ChattanoogaCannon

It's amazing that licenses are given to drive cars but morons can coach middle school

Quit whining, 2017 will be here before you know it.

CCS is ranked #1 on Eurosport.

Sequatchie did indeed make the trip from the valley across the mountain. SC played a tough game throughout the contest.

I'll put up a PBR that Smith County stays home I've got a PBR that says Smith County stays home. You going to buy it, Boog?

There will be a play-in game for the #4 seed in District 7. Jackson County will play Sequatchie County.

I don't want a better ranking. I want no rankings. They are stupid and serve no purpose. I'm pretty sure that you get hardly any participation because most coaches agree with me.

Good look to everyone! I've only seen Smith County play. Classy coach, good team

What the? This is why I don't look at the rankings. If this doesn't say how idiotic the rankings are, I don't know what does. Where's MVM for some real rankings? At least he has actually seen every team in East Tennessee at least.

LOL, thanks for coming last night. I got you covered. You can pay me back after your next whiskey run to Kentucky.

Hey, Boog, get there early and get you some Porker's BBQ. Show some support to the other fall football team. CC just sayin

The state tournament is a blind draw. Eurosport rankings mean absolutely nothing. The only thing Eurosport is good for is to see scores and schedules.

Unfortunately, it is true.

Sequatchie County will not play Notre Dame in girls soccer. Their coach doesn't think his girls can handle it emotionally.

After last nights game between Notre Dame and Signal Mountain, District 7A/AA seeds are: 1) Notre Dame 2) CCS 3) Signal Mountain 4) Forfeit

No doubt politics play an unfortunate role in the lack of TN players in the regional and national pools. Not to be a broken record, but the independent game rule plays a role here too. The perception is that TN doesn't care to develop players so why bother looking at them with all the good players in Region 3 from TX, FL, and NC?

EnsworthSoccer has hit the nail on the head, in my opinion. Our archaic high school rule is a deterrent to developing players for play beyond high school. ECNL has indeed chosen to ignore TN because of the rule, at least according to college coaches I know. I attended the girls U16 and U17 regional ODP camp this summer in Alabama and TN had very few girls make the final teams, and I believe only one TN girl made the U16 regional pool. This rule obviously isn't the only cause of the developmental problem in TN, but doing away with it will definitely only help give players more opportunities at the next level.

I guess we can agree to disagree, Playerscoach, about the parent's role. I think you have hit in on the problem with our education system, thinking that the government needs to play big brother. Do you really think the rule has stopped how out of control AAU is? Yeah, the rule has had a lasting effect. And the rule was actually put in place because of baseball. You are just being argumentative on your other points.

NC80, your response is very logical. As a former club president, I am very excited that the TSSAA is finally at least considering the option to allow players the opportunity to play club ball during high school season without losing eligibility. During my tenure, I couldn't even get a cognitive response when I questioned the rule, much less any discussion on a change. Most of the better high school coaches around Chattanooga also coach club. The idea that a coach wouldn't do what is in the best interest of a player is patently absurd. Bottom line, though, it should be the players and parents' decision what to do, not an agency.

Abolishing the independent game rule is the obvious solution. For the few elite players who have Division 1 or national team aspirations, they could choose to play both or just club. But, remember, it is the coaches who want this rule in place. If the needs of the players were actually truly and thoughtfully considered, this rule would never exist in the first place. This rule exists to trap players on their high school team. Tennessee is only a handful of states that have this rule. But we seem to enjoy having arcane rules for our high school sports.

Georgia plays girls and boys soccer in the spring. If Tennessee moved to both sports in spring, we would have a real problem getting enough refs in SE TN. The ref association out of Chattanooga also assigns games in NW GA all the way down to Calhoun, GA. BTW, they also cover TN teams all the way to Sweetwater and Sequoyah.

Jim Schermerhorn at Notre Dame coaches both.

Who was the first?

Just curious about Andy...public schools can have community coaches. Why did Signal decide not to continue? For the record, Andy is a friend of mine and he is very happy at GPS. I am seriously just curious.

We moved to America because we had no potatoes. Read your history book, then get back to me.