Eric Swords

Head Boys Basketball Coach at Whitley County High School

[Mike Hoffmann @MikeHoffmann]

Luke Falk shared a Mike Leach story that stopped me cold:

Two kids. One rich. One poor.

Every training camp, Coach Leach told his team about these 2 kids.

The rich kid has two choices.

Get soft. Get entitled. Expect everything handed to him because he was handed more.

Or take the resources, the coaching, the opportunities, and compound them into something greater.

The poor kid has two choices too.

Say nobody gave him anything. Blame the world. Make his circumstances the reason he never became what he could have been.

Or outwork everyone in the room.

Luke said the locker room had both. Kids from wealth. Kids from nothing. Kids with every advantage. Kids who scraped for every inch.

Same choice for all of them.

Ownership or victimhood.
Fuel or excuse.

The rich kid can waste the head start or build on it.

The poor kid can drown in the deficit or weaponize it.

Greatness doesn't come from where you start.

It comes from which kid you choose to feed.

Credit to @coachlukefalk for continuing to share golden nuggets about Coach’s legacy

[Eric Swords @swords_eric]

Great coach and person, any school would be lucky to have him.

[Michael Merriman @merrimanm12]

Coaches/ADs..still looking to get into the college game. Now that my son is living his dream playing college 🏀 (DII), I want to pursue my dream of coaching it. Loyal, hardworking, veteran HS coach. Please reach out if interested.

@TweetsbyCoachP
@HD_DirtKing

[Michael Merriman @merrimanm12]

Coaches/ADs..still looking to get into the college game. Now that my son is living his dream playing college 🏀 (DII), I want to pursue my dream of coaching it. Loyal, hardworking, veteran HS coach. Please reach out if interested.

@TweetsbyCoachP
@HD_DirtKing

[NextUpRecruits @NextUpRecruits]

TOMORROW: @NextUpRecruits Jamboree At Taylor County! This event features some of the top talent in the state of Kentucky. Would love to have everyone out!

📍| Taylor County Middle School
⏰| 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM (ET)
💵| $10 Admission / College Coaches FREE

[Geo Baker @Geo_Baker_1]

I’ve spent all July at AAU tournaments and I think a lot of kids have the game confused. Basketball IQ Is definitely at an all time low.

The best player on the floor will make everyone else around them better. It’s not about dropping 30 points or highlight tapes. If you’re talented, that stuff will take care of itself.

High school recruitment is at an all time low right now so it’s more important than ever to know how to play the game the right way. Drive and kicks, advancing the ball, extra passes, communication, reading screen coverages, etc…

For the kids: Ignore outside voices and trust your coaches who are preaching to you to play the right way.

[COACH PRIME @DeionSanders]

Your WANT and your WHY has to be so attractive & desirable to u that ain't NOTHING can stop u from Believing & Achieving it. I don't care what they do or say if u can still close your eyes & see it u can go get it. Let's get it! NOW. #CoachPrime

[ESPN Radio @ESPNRadio]

“Call him and beg him. Rick, come back.”

@Espngreeny is all in on Kentucky hiring Pitino as their next coach 😯

[Hoop Herald @TheHoopHerald]

With Pitino being as motivated as he is right now to win another National Championship, this could maybe be Kentucky’s most realistic home run hire

(Via @BarstoolBigCat 🎥)

[Bryan DeNovellis @bryandeno]

So the Mountain West gets SIX Teams!!!! and the Big East 3!!!
I'd love to see any of those MW teams go through a 20-game schedule in the Big East and see if Boise State or UNLV gets to 12 wins. Please.

[Jeff Goodman @GoodmanHoops]

Long Beach State fired Dan Monson on Monday.

Monson still decided to coach the 49ers and just led them to the NCAA tourney with a Big West title run.

Insane!!!!

[Matt Norlander @MattNorlander]

It took St. John's 24 years to get back to the Big East semifinals.

It took Rick Pitino one year on the job to do it.

UConn vs. SJU on Friday night. The building might rattle the bedrock of Manhattan.

[WYMT SportsOT @SportsOT]

The Whitley County Colonels boys and girls basketball teams were also in the building!

Check out the Colonels’ DQ Roundball preview soon on WYMT.

[Berea College Men's Basketball @BereaCollegeMBB]

Sneak peek at incoming Freshman Ashton Reynolds from Whitley County High School in KY! In his senior season, Ashton averaged 16 PPG, 4 Rebs, & 4 assists helping his Colonels to just the 4th 20 win season in school history! We can’t wait to get you here 🔥 🛶

[Jared Kilgore @_JaredKilgore]

Excited to get to stay with the best Sports Info Department in the NAIA!!

[Eric Swords @swords_eric]

@NateInSports @josh_claywell @brodmo @JoshMooreHL Changed names

[Eric Swords @swords_eric]

@josh_claywell @NateInSports @brodmo Yeah I couldn’t remember just know they play Harlan in all a state this year in basketball

[Eric Swords @swords_eric]

@NateInSports @brodmo @josh_claywell Yep I’d say there’s a few others. It’s really not fair for the true small schools. People say all a but it’s really half the teams in the state or more

[Eric Swords @swords_eric]

@NateInSports @brodmo @josh_claywell Where is Sheldon Clark at? They played in the state all a this year

[Eric Swords @swords_eric]

@NateInSports @brodmo @josh_claywell Breathitt Co, Morgan, Sheldon Clark also play in all a basketball