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Did Greenback A.D. quit? Word on the street is that she quit but no one has confirmed it. Evidently she declined to comment to the News Herald regarding the coach as well.

Who did they get?

No it's not about the players. If it was Greg would have been hired no questions asked. This is about a corrupt County Commissioner/ Ex Head Coach and his influence over a selection committee. Any person that publicly or privately states that they will withhold funds from the community if a certain coach is hired should not be allowed to represent the community period.

Pretty sure Ryan has a degree and a teaching certification.

The AD is a joke! She doesn't care about the program. She spends 3 days at Loudon and 2 at Greenback . How is she responsible for hiring a coach for Greenback?

They won't have enough boys to field a team. Sad situation, I guess the AD really does hate Coach Ryan. Also heard it was a 5-1 vote against Greg so one of the people that said they voted for him might not be telling the truth. Sad, sad, sad.

Well that was quick. At least he had an undefeated record when he left.

Pretty sure everyone will be behind Rayl. It wasn't the point. Good luck to the new HC.

One thing I realize is that you are an idiot that is posting from a fake account that was started on Monday. Only things I have stated are that if Ryan applied it should have been his. The majority of the town, the student athletes, and the athletes parents want him back as well. Second the fact that anyone would try to railroad someone's career while hiding behind a board or from a leadership position in the County is cowardice. Whoever the coach is they will be supported.

I haven't looked at this in a couple of days but it looks like someone has got the propaganda machine cranked up for Rayl. Don't know anything about the guy, other than what I read here. Could be a great hire but yet don't hire anyone other than Ryan if he wanted job. The fact that admin on the selection committee has a personal vendetta also the fact that a County Commissioner has threatened to withhold money from the city if Ryan was hired because he has an issue with the family should make anyone on the committee want to step away as fast as possible.

Does any know the names of the School board member or the County Commissioner? Maybe we could reach out directly.

Information has come to light on several fronts that coach Ryan has been getting railroaded from the beginning. Coach Frost offered and turned it down. Now an assistant coach with zero head coaching experience has been offered?? This is outrageous. If the rumors are true someone at the County level has been slandering Coach Ryan's character it would be in the Counties best interest to halt this where it stands and evaluate this process and start over.

Is this some kind of personal attack on Ridge and Ryan's character?

Coach Ryan should have supplemented his income with the concession stand money. That could have offset the pay difference between him and the other Loudon County coaches. I don't think any of them have been to a State Championship let alone 4 out of 5 years. If Ryan applied it should be his job. If the A.D. is trying to block it the community needs to know the reason.

Well men I think it's high time I check in here. I moved to Texas where they say high school football means more. It doesn't, I actually live in the town that the woke people of our country tried to cancel because of their display of their mascot tradition at Disney World. The PNG Indians are a proud bunch and will never give it up. Ridiculous high school stadiums down here. That being said let's address the mess at Greenback. It's my personal opinion that Casteel the principal at Greenback despises the people of Greenback and knew he was going out this year. He wanted to let everyone know that he took away the one pride and joy of the community our sports programs. He purposely hired the worst possible candidate that he could find to replace Chick. Casteel hates Greenback and was only there to collect a check until he was comfortable to retire. Greenback would still be relevant if we had all our own boys that are on the Maryville backfield, Eagleton squad, or at Alcoa. Bunch of homegrown boys that would still be there if the program was worth a dang.