Who are the top 5 Coached team in the metroplex this year

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Originally posted by Ken Guthrie:

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Originally posted by Dtiger:
I wonder who the players would say. I really don't mean to stir the pot, but players talk and they aren't saying the same things...

Players opinions don't matter, only opinions that count are the parents.

I've seen enough H.S. baseball and have known enough H.S. aged boy's to know their opinion on this subject would not count for much.

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Originally posted by Dtiger:
I wonder who the players would say. I really don't mean to stir the pot, but players talk and they aren't saying the same things...

Funny you say that because Drew and I sort of talked about this just the other day. I can tell you, from our conversation, that is the way he feels about Coach Carmon.

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Originally posted by Robert S.:

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Originally posted by Ken Guthrie:

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Originally posted by Dtiger:
I wonder who the players would say. I really don't mean to stir the pot, but players talk and they aren't saying the same things...

Players opinions don't matter, only opinions that count are the parents.

I've seen enough H.S. baseball and have known enough H.S. aged boy's to know their opinion on this subject would not count for much.

I don't know if that is completely true. They are closer to the action than we are as parents. While we are in the stands jacking our jaws, they are into the game.

But I do agree that you might have to consider the source when the opinion is given. i.e. did the player feel like the coach screwed him over? That kid might not give a very good grade on the coaches report card.

Good one Ken!!
You wouldn't want to know what the players and parents think at our school!

I would like to respond to this, but I don't want to exclude or short change any of my colleagues.

There is one coach though that I would like to mention.

Terry Massey at Weatherford HS.

His teams are always fundamentally sound. He relates well to his players, he manages the game well, and he is very professional to his opponents. When that Supt. at White Settlement ran him off (lets just say she had a son in the program and leave it at that), she really did him a tremendous favor. Weatherford is lucky to have him there.

Oh, and they have more than JE on the hill. If I were a betting man, I'd pick the Kangaroos to win 3-5A.

I didn't necessarily mean in negative ways (funny how people assume). I've heard kids praise coaches on teams that weren't overly successful.

I know plenty of star high school players who have strong opinions about their coaches both good and bad. I know for myself, my opinion changed over the years.

My point is, the kids see more than just results. I'm not a crazy man when I suggest this next point, but simply throwing it out there to try to get across what I mean...

Is Phil Jackson a great basketball coach or has he benefited from the great players of this era?Jordan, Pippen, Kobe, Shaq. Same sort of argument... some coaches can get good results because they were blessed with great talent (I should note that I think Phil Jackson has a great mind for basketball and obviously knows how to win, but there's a give and take that exist and I'm done with the Basketball talk) and the one's that get talent get good results (usually). But there can also be great coaches who get little to no talent and just because they don't accumulate the wins, it doesn't mean they aren't great coaches.

would be very intrested to see what coach sheppard could do with a little talent. too bad a coach of his stature looses so much talent to the burbs and privates.

I know most of you knew this was coming......Coach Price at McKinney gets very little credit for what he does. I know two things, no one works at it any harder and no one shows more respect to his players. I can say in our 4 years in the baseball program at McKinney, I never once heard him inappropriately address a player. I KNOW what is most important to him is what he thinks is best for his guys. I respect him.

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I would like to respond to this, but I don't want to exclude or short change any of my colleagues.

There is one coach though that I would like to mention.

Terry Massey at Weatherford HS.

Yes.... he's a keeper!

Coach Hope at Richardson does a great job! He also coaches the TCL McKinney Marshals.