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In no particular order (preference based on your needs): 1.How long have you been coaching? 2.What are your expectations for the program? 3. How long do you plan on being a member of our program? 4. Tell me about some of your former players? (See if they can give you intimate details about family, college life, etc) 5. What is your previous records? 6. What has been your relationship with administration in the past? 7. What are some of your thoughts on making this program successful? 8. What is your academic and athletic background? Questions like that. I would also dig a bit to find out what type of moral fiber the candidate has, his inspiration level or passion for the game.

That is some deep thought yall.

Tell you what ghost. I beleive that you can call early to prevent late. How about refs not calling early then having to correct later? Then you have 20+ foul second halfs. Those types of halfs never let teams get the wheels moving. They hurt more than they help. Here is my point: Kids these days are much more physically talented and have a much higher basketball IQ than players have ever had. The game has changed enough to where you can talk to these kids and they can respond from the support from the referees. At every pregame half court chat, you always hear, who is the speaking captain? That is good and it has its purpose but I just feel like good, no excuse me, great officials have the ability to communicate with the 10 players, two coaches, other officials, and the scorekeeper all in the same game. You have some officials who think that it is their job to control the game. WRONG!!!! Your job is to CALL the game. Get with the program the players not even the coaches, but players control the game.

I played them this year. I'd say they might make it to rupp. At this point in the season its not about how good you are but how good you are going to be in march. Some teams peak in Dec. some in Mar. Which are they?????

I guess I am just old school, but I like those really small gyms where if you shoot the ball too high you will hit the lights and when the crowd is really into it you can feel the floor shake. There is no feeling like it to me, its like real energy just pumping in there. I know that times have changed but I love it.

Wow that is a new one by me. Learn something all of the time.

Here is a good measuring stick. If every game you go to, one or both coaches are on your tail and every time you blow the whistle the crowd either sighs or moans or yells. You are probably a sub par referee. I wish that more referees were able to communicate better with the coaches and players. You mention the handcheck, tough call to make. Here is how a good official does it. He is coming down the floor and says to the defender, watch your hands, watch your hands, if he doesnt move his hands. Call the foul. I bet he doesnt do it next time. Kind of like the stove is hot dont touch it. Ouch that burns, told you not to touch it mentality. Officials are few and far between these days. I have seen some good ones this year, but more worse than good. The game is not all rule oriented. Pay has nothing, absolutely nothing to do with being a good official. There are coaches who make next to nothing who are quality coaches and there are absolutely coaches who are well paid and not worth their weight in dirt.

This one could not have been pretty.

Really good team. Young and play like seniors.

Shortdad, I dont know your kid or what kind of condition your kid is in. Understand that 99.9% of coaches would never intentionally put your kid in a position to get themselves injured. If your daughter/son is playing every minute of every varsity game, would I as a coach play her jv, absolutely not. On the flip side, if she were a young 8,9,10 grader then I would absolutely play her jv. I feel that getting kids to play with talent on their level is a positive thing because the stress of having to play catch up isnt there. if your daughter is better than the younger girls of her age, encourage her to do individual things better during jv games and be as competitive as possible on the varsity side. Say, "you need to try and handle the ball better tonight during the jv game, set limits, try to have a good assist/turnover ratio 5:2 is a good number. Be a better rebounder, protect the ball long enough to let the offensive set develop, etc. just find out where your kid is on all this. It really does not matter what the coach or you say about it, ultimately it all rests with the kid. Just throwing stuff out there. Just know that as a coach, I can assure you that your kid's coach wants the very best for her. Trust me.

3ptshooter, Why is it that Michael Jordan, remember him (the greatest player to ever put on NIKE shoes) put himself through a complete aerobic weight lifting workout before every game and then played 48 minutes of a 60 minute NBA game against the best players in the world. The truth is, I put kids through much harder practices than any game ever is, as do most coaches whether they will admit it or not. Health has nothing to with it.

Lbbc, As a coach as well, I agree with you. I would never start one of my varsity kids in a jv game. Injuries, skill, level, all of those factors matter. I would however, play a kid who gets significant (10-15) min a game on the varsity level in a jv game and have him work on specific aspects of his game. I would tell him before the game, "kid, become a better rebounder tonight, get better defensively, etc."

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Good call on the breathing technique. That is very important.

I heard a rumor that there might be an old chief brought back to indian nation. I hear that some higher ups would like to have Mike Kindred the successful girls coach from the 98 state runner-up team back? Thoughts.....

There is no substitute for game experience. Put it into perspective, I practice my kids for 2 1/2 hours daily. I spend a lot of time teaching and shooting free throws and that sort of thing. But the truth is, a player can go for 24 minutes of a jv game and 32 minutes of a varsity game and be fine. If not their coach has not properly prepared his kids to play.

Mr. Network, I would suggest one thing to your son once your family doctor clears him medically. As a former college player and now a coach, my advise would be to have him spend about the next two to three weeks attending all workouts and more or less going through the motions. Lots of light weight high rep workouts, lots of fluids (NO CAFFEINE- people especially kids forget that caffeine is a drug and while minorly harmful to your body it still is harmful especially to an athlete who uses more of the fluids in his body for exercise than the normal joe) and trying to stay active. You see, while he may be down for a period of about a month or so, how much bigger, faster, or stronger would he have been getting during that time?? Probably not much. If your son is 6'2 220 anyway, he is probably somewhere close to his high school athletic peak anyhow, it would serve his needs better as a player to mentally get back in the game so to speak then to physically get back into it. I dont know if he is a football or baseball, or basketball player, truth is, it really doesnt matter. What matters is that your son is healthy and that when he does perform, he can perform at his optimum level. Just an old player and coach talking though. Be sure that your physician and your family make the right decision for your son. Hope all is well with your son.

If it were march I would say that it would be a really tight game, but because it is January, Scott by ten.

Didnt know that they were that high. Congrats to the Mustangs

No brainer! Breathitt till the doors shut.

Hello, OJ is the show! Two years and out at Cal.

Hmmmm? I am a fan of multi sport athletes. I have ran into this problem this year. My kids can no longer compete with programs who have football teams and established weight conditioning programs. They have just become too physically strong. I like that basketball in Ky has moved along in that direction. Good topic to discuss I think??

I completely agree. Its not the record of the team, but how prepared you are to compete with guys in your region, not even necessarily the district but the region. This may be an early indication that there is a lot of work to be done in that part of the region?

Professor, good point. Great agrument.

Who drives the speed limit??? Dont stay overnight at the Sycamore Inn in Williamson WV.