keepnitreal

I seem to remember that same exact prediction last season. Did Lausanne win the title? No they got upset by a team they had beaten 3 times that year. All the more reason they will be hungry to make amends this year. So save your little smiley face for someone else....

The reference to the Insells refers to their influence in the world of girls' basketball, especially with Nike, and the way they use that influence to not only further their agendas but freeze other clubs out to insure their continued influence. The worst part about it is that many of the premier kids in Tennessee are being negatively affected by the Flight being the only true Nike program in TN, yet going across country to recruit. Then they go out of their way to prevent other TN clubs from getting into Nike. Way more that needs to be said on the subject but most of it has already been stated before. Something needs to change

TN Flight lost its first bracket game at Nike Nationals to Cal Swish and their season is over. With 4 of their 5 starters from outside of Tennessee, the Flight was hyped as the dream team with several top 100 players from across the country. Instead they failed to win any of the major Nike tournaments, including losing to the Boo Williams 15u team at USJN, and then the embarasing incident against the Fairfax Stars. One thing they were successful at was keeping the Memphis Elite from being invited to Nike Nationals, even though they beat several of the Nike teams at Boo Williams, AAU Showcase and AAU Nationals. 3 of the top 4 finishers at AAU Nationals were at Nike Nationals, with the exception of the repeat national champions. The Elite was made up primarily of TN girls with 3 from neighboring KY. Hopefully one day Nike will figure out there is way too much talent in TN and the surrounding areas to put all their eggs into the Insell basket, especially since they feel the need to go across country to get kids. But i kinda doubt it.....

Is the next verse of that song "Pay your children well so they will send Flight kids to MTSU?"

Actually this is how it works, and no not even I could make this up. If you have all of your best players, not just the ones from TN, they're not good enough, but Lewis, Dolson, McFarland and Ransford, then and only then are you called Flight Silver. You can't risk tarnishing (ha, that's funny) the Silver by risking a less than shining (there i go again) performance. This weekend in KY, with those 3 out, but McFarland in, then you are called Platinum. If none of the big 4 players are there, sub in the 3 girls from Mercy in Louisville, and you are called Blue. The only constant is the ex-Team Pride team is always called Navy, but instead of giving them some of the better TN players to make their team stronger, the Navy is always the B team. However, if they have somebody the Flight wants then they would put them on one of their multi colored or metal teams. Makes sense now, right?

Memphis Elite defeats TN. Flight ( Insell) 71-65, without Avant and Fussell. Memphis Elite played well all weekend, congrats for the third year in a ROW.

Don't know what your beef is, but don't interprete the local newspaper's shoddy coverage to reflect lack of interest in girl's basketball. More girls are being recruited to play college ball than ever from Memphis. 17 girls just from the Memphis Elite, one of those jake leg groups you reference, are moving on to play at all levels of college ball. Memphis girls teams are legitimately contending for gold balls, so tell me exactly what you see is the problem? Heck three posters from the Memphis area are legendary on coacht, from coachgat and duknowthegame to philtenn.

Oh yes, that is putting it mildly. Amazing stategy......

No surprise there, that's where the politics are in this state. The interesting thing will be which players are punished for NOT going to MTSU.......

So let me get this straight, you know that i don't know enough about this situation to make the comments i have made? Then why would i take the time to do so. Sounds like you are the one who thinks he knows it all. You think you know I'm from Memphis or Knoxville, and that i couldn't possibly know anything because i haven't posted much on coacht and I'm not a Plus member? If i wanted to say more at this point I would, if I wanted to go to the TSSAA I would. I didn't start the topic, only contributed to it. I'm gonna go see if i can scrounge up the $24 for that plus membership so i will have some real credibility like you....lol.

So you upset that I may know enough about the situation to know there may be fire with the smoke, or you peddling memberships? There are plenty of people who know about this situation, you may be one of them for all i know. And all I'm saying, as I said in my original post, is there are a lot of dynamics in play in this situation with this coach and player and others with an interest. Don't shoot the messenger, it is what it is, and if no rules were broken then nothing will come of it. Not my place to play investigator, that's what Ronnie and the boys get paid to do.....

Depending on how much TSSAA really looks into this, they could find a whole lot of interesting things regarding this situation and the coach. Or it could be swept under the rug.

Congrats on the big win Mayor Gat. Can't believe you did your buddy DU like that. And without Tesa and Olivia! Here comes another Commercial Appeal article....lol

The great equalizer is the scoreboard: FINAL Millington (minus 2 starters) 50 Bartlett (with JJ) 47 Someone might need to do the heimlich maneauver on DU - bet he choked on that popcorn

All valid points but who is left to put ahead of them? You can make a case for Lausanne and White Station which would put Bartlett at 4, but it is gonna be tough to see what Bartlett has until late in the year, as i don't see anyone on their league schedule testing them, especially if millington stays banged up like they are.