A message to the Post-Tribune and Mike Hutton

This message is in response to an article posted www.blogs.suntimes.com/hutton/2008/01/basketbrawl_1.html

which I guess is a reply to this blog...
http://www.post-trib.com/sports/hedger/762568,hedg.article

just in case they don't publish it...here is my response to this ridulous blog that he wrote

Are you kidding me...I was at that game and it was a wild one...and when I say wild one...it was a good fight from beginning to end...when I say fight, I don't mean fist to fist, but good, hard basketball...I think the ref's were a little to ticky, tacky with the fouls that were called on Thea Bowman...that I do believe...now I will say that...the Bowman boys were a little over-matched by the power and size of West Sides Varsity seniors playing against a team full of sophomores.

Now I will tell you this...there is blog that was written GI HS Sports Blog even before I saw this article...and I am angry to hear the fact that you thought was a war...I on the other hand...didn't see anything more than a championship fight...it was no different than when the bulls played the pistons...where you knew when they played that it was going to be a war...whether it was the 1st game of the season or the 7th game of the Conf Finals...this is a new battle for west side you can rest assure...as young as those boys are from bowman...playing against competition that is bigger and stronger...they are only going to get better as they get older, stronger and better...the problem right now is they are the little brother of the Gary Schools and eventually the little brother is going to get bigger and stronger...

Yeah towards the end of regulation..it did get a little more physical, but that is expected as Bowman is trying to stake their claim...you can't push us around forever...Bowman did take a couple of hard fouls, but was that the reason for the stoppage when WS was up by 16 with 30-40 seconds to go..the problem came as the fans and some parents were getting on the refs...after the hard foul that got that WS boy ejected...other than that it was a good fight by the Bowman team.

To say that Boyd is not teaching his boys morals and sportsmanship is simply not correct...I think that someone got the wrong news flash and is listening to the wrong gossip...why is it that a Black Man can't have confidence in his team and his craft...I for one was not a Boyd supporter at the beginning as I never thought of Boyd as a B-ball coach...Baseball yes, but not b-ball...he has proven me wrong and I will admit that...I actually commented to a couple alumni that I was sitting with that Boyd has that swagger and that is a good thing...you need that...you think those other coaches downstate don't have it...you think Jim East doesn't have it, if you don't then you are thinking wrong...and he has a state championship to say that yesss...he does deserve to have his swagger!

I am so sick of all the negative press about GI...I thought sports was a way to get away from all the crazy stuff in real life...come on yall get real.