Bball_Fan

100 % agreed

McAmis Jr. is not even the best player on that team,  he is not even all district in my opinion but he will beat out Elijah will not get his due because Jr is the coach's son

It’s good that he is gone, he hung a black cloud over the central program by his comments and his actions! Heaping praise on his son while never mentioning the quality players around him. Sad that the apple didn’t fall far from the tree, son is a good player with the same all about me bad attitude ! The dislike for them in the area was evident at GC last night, every fan base there cheered for Union ! McAim created his own monster, sad !

I doubt Stevie Niece would take the job, I think I he will be gone when McAmis is gone! I had heard last year that Stevie was not even coaching this year, but the Seniors of the team talked him to finish out with them! I could be wrong, but like stated above, I would hate to be taking over that program right now!

I agree Hokie101, Dean has improved his game as far as driving to the basket and finishing.  He also made a lot of good passes that lead to easy points for GC.  Dean is definitely a game changer.
Not sure that Central would of won if they would of stayed in the 2-3 zone but I definitely think the game would of been much closer, and I think everybody else agrees with me as well.

Great game.  It lived up to the hype in my opinion.  Dean was on fire at the start.  He’s known for his range but I don’t think he gets enough credit on his driving and being able to absorb the contact and still finish.  He’s a tough kid.  When Central went to zone it definitely played to their favor.  It slowed GC’s offense down and kept the game close.  I was surprised, like some of you all, that they never went back to it.  I don’t know why they didn’t .  Mack and Starnes did a great job slowing McAmis.  That’s a tough duo to have to deal with for an entire game.  Central definitely played like a team under more pressure than GC.

Supposedly the second T was for him throwing an intentional elbow

Or maybe he cheap shotted another kid like he did last year. He had no consequences last time so why would he think any different this time

They still are. They’ve already won at Lee and at Union and have played at GC. 

Bottom line and the folks from Wise get their panties in a wad when I talk about mediocre coaching on the boys side although the record speaks for itself. The cold,hard truth is you give Scotty 5 seniors to put on the floor and GC beats everybody in the distric by 20+ and plays for the state title. I knew Central was in trouble when they barely scraped by the youngest Union squad I've seen. There's only one excuse for this Warrior team to not sail through the distric. we know what it is:)

The tale of two halves was the theme last night.  Wise was hitting their shots and playing good defense in the 1st half and then GC flipped the switch in the 2nd half and took it to them.  Wise definitely only had the two scoring threats on offense.  I read the coaches quote about the physical play but that’s how SWVA basketball is played.  It’s always very physical, especially between these two teams.  I thought it was a clean game from both sides though, not like in games past.  McAmis can create his own shot and they were falling up until a few minutes into the 2nd half.  A lot of that can be credited to the defense played on him.  Hayes, I felt like could have been used more on offense.  He was good at driving to the paint and getting a good look.
GC looked too passive all night to me.  Of the games I’ve seen this year they were looking to get the ball to Dean more so then they usually have.  He came through hitting big shot after big shot but he’ll have to get more help on that side of the ball going down the stretch.  The rematch in Wise will be a classic I’m sure as well as the district championship, barring anything crazy happening.   If Wise beats GC next time and they finish tied do they have a playoff game to determine the winner or how do they determine that?

Hayes.  By far the best basketball player on wise’s team.  Hate it for him.  Go ahead and give dean player of the year for m7.  Why didn’t tj let the prodigal son guard him ?

Central definitely has the components to beat Gate City.
With that being said, I'm not usually one to be critical but the rest of that mess makes it appear that you're on acid.

Central is a much better team than what was displayed against RV Tuesday.  Hayes in most ways is a better player than Isaiah BUT when Hayes is taken completely out of his game as far as his drive and attack game and rebounding game by McAmis so that Isaiah can look like the better player on the court I think Central will continue to struggle. Again, it goes back to there is NO I in TEAM it takes every player on the court to win a game and everyone using their own strengths to help that team!! I think Central will come out ready to hopefully play the game that people got used to seeing and hearing about them playing in the Arby’s Classic. 

I’m a Blue Devil fan but I admit. When I read this, I felt totally sorry for the Warrior team “who was very disappointing”.  Well, all the Warrior players who didn’t play to win that is “except Isaiah who played to win”. I’m sure they really all showed up and said “you know I really want to go out there and play like %#*% tonight. How about we all go do that?  But let’s not tell Isaiah. We want him to look better than all of us like his dad wants him to every night.”  
What kind of a coach distinguishes one player over the whole team?  A Central team of course. I have heard that the Hayes kid looks way more like a player than Isaiah ever does at times. Mainly because he is just mentally tougher. When times get tough for Isaiah he will look over at the bench looking for help.  Hayes just fights and plays through the toughness.  If that’s the case I know who to take every second. 
And if the Central team was that disappointing, except Isaiah, maybe they need to just all go sit down and let the prophet TJ McAmis and his son from on high  who sits at his right hand see how he does on the court by himself. I’m pretty sure that wouldn’t be a pretty picture. Unless he is changing water bottles into wine and making the Central crowd drunk (which is a real possibility the way they act), that’s probably the only miracle you would see. 
Heard he has a daughter coming up on the JV that is a pretty good player as well.  What’s next on his bucket list trying to take Robin Dotson’s position as Warriors girls coach after his son graduates so he can tell the paper how bad all the other girls are on her team and how they don’t play with heart and passion like his kid?  
Stay tumed!

 

I didn't see TJs quote first and thought you guys were upset with the RV coach and his quote, which I thought was reasonable and innocuous. But now I see TJs quote and yeah it's a bad look. It wouldn't look as bad if he wasn't taking about his son, that adds an extra layer and makes it sound worse. 
giving him the benefit of the doubt, maybe only Isaiah was playing with intensity and focus throughout the game? I've seen games where other players can not be as intense and ready to go as a star player, so maybe he was just saying the rest of the team needs to match Isaiahs intensity. 
 
And as everyone knows, I'm far from a McAmis fan haha so even giving him the benefit of the doubt makes me need a shower.

I am really interested to see how this team responds Friday night at Union. For the teams sake I hope they come out and have a better focus, intensity, heart, and will to win that they lacked against Ridgeview. 
I am not downing anybody in this post at all, Isaiah is an excellent ball player, and has a ton of upside to him, but he is not the player he is without his teammates, and I will say that and stand behind it through and through!!

Alot of stuff done during a game dont show up in the stat sheet. I didnt go to the game lastnight, but I did listen in here and there.
I heard the announcers talking about Brickey leading the team in taking charges!!! That dont show up in a stat line, but is big and helpful to the team! Just like disruptive defense, deflecting passes, altering shots........

I agree with you #BBN 100%. There is definitely no I in TEAM but you would never know that from the stats of last nights game. 
 
I was also very disappointed in what McAmis put in the paper about the team minus 1!! 
He has a great team this year that could go farther than in the past two years but if the McAmis’ don’t quit playing (trying to play) a one person game it will not happen. 

What about the other players on the team, that played defense, dished out assist, crashed the boards and pulled down rebounds???  If you take those playing defense, dishing out assist, and pulling down rebounds, do you still win the ballgame? I don't think so, there is no I in TEAM, but with those statements it makes you wonder how the head coach feels about his team!! Am I the only one that thinks this statement to the paper could cause some problems inside the team?
Everybody knows that McAmis and Hayes are your dominant scorers, but there is more to basketball than just scoring 43 points in a game...........
I am pretty sure that the rest of the players on the team, wanted to win just as much as the next........I don't see how you question a kids heart and passion when they give so much time to the team, and still fought to win the game.
How does everyone else feel about this?

Remind me again which team had a player send another player to the hospital with a cheap shot and then didn’t discipline him? 

So assault is cool as long as someone else starts it...good to know. Oh and Wise suspended the kid that put McClung in the wall...what did GC do to their player? 

From what I am hearing from other people not to mention what I have seen so far from the Blue Devils.  Then watching Central in the Arby’s Classic, this is my Mountain 7 District regular season prediction. Right now, I believe this is pretty on point. 
 
Prediction - Final Regular Season Standings 
Wise Central 12-0
Gate City.  8-4 (Central 2, at Union 1, at Lee 1)
Union  8-4 (Central 2, at GC 1, at Lee 1)
Lee.    8-4 (Central 2, at GC 1, at Union 1)
Abingdon.      
Ridgeview    
John Battle  
 
Mountain 7 Tournament  Semifinals 
 1) Wise Central  vs.  4) Union
2) Lee vs  3) Gate City 
 
Mountain 7 District Finals
1) Wise Central vs  3) Gate City
 
Regular Season and Tournament Champions
Wise Central  - 1 seed
2 seed - Gate City
3 seed - Lee
4 seed - Union
 
Southwest District   
1. Graham
2. Virginia High
3. Tazewell
4. Richlands
 
Region D Tournamemt Quarterfinals
1 Wise Central vs 4 Richlands
2 Gate City vs 3 Tazewell
3 Lee vs 2 Virginia High
4 Union vs 1 Graham    
 
Region D Semifinals 
1 Wise Central vs 1 Graham
2 Gate City vs 3 Lee
 
Region D Finals
1 Wise Central vs 2 Gate City
 
Champions
Wise Central
 

Central beat John Battle 60-44, Behind a big game from Elijah Hayes with 23, the rest of the scoring was McCamis with 21, Bishop with 7, Allison with 5, and Trey Mullins with 4 points.
Central girls also won but not sure on the final score of that game.
Centrals Boys and Girls travel to Orlando today to start playing in the KSA Holiday tournament tomorrow on 12/19/19.
 
I heard the game at Gate City was pretty rough last night..........seems like it is going to be that way throughout the M7 this year, hopefully nothing crazy happens.

I’ve never understood all that school transfer stuff. How can kids not be loyal to the school they grew up in?  That’s hard for me to comprehend.  We don’t have very much of that in this part of the region in football, anyways. Sometimes in basketball, but its mostly the parents, not the kids. And how many of these transfers go D1 anyway?  Seems like a lot of unnecessary drama to me but I may be missing something. And as far as Burton, they should be happy with what they did this year, especially with all that off field stuff at the beginning of the season.  Their coaching came along way from game 2 to the playoffs and so did their team.  I’d be proud to have my kid on that team.