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realgreggym

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  1. I believe that the founder and CEO is Carlton Cooper, a member of the Longhorn Basketball Family. Great job and best wishes for much future success.
  2. You want as many fans as possible as close to the floor so I think that this shows much promise. Should make for a great home court.
  3. Outstanding! Welcome to the Longhorn basketball family. Work hard on the court, study hard off the court and have a great time here.
  4. Come to the 40 ready to work hard on and off the court and you will have a great foundation for the rest of your life. Welcome to the Family.
  5. I have no idea what this means but I like your previous post. Any updates on Collins or do you think thats a done deal.
  6. Welcome to the Longhorn Basketball Family. Work hard on the court. Study hard off the court and you will have the foundation for a great life.
  7. That makes sense. Thanks for responding.
  8. Burt, got a question for you. A lot of posters for whatever reason tend to down play some recruits before they even get to school. We took a 3 star running back a few years ago that many thought would be a wasted scholarship and he turned out ok. I am speaking in general terms here but why do some posters discount Brooks or did I miss read your comment. Not being rude because I like your posts but is it because the coaches might have panicked and took him or maybe he is just under the radar. Just curious. Thanks.
  9. I am still the better looking one although I am not sure which one that is.
  10. I believe that Abe showed up after that season, Junior's soph season was over. I never said that he was a finished product when he arrived but to discount his first 2 years of development was inaccurate.
  11. I'm obviously the better looking one.
  12. All that you have been doing since you started posting here is crowing about all the players you know, etc. You even did so earlier today. Big deal. That doesn't mean crap. I was friends with Dr Cooley but that doesn't mean I know heart surgery. I know more players than you do and you know what I call them? I call them fellow teammates. And as far as stating an opinion, you have yet to learn that your opinion isn't a fact and that a differing of an opinion from yours doesn't mean that the other poster is wrong. Maybe you'll figure that out one day. And btw, I am about 90% sure that I know who your Dad is and if I am right, your Dad had interviewed me when he was a member of the Austin sports media.
  13. How do you know that. Were you at practice every day? If I remember, Abe didn't start coaching Junior until his 3rd year.
  14. I was referring to the fact that as long as Abe has been gone, he still knows more than you. BTW, just because you know peolpe doesn't mean that you have a clue about hoops.
  15. And he still knows more about hoops than you.
  16. He wasn't recruited by Abe.
  17. Guys, the all time assists per game leader playing at least 200 games for the Spurs would have been a 2 star if there were ratings back then. There are plenty of under the radar kids that once they get good coaching and in a good strength program can blow up big time. Its not always about how many stars and what offers a young man has. Some kids mature faster than others and a good coach can spot those kids. Let see what some of these kids do once they get on campus.
  18. I am more concerned about how our coaches rank the young men than the services.
  19. Welcome to the Longhorn Basketball Family. Work hard, study hard and have a great time on the 40.
  20. I hope you're right about Collins. That would be huge.
  21. The kids were the ones that talked about outreach and this is one way to do so. We're talking about maybe an hour a week in the spring semester. I will tell you what I've done in the past and then you can tell what you've done. When I was in school, I had several black teammates and we all got along great. The black kids that went to good schools like mine did fine in class. The kids that went to inner city schools or small town schools with little resources struggled and ultimately had to leave school. That was upsetting to me because those kids worked hard but were not adequately prepared for college through no fault of their own. I decided that when I got out of school, I would do whatever I could to help if I saw an opportunity to do so. In 1980, I was 26, single and self employed but saw an opportunity to go teach in the inner city and I jumped on it. I was a non paid volunteer so whenever I was in class, I wasn't earning a living but this was important enough that I was willing to make the sacrifice. I taught 4th and 8th grade minority kids. I would be the class instructor every Friday morning and usually taught 3 classes a semester. So the kids would have their regular teacher Monday thru Thursday and I was their teacher evert Friday. I did this for 40 straight semesters. That's 20 straight years. It cost me somewhere between 500k-750k of my time and money. With the help of others, we helped put many black and illegal Mexican kids through college . I also helped raise money and taught roughly 100 training classes to get more volunteers to teach. I wish that I could have done more for these kids because back then as today, very few give a damn about them. Randolph, let's hear what you've done. The purpose of my comments are due to the fact that the football players wanted outreach to the inner city and this is one way that they can do so. If they believe that inner city out reach is important, quit talking about it and go do something about it. Talk is cheap.
  22. You're completely missing the point. You're not having 18 year olds teaching calculus, quantum physics or modern portfolio theory. Let those 18 year olds study black history and go talk to the kids. Teach them about successful black businessmen and women and if they stay in school, maybe they can be successful and make a positive impact on their communities. No one other than you is talking about social engineering. The kids are talking about outreach to the inner cities and this may be one way to do so.
  23. I would let the players decide if its mandatory. Personally I wouldn't make this mandatory but if the players want change instead of just talking, this is their chance to prove it. They want change. Here is one way to show actions speak louder than words. You can make a lot of money catching a bass and making donuts. Also, maybe the athletic dept. takes a sum of money and puts it aside for non athletic scholarships. Maybe each athletic team gets a specific number of scholarship slots and minority kids can apply for those scholarships and it has nothing to do with athletics. Each team can pick a committee to decide who can get one of those scholarships. For example, say there is an inner city kid that has average grades but an amazing talent for art. Maybe one of the teams gives him a scholarship. Maybe another inner city child also has average grades but when she speaks, you think that you're listening to a young Barbara Jordan. Get her into school and polish that diamond. Let the athletes start making some of these decisions. Maybe each team can have an hour each week in a classroom to talk about former great athletes regardless of color from their teams in the past. For example, I wonder how many of the basketball kids know that Dr. Denton Cooley was probably one of the 3 best heart surgeons in the history of medicine. I believe that there is a black judge whose last name is Jefferson who played football in the early years and of course, Barbara Jordan. There are a lot of things that you can do besides tearing down statutes which is stupid to begin with.
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