bark said:
they probably run because that's what Dougle did at PNG and LU. He may be, in your opinion,behind the times but he has been a head coach many years. I played 2ND string behind him in the 10Th grade and he would take your head off. One of the nicest guys I have ever known. Squaw's son can tell you about him. He is very intelligent so he can figure out anything he wants to may just choose to run that offense.
If so, then it's a bad choice. 3-8 is not good. His talent pool has taken a few hits with new schools opening in Humble and Atascocita (Kingwood Park and Summer Creek), but most successful schools at the 5A and 4A level can run and throw well. I'm not saying everyone needs to run the spread, but you need to be able to throw the ball to take some pressure off the running game. Balance is doable. I've seen Kingwood play approx. 8 times in the past 3 years due to my wife having a relative in the program (8th, 9th, and 10th) ... all they do is run, run, run, run, and run some more. I'm sure he's a nice guy and was a good player for PN-G. I'm not questioning his intelligence or debating whether he is a MENSA candidate. They run, run, run, run, and run. It's a great basketball school. Tons of kids in the BB program. My nephew does not play basketball ... and he is a soph OL so he loves run blocking, but, I'd like to see him pass block, too. Nice facilities ... my nephew says there are lots of good kids at KHS, good teachers, excellent academics, a decent fan base, and a good place to go to school. They just run, run, run, run, run, ... you get the picture. If that is what they chose at KHS, alrighty. The forward pass is legal ... watch the playoffs.
And, for perspective, my step-son plays at Reagan HS in HISD ... all they do is run, run, run, run, run, too. It could be 3rd and 40 and they would run a draw. It could be 4th and 10 with less than 5 seconds left from the mid-field stripe and you will not see a hail mary, you'll see a draw.
We are lucky at PN-G. We have a coach that develops players and balance.
Go Indians. Peace.