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Graham laid an egg like they did in Marion last week.   No energy, 6 out the 8 kids have been taking breathing treatments for week and not feeling well.  They seem to go through the motions tonight on nfhs till mid 4th when made a run to cut to 3 after being down 17.  The Disibbio kind needs more time on the floor.  He doesn’t miss many and makes things happen.  

Should be 2 great games Friday night, hopefully Graham doesn’t come out flat and the kids are healthy by end of week

Should be 2 great games Friday night, hopefully Graham doesn’t come out flat and the kids are healthy by end of week

I agree and also apply to even the not so good teams and I apply that to the overwhelming percentage of High School Teams in the United States.  I apply it the overwhelming portion of cheerleading teams and moms across the country.  It's like anything else.  It's good and bad.  It is very good and very helpful to have dads in the community helping out.  The overwhelming portion of them do good things.  At the same time, like anything else, you will have a few bad apples that take it too far and tries to dominate and their kid may end up playing perhaps more than he should.  It happens, but I still think this is largely the exception to the rule.  I think as a state, a country, a region of Virginia, we want and need dads and moms participating early on.  The good of this by far, by far...outweighs the bad in my opinion.  We will hear about the 1 Dad at school A who has far too much influence and his kid probably shouldn't be starting QB or Point Guard or Running Back, etc, but we never talk about the other 9 dads who have just put in the work, helped the program, helped all the kids and not just their son, and volunteered his time after a 40 hour work schedule.  Just my opinions though.  I'm not saying I'm right.  Just giving my perception.
As for the High School Head Coach, I would disagree with you some Duke.  I think it's the same thing as above.  Some do think they are completely entitled or a "genius" as you wrote, but the overwhelming majority of them are not that.  They, by in large are good and decent people without a narcissistic complex just like most of the daddy ball dads and moms who are just trying to do the right thing.  It's the few bad apples that makes the news and message boards.

Those freshmen have a lot of potential.

I think the term “daddy ball” has been glamorized because of the explosion of travel ball.  In the past, AAU ball was an awesome tool to take advanced players and compete against the best.  Now, travel ball is a watered down version of that.  All you need is 7-8 kids, a little money for entry fees, and somebody to coach.  That coach is usually a “daddy” who builds the team so his kid can play.  
 
These parents think playing games is better than practice and that’s just not true.  You learn ball handling fundamentals in practice, you learn shooting form in practice, you learn post moves in practice, you learn how to make the right passes in practice, etc.  Kids who just play games only learn how to play up tempo street ball.  That’s why you don’t see a true point guard or true post player anymore.  Just a lot of shooters and slashers.

I hear the term daddy ball all the time and I don't know exactly what it refers to except that the sons get to do whatever they want and the team suffers. I would point out though that if not for "daddy ball" the vast majority of kids in this area wouldn't touch a basketball until middle school and would be far behind the schools that do have "daddy ball". The best teams in this area have kids that live in the gym all summer, Gate City and Union for example. 
I don't know what bad habits you are referring to either, maybe taking bad shots and turning the ball over too much, this is remedied at the high school level with a little time on the pine.
My point is that this area is all football and baseball, just look at the magazine the BHC puts out for football, then the basketball previews don't come out til the season is 7 or 8 games in.  Until you get some new families moving in here that value basketball and raise basketball players, or there is a huge shift in the mindset of families already here, it is not going to get better. 
We are 6 years post Mac-mania and you would think there would be all sorts of kids coming up that were inspired by him and are ready to play, but that doesn't appear to be the case. 

It doesn't help he's in a relationship with Marions AD. Wouldn't be surprised if that was a factor in the removal. I didn't see it happen, so I can't say anything about it, but both the head coach and the assistant coach having kids on the team may cause tempers to flare more easily. Besides the point, Graham played really bad and Marion were hitting their shots. When Marions on they can be dangerous , but putting them at 3 is a bit far-fetched in my opinion. I would still put Graham and Lebanon over them. VA High is beatable for both these teams with their big guy out, too. Still taking Blue Devils at #1.

Graham beats V-High 58-45 on the road 

He shoved a Graham player at the game Friday. He got a technical not sure why he wasn’t ejected. I would think that would warrant relieved of his duties or a suspension of some sort at the minimum. 

I know Marion beat Graham but I don’t think they’re the third best team. They got boat raced by Lebanon once and made it a closer game the second time. Got beat by ph and beat by v high 3 times.

Crazy! Disibbo has such a smooth release and makes a lot more than he misses. I’m no coach but he’d be my go to in clutch situations. 

Amen!!  They went to a 2-3 zone from what looked on nfhs about 5 minutes to go and Disibbio was subbed out after 6 straight pts!! Took the lead and he never went back in game. 
Team playing zone is what shooters love 

Graham vs Lebanon Tuesday night. Pretty big game in the district 

Graham vs Lebanon Tuesday night. Pretty big game in the district 

Isabelle quit cause of playing time I heard, Floyd had to set 1 game  

1st off I’m a football fan don’t care who actually wins those little awards.  That schedule you mention Palmer does great job of subbing early he isn’t throwing the ball late in games with starters in 

Chill RD, it’s basketball season. We got a freshman with a bright future to watch. 

Keep padding the stats next season on teams with mostly losing records and he might get swd player of year.    

Doesn’t hurt when your coach force feeds kids and clearly values setting records. 

That's what it is there. They tried to recruit him but he turned them down lol

I think the world of you. You know that. But the stats don't lie. I'm not questioning anything you've said. But counting it or not counting it doesn't matter. Nor does excuses made by stu bean. It is fact. If everyone is going to blow it out of proportion everytime something good is done then it's fair game. In my opinion he's not even the best QB in the district. The kid from Lebanon is. I can be proven wrong next week. All he has to do is produce.

Didn’t Graham turn the ball over twice inside the redzone? So they could’ve actually put up 60 points had it not been for those mistakes. I’m not saying Tazewell has a bad team but they’ve only played 3 teams with a winning record and have been outscored 126-13 against those teams.

Sounds like excuses. Let's face it......Tazewell is not at Graham's level. Just say we got beat by a better team. You'll get a little respect that way. You guys don't understand why tazewell gets the hate. It's posts like this. Only tazewell fans can lose by 43 and have the benefit of scoring their only td on a turnover then complain about the interceptions. You know why tazewell lost.....because they are soft. If you don't like it play better.

No parade down Main Street tonight like I said earlier in the week.   Tazewell never crossed the 50 yard line all night.  Regardless of WHO! Playing qb.  Creasy had 3 pics in 1st half lmao!! Not getting those numbers vs the good teams !!