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@mopatton_sports Another icon gone. 😔

Damn. Rest in peace, 6.

@mopatton_sports Another Braves First Baseman who ends up in the HoF?

Hmmmmm … Only 11? You don’t say …

@mopatton_sports Indeed 😆

Cue the meltdowns.

@_coachrachel Former MSU BB Coach John Cohen handed incoming freshmen three wristbands (Maroon, White & Black). All three had "F.I.O." on them. It stood for "Figure It Out". Your here as an elite D1 athlete, wash your own clothes, get your oil changed in the car, etc. No coddling.

PARENTS Everyone knows—including college coaches—when you’re running your athlete’s X account and creating their videos. You think you’re helping, but you’re actually hurting the player. More often than not, when this happens, the athlete struggles to perform in games. Why? Because everything has been done for them—they haven’t learned how to figure things out on their own. Let your athlete take accountability and ownership of her process. Let her make mistakes when no one’s watching. That’s where growth happens. College coaches are recruiting the player, not the parent. If you’re the one sending emails, DMs, and managing everything, congratulations—the coach just recruited you. And when the athlete gets to campus and isn’t the person they thought they were recruiting, it usually doesn’t end well… and often leads to transferring. And for parents who say their athlete “doesn’t have time”—what do you think she’ll do when she gets to college? Also, check the screen time. There’s almost always 30 minutes in there somewhere.

@mopatton_sports It's all about $$$

Ugh.

@BRamseyKSR He is spot on.

I am anti-shot clock for Indiana High School Basketball. Admittedly, some of that is being a nostalgic purist. However, I also think there are several viable reasons to be against it...many of which actually fly in the face of what "pro" shot clock people think. 1) I'm almost assuredly in the Top 1% percentile of IHSAA games attended in the last 20-25 years. It simply doesn't come into play THAT often. 2) Yes, it would be fine (and maybe even beneficial) for Fishers vs. Ben Davis, Penn vs. South Bend St. Joseph, Bloomington North vs. Bloomington South, etc. However, what so many people forget is that for every game like that there are 10 games happening that feature ZERO FUTURE COLLEGE PLAYERS. If your argument is that the shot clock prepares you for college then I think you are missing the point as the overwhelming vast majority of IHSAA players don't even have aspirations of playing in college. 3) We already have a shortage of officials. This is going to make their lives significantly harder. Again, don't think about Fishers vs. Ben Davis that has college-level referees and more than enough people working the scorer's table. Think about your rural, Class 1A game in southern Indiana. It will be an issue at the table and on the court. 4) The cost is prohibitive at best and completely misused at worst. Again, don't think about the schools that already have a shot clock or have a booster club ready to write the check tomorrow. Think about the schools that need to fix their windows, purchase new equipment for the first time in a decade, upgrade to safe bleachers, etc. For many schools that don't have $10,000 sitting around even if they raise the money spending it on a shot clock is probably the LAST place it should go. 5) This goes back to point #2 a little bit, but it will make some games WORSE and actually HINDER development. If you run 20 seconds of offense and "have" to set a high ballscreen in order to get something before the shot clock it'll all look pretty for your DI guard. However, again, how about for the football player that plays basketball for fun in the winter at a rural school in east central Indiana? Would they be better off being "able" to run 10-20 more seconds of offense or should we "force" them to resort to a ballscreen? 6) Shot clocks only even get thought about when the, literally, FEW horror stories a year go viral of a team holding the ball. Long possessions aren't the problem (most high school teams quite frankly aren't good enough to possess the ball for 35 seconds and/or the defense isn't good enough to guard for 35 seconds). STALLING is the problem...and that almost never happens. I would, in theory, be in favor of a 60 second shot clock, but at that point it likely isn't worth it. I think that when people argue for a shot clock they do it while thinking about the 5% and not the 95%. They see how it could pretty seamlessly fit into a lot of Class 4A games or games with college players...because those are the games that casual fan watches. However, there is the 95% that doesn't need or care for "development" and doesn't need or care to be "prepared for the next level." A shot clock isn't the end of the world by any means because, as I've said, even at 35 seconds it will have zero impact on like 90%-95% of possessions on a nightly basis around the state. However, I think it will largely make the game/product WORSE, not better, and I hope that Indiana holds off for as long as possible.

@CBBcontent @TravisBranham_ Stop the insanity!

UNCG forward Antwann Jones has entered the transfer portal, per @TravisBranham_. The 6-6 senior was a member of the 2018 recruiting class. Previously played for Memphis, Creighton, Louisana, UCF and Bethune-Cookman. Seeking a waiver for a 9th year of college basketball.

@mopatton_sports 😆

Ouch.

@mopatton_sports Like it was a done deal, before and after. Bang, bang!

That didn’t take long.

@mopatton_sports Darn skippy!

LOL … Where was this during the ‘91 World Series?

@mopatton_sports 🤮

Wha?

@mopatton_sports Can I get a witness? 😆

PSA:

It’s always meant more than the W.

@mopatton_sports To add to that: HoF RB Marshall Faulk, in a speech at the Army All America game banquet to a room full of 3, 4 and 5 star recruits, "Fellas, whatever you do in school, don't major in eligibilty". The point being, FB is a great game but there is a life after the game ends for you.

Real talk.

@mopatton_sports I remember 8mm in high school. Local shop worked all night so film could be viewed by coaches on Saturday morning.

I’m not sure the coaches that can appreciate this thread the most are #onhere …

John Calipari goes OFF for nearly SEVEN MINUTES about current state of college athletics & the Trentyn Flowers story in CBB. I haven't seen him this fired up in a press conference...ever?

@mopatton_sports She spoke some truths. Now it will be interesting to see how the league reacts.

Oh my.

Is there a more gorgeous night for high school football than tonight? See all the photos from tonight's Mt. Pleasant win over Zion Chr. here. tennessean.com/picture-galler… @khartsfield2 @wendi_scott35

@mopatton_sports I don't know, Brooks Robinson was pretty good too and his entire career was in Baltimore also.

I'm thinking Frank Robinson over Ripken. Besides that, it works.