A good friend of mine is a high school coach. He told me a story today that is too funny. His best player who was a three year starter that averaged 23 points a game in a time out his senior year stated in the huddle when the coach said we are going 22 defense that they didn't have any player with a number 22. This three year starter didn't know that 22 was a 2 2 1 full court press soft. How would you like trying to make a living when your best scorer after three years didn't know what 22 was?
A Coaching story.
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I hope your friend has another source of income outside of coaching HSBB.
Have you had much exposure to high school kids? Most of them couldn't tell you what day of the week it is without checking their phone.
He doesn't need one he is the only coach to win the Kentucky State finals as a player and a coach at his alma mater. PS this is not class basketball which ruined our tournament.
So you're saying that in all the years that player was there the coach never taught him what 22 was yet expected him to know it? That failure is on your friend, not the player.
You don't understand. The player was very talented but not to bright. Last year he told the kid to inbound the ball and then go to the corner. The player handed the ball to the ref and ran to the corner. The ref said you have got to be shitting me coach. " that is what I have to work with".
Welcome to Motel 6. Would you like room 22?
I guess he didn't do a very good job of coaching defense then. I think that's something a coach should teach his players early.
You miss the point. My guy coaches this everyday but his most prolific scorer can't comprehend. You think my guy can't coach? Buy a pop corn and a coke.
Who cares? It’s a stupid story and probably not true. I hope you and your guy live happily ever after.
Then ignore it. Why the need to be a douchebag about it ? I get the point, I've lived it. There's something not quite right about those of us who made the decision to leave the fate of our jobs in the hands of 16-18 year-old kids (or 18-22 year-olds for that matter).
Why would I dream up a story and post it here? Why would you even think that.
Sounds like your friend isn't a very good coach. He had 3 years to teach him and didn't get it done.
You can't teach anyone something they have no interest in learning. The greatest problem in education today is those outside the profession who think that failure to learn is the fault of the teacher rather than the pupil. Accountability cuts both ways.
True, some kids don't learn because of lousy teaching. But far more often, the kid failing the class is sitting in a room with multiple kids making A's and B's. The kid simply decided not to invest. I had a few shitty teachers and I still learned and made good grades. The same is true for my own kids.
I don't know the player or the situation but I would bet my paycheck that 10 of the kid's teammates knew exactly what "22" defense was. The kid just assumed he could get by on talent and never bothered himself with the mental part of the game. I've had a few of them over the course of my career and those kinds of kids are maddening.
Another possibility is that the kid is just dumber than owl shit. I've had plenty of those over the years as well (both in the classroom and on the basketball court). I can't tell you how many times those of us on the coaching staff have looked at each other after a timeout huddle or coming out of the locker room at the beginning of a game or at halftime and said "you know Jimmy is going to completely f#$k this up, right ?). Nine times out of ten, that's exactly what Jimmy does. Mostly because Jimmy never listens, not because he hasn't been taught.
Just because your guy knows basketball well enough coach it doesn’t automatically make him a good communicator with the imbeciles of life. I blame the coach for assuming too much. He’s lucky it didn’t cost him a game.
Man, this thread has some assholes in it. Jeez guys, if the story isn't interesting to you just leave it alone.
It is evident that there are several in this thread that have never coached a game in there lives. Maybe you could be the next athletic director. Most of you didn't read the part where my friend is the only player and coach to win the Kentucky State tourney without class basketball. Your capacity for astonishment is out standing. Those who think they don't drill the 2 2 1 daily know nothing. Buy a popcorn and a coke.
https://khsaa.org/rip-gene-rhodes-who-won-state-titles-as-player-and-coach/
Is this the guy you keep no-name-dropping...
Those in this thread who don't know high school basketball in Kentucky is terrible...know nothing as well!
So you lied then. He’s not the only guy to win a title as a player and coach.
Wasnt trying to call you out - just found it interesting - and was curious. I figured it would be Henry Clay, a lexington school, or a private school...
here's another exciting story. i had a player who wanted to wear #2. someone was already wearing that number. i gave him #22 instead
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No, those who think high school basketball in Kentucky is terrible are the ones who know nothing. Kentucky has very good high school basketball - both players and coaches. Ky. doesn't produce the number of high-major players as some other states, including Indiana, but that has a lot more to do with the overall population and the low number of urban schools.
Hopefully you were just saying that as a way of needling another poster. If you were serious, the statement is rooted in profound ignorance. Ask any high school coach from Indiana who plays against Kentucky high schools if your statement holds water.
There are a lot of terrible teams and there is little fanfare at many KY gyms.
In JCPS (Louisville) for example - there are a few of the very top public schools that get to recruit the best 8th graders coming in...and those schools generally are very strong.
The rest of the JCPS schools get the leftovers spread between them...and are often very weak. Also, because kids come from all over the place, there is little ‘community pride’ in the school/athletics for many of the schools, leading to playing in empty gyms.
This is the case for all JCPS sports, PRP baseball, Male football, etc based on the HS application process for 8th graders.
I said as a player and coach at his alma mater. Sorry you missed that in reply # 5.
That description also fits IPS and Marion County, Indiana in general. The rural and county schools in Ky. enjoy very similar support to their counterparts in Indiana.
