Rade Butcher

A fan of a 5-8 team should never call another team with a much superior record "Yeller".

Has the discipline improved dad? That is the only thing holding them back I would think. The talent has and will always be there.

I promised my wife I wouldn't post here again but I had to respond there Conigliaro. Great team? Not hardly. Great teams have a purpose and that purpose is not to get beat by 25. Say a potentially good team and I would agree with you. Marion has work to do on both the attitude and the work ethic. That comes from the coaching staff but it has got to be something the players want as well. Tell you what I like this Henegar boy more and more. I can understand why all my Jasper pals are so high on him.

Did not know they had the jhs housed in the same building. This could be a solid plus for SP because all the kids get to be around each other. Would you not think this to be the reason their football program is so great? Kids come in contact with the hs coaches every day, they get to see all those gold balls SP has won. I would think under these circumstances the basketball coach would take both in order to instill his system. I see nothing negative about this setup at all. Is their junior high program led by good coaches?

Temple by 3. Both these teams have played strong out of district schedules against larger schools. I look for both these teams to be at the Boro. I will be at Temple for this matchup.

I have watched them play various Chattanooga teams for the past 6 years and I have always thought, "What raw talent they have". I heard from some friends in Jasper that the Henegar boy was thinking about returning to South Pitt but something happened to change his mind. Wonder what that was if it were even true. OP as far as losing good talent in the lower levels whose responsibility do you think it is to hold on to them?

Potential is fine but there must also be direction in order to achieve success with today's athletes. I am looking forward to watching Grace and Temple play for the region title in that new gym in SP come Feb.

Grace and Temple will be in the region championship. This game, for whatever reason, will be closer than you will think.

Nice win for the Warriors.

I hope this coach is adding more discipline to this new "gameplan".

I was at the Dade tournament...one of the teams involved has a coach who went to school with me. I saw an unmotivated team who may get better with an infusion of better players. Now understand this I saw them 2 or 3 times in Chattanooga last year and was totally unimpressed. Too little discipline. Now I do think the Henegar boy has promise. Someone needs to jerk him up a couple of notches. Not sure their coach can.

No wonder. Chattanooga hates girls basketball and always will. Can't understand why because there has been some talent here and of course the Valley(s) have always been competitive. How will Grundy do this year Del?

They just seem "out of sync".

Beating teams like Whitwell does not exactly send a "shiver" up my leg. Tell you what you play Austin East, Bolivar Central or Brainerd to within 20 and not only will I stop talking bad about the Valley but I will issue a public apology as well. BTW I have SEEN MC this year and they could not play Bolivar to within 30.

Hixson big...Marion lacks the mental toughness in all phases of the game.

SP and Whitwell for the Ages??????????????????? /roflol.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":roflol:" border="0" alt="roflol.gif" />

I do post on topics concerning those 2 teams and others in the area from time to time. Just really irks me about all this talk about D1 prospects in the Valley??????????????????? BTW I guess I am as dumb as a prize hog but I finally found the answer to your "riddle"...if memory serves me the person in question, who happens to be a good friend of mine and former rival coach, only took the job with the intention of staying in baseball a year and helping the school out because he liked the school and no one else wanted it. Very noble gesture to SPHS I think. I believe he has "sniffed" over 300 wins and 2 state appearences in another state in basketball. Care to compare his record and that of the current SP hoops coach?

???????? You asking a riddle or have you been at the likker cabinet again?

Red Bank and CSAS.

I still don't understand how a region of the state whose basketball programs are non existant gets this much attention on a thread. Guess you guys are unemployed and hanging around the library computer all day. I have an idea for you; leave the TSSAA and form your own league. Put North Jackson and the Sand Mtn teams in it since they are basketball inept as well and play for your own championship. You can play the "state" tournament of the Sequatchie Valley at the new "palace" at SP(700 seating capacity) or at Ricky Richards Arena in Skoalmont...that is the only way any of you are going to get a sniff at a championship.

I saw them play twice in Chattanooga last year. They, both coach and players, were not on the same page it seemed. The game I saw at Silverdale ended up in a brawl. There was no structure as I saw it nor any discipline. Now that could very well change. I have heard Phillips is a good coach and I know he had a terrific coach who was at the school in a non coaching capacity last year. Maybe he learned some things that will help him in the future. Still it is hard to get respect if you haven't already earned it. Young coach who must listen and learn from better coaches.

It really amazes me how a region of this state that sends no teams to sectionals, no teams to states and hasn't won a district or region title can get so much coverage...plus the coaching over there looks like junior pro. I will say that if you take away Mark, John Cherne and Kevin Templeton the coaching here in Chattanooga is not that much better.

Purple...I like your insight but the only way SP beats CSAS is if Dragoo sits on the SP bench. Then I might concur with your observations.

I have always said SP was a diamond in the rough. The only problem is football has been so huge there that basketball has always got lost in the shuffle. With the old dilapidated wreck they played in it was hard for them to land quality basketball coaches. Now that new specimen of a facility they have changes that. Look for interest in this program now.

Too bad there is not an "All Valley" championship. With that being said I would say Sequatchie would be most competitive simply because their coach is hands down the best in that area. SP has more ability but they have yet to discover fundamentals and team basketball. Same could be said for Marion Co. Still it matters not because the best teams and coaches reside across the timeline.