Djason Unchained

Indiana leads the series because they have more talent than us. Nothing more nothing less. Anyone who has the privilege of seeing kids from both states play against each other on the AAU circuit will likely agree.

Which one do I coach? Take your emotions away from it and you'd take one of your own just like the ETown coach did. I can't be mad at loyalty and won't be mad at loyalty. Not one person in the state will or can convince me that Jeremiah and Hagen don't belong on this team. They BOTH should be on the team. Best backcourt in the state WITHOUT QUESTION. At the same time I'm not going to disparage anyone else on this team or how or why they got there. I just want to see the KY All Stars do good and compete and hopefully win.

I had the privilege of speaking with Jeremiah's father recently and they really like Coach Franklin and they like his track record also. I'm really excited for Jeremiah's future and I am really glad he chose Vincennes. I think he made an excellent choice for what he wants.

The Elizabethtown coaches are the coaching staff for the game. I'll wave the Hagen Tyler/Jeremiah Bell flag harder than anyone in this state. At the same time everyone needs to take a deep breath and think about the position the Elizabethtown coaches are in and allow them to do the same thing that every single coach in this state would do in their situation: Take care of their own. Instead of tearing down the kids and the coaching staff ask yourself if you would leave off one of your own in the same situation. I wouldn't. I'm sure 99% of you wouldn't either. Congrats to to all who made the team!!!! Make us proud and good luck against Indiana!!!! I hope to be there in person to watch the game.

Watching this one again. What a game.

No way. Let them coach and coach only if that's what they want to do. If they want to teach as well, cool. However, IMO, athletic coaches should not be required to coach if you are going to hire and fire them based on the results of the play on the field.

That'll give Transy a nice haul of Schuh, Theobald, Christon and Gullet from the 2015 class. That's an impressive incoming freshman class for Transy.

Gullet can play. I think he will be just fine at Transy. Good luck to you Kyle!!!!

Does anyone have a scoop on where Mr. Williams would like to play?

I believe WKY Elite was in Pittsburgh this past weekend. I don't know their results though.

Congrats to Damion!!!! I know Goldie is somewhere in Winchester smiling right now!!!! @DKing5_: So I have committed to Thomas More College to continue my basketball career.. God does amazing things ???

Vincennes is definitely a better place for Jeremiah than prep school. Once the offer was on the table it was a no-brainer for him.

The tone is that those not in the EYBL can't cut it. If they were that good maybe they'd do something easier than playing in the EYBL like guide their teams to a region title.

He's pretty fast. Has there ever been a more touted player at BG coming from middle school than Vito? Purple fans cannot wait until this kid gets to high school. I don't recall there ever being this much hype around one kid at BG like this. He's going to be special. Folks in 5A better get their licks in now on BG. I feel another run coming up.

Damn. I'm blind. :no:

Damn, that's a nice squad right there.

I just saw they had a good weekend in Lexington this weekend. Who is on their roster? Anyone know?

For my experiences KBA isn't any different than most basketball academies I have been to. Most have minimal parking and unless the events are held at a high school parking is going to be crappy. It would be nice if KBA was a bigger venue but I'd say they did the best they could. Maybe someone with deep pockets can build a bigger version of KBA in Lexington that can fully support and EYBL event. There's no law that says there only has to be one basketball academy in Lexington.

@EvanDaniels: The Kentucky Basketball Academy was a terrific site for the Nike EYBL. @TBthe2nd and his crew did a great job.

Boyle has the numbers also. It's not like there are only 40 kids playing football. I'd be shocked if there weren't enough kids to begin position development in the middle school years. You can't tell me that kids focusing on one position in middle school wouldn't be a tremendous benefit to the whole program in their high school years. Even the best programs may have an exceptional athlete or two that plays both ways but you're not going to convince me that playing 8 or more players both ways is a recipe for success come late November when you are playing teams that only play 2-4 players both ways. If they play that many. Of course those 2000 teams would still be winning. They were superbly talented. When the natural talent and athleticism isn't walking through the hallways like it was then you can't or shouldn't expect that same kind of success if nothing changes.

Boyle County hasn't played at Highlands' level since 2003. IMO Boyle will not get back to the Highlands, Trinity, BG, St. X level without installing a platoon system. It's too hard to play and defeat teams that play at that level platooning their players. That's my whole point. And 3A this season and the next few years will be tougher than 4A was when Highlands came to 4A. Boyle would have a distinct advantage platooning players at the 3A level. I can't imagine many teams will be platooning at that level.

Exactly. Josey is an exceptional athlete and will likely be the best athlete in the school next year. At the same time Jeff Duggins was a freak but Jeff Duggins also played on teams that I think everyone would say were more talented teams than the ones taking the field this season.

Very well could be why Boyle only won 5 in a row instead of 6. I believe Highlands began the platoon system in 2004.

Oh, so the Chuck Smith teams of 2014 and 2015 are as talented as those teams that won 5 straight championships?

These days, in 2015, teams that continually play at a high level don't have their QB playing both ways. People seem to think that it is still 2000 and it isn't. The luxuries that Boyle County had in 2000 aren't present in 2015. Even in 2009, 2010 and 2011 when Boyle County last won and competed for state championships the QBs didn't all play both ways the same way Jose has to now for the team to succeed.