olewave 44 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 One question for Twin Valley and Hurley: Why? By: Jim Sacco January 20, 2011 1:30 AM | 0 Comments | Post a Comment Ugh. Why, Twin Valley and Hurley? Why? What did they do? Well, how about mar a basketball game with 56 team fouls that resulted in six players fouling out – five Twin Valley players – that forced the Panthers to play the final 14 seconds with four on the floor. Read the above graph again. Let it sink in. Four. Players. Done? Good. “We did not discuss being physical,†TV coach Brian Moore told the Bluefield Daily Telegraph. “Our only game plan was to control tempo and try and win a basketball game.†Really, coach? Really? I don’t know many teams that win basketball games by helping turn what should have been a hotly contested Black Diamond District opener into a free-throw shooting contest (the two teams combined for 70) thanks to TV’s 34 fouls. I don’t know many teams that win basketball games with four players either. Just sayin’. Did the Panthers suddenly decide to take matters into their own hands? If so, who’s collecting the coaching stipend? Now Hurley, which has done nothing but win on the road all season long, isn’t totally clean of any fault here. A Rebel got into a first-quarter fracas with a Panther, both got ejected and, to be honest folks, that should have been the end. It’s sports. Emotions run high. Pride’s on the line. Like we said, it’s sports. But it was the Rebels who needed a Sheriff’s escort out of the gym, according to the Daily Telegraph. They also didn’t finish with … say it with me … four players on the court. Two fans were also ejected. OK, that pair shouldn’t be allowed in the gym for the rest of the regular season. Lock the thread. End of discussion. OK, I’d let them in, but they have to sit in a box with “I got kicked out for being a nimrod†written with a Sharpie on their foreheads. Seventy free throws? How long did this game take? It’s not bad enough that schools with one gym host these ludicrous “quads†– first the two JV games then the varsity game back-to-back-to-back-to-back – but then, thanks to Twin Valley’s we-promise-it-wasn’t-our-game-plan foul fest, this debacle gets dragged until well beyond 10 p.m. which means, after a brief team meeting (if they felt safe enough) the Hurley boys get home at, let’s say, midnight. On a school night? Fix this. Fix this now. I’m all for varsity doubleheaders, actually, that’s how the game should be played. A night of basketball. First the girls, then the guys and, maybe, switch it up every now and again with the guys going first. But this four-games-in-one-gym-on-one-night stuff has to stop. Ship the JV teams to the opposite site. I know, that’s just silly. That might get the STUDENT-athletes home and in bed (with their homework done) before midnight. Question for the scheduling “gurus†who came up with this: When was the last time you tried to do homework either A) sitting in a loud bandbox gym or B) on a rickety yellow bus switch-backing up a mountain? We wait patiently for your e-mails. Again. Seventy free throws. At what point do the referees just pick up the ball and go home? Would you have blamed them? Is it OK for them to officiate a game where one team has … again … four players on the floor? Speaking of the postseason (replete with hyperbole): Powell Valley boys hammer Pound 54-26. Rye Cove’s boys lambaste (told you, hyperbole) Ervinton 55-38. Coeburn’s girls whitewash Thomas Walker 61-22. Oh, and Honaker girls obliterate Council 57-15. Now, betcha all those teams on the losing end make it to regionals. Seriously. Way to go Virginia High School League (and by VHSL we mean principals and administrators). Stop. Listening. To. Parents. When. It. Comes. To. The. Postseason. Wait. I think Twin Valley just sent Hurley back to the free-throw line. Cue the Sheriff’s department. Follow Jim Sacco at Twitter @Sacco_BHCSports Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deuceswild 15 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 I thought this was interesting. It's rare to see a published opinion about high school sports. I'm not sure if I like it or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMan 3,569 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 Sounds like he doesn't enjoy physical basketball games, quadrupel-headers, late nights, school bus rides over the mountains, or blowouts... Sorry, dude! But that's what you get sometimes when you cover high school sports. Stop. Crying. About. It. You. Big. Baby. Sacco needs a TO, baby... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widespread_Panic 197 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 What's funny about this story is he's using another newspaper as his source because the Bristol Herald sports writers are too lazy to cover any high school basketball in person. They should shut down their paper and let the Kingsport Times take over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamballer44 10 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 It is absolutely hilarious that they used the BDT as their source. The BHC sports guys are very lazy, except for Tim Hayes and he cant be but at one game at a time. Sacco is a joke. He pissed off a lot of Emory & Henry people for his opinion article on Don Montgomerys decision to drop UVA Wise in football. Sacco continues to make enemies in SWVA. When and IF Sacco ever witnesses a SWVA basketball game in person, he needs to sit in a box with "Im a huge jackass" written in sharpie on his forehead. Roll Tide Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamballer44 10 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 Sacco's Don Montgomery Article http://www2.tricities.com/sports/2011/jan/07/sacco-wasps-such-buzzkill-ar-758606/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deuceswild 15 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 Roll Tide LMAO. And agreed. I like the idea of an opinions column..but his tone is way off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMan 3,569 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 Tweeted him the link to this thread...lets see if he responds... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hacker 82 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 Personally, I love the quads that happen between the Tazewell Co. schools. They schedule them on Fridays so they don't affect school. Parents with son and daughters aren't forced to choose whose game they go to. Another thing that happens is the excitement builds from the JV girls and boys game all the way through the boys varsity night-cap. I will make 3 or 4 of these a year. As for Sacco, his rant would have been better if he had seen the game in person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kentucky 10 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 Richlands had a quad scheduled on Wed. Jan 12 at Richlands with Twin Valley . Because of snow, it was postponed and rescheduled for Sat. Jan 29. Which is better anyway since Fridays are filled. The first game started at 4:30 and the last game time was scheduled to start at 9pm on the 12th. Pretty late for a school night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebel1 35 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 Roll tide Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcdevils47 10 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 Roll Tide lmfao. that is the best quote to say after anything and everything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hacker 82 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 War Eagle. Stir a little stink. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coonhunter25 10 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 Sacco's article is in very many ways inaccurate about the whole situation. I am not defending either side of the matter but both sides are EVENLY to blame and BOTH articles done by the BHC and the BDT depicted Twin Valley as the lone party to blame and those kids came out playing with heart and determination against a rival. Im not saying all that happened was right, I'm just saying that seeing a good physical basketball game, even if it gets heated, is way better than watching two teams stand around playing grab ass all night long. The opinions article is a big thumbs up, but they dont need Mr. 'Ball' Sacco writing it. Roll Tide Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSocko 136 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 Sacco needs a kick in the sacko. Why does he even care, BHC doesn't even deliver in Buchanan Co. and usually don't cover many teams past Lebanon. Sacco is a poser, he thinks he is Jim Rome. Roll Tide! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMan 3,569 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 Jim Rome sucks...Roll Tide...hey, when talking about Rome...no, wait...that's, when in Rome...eh, nevermind... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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