warmachine7954

I've lived in Memphis since 2015 and I've never had an issue. I coach and run a side business and I've been to just about every neighborhood in Memphis, the suburbs, and North Mississippi. Living and working here 365 puts me at much higher risk than visiting for 3 days. I've never had an issue or been put in danger. Don't let your fear, stupidity, and ego get the best of you. It would be fine to have it here every 3 years. People will make excuses for everything. MTSU's gym is terrible. East TN is too far from West TN. Memphis is too dangerous. The air is too cold. It's too hot in the gym. The bathroom didn't have soft toilet paper. The hot dogs weren't long enough. The popcorn had too many kernels. Some old lady looked at me funny.

It really should rotate every few years. Memphis fans would represent a lot more even if it was held every 3 years in Memphis.

07-08 Union City Tornadoes went 37-0 also. They beat Manassas for the championship and that was no small task. Humboldt and Lake County were no joke that year either. I saw the 96-97 PC team. They were huge for a A school. I have no doubt that UC, Humboldt, Lake County would have given that PC team trouble and any of those teams could've pulled out a win.

TSSAA doesn't take any money until the post season. Now there are more district and regional tournaments than before.

Probably Hillcrest could win this Region No idea

Similar to Optional Schools in Memphis Shelby County. Kids can apply for any school they want in the district or out of district as long as they are in the Optional Program of that school. I was offered a job at Liberty in 2015. That was before they removed the principal and the superintendent did all the crazy stuff. I'm glad I didn't take that job. When Liberty first opened it was a great campus. The school seemed to thrive in multiple ways.

The problem with Hillcrest is that they don't play anyone. Their schedule is really, really weak. They've played close games against bigger schools that are bad. I know those guards can play and they'll help get them through the regular season but when they get outside Memphis they've got to have more than those guards to get past sectionals.

These are all in A. These are all in Memphis. Region 8 District 15 B. T. Washington High School (Memphis, TN) Compass School - Midtown High School (Memphis, TN) Manassas High School (Memphis, TN) Martin Luther King, Jr. Preparatory High School (Memphis, TN) Memphis Academy of Science & Engineering (Memphis, TN) Memphis Middle College High School (Memphis, TN) Soulsville Charter School (Memphis, TN) University High School - Memphis (Memphis, TN) District 16 City University School of Liberal Arts (Memphis, TN) Hillcrest High School (Memphis, TN) Memphis School of Excellence (Memphis, TN) Memphis School of Excellence - Cordova (Cordova, TN) Oakhaven High School (Memphis, TN) Westwood High School (Memphis, TN)

This is a great experience. I got to coach in this tournament in 2015-16 (won the tournament) and 2016-17. Great gym and great atmosphere.

Yes, they have beat or played some of the better teams in this area in the past few years. I don't think they are as good this year as they have been the past few years but they are legit. They have won 3 or 4 (in a row) of the National Homeschool tournaments.

Yes, they probably are but not everyone, especially young guys, have the emotional capacity to be called names or be threatened without reacting. It takes a while to grow thick skin for these situations. By the time thick skin is grown they figure out it's not worth it and they leave.

Players, fans, and coaches scream and critique at every level that's not an excuse you know that when you sign up. Fans pay to get in they should be allowed to voice their opinion and cheer on their team. Coaches have the right to "yell" they get paid to win or they lose their jobs... you will still wake up and go to your job the next day. Refs have seemed to develop rabbit ears now days. Facilities shouldn't alter how well you call a game. Also, you knew when signing up to officiate rather or not you job would allow to make contest or not. Respectfully Never paid mileage. Never was told I could be paid mileage. Was asked to umpire games for free for experience. People know what they're signing up for? Exactly why people are not signing up. What's your point? Coaches that yell and complain at the officials aren't coaching. They're being a distraction to their team. I've been a basketball coach for 15+years. Facilities do matter. When a high school baseball games has to use a portable mound and there is a lake in front of 2nd base so big you literally have to move the base to play it matters how the game is called. Or when you show up to a field and the grass is so high a ground ball wouldn't roll 10 feet it matters. When this is a regular occurrence it matters. I said people have to have the job schedule that allows them. Many people don't have they ability to ump due to work. With that reply I know you've never officiated a game in your life. Respectfully.

If you haven't officiated/umped in the past 10 years then you have no idea how difficult it is. The starting cost can be high. The amount of time required for training, camps, gear isn't compensated for enough many times not at all. Then the drive time to games plus game time isn't worth $100 or less and listening to stupid fans, coaches, and now players yell, scream and critique even the stuff you get right. I umpired baseball in Shelby County for 2 years 15-16 and it wasn't worth it. Middle school games there was 1 umpire, high school games could be ok depending on who and where you're calling the game. And the facilities in some places are completely unsafe for players and don't get fixed for a whole season or longer. Also, keep in mind that you have to have a job that allows you to accept games that are assigned to you through your organization.

I'm in year 17 of teaching. I've taught and coached at in a small K-12 school in West TN, in a foreign public school system, the Dept. of Defense, on the Navajo Nation, in Memphis, and the Suburbs. It's all the same every where. Kids are the same and so are parents. There are all kinds of misunderstandings. It rarely works out in the teachers favor unless there is a pile of irrefutable evidence in favor of the teacher. No matter what you hear about teacher/coach shortages districts will let people go if it puts the district in a bad light or a threat of litigation. I don't do anything other than shake students hands. I don't report female students for dress code violations, hug, horse play, or touch students or colleagues at any point. This has caused me to seem cold and callus to some students and I have to work a bit harder when I'm building relationships. However, in today's world I think I'm doing the right thing by me and my career. I see teachers hug and fraternize with high school kids more than I think any non-related adult should. I'm not a fan of young 20 something females teaching in high schools. High school kids are immature and mob mentality can take over. Teachers and coaches need to assume what they say and do at school is being recorded or on video. Teachers and coaches should not be communicating with students or posting things on social media that can be construed in ANYWAY inappropriate if they want to not have that hang over their head or leave a mark on their reputation.

Riverside is not NWTN.