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I have seen this kid play several times and while you say there are few sophomores who show D1 potential you do see certain characteristics the this young man does not have in order to play SEC level D1 ball. That characteristic - speed (closely followed by general athleticisim). He may be able to shoot but will struggle getting up and down the court and working to get the ball while going against athletes that are just as big and faster than he is.

And one awesome dunk . . . . that he missed (but I guess everyone has to take the bad with the good)

I saw one flying over Cave Run while crossing the dam. Awesome sight.

Bob Craft from the 16th had 3 games a few years back including the finals were he was the number 1 official.

New football coach?

Posts like the few previous are refreshing. This thread you have had a few people disagree on who was/is the best but no one saying this team or individual is awful and needs to be run out of town. Keep the positive going guys, 'cause no matter who you pull for keep in mind the people playing are kids and those watching are adults.

The number of baseball scholarships may outnumber the others but what you have not accounted for is the type of scholarship. Football and basketball are for the most part full rides. A baseball scholarship is typically a partial scholarship (maybe tuition or room and board). Schools are large as Kentucky only have around 10 scholarships to be divided in some manner between 30 or so players. So while the number may be higher the "quality" of scholarship is lower. None the less the kids are playing and getting part of their education for free.

Waiting

Never got it

DUCK07, you never answered

You have me really confused was the palyer in question part of last years problem?

90%, man you must be a wiz at math

Good post up until the last sentence. Think about it, was it really necessary?

Great game, can't wait to see where Hicks has his boy come regional time.

From what I have been told Leach quit and admitted he had made a mistake on the dismissal from the team. So pretty much he was gone and even though he was gone put the player back on the team. I guess as acting head coach Smith set the punishment. The support form the admin comments need to be dropped just like this thread. Let Smith and Sutton do there job (which isn't too bad). Leach is gone, so give it up people.

But did the committee chose Hampton or was Hampton chosen by the Principal??? Could this be why certain voices were raised? To borrow some words from the wise old bard himself, "something was rotten in" GC.

Sorry you can't believe it but he did speak with the admin at GC about leaving 3 weeks prior to the "blow up". Now as for the "cussing out a coach" comment, I have been told by those there, that after Leach told the player he was gone (thrown off the team) one word was murmred as he walked to the locker room. As for the one quarter suspension, I believe this was Smith's call as he was there and set the punishment to fit the crime. Now the passion for the sport comment is comical. A passionate coach works the side lines, gets excited on good or bad plays and I did not see that at all out of Leach. I truly believe other things are on his mind and these things moved to the fore front (as they should).

Bad luck, no way. I will say it is basically the admin. In my opinion, and this is strictly my opinion, here we go; Hick's was run off by the admin Hampton was hired outside of the correct procedure and when people got wind of this he took himself out Leach was hired and took himself out due to some personal issues Sutton never really had the job as it was on an interim basis Again, my opinion doesn't mean much but I think if Hicks were there today GC would have a much, much better record.

Somewhat of an unfair statement given Leach had spoken to the admin about leaving (on his own) 3 weeks prior to the big blowup. This has already been discussed on other threads. Reasons were never disclosed (as they should not be) other than they were personal.

Well, we'll have to disagree on that one as I like, KCTSU (or whatever), would have to say he is a standout in the SS position.

Interstesting statement but somewhat off base (pardon the pun). In the games, both high school and Post, that I attended, this kid is one of the greatest assets to any team. Put him in the outfield, at SS, at 3rd, even a few innings on the mound and he does and exceptional job. So if he excels at any position and does his job at the plate (which he also does) how many are better?

EC by 21, just too fast for RH, RH's defense is too easy to break for the true team play of EC

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This only shows the ignorance that is abuntant on pages such as this. To begin with this family far from runs this school. To my knowledge this is the only child that has ever really particpated in a varsity sport (cheerleading excluded). As for the costing the game and going crazy. If you call putting his hands up in a TD sign, saying he broke the plane and pointing it out then yes that is crazy. If however you had seen it for your own eyes (as I did) then that was basically it and "going crazy on a ref" is way, way off base. As for the penalty, could you please show me a rule that states that a fan can cause a penalty on a team without some form of warning (in football). Basketball, yeah seen it a hundred times but football, never and there was no warning given. If this is going to be the case and if a fan on a given side of a field denotes them being part of the team then I can see plenty of opportunity for Russell fans to go the the Raceland side of the field and yell at the refs inorder to penalize them or vice versa.