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Actually, I think it is Wheedle. I was not aware of his playing career, but he's been an assistant over at Porter for a few years. Heard he really knows his stuff, hopefully he took more from Clark than Pearson.
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It is actually Jeff Whittle. He will make an outstanding coach. On a lighter note, had no idea that bushy head was a college basketball star.
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quote: Originally posted by dwightshrute:
Actually, I think it is Wheedle. I was not aware of his playing career, but he's been an assistant over at Porter for a few years. Heard he really knows his stuff, hopefully he took more from Clark than Pearson.
Pearson wasn't Randy's assistant when he took the boy's job at Porter Gaud. He had been the girl's coach and had won a state championship as the girl's coach. |
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quote: Originally posted by WarriorZone:
KSU,
With First Baptist moving to AA are they the clear favorites for state?
where would it fall after that?
I am going to do a AA breakdown as soon as I have some more information, but to answer your question specifically, I do not think First Baptist are the clear favorites to win AA, but they will definitely be a contender. The losses of Brown and Green may be too much to overcome. As was said by hoopsfan, Charleston Collegiate and SCA will both be legitimate contenders and Bible Baptist will be very strong this year. I also like Beaufort Academy. Chris Ernestine may be the best returning player in AA and could average 25 and 15 in that new region this year. |
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quote: Originally posted by cyclonefan34:
Coach Pearson was still a Boys assistant while coaching the girls. He had also coached a JV boys dynasty for a while. Great coach.
You are right, JP did help out with the boys while coaching the girls. I had forgotten that. I am very surprised that he has gone so far away from what Randy did being that Coach Clark's system was so successful. Coach Clarks teams were so well conditioned and played at such a frenetic pace both offensively and defensively that even more talented teams couldn't match their tempo. Here is a question? How good would this PG team be if Coach Clark was there? I don't think he ever had a team this talented. JP is a decent coach. I wouldn't put him in the great category yet. |
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quote: Originally posted by whiplash:
Wilson Hall will be strong this year with a large number of returning seniors and the addition of PG Josh Glenn who returned to WH fron Sumter High.A spot in the semis is a definite possibility.Anything else would be gravy.
Wilson Hall will always be a playoff contender as long as Coach Talley is running things. It looks to me like they are the class of their region which will give them one of the better seeds in the state tournament. With no region tourmanents this year, all of the seedings will be based strictly on region standings. |
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AA Charleston thoughts
Beaufort-will do okay, but if they want to compete for title, hope they've added some help for Ernestine
-don't know how they will play with a new coach, the old one was pretty good
Holly Hill-they should be okay, it seems like they had good numbers this summer
Cathedral-lost everything
SJCA- lost leading scorer- heard they have a new coach, but not positive
Thomas Sumter-not much of a program, but they will be more competitve with the move to AA;
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From the people I have talked to in the past, Randy was as good a motivator as there is in high school basketball. The kids really bought into his system and trusted if they followed what he said, they always had a chance to win. I have seen many games Randy coach, with limited speed and quickness, pressing, trapping and making other teams force a tremendous amount of tournovers.
While, I have seen Pearson, have the most athletes in the gym and playing a scrub team and just sit in a 2-3 zone for long periods of time without anyone in foul trouble. I just dont follow Pearsons logic sometimes. Randy, was in a class of his own.
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quote: Originally posted by newfan:
From the people I have talked to in the past, Randy was as good a motivator as there is in high school basketball. The kids really bought into his system and trusted if they followed what he said, they always had a chance to win. I have seen many games Randy coach, with limited speed and quickness, pressing, trapping and making other teams force a tremendous amount of tournovers.
While, I have seen Pearson, have the most athletes in the gym and playing a scrub team and just sit in a 2-3 zone for long periods of time without anyone in foul trouble. I just dont follow Pearsons logic sometimes. Randy, was in a class of his own.
I have to agree with this for the most part. Here is what I don't get. I hear coaches say that they don't have the athletes to press and trap and play man defense for a whole game, yet Randy Clark and Bob Sulek have been absolutely dominant in SCISA using what most would call lesser athletes to do those exact things. You would think that at some point, other coaches in SCISA would start to follow the examples of the winningest coaches in SCISA. |
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quote: Originally posted by dwightshrute:
AA Charleston thoughts
Beaufort-will do okay, but if they want to compete for title, hope they've added some help for Ernestine
-don't know how they will play with a new coach, the old one was pretty good
Holly Hill-they should be okay, it seems like they had good numbers this summer
Cathedral-lost everything
SJCA- lost leading scorer- heard they have a new coach, but not positive
Thomas Sumter-not much of a program, but they will be more competitve with the move to AA;
Those teams aren't all in the Charleston region. I think Region 1 will turn out to be the toughest of all the AA regions. Beaufort Academy with Ernestine and Canavan are a great 1-2 punch for AA. Bible Baptist has everybody back and a year older. First Baptist loses their best two players. Charleston Collegiate has their best two players back from last years runner-up team. Cathedral will probably take a couple of steps back because of graduation. St. Andrew's is years away from competing. |
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I guess the the AA teams from the Pee Dee area shoudnt suit up this year.Nobody even got a mention yet.
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IN 1A Girls should come down to Wardlaw, as it does every year. Unless someone in the lower state improves mightly it's the Patriots for the taking. In boys it should be Laurens in the upstate and Myrtle Beach Christian in the lower bracket. MBC returns everyone from their championship team and Laurens only lost one player from their runnerup team
Hakkaa Palle! Hakkaa Palle! Hakkaa Palle!
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