JACKETDAD

Hey, does any one know how the all tourney team is picked? I thought in the past it was based on points and how you played in the district games, and the top 4 teams. However, this year proved to be different. Just curious.

Yes, good guess! I would like to say, that I know Loudon was disappointed, however, their actions after the game were poor sports. When the team was announced for runner up, they all just sat there. The coach got up, took the trophy and they just sat there. No one got up, clapped, or took pics. I understand they were upset, etc., but they did not even clap when AC was announced either. Come on gals! You played a good game.

From what I was told, the lady jackets wont be playing in any Christmas Tournaments. I believe the resume thieir regular season schedule January 6th.

Stone definitely struggled Friday night. However, give credit where credit is due. Loudon absolutley shot the lights out of it. I know Loudon is a good team, however, I watched them play this year and they didnt shoot as well as they did Friday night. Stone just happen to have an off night and Loudon was on fire. I will say this though, if Stone wants to get better, they need to have other offensive options besides just shooting the three. Friday night was a perfect example, they werent hitting from outside. They went inside at the beginning of the game and got Janelle in foul troube, once she left the game, Stone just abandoned the inside game and starting shooting from outside. Needless to say, they werent effective. During the second half, they again went inside and were able to score. I'm not saying go inside everytime, but they can use the inside game to open up the outside game and vice versa. I'm sure they will get better during the season. Hopefully when districts roll around, everything will come together and Stone can repeat as district champs.

I've heard some people think I've put some of these comments on this board. With that being said, I thought I would go ahead and give my two cents worth. We moved to Crossville this summer. My daughter does play for the Lady Panthers and is absolutely loving it. With all the stuff beng said on this board, I can assure all the previous posters that this team is doing just fine. Is Destiny a "Great Player", I guess that really depends on your definition of great, In my eyes, she's very good, probably one of the better high school players I've seen and I've watched a ton of basketball. Are there things she can improve on, of course. If there werent, the WNBA would already be knocking on her door. The other girls, they too are good players. My daughter came from a team that relied on her to play very aggressive at the post. Although most people would consider her undersized, I personnaly think she holds her own. She has played against players in AAU that were 6'3 and 250lbs and never once backed away from them, even doing a very good job against them most of the time. Of course, I'm her dad so I guess I'm just a little biased. As for Coach Tim, BELIEVE me when I say that the girls on this team are blessed to have him. Not just for Coaching them after school and during the games, but for the relationships he's built with them, of course again, I can only speak about the things I've heard my daughter say. I would love to see Stone work the ball more inside, however, we realized when we moved up here that Stone is more of a run and gun team. I think the lady panthers will be just fine and will make progress as the season continues. Again, believe me when I tell you this team is in good shape and will be fine by Districts and Region Tournament time.

Cant really address any of the reasons for him leaving the previous schools he's been involved with because I dont know the reason. What I can say is when he coached my daughter on a summer league team, he did a very good job, maintained discipline, earned the players respect and demonstrated a sincere committment not only to the team, but to winning as well.

Rumor is they have a position at the Elementary School for him.

Marcum will be an asset to the Kingston Program. Tayler played for a team he coached a couple of years ago. It wasnt AAU but they played several local tournaments. I watched a bunch of their team practices and he knows what he's doing. I think Keith and him together will have a good chance at making drastic improvements. Its not fair to judge him based on the record at Scott County. From what I heard, once he got up there and started practice, several if not all the upper classman quit because he made them work for their starting positions. They didnt get their way so they quit. I think he did what a coach should do, if the players choose not to do what the coach says, put 'em on the bench. He did that and they chose to quit. If I remember correctly, the last couple of years he was playing Freshman and Sophomores. If this isnt correct, somebody please feel free to provide more details.

I remember another one that quit, how about Brooke Gentry, she was a very good player. She never played for another team so I dont know the real reason behind her quitting. There have been others quit as well in the past 5 or so years.

Just curious who the D1 players are, what years did they play and which D1 Schools did they play for?

You're correct in the fact that I think they could have done things differently and maybe had better results, however, being that we wont be here next year, I'll just say I hope Coach Anderson gets some help and the Lady Jackets turn things around for the better.

I believe Panthers are a type of Cat, maybe I'll change to CATMANDEW!! What do you think??

I have to respectfully disagree with you about none of these girls could have played on a kingston team a long time ago. I'm sure you probably know who I am so I'll just say what I think, and I'll only speak about my own daughter. I think she will play at the next level, it may be DII, III or NAIA but with the number of schools that have already contacted her, I believe someone will be interested. As for the kids bad attitudes, I agree to a point, however, I believe some of these attitudes are brought on by frustration. That frustration is due to playing on a team that has continuously lost. Its tuff to stay positive when you continually lose. As for your advice in getting a teaching certificate and coaching, it appears you may be the one that should take your own advice, you seem to think you know everything thats going wrong with the program, maybe you could fix it. Just a thought

A-E wins by 8 I believe in double OT. It was a great game. Stone was actually up by 18 at one point in the 3rd qtr and they let it slip away. Both teams played hard and it was ashamed someone had to lose.

I'm one of the first people to say what the Lady Jackets are doing wrong and how Coach Anderson should be trying different things. Tonight, I want to say Congratulations to the Girls and Coach Anderson. They beat Scott County last night and tonight, even though they lost to A.C, I thought there were some bright spots. Didnt really see any negative attitudes, Coach Anderson made some changes to the lineup that I thought worked well for them. Megan Fritts finally got a well deserved start after showing she could play and do well with the varsity. Carlye Cole came off the bench and hit a cruical 3. And Jacklyn Givens had a very good game showing she could hit from long range. I thought the post were rotated effectively and for the most part, played well, even though they still need to get better crashing the boards. With our size, we should absolutely dominate on the boards, both offensively and defensively. Bottom line is this, if Coach Anderson and these girls look at these last two games as a positive, they can begin building a more solid foundation and by the time next season starts, we will surely win more ballgames. Again, great effort last night and tonight.