Anonymous wrote:Watched the Deal game yesterday and wow has the talent pool taken a deep dive. I have plenty of friends kids that were cut that can play ten times better than majority of kids on the team. Deal has always been known to be highly competitive but that era has ended with the bad decisions of this coach.

I'm pretty sure that this parent knows nothing about basketball, or they would have more objective criteria for why they think kids who were cut should not have been. If they had said "I know 10 kids who started for TTO teams that won X, Y and Z tournaments" that might have some credibility. Seeing your kid's friends play on the playground doesn't tell you anything.

Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

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Anonymous wrote:With 19 and so many students cut (it’s a huge school) why don’t they have two teams?

There is a pretty big talent gap between top 20 kids and the rest of the kids. You could create a “B” team, but they’d likely lose most games which could be demoralizing.

Says who?

+1 Losing isn't demoralizing. Not getting to play at all is demoralizing.

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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.

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Anonymous wrote:With 19 and so many students cut (it’s a huge school) why don’t they have two teams?

There is a pretty big talent gap between top 20 kids and the rest of the kids. You could create a “B” team, but they’d likely lose most games which could be demoralizing.

Says who?

+1 Losing isn't demoralizing. Not getting to play at all is demoralizing.

Anonymous wrote:Which team ... 6th grade team or 7/8th team? boys or girls?

Must be talking about the girls because the 7/8 boys played on Monday and the 6th grade played at Oyster, they beat Raymond by 20+ points.

Which team ... 6th grade team or 7/8th team? boys or girls?

Watched the Deal game yesterday and wow has the talent pool taken a deep dive. I have plenty of friends kids that were cut that can play ten times better than majority of kids on the team. Deal has always been known to be highly competitive but that era has ended with the bad decisions of this coach.

Good lord. The whining from the parents! Tell your kid to join ultimate frisbee.

Well, if your child did or did not make the team, he or she should still support as much as possible. #schoolspirit

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Anonymous wrote:DCIAA won't allow them to have two teams in the same league. That's why they at least have a 6th grade team (that competes in the Education Campus League) and the 7/8 grade team (that competes in the Middle School League).

And they shouldn't. If playing for a MS basketball team is that important to someone they can lottery for another school where there will be less competition.

What child doesn’t want to represent their school? Wether it’s sports, debate or whatever. PP must have a child that’s not engaged in extra curricular activities at school.

Plenty of ways to be engaged in an extra curricular activity. But the child may need to be flexible about which activity they are in. Not eveyrone can play basketball, but everyone can join something.

If BASKETBALL in particular is the be all end all for any particular child, knowing the size of Deal, and the size of a basketball roster, they should consider another MS so they could get the playing time needed to be competitive for a Wilson team, for example, if that's their goal.

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Anonymous wrote:DCIAA won't allow them to have two teams in the same league. That's why they at least have a 6th grade team (that competes in the Education Campus League) and the 7/8 grade team (that competes in the Middle School League).

And they shouldn't. If playing for a MS basketball team is that important to someone they can lottery for another school where there will be less competition.

What child doesn’t want to represent their school? Wether it’s sports, debate or whatever. PP must have a child that’s not engaged in extra curricular activities at school.

Anonymous wrote:DCIAA won't allow them to have two teams in the same league. That's why they at least have a 6th grade team (that competes in the Education Campus League) and the 7/8 grade team (that competes in the Middle School League).

And they shouldn't. If playing for a MS basketball team is that important to someone they can lottery for another school where there will be less competition.

DCIAA won't allow them to have two teams in the same league. That's why they at least have a 6th grade team (that competes in the Education Campus League) and the 7/8 grade team (that competes in the Middle School League).

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Anonymous wrote:With 19 and so many students cut (it’s a huge school) why don’t they have two teams?

There is a pretty big talent gap between top 20 kids and the rest of the kids. You could create a “B” team, but they’d likely lose most games which could be demoralizing.

Says who?