realgreggym

I'm obviously the better looking one.

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.

How do you know that. Were you at practice every day? If I remember, Abe didn't start coaching Junior until his 3rd year.

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.

And he still knows more about hoops than you.

He wasn't recruited by Abe.

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.

I am more concerned about how our coaches rank the young men than the services.

I hope you're right.

Welcome to the Longhorn Basketball Family. Work hard, study hard and have a great time on the 40.

I hope you're right about Collins. That would be huge.

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.

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.

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.

These are all good ideas but many of them are feel good ideas. The way that things begin to change is by actual substance. For example, both schools can designate several inner city schools for this program. Depending on the sport, here is what you do. You get an athlete from each school as a tag team in a class. Say you have a scholarship athlete from both schools teach a class for as much of the semester as their sport will allow. So player x from UT and player z from HT will teach say a 5th grade class every Tuesday from 1-2. They can talk about whatever subjects they like, successful black businessmen, a great politician like Barbara Jordan, a black supreme court justice, the importance of getting a college education, etc. Player b from UT and player d from HT may wind up teaching an 8th grade class from 2-3 every Thursday and can choose whatever topics they think appropriate. Now you have athletes from both school teaching 50.100, 200 etc. classes in the inner city. Now you start making real change and you expand from there.

Doesn't seem to bother the Klingons.

Cherry pick? You're an idiot. It was the little t shirt guy who cherry picked. Why didn't he pick Danny Manning? Why didn't he pick 100s of other coaches. This post is typical gooey crap. Its nothing but a weak cheap shot and nothing more. Just like his idiot post on why a true freshman didn't play early in his freshman season. There could be numerous reasons why he didn't get early playing time but the idiot just wanted to take another cheap shot. And I will stoop done to your idiot level for just a few seconds. I could say the same thing. How do you know that Coach Smart wouldn't have had at least the same success with Roy's roster. You can't. Get off your high. horse

Well, perhaps the Oscar Meyer Weiner mobile would have been more appropriate. Aggy do love their wieners.

Point well taken.

Maybe they shouldn't have bought him an early 80s model.

I will tell you in 2 or 3 years from now.

I would like to be at practice when he tries some of that on Jericho, Royce or Kai. I suspect there will be some battles when practice starts.

I don't care who you chose. Carolina was under .500 this year. Blue blood Carolina. A few years ago, Calipari was preseason 1, had the number 1 recruiting class, the first 2 picks in the NBA draft and if I remember correctly, didn't make the playoffs. You have no idea what any other coach would do. This is all about your talking trash because you still haven't gotten over the fact that Coach Barnes isn't here. Take your nonsense to someone that believes your hot air.

Maybe Roy should try reaching .500 with his squad before coaching ours.

Being a highly ranked young man is no guarantee of success. Going to college gives a young man a chance to step up to better competition than high school. It seems from a list of the top 10, all but one choses college but that list could be outdated.