Another Transfer

One of the struggles with coaching at a public high school in a city is that there is no continuity from year to year, let alone from middle school to high school. I grew up in a suburb of Indianapolis where basketball is king. Every member of my junior high basketball team knew every offense and defense the high school varsity team ran.

At Overton, there is little continuity. In the years that I have been the head coach, there are only 3 kids who have been involved in the basketball team for all four years. Some have moved in, others moved out, some quit and come back out later, others quit and never play again.

Well, this is the second straight year we have gotten a good transfer. Last year, we had a junior transfer in and she helped us go from 5 wins in the 07-08 season to 16 in the 08-09. Now she is a senior and we had another junior has moved in.

We could be really, really good. I am talking top ten in the state good. But, because of our lack of continuity, we won't know how good we are until around Christmas.

This team is a once in every ten years type team. (At least by Metros standards).