mack6

any word on who will be the new coach at east hamilton?

Ridges, you might be right. Thinking may be a bit warped. Ha! But I do appreciate that style of play as well. And I agree with what I think you're trying to say about the Seymour video being even more evidence of what is possible, given the lack of club soccer there. I'm glad this is being discussed. It's a good off-season topic to kill time. I get tired of the usual private school vs public school, or which ref gave what card, and so on.

Wow... Very, very good info here. Easily one of the best posts I've ever seen on coachT. I'd like to see some video of other TN high school teams of the past who play a pretty game. My time to search is limited right this minute. But I did come across this video, which I watched way back when it first appeared on YouTube. This is as far from the beautiful game as you can get (no offense to these players, of course), and is frustrating to me. No "small field" excuse here. And for the teams who are generally considered the top programs, most of these schools have "real" soccer fields these days anyway, and don't play on football fields as much as they used to. So I'm not really a fan of that excuse. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2vTV_x92l0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1a_uSt-d6w I just found this one..... it is better. It is a season highlight video, where the 1st one is just one game..... this one is not as long either (and has music). Also worth noting... this is a mid-level soccer program who did NOT play a difficult schedule last year. IMO, style of play prob wouldn't have mattered for Seymour, in terms of where the season ended. I know they didnt get out of region, not sure about district. I know nothing more about them, apart from what I saw in these videos. I just know its an impressive style of play. Wonder of any of the high-level programs could/should play this style?

A friend of mine sent me this video of one of our east TN high school teams..... I just watched it and thought it was impressive, so I decided to post it here. I personally have never seen a high school team, anywhere, play this "tiki-taka" style of soccer and thought it was interesting. I have seen plenty of "possession" style teams, in various ways. But never this - recently made famous by Barcelona / Spain - in high school. Anyone else play like this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohYCGb6IppY

trebs, you haven't been around that long if its the best you have ever seen....02bearden,04farragut,05brentwood,09farragut could have all whipped franklin this year. CAK had about 4 years of teams in the last decade that would have whipped them too. I agree they were a great team, had limited weakness, but NOT even in the top 5 in the last decade. BigG would even agree with me on this one!!!

bump11.... if you are not a tssaa ref, then why would you go on a rant about the rules? creel should have played. kingsbury did it. hahhaha. (just keeping bigG on his toes:)

let me clear it up BigG and bump11. when I said it was a straight red, I was meaning the second time. Yes, he got a yellow, and then a straight red. it was NOT 2 yellows. (my source read the report) also.......................................... bigG, I believe you are incorrect. if he would have been given a 2nd yellow, he would be allowed to play in the championship. Cak should still be fine. they had to do this last year also because of Creel's red card:)

Franklin is a strong team all around and has good size. Farragut has some size, but faster players. Will be a great game to see. Both teams do so many things so well. Whoever scores first wins the game!!!

It was a straight red. Not a second yellow. He can't play in final. If it would have been a second yellow, he would be able to play. Unfortunate, but will learn a lesson. Cak still wins 2-0 in the final without Creel

I have seen these programs battle for years. Playing each other in an elimination game should be interesting. Predictions?

Great night for High School Soccer! Im gonna call HV 3-1.Hope the weather holds off.

i like how maryville saw this game: "I must admit Maryville was excellent at passing." "Maryville is traditionally a more possession team, whereas Bearden is more of a run-and-gun type team Rebs0908 said it best.

4-18-2011 @ 7 PM BIG TEST FOR BOTH TEAMS!!!!!!

So bearden has 2 starting keepers? Sounds like another team in the district that had injuries/excuses