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Saw that their coach resigned a few weeks ago. What's the word on any replacements? They were always a solid team and return a lot, I believe.

Bearden is getting an influx of young talent coming in... practically a whole AAU team has transferred in as 9th graders.

Any word?

I'm sure the Lenoir City folks will start complaining again very soon if that is true. I would imagine Wright would be a frontrunner for either of the big positions open right now....Oak Ridge or Maryville.

I would imagine he'll make more teaching/coaching (or about same) in high school and cut his hours down significantly. Div III coaches don't get paid well, I don't believe. Of course, they might have other duties such as teaching a college course or an administrative duty that supplements their coaching salary.

Richard Cowan. Thoughts?

Coachinhoops: You talk of character one second and then call the future coach of LC a "schmuck." It appears you didn't stick around Coach Lee long enough. I know you're bitter but that's a bit over the top.

It's a shame what Coach has had to endure the past few years. It's obvious that some problems remain the same. What about the younger girls? Does the JV have the same problems? How's their season gone? Is there hope for the future?

I am PRETTY SURE that would be illegal. If it isn't it should be.

I would recommend you looking into Bearden if you decide on Knoxville. They've gotten better and better each year and their coach was named coach of the year by the News-Sentinel this year. I also heard their numbers are a bit down for next year due to attrition and a lot of the rising 8th graders are going to one of the private schools next year so the opportunity for playing time will be there immediately. If you move to Oak Ridge, they've been successful for years. Hope that helps a little.

Forgot to add....Bearden held Oak Ridge to 4 points in the first half. 4 points. For the half.....

Wow...what a game. That's a game folks will remember for a long, long time.

The officiating looked to be very good while watching it at home. Speaking of which, why were people wanting score updates when the game was broadcast live on wazoosports.com??? They did a great job with the game and you get to drink a beer while watching. /smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /> Tiny was huge.

Has Farragut won a game this year from Bearden....at ANY level, boys or girls? Just wondering if Bearden is going for a program sweep tomorrow.

Interesting info, CoachH. I'll pass that along to him. He told me that Claiborne's salary scale is so low that he would never be able to make ends meet but I'm sure that's not on a 12 month contract. How much of a difference does that make?