Maybe I'm reading the situation wrong, but the biggest problem seems to be lack of interest in a basketball program.

Obviously not every athlete is going to be good in multiple sports. But, I look at some of the kids who played football like Cumbo, Dotson, and Miles and think, "these guys ought to be pretty good basketball players too." Even from their cross country program, it seems like there ought to be some talent who could make the transition to basketball.

I think in one tournament game, I saw only eight players dressed for the game. The three players on the bench were all freshmen.

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You are exactly right with everything you said. Clintwood really needs some form of AAU program or something to get kids in the gym. Its kind of a mixed blessing that we have all the boys in the weight room for football during the winter months. I really cant blame them because football was always number 1 to me as well. In the Hamilton and Green days, we had tremendous athletes who could make the switch from football to basketball without blinking an eye. Unfortunately we dont seem to have those types of athletes lately. We have had quality coaches, I dont know why some of them chose to step down. That is part of our problem but definately not the only problem.

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