Tom1

Great kid and I hate this happened to him. He represented himself, his university, and his family very well.

Excellent hire! He will do well and have a lot of talent to work with.

Lot of talent in this small school.

There is natural ability in Hickman Co at both ends of the county. East and Hickman both have talent at all ages. The problem is the mindset of dividing the teams "evenly" while these kids are playing at a young age. on younger teams, You have 3-4 kids on each team that can catch, throw, and hit. The others arent up to that level yet. That is ok. Not all kids are the same. No one improves when its this way. Period. Rather than having a A,B,C team or Red, White, Blue team and challenge these kids, teach these kids, and play better competition, some of the ones who run these programs are afraid to hurt feeling because parents all pay their $50 for their kid to play.

There ya go. That's all you need. Just a few extra buses to transport elementary aged kids and that will solve your athletics issues. No one was complaining when Culleoka was good when Slatten was there, Mt Pleasant/Richland went to state in the same year. Pick and choose and you'll always find an excuse. Put in the time and effort to improve facilities, demand hard work from the athletes, expect discipline, and play someone with a winning record and I promise you'll see a difference.

CA won. Get over it. Play better competition. Work on skill development. Develop an interest in your programs. Start the kids at a young age. Stress fundamentals. Spend the time you are griping, fussing, comparing, etc. and use that time in the gym and see where it gets you.

I had the opportunity to play against Haston, Corey/Nicholas Brown, Chris Jones, Brad Cothan,Rhodes(Mitchell/Bryant), Hamm, Brad Cotham, Mitch ??, etc. IMO, the 97 team is the best to ever come through class A ball. This team was stacked with talent and should have won more than 1 state title. Any class A team that goes 6'9, 6'7, 6'3, 6'7,and guards at 6'1 is simply dominant. Question for the PC faithful. Was Slatten a good coach or was he surrounded with talent...alot of talent?