Higgins is an X Alum. He knows GCL Basketball as a League that is still respected. Next yr or the yr after he will get to Coach his son who is a 7th or 8th Grader at St. James. That’s the Why in my opinioin. Certainly not about Basketball talent currently at LaSalle or Money!
I owe you! Higgins is not a bad back up option though.
I don't believe Hamilton is a good job I think they graduated the class they were very high on so the next step is make the move to the GCL and see if you can build a powerhouse there good luck to him!
Oh for the love of god, another athletic department hiring a parent that's going to coach his son. I didn't know this, and I hate how every coach or administrator lately has been somehow connected to coaching or working where their kid goes.
Worked with cronin and fleming for the love of god
I have heard his son is very good.
I can certainly understand this thought. One big difference is the kid and dad (coach) are very good. Higgins always had Hamilton competitive even with lesser teams. I assume he will be bringing in his sons backcourt mate from James who is also very good.
Can't blame him. Who wants to miss their kid's stuff? So it's either quit coaching all together or find a place where you can coach your kid. No coach is going to coach at one school while his kid plays somewhere else.
It's not so much that he's going to bring over a kid that isn't very good, it's that coaches and administrators seemed more concerned with this type of thing, or hiring coaches to push their own personal agendas. This seems more important now than actually improving a sports team or raising the bar for athletics.
Fleming worked and was successful at LaSalle long before his kids got there.
Current seventh graders, right? If we're talking about the same mate here, I figured that was already a thing since his dad is a La Salle grad. Of course, I could be completely off.
It's a good duo at St James, but not sure either become stars in high school. They're no different than the best players on most westside teams. Good players, but typical of what teams like Elder and LaSalle get. Good skills, but both are very small.
Again, if I'm thinking of the right kid, he's a little better than "no different than the best players on most westside teams." Maybe a bit small, though. After watching my first season of the A level this year, this kid from James and one from Ignatius were absolutely heads and shoulders above everyone else in the league.
I was going to bring this up, I thought he went to St. James last I knew of. Figured Kevin’s couldn’t pass up the chance to coach his son. Also, I am sure he getting a discount if not free tuition.
There are literally 3 teams at almost every level of the Panthers program with tryouts going into 7th and 8th grade for Spring/Summer AAU. If you can't find a Panther team to play on it's because the kid or parents don't care. You already know all of this but figured I would reiterate it.
LOL - yeah but the "top" team is the one that's completely manipulated and shut off for any kid not part of the connected crew. These are the teams at every level where the coaches and the kids are hand-picked (and not always the best players in the grade). These are teams controlled by the daddy's who would have their world destroyed if their kid doesn't make Elder.
You nailed it! Hilarious that Know it All Trey was unaware of this and is extremely upset about Higgins Coaching his son in the future. Trey can’t figure out that legacy,tradition and some nepotism is what actually keeps many private schools going in many aspects.
Coach Higgins doesn’t have to do what you suggest. He already has a very solid spring/summer Team that’s pretty good at that Age group. This also why he a Varsity HC and You are not.
For the older teams there are roughly 12-15 kids who make the team due to other conflicts (baseball for example)
Andrews to CHCA makes more sense that Andrews to Hamilton.....especially after his time at Taylor U.
Complete and utter BS.
Yes... except for the money, retirement benefits, and the fact he played at Hamilton.