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Post by sunofabuck on Nov 6, 2023 18:44:12 GMT -5
For those that only get info here, The Westwood Lady Cats are done for the Season!! No varsity only middle school girls. No B-Team, only middle school girls. Short night and I wonder what non region schools will be dropping WW due to only one game being played.
Buck thoughts and reasons to follow very soon but you guys can get a head start
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Post by sthrndawg on Nov 6, 2023 20:31:00 GMT -5
Wow. Hate to see that Buck. Hopefully it can bounce back soon.
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Post by sheriff45 on Nov 7, 2023 8:42:17 GMT -5
That is awful news!
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Post by eyesbehindtheplate on Nov 7, 2023 15:55:09 GMT -5
Hate to see that
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Post by fan81 on Nov 7, 2023 21:34:04 GMT -5
it was going to be a problem and it was evident years ago. this is happening at WW in all sports - it has to do with fewer students in the HS bldg. on down into MS and even upper elem. Low numbers = fewer students available to play sports, cheer, literary/one act, clubs .....
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Post by eyesbehindtheplate on Nov 8, 2023 14:25:04 GMT -5
Is the school in danger of potentially closing?
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Post by fullhouse on Nov 8, 2023 21:26:18 GMT -5
For those that only get info here, The Westwood Lady Cats are done for the Season!! No varsity only middle school girls. No B-Team, only middle school girls. Short night and I wonder what non region schools will be dropping WW due to only one game being played. Buck thoughts and reasons to follow very soon but you guys can get a head start Wow are you serious?? I go missing for a few weeks and come back and you have shut down the store... say it ain't so Buck
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Post by taefan1 on Nov 9, 2023 23:22:32 GMT -5
Is this truly just a numbers thing, or is it a culture thing? I know there were many Harris supporters, but I have to think the school/parents let that man kill your program.
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Post by fan81 on Nov 10, 2023 13:16:55 GMT -5
numbers for sure. but you can not forsake the ms, jr pro and elementary programs and expect even the few female students to care about the game if they are not taught. harris was hired to be the varsity coach and that is what he did. he had a full time job and was not paid or expected to run the basketball program like coaches smith were asked to do. his focus thus was on winning in the present with no regard to the future - that was and is on the admin/board that made that decision and still to this day have not adequately addressed it. it is easy to throw stones at harris and say this was his doing but you can not fault him for his actions when he did what he was hired to do and he did it without breaking any gisa/giaa rules.
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Post by sunofabuck on Nov 10, 2023 16:20:04 GMT -5
Harris might not have mixed the kool aid. There were certain parents/board members that said oohhh yeah and ran through the wall with pitcher in hand. It was a surprise when gordy walked onto fuller street and took over the boys. if not for gordy, neither team would be on the court. i doubt anyone will accept responsibility for allow no one to take over jr. pro and middle school. parent here, parent there, nobody cared. Well who is caring now? nobody. cant fix stupid decisions by parents/board that only wants their child's sport to excel. tennis will be going downhill next.
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Post by taefan1 on Nov 10, 2023 22:24:02 GMT -5
and he did it without breaking any gisa/giaa rules. Really? This man is literally under GBI investigation. . . Not developing a jr pro or middle school program may not have broken any GIAA/GISA rules, but come on. Those rules mean nothing when you put it all in perspective. I am soooo sad do any of the girls/boys affected by his actions, and I hate to see a school with such a proud girls basketball legacy unable to put together a team.
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Post by fan81 on Nov 10, 2023 23:23:11 GMT -5
the decline of the elem, jr pro & ms teams are on the admin & board for hiring a non faculty HC that has to do his real job 40 hrs a week. once that stopped so stopped the development of students in those grades. ww should have hired an elemetary or ms pe teacher with a strong background in teaching basketball fundamentals along with harris. lady cats would not be in the mess they are in now.
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Post by sunofabuck on Nov 17, 2023 18:57:43 GMT -5
Board knew but just wanted to win right then not consistently. harris rode the coattails then brought in what he needed. no oversight
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Post by fullhouse on Nov 18, 2023 12:44:38 GMT -5
I saw the Jr Pro team play this season, they have some talent and potential, so someone is trying to do something with them. The young lady coaching them when I saw them at Brookwood seems passionate and knowledgeable.
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Post by fan81 on Nov 18, 2023 13:03:05 GMT -5
2 former players are giving of there time. this is a band aid effort but appreciated by ww parents. at some point ww must address the fact that the lack of full time staff/coaches creates a lack of continuity from season to season, the loss of player development and daddy/mommy ball
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