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Rich people should move to Dallas County to make it fair.

Speaking of which, the best player in the state came from there, was very high profile, and will be playing his college ball in on of the state's BIG programs.

This is the 21st century. If you're good, they will find you.

(03-09-2014 08:35 AM)bladhmadh Wrote:  

(03-08-2014 07:46 PM)biglizard Wrote:  

(03-08-2014 05:11 PM)BAMANBLAZERFAN Wrote:  

(03-08-2014 02:04 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  You are right. It is an outrage that the rich dominate sports. It is a shame that there are no poor people who play in the NBA or NFL. They should allow poor people to play in the NBA and NFL. No they only allow the rich to play. Outrageous.

That's right!! Every NBA or NFL team located in Alabama only signs players from rich university athletic programs which recruit primarily from suburban high schools with well financed athletic programs. And don't leave out the NHL teams in Alabama either.

The days of the Bobby Humphreys and Lee Roy Jordans from 1A or 2A class schools appears to be over. If a kid can't play for a Prattville, Auburn, Daphne, Madison Academy or Hoover type school's program, too bad, so sad.

I had to laugh. You realize MA is about a quarter of the size of those other schools? Unless you count down to the kindergarteners. Up until 5 years ago they were average at best. They made a commitme80nt around 2008 and hired an outstanding coach and put a lot of resources into it.

they also bought some players that turned the basketball team from a team that would get to maybe the second round of the playoffs to a team that won back to back state championships. its nothing new in the state. Thompson high school won a state football championship in the early 80s that way.
Its also not always the boosters buying players. I played at Pelham and we had a very good kicker who's father rented an apartment in Vestavia (that remained vacant) so his son could improve his chances at getting a scholarship.

Sure some of that stuff goes on but the kids that have really carried the programs in football and basketball the last couple of years are lifers. They've been there since kindergarten

(03-09-2014 04:09 PM)biglizard Wrote:  

(03-09-2014 08:35 AM)bladhmadh Wrote:  

(03-08-2014 07:46 PM)biglizard Wrote:  

(03-08-2014 05:11 PM)BAMANBLAZERFAN Wrote:  

(03-08-2014 02:04 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  You are right. It is an outrage that the rich dominate sports. It is a shame that there are no poor people who play in the NBA or NFL. They should allow poor people to play in the NBA and NFL. No they only allow the rich to play. Outrageous.

That's right!! Every NBA or NFL team located in Alabama only signs players from rich university athletic programs which recruit primarily from suburban high schools with well financed athletic programs. And don't leave out the NHL teams in Alabama either.

The days of the Bobby Humphreys and Lee Roy Jordans from 1A or 2A class schools appears to be over. If a kid can't play for a Prattville, Auburn, Daphne, Madison Academy or Hoover type school's program, too bad, so sad.

I had to laugh. You realize MA is about a quarter of the size of those other schools? Unless you count down to the kindergarteners. Up until 5 years ago they were average at best. They made a commitme80nt around 2008 and hired an outstanding coach and put a lot of resources into it.

they also bought some players that turned the basketball team from a team that would get to maybe the second round of the playoffs to a team that won back to back state championships. its nothing new in the state. Thompson high school won a state football championship in the early 80s that way.
Its also not always the boosters buying players. I played at Pelham and we had a very good kicker who's father rented an apartment in Vestavia (that remained vacant) so his son could improve his chances at getting a scholarship.

Sure some of that stuff goes on but the kids that have really carried the programs in football and basketball the last couple of years are lifers. They've been there since kindergarten

football yes but in basketball without the hired help there is no way you have state championships.

First, he probably makes close to 6 figures more than most head coaches in Div 2 or 3 and more than all but the top 60 or so assistants in div 1.

I think he will be a college head coach one day. Probably take a pay cut and go to a small college where he would have complete control like Joey did However he will have to look older. He is 30 now but looks about 22

(03-08-2014 05:39 PM)UAB Band Dad Wrote:  NHL teams in Alabama? Wut?

Wut? Alabama has the same number of NFL and NBA teams as NHL teams. It can be said to have two NFLDL teams though.

(03-08-2014 07:46 PM)biglizard Wrote:  The days of the Bobby Humphreys and Lee Roy Jordans from 1A or 2A class schools appears to be over. If a kid can't play for a Prattville, Auburn, Daphne, Madison Academy or Hoover type school's program, too bad, so sad.

I had to laugh. You realize MA is about a quarter of the size of those other schools? Unless you count down to the kindergarteners. Up until 5 years ago they were average at best. They made a commitment around 2008 and hired an outstanding coach and put a lot of resources into it.
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I don't know the enrollment of "MA" any more than I know the enrollment of that private school in Mobile that had the largest number of FB players sign with UA and AU this year. I do know that it takes a lot of commitment / ie. money to "hire an outstanding coach and put a lot of resources into it".

Outstanding coaches cost a lot of money, especially when a school has to hire another teacher to meet his classes (many - maybe most to all - major sport HCs in the major high schools are never asked to meet any daily classes and to only coach their sport's team made up of students with acceptable attitudes and work ethics -- something academic teachers can only envy since they can't be so exclusive).

High school HCs are not the only teachers to have no assigned classes. Librarians, Guidance Counselors, Assistant principals are usually assigned no classes but are not paid the equivalent of 2 or 3 teacher's salaries for their jobs either.

if you put $$ into athletic programs you usually do well in those programs.. go spartans

Yeah if your definition of "putting $$" into a program is paying for children's families to move to your side of town, what a joke

College Basketball is chuck full of narcissistic ******* coaches. The Brookie coach would just add one more to the pile. Give him the Auburn gig, and if he can cut the mustard, then maybe we should give him a shot at UAB.

Back to topic. He is an outstanding coach who does more with less.

(03-10-2014 11:48 PM)TPBlaze84 Wrote:  Yeah if your definition of "putting $$" into a program is paying for children's families to move to your side of town, what a joke

$EC mentality. "If you ain't cheatin', you ain't tryin'."

Combine that with a sense of entitlement and buying players is just fine, it's the other team's fault if they're too dumb to do so.

I know HT used to do it while Coach Wood was at the helm.

(03-11-2014 04:43 AM)bladhmadh Wrote:  Back to topic. He is an outstanding coach who does more with less.

I agree

Screw Mountain Brook.

Let the Barners hire the guy once they fire Barbee on Thursday.

(03-11-2014 12:13 PM)the_blazerman Wrote:  Screw Mountain Brook.

Let the Barners hire the guy once they fire Barbee on Thursday.

LOL u mad bro?

Nope. I'm just fine and dandy here at little ol' Mortimer Jordan.

(03-10-2014 11:48 PM)TPBlaze84 Wrote:  Yeah if your definition of "putting $$" into a program is paying for children's families to move to your side of town, what a joke

And I'm sure you have proof that someone paid to move a basketball player into Mtn. Brook, right? There is no way that a player wanted to play in that program and he acted accordingly.

The biggest joke I see on here are the baseless accusations made by people who don't have a clue.

I'm pretty sure the Brook moving people into the district to play ball is a matter of public record.

For years.

(03-11-2014 03:28 PM)backyardblazer Wrote:  

(03-10-2014 11:48 PM)TPBlaze84 Wrote:  Yeah if your definition of "putting $$" into a program is paying for children's families to move to your side of town, what a joke

And I'm sure you have proof that someone paid to move a basketball player into Mtn. Brook, right? There is no way that a player wanted to play in that program and he acted accordingly.

The biggest joke I see on here are the baseless accusations made by people who don't have a clue.

Not only is it a matter of public record in other instances, excuse me if I don't define the two best players on the state championship Midfield High basketball team up and moving to Mountain Brook by anything other than a lottery ticket as a "baseless accusation." I'm sure the plenty of people who understand the situation and the methods of the people on that side of town can be forgiven for not having complete documentation of what we all know is going on.