Texas Teams in Colorado--How are they competing?

[fstptchbtch]

Mr Adkins sir, 7 of the girls on the 14u team are 2nd year 14u players and will have to play 16u next year.So how are they a first year 14u team.

[honcho55]

I personally don't have a dog in this hunt, but I think that as far as the 14U Glory Adkins bunch is concerned, it to me don't matter if their whole team is 94's! They are in their first year together as a team....if you notice, they did respectable in their pool and then ran into a couple of losses (after one win) in bracket. It takes time to mold a cohesive unit especially if you add HS ball, swine flu delays, and a compressed timeframe to get qualified for HOF, Nats, etc. As Far as Adkins 16U, they are where they need to be in 16U....They are very competitive, and its a tribute to the girls on their team that they were able to qualify for Nats, and get 2nd in Colorado as a team with 14U age eligible girls in their 1st year together as a team. IMHO, I'd rather see us root on ALL Texas teams and wish them success than constantly belittle or degrade any accomplishment one team may have. Sorry for the long post, but it drives me nuts. Also, Grandmaster Flash, as an accomplished DJ in the D/FW metroplex and beyond, it bothers me some to see the way you post.....on some level, it seems to me to degrade the name of an innovator, and revolutionary DJ like Grandmaster Flash! Honcho Out!

[SOFTBALLS]

So did the kid from the Travelers join the Glory or was she a pickup player? She seemed to pitch most of the games. If in fact they are one team they looked tough and represented Texas well as did other teams.

I would like to give a congrats to all the Texas teams.

Top 7
Glory
High Voltage 94
Houston Power

Top 15
TPS
KAOS
Shockwave Blue "suprise"
Velocity

[aTmAggies]

#27 pitched 2 pools and 4 bracket games. Our pick up pitched 1 scrimmage, 1 pool and 3 bracket games. Both kids played and pitched great all week.

Good luck to everyone at nationals!

[honcho55]

I guess that #27 must have messed up my scouting reports to the other teams....since you kind of put it on some teams. Guess no one will subscribe to Honcho's scouting service... Good luck to ya'll and we'll see you at nationals. Tell #27 Great Job!

[bbgold13]

Grandmaster...honcho55 is correct. I believe Mr. Adkins meant Chambers was a new 14U team not that every player was a first year 14U player. The post never said that. Also, whoever, gave you info about that team was wrong. The team is NOT breaking up. Just people trying to stir the pot a little and start drama where there isn't any.

Like honcho55 said, let's root for all the TX teams. My DD and I had a great time going to the different tournaments and rooting for her friends and other TX teams (not just the ones in her organization - which is not glory). We would love TX to have a great showing everywhere. She has several friends on glory teams and has a lot of respect for them and their competitiveness. You can also expect a battle from them.

[ArmChairCoach]

I GOTS A qUestion who z dis GLory chamBers 14U---I has never herd of dem?????

To clear up any confusion and as already stated, this is the Texas Glory Adkins 14U team. There is not, never was, never will be a Glory Chambers team. Richard Simpson is the head coach and has always been the head coach of this team. He has done an great job of bringing the Adkins program to this squad and instilling in each of the players, and parents, what it takes to succeed in a high profile, nationally recognized organization. He has spent countless hours away from his family and home, as a non-parent coach, to train and work with each of the girls - and he deserves alot of credit for that. Richard has been a long time coach with Dan Adkins and still holds the position as hitting coach on the Gold team. Richard's knowledge of the game is the primary reason for the success of this bunch.

As far as the team name shown on the Colorado brackets, I'm as confused as anyone. It was easy: one team was to be listed as Texas Glory Adkins, and the other team to be listed as Texas Glory Adkins 14U. For the life of me I cannot figure out why the tourny T-shirts were correct but the brackets were incorrect. I simply handle the team info, tourny signups, clerical things, and other info that Richard needs distributed to the team since his job does not allow him to do so. Since I signed us up on behalf of Richard, apparentely they used my name as the coach - after specifically asking her not to. Jack Fultz entered and was the contact for his team. I am guessing that Robin, the tourny coordinator, used Fultz and Chambers to differentiate between the two teams for the benefit of those doing the scheduling and brackets. Funny thing is, when our two teams sat at the coaches meeting and saw the team names in the program, we knew someone would jump on heybucket and try to get some mileage out of this. So, good job of "spinning" this.

Again, Richard Simpson is the head coach of this Tx Glory Adkins 14U team and has always been. Randy Gray, Jason Milligan, and myself simply support him through our efforts in assisting however we can.

In addition, the team is fully in tact, including the same pitching staff, and we are looking for and expecting great things from our girls at Nationals in GA.

As for the Batbusters Rhines catcher who was badly hurt (we were warming up in the outfield of this game), our thoughts and prayers are with her and her family and we hope to see her back in the dirt soon after a speedy recovery.

[soreshins]

Texasglori

It is inappropriate to single out a young lady and make unkind comments on a national message board or any message board for that matter. You should delete this post. It has nothing to do with the original topic.

[GRANDMASTERS BROTHER]

Well I,m NEW TO THE BOARD. I am J.J man this is getting nasty I just moved to the dfw area a few weeks back from the houston area. Dude's relax on here. I have talked with some of the Glory camp & it is a fact.

They have some great talent
They have some great parents
They have some great coaches
They have SOME LOOSERS STAFF ALSO AND THEY ALL BELONG TO THE ADKINS 14U
1ST PLACE GLORY 14U JUST LIKE YOU WANTED BUT FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS

[jules929]

CONGRATS TO TEXAS ICE 96!!! 1st place champs in Colorado