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  1. saw a blurb on rameybasketball about an injury to Femi. Any word? details?
  2. Maybe. Or if they show up with only 5, they may have to play the nuns. Man, I crack myself up. Usually, independent teams have to play prep schools, jucos and barber colleges to get games. Many State associations want let them play member schools.
  3. What luck! looks like they play in St. Louis Friday. Let's all go and see these five players do their thing. http://www.milestonebulldogs.com/page2.html
  4. The big fella will be in action at UMSL @ 2pm next Saturday. I'm giving out job assignments. We need someone to start the thread and update us on his performance. I saw clips of their opponent on the site below. Looks like they are loaded, so it should be a good test. Not sure what Reed's team looks like. www.midwestshowdownshootout.com
  5. Could it be East of Central West End, MO and Southeast of North St. Louis, MO? Smart a*ses. "Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought him back" Hang Time Official sponsor of He-Man Moron Haters, Inc.
  6. Thanks for the insight Insider. My point is that I would have preferred to sit all day on my big a*! and watch them play in the same venue.
  7. Good thing Ramey decided to put one together this year. Impeccable timing. Hope it goes off without a hitch. What have you heard about the all of the StL transfers that are coming back to play in it? Swopshire, Anderson and V- kids? Too bad Ramey couldn't p/u a second day and add some of the teams left out on a limb. I would've liked to see, Booker, Griffey, Roundtree and the rest all in one weekend.
  8. Yep, assumed that they would list the high school he finished with along with the city of residence at that time.
  9. The discrepancy between the high school listed and the hometown? http://www.sfccmo.edu/pages/466.asp?PlayerID=30
  10. This is a bit out of my range of information, but as I understand, he served briefly as prinicpal. However, for the period in question, he was the District AD. I have no stake in the matter except my concern for the students who we agree have been cheated of an appropriate education and college preparation. However, it seems odd that a coach is held (mostly) responsible for a system that is obviously broken. An objective analysis would question the progress of student athletes for all sports in the city. Can any of these coaches truly be trusted? Are have most of them done the impossible. Oops, news bulletin a Suburban North school was dismissed early because a gun was found in the possession of a student. I digress . . . Were the graduation rates of these student athletes really greater than the general student body or was trickery afoot. Have you noticed that very few of these kids are ineligible during the season in schools that have the State's highest dropout rates. As some of you stated, you don't really care about all St. Louis kids. Your interest is in St. Louis Univ hoops. In fact, you could care less about Floyd except that he won games. In my opinion, I still here heresay evidence of his wrongdoing related to academics. The real issue here is fair sportsmanship. You want him punished for cheating on the court. Apparently, its in the works. Academically, the facts show that most of his basketball players were given a better chance at a higher education than the rest of the student body. The part about sending kids back to there proper school is a joke. No coach is going to force a stud player to leave their school. The only exception is if they think they may get caught. If you say otherwise, you're lying. And don't tell me about the one anointed saint that you know. Because in your prior statement, you prove my point by doing so . . . you speak of yourself, the coach and the student-athlete. I would safely assume that if the coach didn't promote proper values to your child that you would move your daughter to a new program or have the coach removed. It is your involvement that serves as a sort of checks and balances to the power of a coach.
  11. Can't argue with that. I can only debate the facts that I am aware of. I have always seen his kids act maturely on the court. I had no evidence of the other details you mentioned. Where did it read that he allowed players to skip class? Also, who approved their graduation and grades if they didn't attend classes. If this is the case, then, the teachers, parents and others are also culpable. How the heck do you not know are care about what's going on with your kid? If basketball is important to my kid, then, you'd best believe that I will be there every step of the way to see how they spend their time in the sport and what s being told to them by adults that interact with them through sports. Dios Mio
  12. I think that you give to much power to a coach. A coach is only part of the formula for a student-athlete's development. Outside of skill development and sportsmanship, the larger part of a child's mental well-being is established at home and in the classroom. If parents turned their kids over to a coach then their foolish. Additionally, the research showed that the kids, not only from Vashon, but from all of the city schools never appeared in college. They went from a partial high school tenure to the streets. We celebrate the accomplishments of people like, Coach Carter and Joe Clark because they are the exception and not the rule. Coaches cannot solve the social and environmental problems that have afflicted our children. It's wonderful that some coaches can make these enormous sacrifices, but the fact that we celebrate these individuals demonstrates the rareness of their actions. Most of us would not be able to committ the resources needed to transform the lives of these kids that come to school with so many issues.
  13. One of us is a lie. The good thing is that there is a wealth of public information from folks much closer to the issue than us. We are discussing data that's readily available to the public. First off, I challenge you to present recent evidence of all of these academic honors for suburban north schools. Here's a little something to get you started. hazelwood — Citing fear of gang violence, Hazelwood school officials have canceled a homecoming bonfire and pep rally that was to be held tonight at ... http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stor...0B?OpenDocument Officials differ on area's level of gang activity http://northcountyjournal.stltoday.com/art..._wolf_1.ii1.txt (Be sure to read the teacher's commentary at the bottom of the page) Check out the Hazelwood East falling graduation rate, rising dropout rate, over 3/4 of the juniors were below proficient in communication arts and 90% of sophomores were below proficiency in mathematics. http://dese.mo.gov/planning/profile/buildi...0960881060.html Come on lets talk about it. I may talk out of my a** but your obviously the one full of sh*!. Would you like me to pull up data on Normandy, Central, McCluer and McCluer North as well? Hang Time Official sponsor of He-Man Moron Haters, Inc.
  14. Yep, seems like some folks did do just about anything to get their kids out and people faulted them for that as well. According to the Post, parents begged neighboring districts to take their kids. County districts locked them out, so some parents opted to send their kids to the KC school. Instead of being applauded, in typical moron fashion, St. Louis hoop fans began their verbal assault. I agree, it would be insulting to one's intelligence to justify a move to a city school as being a step up academically. In fact, the Suburban North schools, in many cases, are not far behind. Despite all of this, one thing is apparent, good parenting can overcome a host of obstacles, that's why a young men like Dwayne and Jimmy continue to experience success at life despite coming out of the SLPS. Hang Time Official sponsor of He-Man Moron Haters, Inc.
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