Comments on: Churubusco: A football town with a basketball problem

By: FB

FB — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 16:32:30 +0000

Hey Momba why dont you get a life and stop worrying about talking bad about a football program that you know nothing about?

By: fairness

fairness — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 11:53:58 +0000

In the pursuit of fairness title 9 has hurt alot of mens sports in college. When there is not an interest goverment steps in and says “Lets make it fair”.
Wasn’t there a argument afew years ago about the fairness of the color of head football coaches in the NFL? In being fair innocent people can get hurt.

By: a parent

a parent — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:56:24 +0000

title 9 is about fairness with the MONEY and we are. It never ceases to amaze me when NON athletic people don’t have a clue.

By: The momba

The momba — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 05:10:19 +0000

Lets just see where coach etzler’s football teams go in the future if we have these “GRATE” teams that have gotten steadily worse since the very good 07 team. A real coach is more active in development of the youth which he has let get out of control with his lack of intrest he shows to the youth and female athletics…Dont judge him on his football coaching thats NOT his job..he is athletic director not just a football coach, so that requires him to do more then sit in his office and playing around with sade…and i am a busco sports fan, but i want things ran the same between the males and the womans’ sports and there has been more then one occurrence of title 9 since etzler has been at the helm of our department. and as for the fact WE ARE A BASEBALL TOWN! we are a high school football nation, high school football attracts more fans that any single sport in the US, so this is not just a jump on the band wagon fair weather busco sports like normal..when we have had steady winning seasons….title 9 makes it even for EVERYONE and its the LAW so it needs to be looked over when we hire female athletic coaches…best luck to all of busco sports over the remainder of the season and into next

By: parent

parent — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 02:31:07 +0000

To: REALlY SMART BASEBALL PLAYER?
It has been years since anyone has went anywhere in baseball proably before you were born. There has been alot of kids that has been to college on some sort of sport schollarships, but to you thats not going anywhere? Your titles don’t pay the bill. The meat heads support you!!

By: Ronald McDonald

Ronald McDonald — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 01:40:42 +0000

To HaHa:
I don’t recall the basketball team having any success in the past decade. At least the baseball team has won a few sectional and regional championships in the past 5 years. And with a few new players, I can almost guarantee great success for the next 2 years. So you better check your info before you wreck yourself.

By: FB

FB — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:23:00 +0000

Busco is definetly a football town. Have you not seen how pumped up the WHOLE TOWN gets for a friday night football game?

By: BG

BG — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:28:34 +0000

Our basketball team is just fine-anyone ever heard “Rome wasn’t built in a day”? When I read some of the vicious comments about coaches, I wonder why the heck ANYONE would ever want to spend the time and effort it takes for the meager rewards they are paid. Thank goodness there are those that will. Read Teddy Roosevelt’s “The Man in the Arena”-or have it read to you . . .

By: Mowgli/Mouse

Mowgli/Mouse — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:00:14 +0000

Everyone know’s that this is a golfing town so quit fighting about how terrible our basketball team is and let the golfing team know were behind them.

By: REALLY SMART BASEBALL PLAYER

REALLY SMART BASEBALL PLAYER — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:49:43 +0000

For all you meat heads who think that this is a football town you are wrong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And since when has anyone from the football team went anywhere???? You may say that no one comes to watch baseball games but at least we can win a title.

By: A Grand

A Grand — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 07:43:17 +0000

I enjoy all the sports, but of course, like everyone else, I do have a favorite. I try to follow all, and congratulate Every One of the Players. I think Eztler does a great job, and I think he appreciates the efforts of every Athlete, no matter which sport they play. Those who do not play, for whatever reason, do not realize how much these young athletes put into “their” sport. They spend most of their free time in the weight room, or at a practice, NOT critizing those who are out there busting their butts. I appreciate reading all the supportive comments, and really dislike all the “sour grapes”. To those, I can only assume you are not an athlete, or you would be more supportive of those who are, and it does not matter if they are good, mediocore, or even bad, they are out there trying. Congratulations and good luck to all the teams.

By: HaHa

HaHa — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:00:13 +0000

The top basketball players in the high school are on the team right now! There is no one else that deserves one of those spots! Those kids busted their butts all last year, over the summer, and this fall! That is why the program will change. Never before were basketball players pushed this hard. I would love to hear names of kids that deserve to be out on the floor over the guys that represent our school right now! And to momba…how did baseball do last year? A teams success depends a lot on its leadership! There was 0 leadership from that senior group last year and did they get out of sectionals? Nope

By: Jordan Hamilton

Jordan Hamilton — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:44:02 +0000

First of all follow the money, People put more money into the football program than they do anything else. When was the last time u show even half as many people at a baseball game, track meet, wrestling, or at softball like u do at football. We are a FOOTBALL town. Football brings in almost all of the schools money. We didn’t do good in the playoffs because kids broke down and didn’t wanna play. It wasn’t Eztler’s fault and it’s not his fault the basketball team isn’t doing well. Eztler does so much for all of OUR sports programs that you people have no idea about. In my 4 yrs. here Eztler and Sade have done some much for me has a person and as a athlete so back off.

By: Sandy

Sandy — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:25:19 +0000

Well,when Busco is mentioned no longer does the lip curl up and a nasty faced made. Think what you like but over the past couple years there is a respect given to this towns SPORTS, just this year I had a wrestling head coach during a football game look me in the eyes and said “do you guys know how lucky you are to have your athletic directer” my reply yes I do! This has happened aleast twice a year since my sons freshman year.
I am thankful high school sports have been the best for my son! Trust me before high school he had afew I wasn’t real fond of. There is so much jealousy and people thinking they know everything.
I really like Coach Sade, Coach Etzeler, Coach Dock CoachLortie,Coach Riesen,Coach Schmidt, Coach Kimmels. One sports loss is anothers gain. Some people are one sport minded. I love them all.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:19:18 +0000

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By: HMMM...

HMMM... — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:53:57 +0000

First of all I think that a couple of people who got cut off the basketball team should of made it. They have good bball skills! Second of all I think that one of the coaches need to step up on their coaching “skills”(Mcbride). And third of all this coach Sade or whatever shouldn’t be talking because what does he know about basketball he is not a basketball coach. And what does football have to do with basketball?? I believe that even though Mcbride doesn’t know what he is doing as a coach people should be more supportive of their school. Ha nice “T-Money the cat”. That is hilarious!

By: The momba

The momba — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:15:37 +0000

Bravo Kyle, we are not a football town, we are a baseball town with no doubt about it. We are a town with a winning baseball tradition but a losing football tradition, Lee Etzler came into this town and had 3 awful seasons and 1 all right season, then one successful season then what? Being knocked out of the state playoffs earlier and earlier with ever approaching season? and the baseball team keeps up the winning standards that coach grove has laid out in his time at ‘Busco. Etlzer is the problem with all of the sports back at this school, he is not an athletic director, he is a football coach that is overpaid with secretary whom does all his work, as he sits in his office and watches football film, with what result? Being in a 3 way tie for the title of an awful conference and then losing in the first round of the state playoffs to a very poor Adams Central team. And WAYNE GIBSON, the man who made the big deal about losing his position as the girls basketball coach when we only has a 2 year contract, and you bring him back as the softball coach? THAT IS RIDICULOUS! If he would get out of his office and realize football is OVER, maybe we could have successful sports, and as for coach Sade, who do you think you are? I think if we really care about our sports we should look into the man running them, and if he is really capable of doing the correct job, because you know winning football games is everything that matters. Oh and cheers to coach grove for keeping a tradition alive at this school!

By: Coach Sade

Coach Sade — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:44:48 +0000

Congratulations to the boys on the win last last night. Stick together, keep working.

By: kyle owen

kyle owen — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:28:32 +0000

I love how it calls busco a football town yet our baseball team has been the best sport at busco for how long?? It makes no sense how the football team goes to one a to compete for a sectional championship yet the baseball team stays in 2 a and still does really well. i wish we could go to one a so we could win state every year. Our basketball program is a joke. the coaches i had when i played we completely worthless i learned more from my middle school coaches maybe they should hire one of them?!

By: Fair Weather Fans...

Fair Weather Fans... — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:55:49 +0000

It is funny how most of these negative comments come from students at Churubusco. It is also funny that these unsupporting students got cut from the basketball team! It sounds like they had their feelings hurt! It probably hurts when you get cut from a team that starts 0-4, but the future is bright and everyone knows it. Just give it time! Look at the Boilermakers…a poor team when Keady left them, not much better the first two years with Painter, but look at them now! Top 5 in the nation! Boiler Up!