VB Basketball Fan

I do not think you sounded negative at all. The girls have to work hard in the off season to prepare for the up coming season. I am not being negative toward the program either but I feel the coach has to start getting his team ready in the off season and carry it over when the season starts and make sure they are ready for every game. Gleasons coach has to be given some credit for getting his team where they are at as well as the other coaches and teams that made it to state. I think it takes both, the players commitment in the regular season and off season and also the coach running the program. With out both a team be it VB or anyone else will not have what it takes to go all the way.

I agree 100% the girls need to make a commitment to themselves first to want to be a better player and team for next year. They have to have the want and desire inside or it does not matter who coaches them. However, these girls are still kids and need someone that is going to get them in shape and help develop their skills and help them work with others as a team. A coach can not take a girl or boy and make them better without the player helping. However, a coach is responsible for having his team ready to play and play the players that are ready to play. The coach has to be able to take it to the next level and make sure his or her team can take it to the level of play you watched at State. I agree our girls were not ready for that but could have been ready for that level. The talent was here and still is here for several years to come. The coach has to be held accountable for success and failures at the high school level just like at other levels like college or pros. With the POSSIBILITY of our current coach taking a promotion and not being able to coach next year I feel the decision should be looked at closely. We have saw what Coach Russell is capable of. If she is willing to make arrangements and commitments to become eligible to become a head coach then why would we want to roll the dice with someone else when we have her?

I have heard a lot of talk this weekend as well. I hear Coach B will be moving into another poistion here in our school system and will not be able to coach. If this is true then someone needs to be contacting Coach Russell. Before any petitions are signed or board members contacted, will she accept the job? I haven't personally or heard that anyone has asked her. Maybe they already know who "THEY" want to replace him if he is not able to coach. He does have a brother and some other kin in the school system????? You not only have to have a knowledge for the game to coach but you have to have buy in from your players and respect from players so you can get them ready for the game. A person only having one or the other will only be able to take a team so far. Not having the community support will only hurt a team in this size town. From my seat in the stands this year Coach Russell had both the knowledge of the game and buy in from the girls. Like quoted in a early message, a "PASSION" from the game itself. Those qualities are hard to find, but I feel Coach Russell has them both and hopefully EVERYONE will support her anyway we need to in being the next HEAD BASKETBALL COACH of our EAGLETTES!! Let's do whatever needs to be done!!

I agree if the director and board want to do something they can make it happen. They have in the past. I agree our Athletic program as grown a great deal and EVERYONE in the system should recieve credit for this, but the support is coming from the community which wants to see our programs to continue growing and if Coach Russell has a plan to be a head coach then it should be here. She would be great for the program for years to come. As far as her being from the Mountain, I think you are right she is not but I believe her husbands family was born and raised here. If she does desire to be a head coach then our school system should do whatever they can to make it happen. If not she will move on to another nearby school. Who else would or should replace our current coach if he didn't return besides her?