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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"What you have to do is direct everyone's efforts toward being sure those kids help the high school win in 8 or 10 years. That means learning to win now and shaping the team to develop their talents. "

Because if the high school loses what exactly happens? There is an obesity epidemic because of children dropping out of sports due to coaches like you who only focus on the best kids. That is a national issue. Whether a high school team wins or loses is not a national issue or even a local one.[/quote]

It's a pretty huge issue where I live. Just the other day the old-timers at the bar had a 45-minute debate over whether John Yates should have gone to the 4-corners against Martinsville from the get-go in the '76 state championship (which Martinsville won by 8 with a score in the low 60s). Of course, you were probably playing NBA 15 on PlayStation rather than appreciating the history of the game.

It's also a pretty huge issue to college basketball recruiters. A lot more kids are getting scholarship money to play basketball then they are to "fight obesity".

Plus, there's nothing stopping these other kids from skipping that fourth cheeseburger at McD's after school, or saying "you know what, I think I'll have some vitamin water rather than the Big Gulp". But, you know, it's not trophies for participation that lead to failure--it's coaches like me who push kids to get better and to support the stars. Got it -- loser.[/quote]

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