about who is the best in March though. Good choice for an upset though.

 

Wow, we have sucked qryche11 over to the girls thread now. He must be basketball deprived with the boys idled until wednesday.