Gallatin Head Coach Bobby Luna even calls himself a “crusty, old coach” when it comes to the modern hype game. He does not like to make a circus about his players to the extreme or post a new instagram story…
Gallatin Head Coach Bobby Luna even calls himself a “crusty, old coach” when it comes to the modern hype game. He does not like to make a circus about his players to the extreme or post a new instagram story everyday about workouts. You will find no opposing coaches questioning his coaching style or success though. Gallatin’s All-Time Winningest Coach is now somewhere around 570 career wins.
This week he took time to describe his current squad.
District 10-4A
Beech
Gallatin
Hendersonville
Hunters Lane
McGavock
Station Camp
First, Cade Martin “plays multiple positions,” shared Coach Luna. “Big, strong physical kid. Can score a couple of ways. He can play a point guard and did a lot last year, but he will also play off the ball.”
Of the talented players on the Green Wave, Martin is the most likely to make All-District. That is not to say that there is no one else capable. In fact, Coach Luna believes 2-3 of his guys have a chance to play college somewhere.
Jimem Lual, a 6-foot-3 combo forward, is key.
“He is kind of a 3/4,” said Coach Luna. “We can play him as a 5, when we go to 5 guards. Long, athletic. Can shoot it. Can score around the basket . He is kind of like plastic man. He is not going to knock you over. He got injured on December 4th last year and did not play again last year. He has some experience but did not play much last year. We were searching for a 5 man back then..
Last season, Coach Luna noticed a glaring deficiency in post production. Scoring in deep just did not happen with any kind of regularity. Thankfully, two juniors are ready to solve that problem.
Amarius Dunn is a “big, strong, athletic kid offered Coach Luna. Again, a kid that can shoot the ball a little bit from the perimeter. Good around the basket. I will give him credit. He is playing towards the rim. He is going to the rim. He might run over you, but he is going to the rim.”
Dunn will battle for time with Ch’mar Butler.
“Similar type player. 6’3″ Big, strong, physical, thick. Plays mostly in the paint. Can play a little bit on the perimeter, but not really going to shoot out there.”
In the backcourt, along with Martin will be Cannon Hale and A.J. Davis. Hale is a strong shooter with excellent catch-and-shoot skills. “Really good range. He is the classic shooter. He is going to do most of his scoring as a perimeter player.”
A.J. Davis is a 5’10″ guard.
“Shoots the ball well. Good distributer. He started for us as a freshman when our junior point guard (Ty Martin) went down with ACL tear.”
The Green Wave finished the strange 2020-2021 season 13-10 with few road wins. This team will be better, perhaps deeper too.