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Hope the weather works out for you this year!

Lord help us!!!!!!!! Not another Sequoyah post. Let me sum it up; Yes the weight room is open, no, no one is showing up and Yes, if anyone did show up I'm sure they worked really hard. NEXT!!!!!!! You know, if it is such a bother for you to see another Seqouyah post, you could just go on past it and not even click on it. As a matter of fact I'm sure the Sequoyah fan base would rather you do that than interrupt the thread with remarks like that. But then I'm sure that these topics are much more enjoyable than the ones on your thread; "Does this purse match my eyes?" or "Do my thighs look fat in this skirt?". GO CHIEFS!!!!

For Sequoyah, Josh Workman-OL & Sterling Steinhardt- LB both 1st team;Shea Owen- RB, Trey Dyer- LB both 2nd team. They were in the Advocate Tuesday along with the rest of the players in the county who made all-district. They did not list the other players that weren't in Monroe County.

Amen! I'm right there with you Aurorasports. I am all about playing talented young players and building for the future. Unfortunately, I am not about totally disregarding the seniors that have wore themselves out for 4 years in the weight room and on the field for 3 different coaching staffs. Not only did some of the coaches make a mass exidous on the seniors after the last home game, they have been doing it to them the entire season despite statistics and performance. Only two backs have averaged over 5 yards a carry for the Chiefs the entire season, both seniors, and neither one of them saw the ball the last 3-4 games. I'm no expert, but when you have 2 guys avg 5 yds/carry and they carry the ball half as much as a group avg'ing 2 or 3 yards a carry, that can explain some offensive woes. Not that I don't think they should carry it every time, but at least the same amount as the other backs in the offense. One of them blocked his behind off while younger players carried the ball into the end zone against Sweetwater. He was just as happy to see them get into the end zone as he would have had it been him. I agree that these kids do have tallent, guts, and determination it is just misused or not used at all. I agree that they should be stern and hard on the kids as well. But if you are told that you aren't any good, eventually, you might start believing it and that is just wrong in my book.

I would really like to see the Sequoyah seniors get this win. I know it is a lot of Dad talking, but I would also like to see #32 and #13 get the share of the carries tonight. Those two have consistantly avg'd 5 yards a carry all season and their runs out of the double wing seem like the only plays that have worked consistantly all year long. Big rivalry game. Good Luck Chiefs, Leave it all on the field tonight.

I don't want to be controversial, but the only Sequoyah player that was carried off of the field that wasn't due to cramping up hurt his knee tripping over his on player. Not to take anything away from Scott Co's team but the players being carried off of the field had nothing to do with what the Highlanders were doing.

What does being from Vonore have anything to do with it?

Steinhardt played all year on the line last year. In the two years he has been starting at guard, I think he was as good as there was in the region. IMO if he was moved to fullback without a replacement that is as good as he has been, it weakens the line. Workman and Peels are good lineman but they are only 2 of a group of 5. The holes left by Bell and Steinhardt outweigh any positions that have to be filled. If you saw any of the JV games last year you saw that the o-line in those games was not their strong suit. Now that is not saying that whoever comes up paired with the current lineman won't do well. I hope they do, my kid will be one of the guys running the ball. They have had a year of hitting the weights, working out, and gaining maturity. I'm looking forward to the season when we can see how they do.

With Steinhardt on the sidelines and not sure if he will be able to play at all, it really is a big hole to fill on the line. It's like we graduated and extra starting lineman last year. I'm not saying that the line won't be alright, but filling in those holes will be the key to this offense going places. Team looked much better at Heritage last night. Zitch and Whited had good games receiving. Pass defense looked much better than last week.

I agree, I thought Rogers looked good. Especially early in the scrimmage. We dropped a lot of passes though. Our pass defense had several holes in it as well. Hopefully, that was just a product of being rusty from dead period.

Congratulations and good luck to Jake! He is one of many in that senior class that demonstrate what hard work, determination, and perseverance can do. It is a great example set for the classes that follow them. Dave I would like to say thank you for the advice and tutalige that you have given me coaching. From when we coached juniors at Vonore through when you coached at the high school you have never failed to point me in the right direction. The days that you and coach sauders let me hang out at practices and pick your brains for offensive line drills and skills were a great value to me and hopefully to the kids that I have been coaching the last couple of years. I really appreciate all of the help.

I agree, there has been a lot of tallent come through those programs, but tallent can't win championships on its own. An individual's tallent is only good for 4 years if he has playing time all four of those years. Those PROGRAMS have been successful for 7-8 years which involves rollover of players. Their crickets right now know the hole numbering system and formations that they will be using 10 years from now when they are in high school. By the time they enter their freshman year, they will probably know 3/4 of the plays they will be running over the next 4 years. All the coaches have to do after that is conditioning, reinforce fundamentals, watch film, and game plan. The system (PROGRAM) allows their tallent to be successful.

The High School coach's job is to build a PROGRAM. This program starts at the LL level. He does not have to conduct practices there. He invites the LL coaches to sit in on his practices and learn what they do and then hand it down. He gives them a copy of his base playbook so they can teach the LL players entry level naming conventions, formations, blocking assignments that they will need to know when they get there.

You got to be kidding me? I don't guess that part of the success that Maryville has had over the past 7-8 years has anything to do with the fact that their high school coach is involved in the youth leagues and they run the same base system that the high school does, huh? Technique and fundamentals should be taught at every level. But if the LL teach them the same way the high school does, the high school coaches can concentrate more on the details of their system and not relearning how they want things done.

There are no green stripers at the JR level anymore. There is only a weight limit to carry the ball. Red Nation is correct about the coaching philosophies changing so much that the LL programs can't be consistant. I can't speak for the Madisonville program but I can assume that they are like us at Vonore and try to acclimate themselves to the HS system as much as they can. I spent 2 or 3 practices with the O-line coaches in the '07 season and tried to mimic the same drills, techniques, and vocabulary that they did to try and prepare the kids so that it would not be greek when the HS coaches got them. Unfortunately, those coaches weren't around the next year and they have to re-learn new vocabulary, techniques, and drills.

Sterling would probably love to get back in the backfield. Unfortunately, from what I saw in the JV games, it would be devistateing to our offensive line. Not that we don't have potential there, it just didn't seem to gel at the JV level. I think with Stewert, Owen, Zitch, and we have capable backs. They maybe not explosive backs like Carson & Breeden, but with good blocking, they can do the job. Nick Brummett ran well in the JV games as well. I am of the belief that you shore up the line and then worry about running backs. The future is bright at the running back porition with Huffman from Madisonville and Steele and Denham coming up from Vonore. Even in the classes behind them, there is tremendous potential at the running back position at both Madisonville and Vonore.

I think that Coach Satterfield is still yet to put his imprint on this program. Due to the circumstances and timing when he got hired he had to do some things that he may not have done if he had already been established. With that said, despite the loss to Notre Dame and not going to the playoffs, this season has to be considered successful. We were competitive in every game and especially against the tougher opponents and won more games than any team in the last 4-5 years. I honestly think had we played McMinn Central at the end of the season instead of the beginning we might have come away with a win. Next year's team will have to replace some very key elements. With the tallented kids we have returning and Satterfield not having to deal with a compressed time schedule to prepare for the next season they may be just as competitive. Maybe more. Who knows? With the support and interest that Coach Satterfield is showing in the youth programs at Vonore and Madisonville, we are heading in the right direction, though. Despite the next couple of year's outcomes, the Sequoyah parents, boosters, and administration will have to be patient and supportive of the coaches and players in order for this program to prosper. No coach can turn a program like this one around over night. Good Luck, Chiefs. Can't wait til next year.

Steel will be accompanied by a shifty-fast running back by the name of Casey Denham (Shea Owen's little brother). Only eight total eighth graders playing at Vonore this year. Mostly Oline possiblilities other than those two. I agree about Sterling. He became an emotioinal and physical leader on that team this year. He and Topa make a great pair of LB's returning next season. With a large portion of the Dline returning, we should be able to play with anyone defensively. Already looking forward to it.

The game wasn't even that close. Sequoyah's defense smothered Meigs all night long. I'm pretty positive in saying if Sequoyah leaves starting defense in, Meigs doesn't score. They crossed over midfield to the Sequoyah 49 once in the first half and they started that drive on the 50 from a good kickoff return. #57 and #37 stepped up the D last night. That was the best #23 has run all year. Way to finish strong Chiefs!!

Sorry about that. Forgot about #79. I forgot a couple on defense, too. #57, #85, #66, and #45? I spend so much time at the games paying attention to down, distance, who runs, who tackles I don't get to really look and see who's out there.

I'd like to think so. If given time, which no other coach at Sequoyah has been given, there is no doubt in my mind that Coach Saterfield will build a strong program. Next year will be a crucial year for Sequoyah fans. They will return only 2 starters on offense and 2 on defense (#57 being one of each). That's not to say that the kids playing behind them aren't as tallented, but you can't replace experience. If they can have a season next year similar or better to this year, then we will have definitely turned a corner. I'm afraid the fan base will be impatient as in the past and not let the program develop. It would have been interesting to see what would have happened had either (a) the previous coaching staff was still intact, or (/cool.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="B)" border="0" alt="cool.gif" /> Coach Satterfield been hired early enough to go through spring practice and hire the coaching staff he wanted. Now don't get bent out of shape people. I am not talking down the current staff. We all know, however, that he only had 3-4 weeks to get a staff in place and may not have been able to do exactly like he wanted. Then again, he may have. Who knows? It is just a thought.

In case anybody was wondering, former Chief Jonathan Jones - 1 solo, 1 assist at linebacker in Wake Forest's 41-13 win over Baylor last night. It's good to see Jonathan get some playing time. He's number 26 if you get the chance to watch them.

This is a great topic. One that I am having to deal with right now. DrDave will probably know exactly what and who I am talking about. My son plays high school football and is a junior. He played quite a bit of varsity last year, mostly on special teams, but did get the occasional carry in the backfield and time on defense. After the season was overwith the coaches had nothing but high expectations for him this coming year. Well, over the summer, the previous coaching staff has all left and replaced with an entirely new staff. They had their first scrimmage Tuesday and the only varsity play my son got in the scrimmage was snapping for a PAT. He got to play an entire set of downs with the third team offense and did fairly well when he was in there. Now after watching this I was angry, but I wasn't sure who to be angry at, the coach or my son. Knowing that my son only has affection for football when he is at practice or in the weight room, I gave the coaches the benefit of the doubt and told my son to go talk to the coach and see what he's doing wrong and how he can turn things around. Well, he didn't have that talk and continue to state that he is getting shuffled around at practice yesterday. My wife thinks that there is something wrong and wants me to go and talk to the coach. I tried to convince her that my son needs to be the one that talks to him and not me. Having coached youth sports forever, I don't want to be the parent that the coach grumbles about when he sees me coming. Well, I told my wife that I would go and talk to the coach, but only to find out what he is doing wrong and how he can correct himself to get an opportunity to get more playing time. It is a horrible situation.

I agree with you about the fumbles. Turnovers are a big part of the game. We protected the ball well and they didn't. Harriman didn't seem to have any trouble moving it before the fumbles, though. Especially if they ran off-tackle and out. Those edges are where Harriman got their yardage. You are right about Berrong. With a full staff they can start to iron out the kinks that they haven't been able to address with only 3 coaches on hand. SO said that Dave Evans was out helping with the punting game today. I like Dave a lot but boy he sure clashed with the blue haiwaiin shirt against those red uniforms.