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  1. Where was Hammaker zoned to play?
  2. What's the word on Bearden...I heard they had a lot of kids quit this year. Are the LC parents still whining like crazy? Don't get to see as much bball as I used to but I know Farragut is pretty good at all levels.
  3. Anyone care to give a pre-season look at what Knox County schools will look like this year? Farragut, Bearden, West, Halls, Central???? Where did the new West coach come from? How the Central girls looking? More players this year?
  4. Please let's not make this another LC thread. I've been to just a couple of games this year and haven't been able to talk to my source much this year cuz a change in my work schedule.... It looked like Maryville would be the best and they have been. After that, it looked like Farragut, Bearden and West would battle....and they have. No surprises if you ask me. Everyone is bout where they should be.
  5. This has been a great thread. I hope more people post 'cause I'm interested in hearing what more parents say. As a parent I've never understood how other parents talk badly about the coach, especially in front of their own kids. There is absolutely nothing positive that can come about from this. I know the good coaches like to teach there kids about life...well, some of the parents could use the same lessons. So if the boss of a company isn't to your liking, complain long enough and he'll be fired? Doesn't work like that. Teach the kids to adjust...that's what life is about. My kids no longer play but like to watch still. They quit playing when they realized they were passed by other players in the talent level and were mainly going to be on the bench full time. They weighed the pros and cons of being a practice player and decided they'd take different avenues with their spare time. Like someone else said...the reality is the players that are better will get most of the playing time. Why should it be any different?
  6. Basketball is close!!!! One of my main sources told me to tone down a bit so I'll try to do that. (you know who you are...heh) Lenoir has some talent this year. Not sure what they'll do with it but they have some talent. Halls has 13 girls....in the entire program. Girls have been training since school started so they should be in shape. Heard boys will be better this year at Halls. Farragut will be good again but Maryville is clear frontrunner to start season. Bearden will miss Hurst but how could they not? Heard nothing on Powell and nothing on West. Heard Catholic is in on a 4th grader with serious skillz.
  7. Can anyone confirm that Farragut has a bunch of young talent coming up this year? I was told that they'll be deeper this year and Lenoir also has young talent coming up to varsity that's pretty good. Might mess my rankings up.
  8. Talked to a couple people who are closer to the program than I am... They did lose a few that quit...none were starters...not sure if they were good enough to improve to a starter. Nobody was sure on the number. As far as players coming in, they all said to wait 'til practice begins and we'll know more. If no players came in from middle school, will they even have a 9th grade team and a JV? I'm in the dark on this part. That's not really answering anything but figured I'd report what I heard.
  9. As far as what I've heard, read or seen.... None of the starters left. The ones that left didn't play very much...hence the reason they probably left. A couple of JV players have moved up. I'll check on the other stuff as far as freshman and other players. I do know that the recruiting affected them.
  10. Oh please...they're ZONED for a certain high school. They are SUPPOSED to go to that high school. That's why they call the middle schools "feeder schools" for the high schools. If you didn't have zones then kids could go to whatever school they wanted to which would be mass chaos and simply wouldn't work. Honestly the best solution to the whole recruiting problem is to say there are no rules against it. If you're going to put a rule in place and nobody is there to police it, what's the point? Sort of like the "no practicing" rule for right now. Only supposed to be conditioning....no coaching going on. Who is going to enforce it? Nobody. That's why teams are practicing 4-5 days a week right now and the coach is instructing/teaching/coaching. I believe other states clarify the conditioning rule by saying you can't step on the basketball floor until late October. Don't touch a basketball. This "honor system" that we use for coaches? Absolutely a joke.
  11. When a bad program suddenly starts getting 2-3 players transferring in from several different schools, something is going on. Do I have proof? Not at all. But it didn't take proof to see that Barry Bonds was taking something illegal. I mean, c'mon. And as far as proof is concerned, it takes ridiculous measures to prove to the state that recruiting is going on.
  12. Excellent reply. I appreciate your answer. Someone said, "Programs recruit themselves." Sometimes they do but some of the schools losing these players are good to very good and at least one of the ones getting the players is very bad. At any rate, thanks for all that chimed in.
  13. Yeah, you're right. I didn't exactly get the answer I was looking for (a cut and dry one). LOL I've talked to several coaches in Knox County (middle and high) and they're frustrated with losing so many players to the private schools. I'll leave it at that.
  14. So which private schools can recruit again? I get confused all the time. I'm mainly referring to CAK, Catholic and Webb. Is it Webb that can recruit but not the other two? Vice versa?
  15. So what's the background on Bowers? Anyone know? First name? First year coach? How many coaches have they had? Any time you see something like 4 coaches in 6 years, you KNOW there's something wrong with the program be it parents, admin. or something else.
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