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Heard another player quit at Blackman. What is going on with these athletes quitting?

I agree. I know him from church at Blackman Middle. I keep up with Blackman Middle School Basketball because the youth minister is on his coaching staff, another one of his coaches and close friends attends church at times there and some of the youth kids play or have played for him and Butch Vaughn (Oakland principal) is a big fan of his and I know they are very close. Therefor I come to the games and support them all. Butch Vaughn has told me (Before he left to go to oakland) that Coach Moore is one of the most disciplined coaches he as ever known. Butch said he holds all athletes to the same standards and and is not one that finds a way to keep them on the court to better his chances at winning if they haven't earned it and even more important is an excellent classroom teacher. My conversations with him about this subject have always ended with him stating that being young in his marriage and his walk with Christ that those are the two most important things right now because he realizes that he has to continue to become strong in those areas in order to balance out the hardships of taking over a high school program later on. THATS HUGE for someone to put their desires off to focus on being a good husband, father and christian and to get it right the first time instead of using the later years to make up for it. It is good to have someone to talk to that knows Blackman Basketball and some of the staff personally. Thanks

I know him as well, do you think he will ever move up?

I totally forgot about that. Isn't all this ironic if Blackman defeats Dickson County Wednesday night.

Yes they have a new staff and they have done a great job with what they have. Losing more talent than anyone in the mid-state, , I'm not sold on that either but they did lose some great players. If Blackman defeats Dickson then it looks like it could be another Mt. juliet and Blackman battle on Blackmans turf, except this time to get to the Sectional finals. It should be interesting!

I've met him a couple of times. He seems to have it together on and off the court. I hear he is a real disciplinarian on and off the court and the kids fully understand that he is in control of the team. When do you think he will go to high school?

Are you talking about Mt. Juliet!

Saturday at 2:00 or 2;15 from what I hear. Yes, Mt. Juliet is solid and so is lavergne.

Ice Cold, It seems you you know a little about Blackman Middle from your posts. Do you know Coach Moore very well?

Here is the latest information: Blackman and Lavergne will playing for the area championship. Blackman absolutley crushed E.O Coffman. Lavergne was tested by Central and won in over time. This should be a really good match up. They split in the regular season.

Yes they did lose to Mt. Juliet twice this year which is far more athletic across the board than Blackman. As far has who lost more talent last year, well, you are entitled to your opinion which I am sure some will agree and disagree. I'm not quite sure I agree with you on that but that is another topic for another thread! However, I have seen Mt. Juliet play this year against Smyrna and they are talented and definitely have a shot at State as well. I don't know who will win the sectional but it is going to be interesting.

I have to admit that Blackman plays excellent TEAM basketball, not many athletes, but MAN they play extremely hard and are VERY well coached. I don't know if they will win state out of their area but I have to say that they are definitley the suprise due to the athletes they lost last season and what they had return. I have watched them play several times this year and watching them defeat Christiana, Central, and lavergne was mind blowing seeing the athletes those teams had. It was fun watching them execute on offense and to see how well discipline they were on defense.