bballnerd

The measure of a great player, is the play on the field. Not the talk of their dad! Be humble both the player and dad. A lot of players and dads could use Combs' as an example.

There was also a lot of talented seniors that decided not to play this year after being in the program since the 8th grade.

That is an understatement, the vision of the program does not appear clear to anyone. Except maybe the head coach and AD at Cooper.

Just as your screen name says, "History".

Cooper had only two seniors and one junior on the field, versus Ryle's eight seniors and one junior. If an outsider that just happened to stop and watch the game would think that; a) Cooper must be a brand new school and their baseball program is in its infancy or b) Cooper is a small school with a small enrollment playing a much larger Ryle juggernaut.

Justin Schlarman played some catcher on varsity last year. Is he not playing varsity this year?

He will need to get on with a respectable Summer team because his high school coach does not appear dedicated to helping the players get better.

Cooper is bad this year, but the player to watch out for is Brayden Runion. He played in some Varsity games as a freshman last year and was way over-matched at the plate. He could not hit the ball for nothing. He has gotten bigger and stronger and can flat out hit the ball now.

Cooper will have a one of the top number 1 and 2 pitchers. After that it is up in the air. Their issue will be offense, their top two hitters did not return. Other seniors decided to not return either. Read into that what you will.

Maybe TheRealFauxTiger will know something since he appears to be the BW Baseball talent scout and expert. :ylsuper:

Look a little closer under Region 9.

Dutch. No I do not have an axe to grind, nor am I a bitter parent. I do not recall me saying anything personal or negative about the coach. I was asked my opinion and I stated two facts.

Individually at each position, Cooper has talented players. Collectively they often struggle as a team. Is that a reflection on the players or coaching? There was no off season conditioning program at the school this past season. I do not know about all the other schools in the district, but I would imagine most if not all have some type of off season conditioning program.

I don't believe Cooper's issues are because lack of talent.

Hats off to Boone, they played with a lot of emotion from the first pitch. They were very aggressive on the bases, sometimes too aggressive. As a result one Boone player was ejected from the game for running over Cooper's third basemen. As was noted, Cooper's defense was not shakey, it was terrible. Boone scores two runs on an overthrow to third on a steal attempt. What made it bad was one of the runners scored from first base. Also Boone scores a run on a routine fly ball to right field. The runner tags up from second and advances to third and kept going all the way to home. The emotion Boone played with is a direct result of their coaches, same with Cooper.