2026 Update

With Scott turning 40, he's decided that his body is starting to break down.

He's needing to hang up his basketball shoes, so he's going to turn the Thursday Night Hoops reins back over to me.

So I'll be the one who is reserving the gym with the Y on Thursday nights and collecting money from everyone.

It's hard to believe that I first organized this group four years ago back in 2022. 

Then I handed it over to Darin who ran it for awhile before he had to retire. Then he handed it over to Scott.

And now it's made it's way full circle back to me.

We've got a few OG's who've been around pretty much since the beginning. But we've also got a lot of new faces.

So I think it's probably a good time to review why I started this group in the first place.

Here's the original concept that I had in mind when I first organized this group: https://sites.google.com/calibrateyourads.com/thursdaynighthoops/home

Where I think this group got away from us a little bit here lately is that we used to run a tighter ship.

We were a little more restrictive on our old man age requirements. 

And we didn't add more people to the group when we already had enough people.

We'd let people sub in if we were short on players that night, but they weren't officially considered part of the group.

My concern is that we've gotten away from having the same group of guys show up every week who had the gym reserved on Thursday nights to it pretty much being an open gym on Thursday nights with a $5 cover charge.

It got to the point where we got way overcrowded with as many as 25 people showing up on Thursday nights. 

That's at least 10 guys too many.

It hasn't been as bad lately, but I'm a little worried that some of our regulars felt like they'd been pushed out by some of the newer guys.

So I'm going to spend some time this next week reaching out to the guys who used to come out more often and see why they haven't been around as much lately.

Is it because we got overcrowded? Or has their life changed with new kids or other activities where they won't be coming back regardless of any changes that we might make?

Once I have better answers, I'll decide what, if any changes need to be made.

So I don't need any money from anyone just yet. 

I'm going to spend this next week doing a bit more research. 

Once I have a better idea of a game plan, I'll report back with how we're going to handle things, how to pay, etc.