rebelpride04

I am in college in Arkansas. I went to high school in West Tennessee and relocating is no problem at all. My e-mail is JamesT.Turner@smail.astate.edu. Thanks for your reply and hope to hear back from you soon.

Graduation is approaching fast, and I am still searching. I will be certified to teach K-12 PE/Health but am willing to pursue other certifications if needed. I have coached defensive backs at the high school level, and have tons of teaching experience other than my internship. I am willing to coach at any position. I have worked with middle class to higher class students and At-Risk lower class students. If anyone knows of any assistant football coaching openings I would be very grateful. Thanks.

I am a 25 year old Physical Education Major that is graduating May 7, and am looking to begin my coaching career. My speciality is Defensive Backs and Recievers, but feel that I am qualified to coach other positions if needed. I am young and motivated and feel that I get the most out of young people that I have worked with. I am very educated on the game of football, but I am eager to learn more. If anyone knows of anything or has an opening on staff, I can send my resume via e-mail ASAP. Thank you.

Coach Jimmy Whitby hs accepted a paraprofessional job as Fulton County Highschool's assistant basketball coach. Good Hire! Wish we had him back at Obion County to be an assistant.

Yeah I was on the 03 team that beat Brighton 42-7 in the 9th week of the season with our b-team players in the second half. Then we meet up with them in the second round, they keyed in on the veer real well and we lost by 8 points. That was a little different I think. With the veer, and a coach that liked to run the ball every down, except four or five times a game we were pretty easy to plan for. With the Rebels offense being so balanced, with a running back like Fair, and a good passing attack it is not going to be an easy game for anyone to plan for. When I was there we went from one extreme to the next. lol 95% passing to 95% running. But the Rebels have to click on all cylinders like they did against Ripley or they won't beat anyone. I think the Rebels are a good team but it seems like it is either hit or miss for them. They need to hit again on Friday night or they are gonna be thinking about Ripley like I think about Brighton. Good Luck Rebels, don't overlook anyone, cause I promise you, it leaves a bad taste in your mouth.

True story!

How about Them Rebels! Way to go boys.

Either it did tonight, of they made adjustments, lol! ! How about them Rebels!

The fact is a combined middle school football team won't happen...It just won't...So somehow, someway the four feeder coaches are going to have get on board with Coach Jackson and his staff and work toward a common goal of having a successful high school team...There is no reason why OC can't be good consistently in football because let's face it, 4a is not a powerhouse football classification... 4a is definately not an easy classification. There are some teams down this year, don't get me wrong. But it sure is not a cake walk by any means. Those teams usually have dang good athletes. I definately don't think the 1a schedule is very tough myself. Main reason is because other teams are bigger faster and stronger than OC. With a weight program and training implemented you will see a much better Rebel Team. Consolidating schools, and with the help of the Rebel coaches that problem will be solved. One thing from playing at Central and then coaching, and watching other high school practices, there is not a team anywhere that has more heart and want to win that OCCHS. I know when I was there, we had some hard, long practices that kids from most schools would of quit in a heart beat. I know everyone from Obion County wants to have a winning program but until the higher ups do anything about it is gonna be hard to make that a reality. If they don't consolidate schools, which they probaly never will, there at least needs to be weight training, speed training, and agility training implemented into the junior high programs. This will make a huge difference for the program.

I have been reading all the comments on this post, and can see both sides. But one thing I will say and some people are not going to agree with this. How I see it, is this year's rebel team has 19 seniors which is alot. You won't see that very often. I am postitive there were more than 19 people in the eighth grade from four different schools when they were in junior high. So my point is that everyone is debating on the loss of players. The players that quit are probaly not that interested in football, getting better, liked getting hit or had the work ethic to play football anyway. Football isn't for all kids. I know when I was in junior high we practiced for maybe an hour, hour and a half during the last period of school. That is just not long enough to put in that much. And we wonder why kids come in with poor technique and agility. It takes twenty minutes to get dressed and warmed up. That doesn't leave that much time for tackle drills, speed training, defense, offense, and special teams, and etc. With a combined feeder school team, there will be more coaches to work with the boys, and more than likely a longer practice time. That is what the kids need. Practice makes perfect and if you can't practice no more than an hour then that does not give enough time to perfect much. I think with all the kids from all four school on the same page working together it will benefit them in the long run. I know it took guys from my junior high to warm up and befriend guys from other junior highs. With this arrangement they will have two years to warm up to each other and become a team. This is definatley the best bet for the program, but for the parents that are thinking about the right now situation with their son being stars at a junior high team that can only win games against obion county schools who they will play with in a year, aren't thinking about their future football career. If you won't your son to gain their full football potential, getting a two year head start with their team, and in a good program that contains weight training, and plenty of time for agility training and team practice, this is how he can reach it. But until that happens we better hope that Obion County produces some born stud athletes, which has not happened very often, or they will continue being two years behing everyone else and continue suffering mediocrity and below. Obion County needs a change, and this one will actually benefit the team and community. Nine winning seaasons in 40 something years can tell you that.

It irritates me so bad when someone makes excuses. Did you ever think that NorthSide who was an undefeated team also coming into this game was just a better team. I know Liberty Tech is a good team but Northside isn't to shabby theirselves. Maybe their special teams had a better game plan and was just better than Liberty's. I think Liberty obviously by stats had an all around good game. Northside is a different team than in years past and their motivated and ready to play and that showed in last Friday's game.

Coach Tab is doing good things for that program. I mean he took a team with a 2-8 record, went 7-4 his first year, now he is starting off 5-0. He is getting them boys fired up down there. His enthusiasm for the game must have rubbed off on them a little.