{"id":119469,"date":"2016-02-09T10:00:21","date_gmt":"2016-02-09T18:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bilcomprd.wpengine.com\/?p=119469"},"modified":"2018-06-18T11:21:25","modified_gmt":"2018-06-18T18:21:25","slug":"state-of-the-game-clark-francis-national-scout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ballislife.com\/state-of-the-game-clark-francis-national-scout\/","title":{"rendered":"State of the Game: Clark Francis (National Scout)"},"content":{"rendered":"
We recently had the opportunity to sit down with respected individuals in various roles and talk about the state of the high school and grassroots game. We interviewed respected national talent evaluators (Jerry Meyer<\/a>\u00a0of 247Sports.com,\u00a0Clark Francis<\/a>\u00a0of the Hoop Scoop,\u00a0Joel Francisco<\/a>\u00a0of ESPN.com), a shoe company national manager (Tony Dorado<\/a>\u00a0of Nike), college coaches (Pepperdine University assistant\u00a0John Impleman<\/a>\u00a0and Santa Clara University assistant\u00a0Mike Peck<\/a>), a young high school coach (former UNLV guard\u00a0Justin Hawkins<\/a>\u00a0from Liberty of Henderson, Nev.) and a state title-winning high school coach (former Clemson guard\u00a0Lou Richie<\/a>\u00a0from Bishop O'Dowd of Oakland, Calif.).<\/strong><\/p>\n In the final part of our \"State of the Game\" BIL exclusive, we sit down with Francis to discuss performance vs. production in evaluating college prospects, the lack of true lead guards in the high school game because of the emphasis on scoring, and basketball's entitlement culture.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n RELATED: <\/strong>Part 1 - Lou Richie (HS Coach)<\/a> |<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Part 2 - John Impleman (College Coach)<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Part 3 - Michael Peck (College Coach)<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Part 4 - Jerry Meyer (National Scout)<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Part 5 - Joel Francisco (National Scout)<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Part 6 - Justin Hawkins (Former Player)<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Part 7 - Tony Dorado (Shoe Company Manager)<\/a><\/p>\n Ronnie Flores is the national Grassroots editor of Ballislife.com. He can be reached at\u00a0<\/em>ronlocc1977@yahoo.com<\/em><\/a>. Don't forget to follow him on Twitter:\u00a0<\/em>@RonMFlores<\/a><\/em><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We recently had the opportunity to sit down with respected individuals in various roles and talk about the… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":120125,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,6886,8320,4],"tags":[9189,9330,4964,9329],"featured":[],"class_list":["post-119469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-blogs","category-exclusive-videos","category-grassroots-coverage","category-high-school-videos","tag-clark-francis","tag-grassroots-basketball","tag-high-school-basketball","tag-hoop-scoop","post_format-post-format-video","has-post-video"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n