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Lebron James is one of the best players in the NBA. His return last night to Cleveland met boos and ugly comments as you might expect after the spectacle he put on in announcing that he was going to Miami.

Now his comments that the coach at Miami should be fired because he is too tough a coach really puts Lebron in the Prim a Donna category. Listening to his comments it seems his Miami coach feels he can play better than he does but Lebron doesn’t want to be coached. Any wonder why Miami hasn’t beaten any one with a winning record.

I told you on this blog back in June when he made the announcement that he was going to Miami that Lebron was admitting he couldn’t win it on his own and needed help. Seems as if the Heat is giving him help but he doesn’t want to listen.

If there is one failure from coaches I don’t care what sport it is, is their inability to adapt to the players they have. Roy Williams is a run and gun coach and the last season and a half just doesn’t have the players to execute the run and gun.

Coach K last year moved Jon Schyer to point guard because he knew he would not have ten turnovers a game from the point guard. They won a national championship. This year with Irving at PG the Devils are running and gunning with the players he has.

The best coach that I have ever been around for changing from year to year was Daryl Allen when I did radio for Ahoskie and Hertford County football. I was in his office in I think it was 1976 before school got out for the summer that year and he looks at me and says” I think I am going to run the Radar defense”. I ask what in the world is that?

He gave me a book about the radar defense and he explained to me that with the players he had coming back that fall that would be a good defense. He said” I don’t have a defensive player over 160 pounds and the radar all 11 players stand up”. “I’m going to let my 160 pound nose guard stand up and run past the center and guard before they can get off the ball”. His team gave up 38 points during that regular season.

There are just not many coaches around whether it is pro, college or high school that can change when ever needed. The first thing is they have to be able to evaluate their talent and what that talent can do. Then they have to understand how what they are changing to works.

Pam Gainey goes for coaching victory # 300 tonight. Her biggest fault as a coach she has never had a big center to go along with her pressure defense. The Gryphons play at SouthWest Edgecombe.

Yesterday was the first Indoor track day of the season. Funny thing about indoor track is around here it is held outside. Yesterday’s event was held at SouthWest Edgecombe and in order to qualify for the state championships you must either run a certain time or throw a certain distance. Zikeener Parker qualified for the state in two events the 55 meter and 500 meter. She is the only Gryphon that qualified yesterday.

Tonight is the Eastern Regional 2-A finals again at Tarboro and again against East Bladen. East Bladen needed 50 last week to beat Carrboro while it only took 13 for Tarboro. I like the Vikes chances of returning to the state championship this year however in Winston Salem. Tarboro 35 East Bladen 20

GO VIKINGS!