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S. Smith
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Posted: Nov 8th, 2006 12:32 am |
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Steve Adkins wrote: I mentioned in a prior posting somewhere in here I was reading a book "Riddles of the Amish". So Steve, do the Amish have any tips on how to help the athletics programs at NWHS?
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Posted: Nov 8th, 2006 02:02 am |
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S. Smith wrote: Steve Adkins wrote: I mentioned in a prior posting somewhere in here I was reading a book "Riddles of the Amish". So Steve, do the Amish have any tips on how to help the athletics programs at NWHS?
Yep...........eliminate all of it.
They don't believe in competition against one another. Someone has to win, which leads to pride. Amish are humble, avoid any semblance of pride. After the incident in Pa at the schoolhouse, when you hear of the parents going to support the widow of the guy who did the shootings, the Amish obviously have a different approach to life.
Having said all that..................I don't think the Amish approach is for NWHS.
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Posted: Nov 17th, 2006 02:55 am |
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| At least Locklear is no longer the coach, which is a positive.
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Posted: Nov 17th, 2006 02:59 am |
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The main role and purpose of the NW Band should be the same as the Dance Team and Cheerleaders - promote school spirit by actively participating. Competitions for all these teams should be secondary and are optional.
CiCi says it better than I in prior posts.
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S. Smith
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Posted: Nov 18th, 2006 03:54 pm |
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commonsensesum wrote: At least Locklear is no longer the coach, which is a positive. Yes, commonsensesum, Coach Locklear has resigned as head football coach at NWHS. How many of you believe this will help this whole situation?
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Posted: Nov 18th, 2006 05:40 pm |
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| I don't know Coach Locklear but I remember reading about him in the NWO when he first came to Northwest and thinking what a nice guy he seemed to be. I read yesterday in the paper that he had resigned and it made me sad. I'm sure he feels a huge burden for the football team's record but I noticed that John Hughes was quoted saying that several football players were disappointed because Coach Locklear had been there for them personally. He said Coach Locklear had even helped other athletes that were not on the football team. I guess it's just the nature of the game to judge coaches by their win-lose columns but I can think of some "winning" coaches whom I wouldn't want my children to be coached by because of the kind of example they set.
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Posted: Nov 18th, 2006 09:10 pm |
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| Hmmmmm.....Bobby Knight one of those?
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Posted: Nov 20th, 2006 06:30 pm |
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| I would let my son be coached by Bobby Knight. Although he gets a bad rap, he is an outstanding coach and teaches his players a lot about real life. Plus he is about to become the coach with more all time wins than anyone in NCAA Division 1 basketball.
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Posted: Nov 20th, 2006 06:34 pm |
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| I believe it can help although I'm not sure our AD is capable of finding and hiring a good coach that can do a great job with the kids and win as well. Winning games is important. Coaching is like any other profession, you don't perform and you have to get another job.
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S. Smith
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Posted: Dec 7th, 2006 07:05 pm |
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| Speaking of Bobby Knight, how does the NWHS basketball team look this year?
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Posted: Dec 8th, 2006 04:20 am |
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Boys Basketball is now 2-3 with a game at home against Western Friday night. My prediction for the boys is about 5th in the conference out of 7 teams and another losing record of about 11-13 in the regular season.
The girls will be strong again, but lost in an upset at Northeast Tuesday night to drop to 4-1 on the season. Here I'm predicting 2nd in the conference and an overall regular season record of about 16-7. I think they play one less game than the boys unless they play the Australian National team girls team and then I move them to 17-7 regular season.
Well, let's see how well I do with my predictions. :-)
Last edited on Dec 8th, 2006 04:21 am by commonsensesum
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Posted: Dec 29th, 2006 06:31 am |
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UPDATE! After the Little Four Tournament, the boys are now 5-9 and the girls drop to 9-4 after both teams go 1-2 in the Little Four. The boys finished seventh out of the eight teams (seeded eighth so better than predicted) and the girls finished fourth (exactly as they were seeded).
The Page girls beat Dudley for the title and the Greensboro Day School Bengals defeated the Dudley boys 68-63 for the boy's Championship.
And on my lack of school spirit beef, Northwest could only manage to get 8 cheerleaders to the first round games on Tuesday, 4 at Wednesday's round 2 and only 2 tonight for the half-time presentation by all the cheerleaders of all 8 schools together. Our only two girls to show up were "adopted" by Northeast. The announcer didn't even recognize the Northwest Cheerleaders. It was an embarrassment to Northwest. Many of these girls were in town but didn't feel like coming or want to come for some reason. But why should the girls care when the coach doesn't even show up for the practices and the coach was not there tonight? Parents from other schools asked and commented within earshot of the poor Northwest showing. The problem is there is no leadership or commitment. Everyone involved knows the Little Four immediately follows Christmas and has been on the schedule for months. The boy's and girl's basketball players have to be at the tournament and so should the cheerleaders. Part of the problem is with parents who allow their girls to skip.
All I wanted for Christmas was a new NW football coach, new AD, new boy's basketball coach and a cheerleading coach who will show up! I wonder if not having a coach present violates some type of Guilford County School Policy. I'll find out soon. The AD is responsible for hiring these coaches and unless he is replaced Northwest will continue to hire poor coaches other schools don't want and don't hire. Why do we continue to accept this?
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Posted: Dec 30th, 2006 03:16 am |
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Because the test scores are good.................
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Posted: Dec 31st, 2006 02:13 am |
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| I assume you mean the SAT in reference to test scores. Test scores at NW have always been good regardless of the coaches. Why not get coaches that can win? Academics will not suffer. Last edited on Dec 31st, 2006 02:13 am by commonsensesum
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Posted: Jan 1st, 2007 08:39 pm |
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I was actually going for sarcasm.
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