CharlieArrington33

Castainca's blocked kick was my fault; I missed my assignment on the edge. So he had a perfect average if it's me you ask. I agree with noonesfool, sure would love to see him suiting up at the next level. I'm not going to get my hopes up for a large turnout of our friends from the west, I expect to have an electric big game atmosphere inside Burley for the first time since the South Greene game.

I stand corrected, you've got gumption jwc. Way to step up to the plate and take your critics on like a man; you have my respect. Red Bank also knows a thing or two about wrestling... isn't the only sport that goes on during the winter despite popular belief, especially in Chatt-town. Charlie

I wouldn't expect a school of Red Bank's calibur to make excuses. Their athletic programs are a class act; speaking from wrestling and football experience atleast. I'm glad this game lived up to the hype, I think we may have found ourselves a new rivalry . Hope we see yal again next year, well...with the exception of jwc, LoL.

Boo hoo two tears in a friggin bucket, somebody please get them a tissue. Go roll out the wrestling mats. I wasn't even at the game but every other game that I've attended this season Morrison comes off of the edge, not up the gut. So how would he jump off of another players back? Correct me if I'm wrong. I certainly don't expect jwc to be the one to do so though. I highly doubt he is man enough to come foward and accept defeat. I'm sure he is still trying to do the math . Here let me simplify the equation for you... Running your mouth + Not backing it up = You look like and idiot so now you never EVER get to live it down I would like to congratulate Red Bank on an outstanding season, 13-1 is a heck of an accomplishment. But as for the mathlete, well you jwc on the other hand can wallow in it 'til the cows come home. You and your TI-83 .

Playing with a belly full of turkey sure is great . I hope ole' jwc cries himself to sleep tonight, as he spoons his calculator. Whenever you and Massey come up with a stat column that measures heart let me know; strongest muscle in the body.

I'm just ready for this game to be played. I've heard enough talk this season about their stud that I'm ready to suit up and swap licks with him. If he is as good as everyone says he is then it should be an honor and a privelage for the Devils to share the playing field with him...make it memorable.

I'm pretty familiar with the mountains out that way and I don't think so. But then again, I've been wrong before and I'm sure it's bound to happen again; especially if you ask my communications professor for her opinion, ugh .

If you really even play then you need to be focused on the preperation for this Friday and not on here reading the garbage that is normally spewed. If it's your senior season then go lead, by example, with enthusiasm and going wide open on each and every play. Fly around to the football and if you don't make the tackle then go pat the guy on the butt who beat you to it. Attitude is contageous, so get your motor hitting on all cylinders and play like a man possessed during practice all week and it will translate onto the field. I would LOVE to see our defense take the field at Red Bank like a bunch of madmen ready to take their stud RB behind the woodshed on each and every play. Hit him early and hit him often and I garuntee you that he will think twice every time his number is called in the huddle by the time the 4th quarter rolls around, impose your will upon him. That is the difference in good teams and great teams, an assassins mentality. Have a business like approach to the game, and come Friday morning when you get out of bed be ready to go to work. If you're really a senior starter on our defense then step up and fill the void...be a leader, LEAD your team to victory, because that is the only missing piece to our team. Leadership, in my opinion, is the most crucial element in highschool football; if not every level of football for that matter. The will to prepare to win is more important than the will to win itself, so go to practice today and rally the troops and lets bring home a W.

I don't even know what we have on tap this year,someone please enlighten me.

I think you stir the pot too much. The only future we should currently be concerned with is this upcoming Friday in Chattanooga. No offense, but stuff like this is why people generally don't like Greeneville. So please stop putting a target on our back and just close this thread. Sorry if it seems like I'm always busting your chops, but in the words of the great Teddy Roosevelt, "speak softly and carry a big stick." Let our boys do the talking with their pads.

Jordan is playing baseball for Walters State and is going to undergo shoulder surgery unfortunately. Trevon is currently rehabing from knee surgery while attending Pellisipi State with intentions of walking-on with the newly rebuilt Universtiy of Tennessee football team . How bout them Vols! Crompton is finally earning his scholarship and our D is nasty.

Regardless of where it is fired from I think it should be aimed directly at T$$AA headquarters . I had forgot about the early kickoff...I bet you're right. And the student section is starting to get it's "swagger" back. (atleast I think that is what the kids are callin it these days...haha) But seriously, whatever we call the field I think we should have t-shirts made that say [Friday night lights-Greene Devil style] on the front, with an arial photo of the stadium on the back that says [between a rock and a tombstone] . What do you guys think? LoL

mr. charlie the one and only arrington... pretty, pretty funny... josh is doing well... and when i told the patton boys what you said...they said tell charlie they would be paying you a little visit in east TN over thanksgiving...just a little physical friendly get together... ...i'm just the messenger here!... hope to see ya around this year...i'll mostly be at middle school tournaments with my 8th grader! PBD Well if they're heading my way for Thanksgiving they better let me know ahead of time so I can tell Mama to fix a couple of extra plates, lol. I'm sure Josh will be as glad as I was to finally be able to eat a big turkey day dinner again; can't say I miss cutting weight too much. You can't just let them come down here and pick on me like that though. I'm just a poor little defenseless official now LoL. How bout that win Saturday? Bet that really woke up the "echos" haha. Always love to see the golden domes stumble, especially to one of the military academies.

LoL...I'm not trying to be a downer but it's just the feeling I got while watching the game, especially in the beginning. I would say 30-40% of the home stands were empty at the start of the first quarter. It translates onto the field; the players feed off of the energy of the crowd. But after a few big hits by our defense (in particular a Mr.Quarles and 44, sorry bud don't know your name but keep flyin around to the ball) the greene devils created their own energy. Good job Defense, I called you out and you showed me up...thank you. Spradlin showed great heart on his big touchdown run, he basiclly willed his way into the endzone; great effort by that kid. Barb you're right, Burley was electric the night of the SG game and it was awesome. But do you think that last Friday even compared to that night? It's the playoffs folks, have some PRIDE! As for the cannon, I have never got to see it in person but have heard it over the radio, and I think it's a pretty cool idea. Maybe we can build a blowtorch out of a propane tank that spits massive flames into the air since we're the devis ! I've seen it done before, and think it would be a crowd pleaser. Maybe T$$AA could come up with a few more regulations. I think there might be a loophole left out there where a team could possibly do something fun and creative . Congrats guys...glad to see it's still about the kids. How bout the schools start instituting their own rule where we keep OUR gate money from playoff games until they fix a flawed system. The Z Plan? Really? Obviously plans A-Y didn't work very well either; makes me lose nearly all confidence in any decision left to the "powers that be".

Yea well our fans were a little bit disappointing as well. Burley stadium lacks a certain enthusiasm that it used to have. Maybe it left along with the stone BURLEY sign in the far endzone, Coach Kiker's Bartlett Pear trees, and the smell of fresh cut grass every Friday.

Don't give me the "we only have 900 students" argument. How many of those students live in the county and should be going to a county school? How many of those play sports? How many of those county kids start on the football team? I know they only go to the city schools for the better education they just happen to be great athletes. You know what, I've heard this bogus arguement for far too long, so thank you for allowing me the opportunity to get up on my soap box. Now that you've opened up a can of worms, here goes... a) WG has nearly as many,if not more students than Greeneville High does now (if I'm not mistaken and please correct me if I am) IF GHS is supposidly "recruiting" talent out of the county then by all means, PLEASE give me some of their names who are currently on our roster. I beg of you...enlighten me. c) IF and only if we were "stealing your kids" we would be going after the Susongs and the Shufflers, and the Boles and the Turners of your beloved communities. (maybe even the Lowery kid who I heard was going to be such a stud at the pool over the summer, but never seemed to produce) So judging by your record this season we obviously aren't coming and snatching away your best ball players, because if we were you would not being having the success that you are, and Greeneville's success would be even more so amplified with an addition of a Susong at quarterback or a Turner anchoring the O-Line. IF there were a Greene Co. Highschool we would be a force to reckon with in 7A for crying out loud, lol, in any sport! There is talent all over Greene Co. and that's awesome, we should be thankful that we are so blessed. (both boys AND girls) The point is, we're not coming in like a thief in the night and running off with your first born to brainwash them and start them on an extensive regiment of football training so that they can one day grow to be strong boys and girls who squash the hopes and dreams of innocent little county children. We don't need your kids...we have our own, but if your son realizes that a solid program that is capturing alot of attention state-wide is emerging just a few miles away within the city limits and has aspirations of playing at the next level are you going to be the one to deture him from chasing his dreams? It's not bias,it's solid facts. Smaller schools are not recruited as heavily. Is it a travesty? Yea, it stinks, I don't like it either. I don't make the rules though, just got to play with the cards that are delt. Is life fair? has it ever been? County boys are so much tougher than the ones in Greeneville? Yea...I wouldn't say that is an entirely inaccurate statement. So be tough, suck it up, and do whatever needs to be done to kick Greeneville's tail in the upcoming seasons and it will make it soo much sweeter when you do so. A majority of the county kids do have a general loathing for the city schools, and understandibly so. They don't want to leave their respective highschool that they have grown up idolizing; they want to beat the tar out of the Greene Devils, and there are sometimes I would like to go back and slap around some of our players as well. (along with a couple of our fans) With that being said...I hope West Greene runs Sullivan North into the ground tonight. My girlfriend was most school spirited at SG her senior year, and my best friend just graduated from WG last year, played ball under Coach Case, and is now currently serving in the Marines. That is the type of young men that football programs are supposed to produce. Yal should be proud, I am. I would take a Marine over a D1 prospect any day of the week if I were a coach. (which I am) My diploma may say GreeneVILLE highschool, but I assure you I am a country boy;and very much so a county sympathizer, but you can't get around the truth. PLEASE make the county rivalries true rivalries. Push the Devils to the brink and make each other better so that when it comes playoff time we can start bringing muliple golden footballs back to OUR County. Charles Allan Arrington Jr. Greeneville High School class of 2008

LoL...what do you mean? Don't you think ole' PounderPapa will be loud enough to cheer for everyone in the stadium?

Josh who? Patton? I heard none of those Patton boys could wrestle...I guess thats excuse enough, haha. Just giving you a hard time PBD. Hope Josh and Jess are doing well; and the youngest of the trifecta as well.

That is very true, I did not think of it that way. Thank you for your perspective. We have talked about this in the room a couple times already this year and I don't think it is going to be much of an issue as the season progresses. Just something else for the officials to watch for, but I feel as though this was already monitored pretty well.

There would be atleast least 5 wrestling state titles on Greeneville's resume if we had been in the "correct" classification all along. I love playing up and being able to compete with schools much larger than us in football and basketball. It makes us much better, but I wish TSSAA would reconsider its stance on allowing individual sports to compete in different classifications independently. It may be a little bias considering it would have benefited my alma mater specifically, but could anyone really argue with this? Is there any harm? Where did we go wrong in finally joining the correct classification according to our enrollment? Is it fair for an athletic program fed by a school composed of 900 students to be going against the big boys who have enrollments of nearly 2,000 students and upward? Maybe I just have a chip on my shoulder, and we need to suck it up and go the extra distance and do whatever it takes to win no matter what classification we are in, no matter the cost. If it don't kill you it just makes you stronger...right? A state title captured against overwhelming odds would in fact make it that much sweeter wouldn't it? I'm fine with that, but try to understand our perspective on the current situation while also trying to ignore and excuse the arrogance of some of our fans. I promise you the entirety of the Greeneville community is not nearly as overly self-assured as we seem, or as some may make us out to be. With all of that being said, it is obvious to anyone who can read between the lines what highschool athletics are being turned into. Tennessee is not nearly big enough to field six classes of competitive football. I think Pink Floyd probably said it the best...."money! so they say, is the root of all evil today"

I'm nervous about this one, I won't lie. How long has it been since we played 4 full quarters? Or even a quality opponenet at that? I am truly sorry. I don't mean to seem like a doubter, but this years team still has something to prove to me. So I am challenging the Greene Devils; prove to me, and everyone else across the state, that you are poised to make a deep run into the playoffs.

Crosby's senior year was 02' graduated in spring of 03'. This years defense is pretty stout. Call it favortism or bias, but I do not believe they are as tough as 07'. More talented? Yes. More disciplined and driven? Ahh...I don't know about that. I hope they prove me wrong. We need to send a message this week, and don't dare get caught looking ahead. Red Bank is tough, but Central comes first. Time to come together and start hitting on all cylinders.

Charlie here's one that will really drive it home....Greeneville was at home against SG and there was this little boy sitting behind us with his grandparents. He started yelling "there's Chaz,there's Chaz. I don't know his last name but he helps coach at he Boys and Girls Club". Thats what drives it...the excitement of getting to play at Burley on Saturdays with your Friday night heroes on the sidelines teaching you skills and demonstrating that its about more than just the game. Its good to see in this day of big-time HS football programs and the drive to win championships and get big scholarships that these guys have learned the greatest satisfaction is in keeping traditions alive and passing it down. If Chaz Story doesn't play another football game for the rest of his life, he should know he's at least one 8-year-old's hero. It makes it alot easier to keep yourself motivated to succeed when you stand for something. Amongst all the numbers and statistics that circulate about in the football world today such as; 40 times, bench press and squat, quarterback ratings, and winning percentages. There is one intangible that can not be measured and that is heart. Heart will when you alot of ball games when talent and conditioning have faded late in the 4th quarter. Pride and heart are very closely related. When you do all the little things the right way on and off the field it translates into your game. Why was the County Championship thread locked?

Thank you so much barb, that was truly beautiful and at the same time so very true. I have newspapers from when Brigham Lyons went head to head against James "Littleman" Stewart that my brother saved and handed down to me, a highlight video of Dustin Moore's career in my VHS collection, a autographed Frankie DeBusk Fuman poster in my closet at home, and most important of all, my jersey with my name on it hanging in front of that poster. When you wear the green and white you're more than just a football player, you're a hero to tons of little kids across town who looked foward to coming to see you play under the Friday night lights in the fall. It's more than a commitment to a team it's an oath to uphold a tradition and preserve what to me is a legacy. Some may say it's just high school football, but to me high school football is a way of life as well as all the other seasonal sports. Greene County is a much better community as a whole because of high school athletics. I couldn't ever imagine not opening the Saturday newspaper with out grabing the sports section out first thing to check the local scores. Our local highschool athletics/extracuricular groups (and other competitive groups; shout out to the band and the cheerleaders, dance team, even the chess club, haha etc.) contribute alot more around here than what most people realize. It's a small town, we live in small town USA. It's ok...there is nothing wrong with that, I think we should be thankful for it.

You'll have to excuse greeneville#1, we all just try to overlook him. He's kind of like that third cousin that you think may be missing a couple of chromosomes that you kind of try to pretend isn't related to you when people bring up his name, but in the back of your mind you know he really is. West Greene should be proud. They've made a huge turnaround in a relatively short span of time. That takes alot of hard work and support. And as for county kids having more heart...well I've seen the three dominant teams in Greene Co. play this year and it hurts me to say that I can't disagree with you. It just seem like the county schools have more pride;it's disappointing. And Greenville ran directly at the open hole in Sullivan South's defense? This is the first I have heard of anything like this. Caine Ballard would not condone such an action. I hurt for the Sullivan South football community and admire their attempts to comemorate and celebrate the life of that young man. I drive by that field every day on my way to class and it occasionally crosses my mind,but you must realize that you put Greeneville's coaching staff in a difficult situation. Do you take a knee? Do you only put ten men on the field? Or do you just run a simple dive to the inside to let the other team know that the game must go on,as well as life. Honor him with both your actions on and off the field. I don't mean to sound heartless or seem as though I'm try to desensitize the situation, but was there an autopsy or a toxicology report done? I do not know anything about the young man or am trying to make any kind of assumption about his character in any way, but I do know that crazy things go on in teenagers lives today no matter how small you think your community is that adults would never imagine possible. Btw: There is a powder blue 74 on the back of every players helmet that takes the field for Greeneville on Friday nights.