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How many nationally ranked teams has Ingle Martin ever had at CPA? Look, I really like Ingle but Bobby Bentley is a whole different cat. Just look at how many nationally ranked teams he had at Byrnes, which is blue collar rural school. Does he recruit, absolutely and so do all the other successful D2 programs as do the top D1 programs.

Bobby Bentley is the best high school football coach in Tennessee and it’s not close. Just look at what he did at Byrnes and that’s not counting the number of years he spend on D1 staffs.

What is the toughest in season high school wrestling tournament in Tennessee? Is it Fandetti-Richardson, McCallie, Johnny Drennan Memorial 85, GP West, Black Horse, etc...

Allow me to begin by saying that I do feel that AJ has made significant progress in conducting himself in a way that is more socially acceptable. With that being said, I have been told that his grades were good, and he was told by the coaching staff at UNC that his acceptance would not be an issue. At some point in the process word got out that he was transferring to UNC and the protest began and that is when the admissions process walked back his acceptance even though it has been reported that he does not have a criminal record. What he did last season while not having quality training partners is really amazing. Let's hope that the young man has indeed turned his life around and finds a good fit for both his wrestling and academics. OU could definitely use his talent, and it should provide him with much better training partners and a solid competition schedule.

This is a state champion from Montana that moved to Iowa for better competition and finished 5th in Iowa at 138lb.

Just a hunch but Scott Green will be offered and take the job. Scott has relationships all over the country and has been doing most of the recruiting.

I don’t know what the current rule book says, but at one point if the coach wanted to discuss anything about the match it must be done at the table. If the discussion was about the score not being correct on the scoreboard it was basically no harm and no foul. The mistake was corrected and the coach went back to his chair. If the coach was questioning a rule interpretation or why points should have been rewarded or why points should not have been awarded the official had two options. Change the ruling on the mat or warn the coach for the first offense and penalize the coach for a team point for the next offense. As a coach I was only ever penalized one time and the match had been over for 20 minutes. The host coach was paying the official for a match that we easily won but the official was horrible. I instructed the host coach to only pay the official for 50% of what he should have made because he did a half A** job. I thought that it was funny as did the host coach but the official had no sense of humor and penalized me one team point.

The idea of a Grand State Champion has been tried unsuccessfully in other states so I see absolutely no reason that it would work in Tennessee. However, if it were done as a non-sanctioned event, you would see the following happen: 1. Kids would commit to the event and then bail at the last minute 2. If you gave a 3-5lb weight allowance you would have kids that didn't make weight and ask for a waiver because they were .5 overweight. 3. The state runners-up would show up trying to get another shot at beating the very best but then again very few of the top tier kids would compete. The only way for this to work is to have one state championship for the individual state wrestling tournament and the majority have spoken that they want nothing to do with this idea.

Personally, I see absolutely no way to make this happen without the TSSAA merging D1 and D2 back together. The D2 schools that I have spoken with really like the idea of their elite kids qualifying for the National Preps. The idea of having some type of grand state champion tournament for the state champions and state runner up’s has not successfully worked in other states.

It’s referred to as BUY A WIN. Very weak schedule and people wonder why the teams from upper East Tennessee struggle in the playoffs.

This one statement shows just how narrow minded and selfish you are! Competition is what helps get wrestling in the media and places backsides in seats which in turn assist the wrestling programs in becoming more self sufficient. How do you get great competition, it’s by have one state champion crowned in all individual sports. I am not talking about the dual state championships, only the individual state championships. I don’t just wish for the wrestling program at a school to be successful, I want every sport in a school to be competing for a state championship. Sugar Daddy’s are nice for a program but it’s best if the program is thriving before the wealthy individuals begin to pour money into the program so that if he/she pull their money the program continues to be financially stable. For wrestling to not just to survive but to flourish and explode in Tennessee you must get the football players to compete in wrestling. Like it or not, football in the southern states has control over the very best athletes in the school. If the head football coaches make wrestling a mandatory part of the offseason workouts for the athletes not participating in basketball it’s a win for everyone. For wrestling to really grow you must have the best athletes in the school, huge fan support and practice rooms with 75+ kids. This happens when the football coaches in a school embrace wrestling. This only happens in a very few schools but when it does everyone becomes successful especially the students who quickly become multi sport athletes. Let’s not forget that high school athletics are for the student athletes and helping them develop into well rounded and productive adults.

Congratulations!

FYI a judge during the Brentwood Academy vs TSSAA trial declared that the TSSAA is a state agency, so in essence the State of Tennessee already runs the TSSAA. If the State of Tennessee is trying to dissolve the TSSAA something is going on behind the scenes that has not been made public so my advice is to follow the money. How does having ONE STATE CHAMPION in not just wrestling but all individual sports hurt the sport? Is it because LIttle Johnny and Lil Kelly don’t have the talent or have not worked hard enough to win a state championship? The YMCA method (yes the YMCA began this foolishness in the early 70’s) of giving participation trophies does not work. Let’s get back to only individuals and teams that win championships receive a trophy. Life is not fair and the sooner that people learn that the better off everyone will be.

The individual state wrestling tournament would crown one (1) state champion like all individual sports.

Is Father Ryan not going to host the Johnny Drennan Invitational? I don’t see it listed.

Just a few things: 1. There will always be an organization that oversees high school athletics in the State of Tennessee 2. The Board of Control members are nothing more than gang leaders that protect their little piece of turf. They have no intention of doing what is right for the overall high school athletic programs in Tennessee. 3. Almost all of the employees of the TSSAA are trained educators that have absolutely zero experience owning or managing a multi-million-dollar organization before being hired by the TSSAA. Why should anyone expect them to do well when they only know what the fools before them have done. 4. Fan interest has plummeted over the last 25+ years and the TSSAA has not figured out that more divisions and gold balls is not the answer. If you want to create fan interest and place butts in seats you must have good competition. By trying to legislate people being successful has virtually ruined two or three generations. At some point and time people must get tough and understand that there are no free lunches! You get what you earn, and life is not fair! 5. Do the following to create competition: A. Do away with D1 and D2 and place everyone back together B. Class A: Small rural schools. No magnet schools, charter or private schools C. Class AA: Public school, small magnet schools and small private schools that do not offer financial aid or work study D. Class AAA: Public schools, large magnet schools, charter schools and small private schools that offer financial aid and or work study E. Class AAAA: Public schools and large private schools that offer financial aid and or work study F. All individual sports (wrestling, cross country, track & field, swimming, diving, tennis, etc...) will only crown one individual state champion. Again, it's past time that everyone learns that the world is not 100% fair and that you should earn a state championship and not everyone that participates in athletics becomes a state champion.

What is the big deal with this and the Tennessee State Legislature? Back during the Brentwood Academy vs TSSAA case it was determined that the TSSAA was a state agency. Something isn’t quite right here and the State Legislature wants to close the TSSAA and completely takeover the organization. The only thing that I have to say is that it couldn’t be any worse than it is now. The TSSAA has been and continues to be a joke.

Go to Texas if you want to see high school athletics on large scale. Even the small rural schools spend money

IMO, he would be much better off lifting hard and allowing his body to grow into a solid 149lb. Being a big weight cutter (15+ pounds) in college leads to injuries and truly takes the fun out of the sport.

I am going to quote the late Tommy Bateman: "when you have superior talent to everyone else, kitchen help could be the coach, and they would win"

What Tennessee wrestlers have ever placed in freestyle at Fargo and not placed at the Tennessee State Tournament the following season?

If the State Senate is a bunch of morons what is the TSSAA Board of Control? That my friend is a group of self serving gang leaders with zero desire to do what is best for athletics as a whole in the State of Tennessee.

Let’s be completely honest and say that Oakland is an “open zoned school” in the middle of Rutherford County, which is one of the fastest growing counties in the USA. Yes, they have some good coaches but when a school has that much talent available to them it does not matter what offense they run. Ask yourself, if the Oakland coaching staff took over the Cocke County program would they win a state championship and have as many athletes going to NCAA D1 programs?

Students do not have to be Catholic but typically they don’t provide 100% of the financial aid that the potential students qualify for. Things may change with Mettenberger as the head coach as he should have known exactly what he was getting into. When the other schools are providing 100% financial aid for 15-20 football players each year it’s difficult to compete if you are not doing the same thing.

If you feel that Nolensville is a difficult job, you have to look no further than Father Ryan. When competing in D2AAA and not being allowed to recruit like the top teams you must compete against, it makes the job next to impossible if you want to win. The good thing is that it doesn't appear that FR ever terminates a coach for not winning.