in Uncategorized by coach mike on
12 Dec 2009
Maybe I have hit on this subject before-but I’m getting old and my memory is not the same as it use to be. Anyway here goes-wait what was I going to hit on???? Just kidding! I went to the basketball game last night to see Salem and Robinson at Robinson. Since TC has been out of HS, I have not been to many out of town games, but I was excited by this one. I had never been in Robinson’s new gym for one thng-plus I knew this was going to be a good game. I got there for the last couple of minutes of the JV game and was it a barn burner! Went down to the last seconds of the game-with the Wildcats pulling it out! I think Caleb Lush made the game winning shot. On the varsity team Robinson has a 7′ kid that has committed to University of Illinois for next season and wanted to watch him play and see how we try to handle him. The game was a hard played, tough game, with a lot of double fouls called- of coarse being on the side of the visitors the officiating didn’t always look that good but-you’re on the road-you shouldn’t except any breaks. Robinson won the game and I was impressed with the big kid-he dribbled the floor a couple of times-had several blocks and threw some down. With all that said I’m finally getting to the point that I want to make. I just don’t understand and I’m just not talking about the Salem fans, I see this at all the games-what right does the fans have to yell and scream, call names at, just be plain rude to the players on the court? The kids are playing a game and playing hard. Yelling at the officials is one thing, maybe even screaming at the coach, but the players? I’m not talking about-”he’s fouling, or he’s walking” I’m talking about rude remarks directed at the player on a personal bases. Watch the game, root for your team and your players, boo the officials, telling the opposing coach to sit and down and quit crying, but leave the players on the court of play alone! Just kids playing a game and doing their best, no reason to rip into them just because they’re wearing a different color uniform.
Just saying!
in Uncategorized by coach mike on
10 Dec 2009
How much is a baseball player worth? The big talk is about Matt Holliday and where will he end up? I’m a big Cardinal fan, so I would like to see him play for St. Louis, but not if it breaks the bank. I think the Cards can field a team that will compete without him. You have 3 All Stars on the team, in Carpenter, Wainwright and of coarse Albert, plus Molina. We just need a another good bat. I really think the whole thing is just a big game-Boras is playing the Cardinals to get more money for his guy and I really think Mozeliak is playing a little bit of a game right back at them. When this all settles Holliday will be a Cardinal. Why would Holliday want to play in the AL, he did not hit very well for the short time he was in Oakland. For what ever reason he is more suited for the NL. I think the whole thing is just one big “card” game and I believe Mozeliak is holding the better hand and will play his “Cards” at the right time and Holliday will be the left fielder for the next several years for the Cardinals.
Back to my world-the world of small stakes and very little money. I had my first recruit come to the college on Wednesday of this week. That was exciting-Toni Huff from Mt. Vernon met me at the campus, I enlisted Josh Thebeau for help with the grand tour, I thought things went very well. Toni would be a great pick up for us, she will fit in with us very well. I hope she thinks the same. I’m going to meet with a male recruit Friday evening, not at the campus but going to his home town to visit. If I can recruit this young man, he will be a big addition to the mens team. This process remains me of the free agent “game” in baseball, I only have so many scholarships to give, so should it be first come? Or can I be patience? Be easy if all the number one runners were coming your way, but they aren’t and they won’t. Be nice to have more than 8 scholarships but I’m sure that is not going to happen with the way money is right down. The state owes the school 2.3 million right now, so the cash flow has to be tight. So we will just do what we can-I’m not limited to 8 runners, I can take walk ons. We can have 15 on each team-some schools can not offer scholarships, so they are all walkons , I guess. Most everyone is finishing up the semester this week, I know a few are struggling, I hope they can pull things out. Later!