It is truly sad that so many people have to find so many excuses and "reasons" why the MTCS GIRLS MIDDLE SCHOOL TEAM is so great! If they had a bad team, not a single person would be posting on any website or writing in the newspapers about how they so called "recruited" bad players! AAU has nothing to do with school ball. EVERY AAU player has to attend school somewhere, and Im sure that they all play for whatever schools they go to. Private schools also allow all children to be involved in all school activities, no matter if they have any experience or not. MTCS has alot players on their team that would have never been able to play basketball at a public school due to not having the skills needed or wanted by most coaches. The coach at MTCS is one of the best coaches I have ever seen! He has the ability to train and create a wonderful basketball player, boy or girl. Maybe the problem with some of the coaches at the public schools are, they have no REAL experience to coach the game and some just do it for the extra money. If you want to be a GREAT coach and have a GREAT team, you must have a passion for the game, dedicate yourself totaly to your team and NEVER allow ANY excuses for failure! Its so easy to blame others for your failures because it makes you feel better about losing. Parental support is also a factor! When you find yourself playing the blame game, you will never succeed, and your behavior rubs off on your children. They will never learn to accept responsibility for their own failures (large or small) and will never learn that dedication and hard work pays off if you push yourself till the very end and never quit until you have reached the top! These girls were not born knowing how to play, and they have sacrificed a very large part of their childhood lives to be the best basketball players they can be because it is their passion. They never stop learning and always have GREAT sportsmanship, no matter what! When they see a player or team who is very good, they go meet them and compliment them on their skills! They dont try to insult others to make themselves feel better! Look on the bright side, one day your daughter might be playing in college with one of the MTCS girls and I garantee, that MTCS girl will always have your daughters back in any situation, on and off the court!