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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well the 7/8 girls team is pretty dominant and the 6th grade girls season hasn't started yet, so perhaps the comment on the talent pool wasn't referring to the score of the games. Or it was just a random comment not based on anything real. [/quote]

PP is a bitter parent of a kid that didn’t make the team. 7/8 boys beat Brookland 71-59 and 6th grade boys beat Raymond (a 7/8 grade team) 43-24. They both played very well with only 1 practice before game. [/quote]

I made the comment and not a bitter parent. My child doenst play basketball but children of friends do. Yes, the 7/8th team won but, i saw kids who could barely dribble and rebound. Strong AAU players didnt make the team. [/quote]

Kids who are still in the developmental stage of mastering the fundamentals were chosen on kids who have played on the AAU circuit since elementary school. Deal will eventually play schools on the other side of town with kids who are reclasses and have a long resume of basketball. From what i saw 4 players will need to carry the rest of the team. [/quote]

That’s how it works in b-ball. I call total BS that strong AAU players didn’t make it. Maybe developmental type AAU teams. Not serious AAU players. I know the kids on both sides. I saw part of a tryout day. There is not ONE strong player (starting quality) that got cut and that’s a fact. It’s not about fancy dribbling for 3-4 players on the court. I can tell you don’t really know basketball and rely on fancy dribbling to sway your impression of what’s “good”.[/quote]

Agree, and sometimes kids are chosen for athleticism and potential as well. That happened with one of my kids at a different middle school. He is extremely quick and aggressive and very fit from his years of soccer. He made his middle school team over some less athletic AAU kids despite only ever having played rec and pick up.  After the coach announced the final roster, he took my son aside and asked if he had actually ever played basketball before.  Often there are bench players who fall into this “project” category. [/quote]

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