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Just my two cents. As a parent of a couple young men who attended one of these programs, I took it personally to have my boys as physically ready to play before they ever got to the high school level. That just left the coaching up to the coaches. One of mine stayed the distance and got the very most out of his potential and that was all NET .The most gifted had a no BS policy as did many of his gifted teammates. I guess the answer for Batman is it starts at home and continues with the coaches and everyone involved with a program. Some parents expect little jimmy to go from a boy to a man and frankly, not all coaching staff’s are as good as Greeneville and Elizabethton’s.No way these schools should be able to beat the local 5a and 6a schools as often as they do. We know now by watching these 4a powerhouses over the last 15 years, that there is talent in NET.

Sometimes that doesn't pan out in the future.I watched both Dobyns Bennett 8Th grade teams beat Greeneville's 8th grade with a lot of stud 7th graders playing for the young Devils a few years ago. Four years later, Dobyns Bennett with both those middle schools combined couldn't beat the Devils.

I can remember a few games at about every level that I thought the odds were nearly impossible .Like Brady and the Pats coming back against Atlanta down 28-3 towards the end of the 3rd quarter.Nothing is a given in sports and if DB has a great week of practice and gives everything they have, then yes they can win this week and four more games to boot .Sports is played on the field and not in the paper or on coacht. Never count a victory or a loss until the competition is complete.

I'll have to be the guy that goes against the grain from reading through some of this. Dobyns Bennett has some fine coaches on their staff . There has always been some fine coaches since I started watching them years ago. Yeah,I've gotten a little aggravated at times over the years with this and that ,but hey we all get aggravated with everything in life at times and that's part of it.Besides having some great coaches on their staff ,they also have some great men who try and help the young men on the team with everyday problems besides just being football coaches.I appreciate many of the coaches today and many that are no longer there for their efforts with my kids and their teammates. I remember one young man that Coach Christian and coach Clark tried to help and went over and beyond to do so.I liked that young man and wish like everything that life would have been better for him but the effort several on DB's staff gave was more then great and those kinds of things you just have to be thankful for and really appreciate besides just winning or losing football games........

Yeah,Way back when they talked about doing everything with the new upper deck,I wish they would have moved the baseball field and built a brand new home side where the { mini -me seats }are and gave the visitors the old home side facing the sun.

If you had told me before the game that DB would drive it straight down the field and take the lead to start the second half and be in the game late,I would have taken that .It was ugly all the way around .As for the play calling, I've seen Tom Brady win a Super bowl because a team decided to pass at the goal line.It happens and life goes on.looking back is always 20-20.DB got burt on the blitz several times but I seen that when the best defensive coach in NET history called a blitz several years ago.I expected a tough game but really thought Elizabethton was two or three touchdowns better going in.Best of luck to Elizabethton until the rematch in the playoffs with my Devils.

A lot of people care about football in Kingsport and as one of the winningest teams in the state, they are proud of the football history here.I'm not a band guy but yes ," DB hands down " has one of the best bands in the USA every year and that's not a bad thing.I really liked their show down at UT a few years ago about 911. If I would have had a kid in the band,I would have been very proud of their work and so on. However, I didn't and when I go to a football game it's for the football game and if the band performs,that is a nice bonus.If I had a kid in the band ,I would watch them and stay to support their classmates on the football field,but I guess just like Batman,those parents are there for one thing first and many could care less about football .

Should be a really good game.I think Elizabethton is one of the teams to beat in 4A and I think DB has a very solid team that could show up and beat any team in NET.

One of my favorite DB players was TY Hayworth who also went to Wake Forest. I always said it should be one of the big guys that held the DB strength records. He was the man in the weight room at DB and also at Wake Forest.

I don’t have that number but know several names that either got drafted or made an NFL roster.DB was a quick stop for Darian. I remember when I first found out through one of my sons that he was also going to stop playing for DB.I stepped out of my comfort zone and probably out of my place to talk to him. I told him the D1 teams would walk passed the older players just to talk to him if he kept playing down the road. No matter where that was.All he needed to do was hit those weights and make his grades because an injury could end his career at any time.Someone in his family or at the next school apparently done a tremendous job of getting A similar message across.That young man from early on had just God given size and talent that very few are born with and you just love seeing that kind of potential develope into greatness. What ever happens with his future , he will always be a part of a Super Bowl Championship winning team.

Big Darian Kinnard was on the KC roster Sunday and that is no small task.He moved away after his 9th grade year and so many of us are very proud of him.

I thought he was very classy .Besides the players,no one is taking this loss any harder then a coach who is also a parent.I have had my share of opinions over the years but also know that right now is a very very hard time for these seniors and wish them all the best and thank them for all their hard work.

Great words coach after the game. Might not be what the fans want to hear but you are right,football is a small part of life and the future is a lot more important to these young men. Roll Tribe. I remember a DB team that had the flu several years ago after killing a highly ranked South team and then going against the top 5A team that next week.It's a part of it but saying your guys gave all they had tonight will mean a lot to them and those close to them,

AC won't be a problem for Greeneville this week.Better take them one at a time,no matter if your AC or the Devils.

26-25 DB