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Hendersonville. Also, I was just handed the pre-season schedule Goodpasture is playing this year, and two of the three schools they will be playing is MBA and Ensworth.

By the way, didnt this thread start by wanting to know if Goodpasture was running the spread offense?

So according to your BIG BOY theory, teams like Alcoa, Milan, CPA, and now White House are push overs? Because these are the type of teams GOODPASTURE has to go thru to win district or playoffs!

I am happy they moved up to 3A. It will be exciting!

I thought this was a message board, not an english class! Do you feel better now! Good gosh!

Back to football! Goodpasture, like alot of other schools are in the middle of their spring football. The boys are looking good! We should have pleanty of size and speed, plus our quaterback and receivers are getting there timing down. Goodpasture's spring game will be Friday, May 15th at Goodpasture. They are definately working more of the spread offense this year! It looks likes the sophomore class (will be juniors next year) is going to be something special when they are seniors. You can tell that there are several players that have stepped up their game since last year.

You are right about one thing, you did not mention anything about non-district games. But what you were suggesting is that Goodpasture is ducking tough competion. I was just making a point that Goodpasture plays if not the best, one of the best non-region schedules out there. And as you know, a teams non-district games are the only games it can controll on its schedule. And if I am not mistaken the new district that Goodpasture is in is basically the region Station Camp has been in the past few years. Also, for the last three years Station Camp was the size of a 4A school (last years rules) playing in 3A (last years rules) because they were a new school and grew faster than antisipated. That is why they had to jump from 3A last year to 5A this year. So my point is that you can pick apart almost any situation you want. There is no whinning going on here! I have stated in earlier posts that there are schools that have advantages and schools that dont (Alcoa and Merryiville), but I have said continuously "good for them". I tell my children all the time that life is not fair, and you have to make the best of your situation. These are the facts, not nerves.

I do not agree that they are in a district they should win every year, but I do agree that this year it should come down to Whitehouse and Goodpasture. As far as Coach Martin being afraid to play bigger teams, that is completely wrong! In fact, he goes out of his way to play the bigger schools to get his team ready for the playoffs. Every year, their first pre-season game is against MBA. Every year, their non-region games are very impressive. Every year they play much bigger schools than they are. Here is a list of the non-region games they played last year: David Lipscomb, McGavock, Ravenwood and JP2. And even though they changed districts this year, they have added rival CPA to thier non-district games. So this year, their non-district games are Whites Creek, McGavock, CPA, David Lipscomb, and Ravenwood. I think it is safe to say that their is not another team out there that plays as tough of a non-district schedule. And everyone of this years non-district games are in bigger classifications except for CPA, which is an outstanding program. So most of us dont agree!

I understand what you are saying, but it is not that easy. Obviously, privates can go get players, but TSSAA makes them play up two levels to try and even it out. But it is more than Private vs Public. You also have to take into consideration how many kids a school can pull from. Look at Alcoa and Merryville. They have huge areas to pull from. Those two schools have a big advantage over both Public and Private! But that is the system, and I say good for them. That will make it all the sweeter if any team can beat those teams. And even though some teams have this advantage, or that advantage, these are still young teenagers and anything can happen! So instead of turning this post into public vs private, how about talking about the actual players?

No, actually he is good enough. We just chose to be a part of Goodpasture and the program that David Martin and his staff have put together!

It is nice to know that we have a beginning post wanting to know about if Goodpasture was going to run the spread this year, and it turns into this! My son is a football player at Goodpasture, and he was not recruited by David Martin, and he is not a running back. David Martin and his staff are the type of men I want my son to be around. That is why we chose to send him there! I think it is unfortunate that people like you make statements about people they do not know. I have seen Coach Martin do some great things with his kids that has nothing to do with football, and he keeps it quiet because he has class. As far as the public/private discussion, that will never end. I also know that Goodpasture is a small school and it is the size of a 1A school, but they play up two divisions. Not just privates have an advantage, have you ever looked at the amount of players Marryiville and Alcoa get to pull from? And you know what, I am happy for both of those schools. Now I am not going to call you or others jealous, but I am proud of our boys, teachers, and coaching staff that does a great job! Back to football! They will be running more spread this year. They have a young, athletic passer, along with a couple of real good wide receivers. That is why they are going to run this formation more. And by they way, we are not rich by any means. My wife and I decided this would be a great way to prepare our son for college.