Hoptown b-ball fan

I don't necessarily have a problem with a signing ceremony, even if you're going to KWC, or Georgetown. But to act as if it's a scholarship is silly at best and disingenuous at worst. The one's that bug me are the one's that are driven by the high school coach and are designed to make it look like the kid is getting a great deal when in fact they aren't getting anything and are likely going in debt just to be on a roster. The absolute worst is what i referenced above. Which is a signing ceremony to go on a club team. It's happened at County and hoptown the last couple of years for the JCC club team... It's embarrassing. It puts the local media in a bad spot because they're being asked to cover something that is disingenuous but to expose this they'd have to make a kid look bad. It's really silly and sad.

Poor choice of words on my part. COunty was ripe to be beaten. (i think uha matches up well with them). UHA couldn't rebound and two of the fouls called on tray hollowell were absolute phantom calls. One he wasn't even close to the play. The ref just missed it. The other, he gave the wrong #. That crew was LOST on both ends. We might win Thursday night, but with how County is now punishing folks on the boards is why I don't think we will beat them when it matters next week in the regional. It's why i picked them to win the region before the season. When Trice, Ware and Sebree crash the boards there is nobody in the second region that can keep them off of the boards. I think Trice has grown 3 inches since last year. All 3 of those guys are 6'5-6'7 and sebree and trice are TERRIFIC athletes and ware can push people around. We just don't have an answer for them. Espcially when they attack the basket. Hope i'm wrong but we refuse to slow the game down like you have to against them and force them to shoot from outside. Credit to Grant Shouse. That's what he did against them when UHA beat them and what he did last night. County is the best team in the region and I'm not sure it's very close.

Julian tacket calls it the "cocktail party offers". Meaning, I'm going to georgetown to sit on the bench for a $250 meal card in order for my parents to be able to tell their friends that "my son is playing ball at georgetown". In reality, if the kid had spent more time working on school he could have gotten $7,500 because of good grades. It's why specialization is bad, it's why fooling yourself into thinking you can get college paid for is bad etc... Much of it is pushed by the high school coach for their own benefit. We see kids in Hopkinsville doing signing ceremonies on fake sheets of paper that say they are going to play for the club team at jefferson community college. (this is not sarcasm or a joke) It happens... It's reached a ridiculous point.

Interesting games tonight. Heights had county on the ropes early but Some interesting officiating really took the steam out of this one. I'm worried about us vs county... if they keep rebounding as well as they have I'm not sure if we can win.

Remarkable that district 8 could be so dominant. And I don't see it changing next year though I do see heights jumping christian county.

I'm nervous about Henderson. I hope they are on the opposite side of the regional bracket from us.

Disagree. It is different with fort campbell. And as a coach it absolutely is disrespectful to say "we aren't losing to team x". Especially when the kids on the team are the sons of those who defend us. call me old fashioned but I'm disappointed in my team's coach for this. Further, if you heard how he said it on the radio, you'd understand even more. It was an arrogant statement if there ever was one.

I agree... And not to say I told you so... I didn't see the blowout from county coming but I thought we'd lose. Also thought we'd beat UHA. My next prediction is even wilder. I think UHA beats county in the first round of district. This is a year like one of those mid 1990's years when crazy stuff happens in the district. Both Hollowel and Tandy were sick when they played us thursday night. Tandy missed their game saturday with the flu and supposedly hollowell should have too.

Here is the quote from the paper. What he said on the radio was even worse/more harsh. “To get the No. 1 seed, we’re guaranteed to go the regional tournament. Fort Campbell ain’t beating us in the district. If they do then I need to fired,”

Very well said. I agree. Tim isn't from hopkinsville, I understand that. But the kids at Fort Campbell live very unique lives. Even in these times when we don't think we are at "war" Fort campbell soldiers are being deployed all the time to hostile spots. The last few weeks a bunch of soldiers have been getting back from iraq. I wouldn't have said that about any team, but saying it about Fort Campbell is even worse.

He was going off about how "I know we will play for a district title. We aren't losing to fort Campbell, they're terrible. No way they are beating us". Just came off very disrespectful

Coach hayworth's rant after the game was troubling as a hoptown fan. He more-less disrespected fort Campbell. Those kids deal with a ton. Soldiers have been deployed and he trashed their team. I'd like to hear an apology. Last year he had the altercation with the fan from county after we lost and now he goes after fort Campbell after losing to county? Weird and troubling.

County had 1 extra day of rest. Don't think the scheduling had anything to do with it.

Go back and look at what I said after the hoptown game. Playing this crazy pressing style opens up so many things like this up. If you break our press we are done. Embarassinf result.

Yes. As far as I could tell

I'll also add. Refs let them play tonight. Benefited us. We were very physical with them. A Game called tight is another worry with the style we are playing right now.

As a uk fan I pray "kyky" goes to uk

We went on a run to get it to about 20 and never looked back. Blazers played much better in second half. Our pressure got to them and not by the time they adjusted it was too late. We also dominated the boards which was probably the difference. I worry that we depend too much on creating turnovers to win. That system has failed us over and over and over and over against good teams in Lexington on the bigger court and against bigger teams. My biggest critique of Tim. He refuses to force his teams to learn to play halfcoirt defense, and once he hits a game where they have to do it, they aren't capable.

In terms of the game. I think we will win by about 8-12. UHA may lead early. I still think we will lose Saturday for some reason. And I'm calling UHA over County in first round of district. In retrospect, UHA didn't really play well until the end of the 3rd quarter and 4th quarter against County...

Honestly, I'd get there sooner. With there being a girls game before hand I'd make sure I had a spot by 6:00 or so. County v. hoptown game probably won't be as bad simply because of the size of the gym.

You threw me that softball. Lol.

This is one of those crazy years in the 8th district.

Hoptown by 12 in a game that is close throughout but hoptown wears them down. I'll call it now. We lose to county on Saturday though.

Defense... though uha is playing much better. Their tough schedule is starting to benefit them and their young guys are growing up a bit.

My tigers better be ready Thursday night. Uha was down 16 at one point in the second half.