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No doubt in spite of themselves.

AA-Mike Roller--David Lipscomb. Doc Shelton--Martin Luther King AAA-Winston Gamble--Maplewood Dennis King--Brentwood Bobby Luna--Gallatin A--The guy at Tennessee Temple (his name escapes me) D2--George Pitts--Brentwood Academy Jerry Meyer--MBA Remember guys, he asked for the best coaches not the best won-lost records.

She coached the girls at Lincoln County.

Strong discipline and strong fundamental base. Find what your team can do well and exploit your strong points and hide your weak points as best as you can.

The whole reason they are in Division 2 is so they can give tuition scholarships. That is hardly paying their own way. And if you think private schools in Division 1 don't abuse the "work study" clause, you are sadly mistaken.

By the way, region4. None of the three new coaches were head coaches where they came from. Sorry, but I don't see the edit option anymore.

I was talking about the public schools under the control of Dr. Duncan and the mafia. Excuse me, the school board.

He was added because MJ let him go, but he had tenure in the county and they had to place him. Coach Robinson gladly accepted his help.

After the season ended last year, the "syndicate" in this county saw fit to replace three of the four head coaches. Lebanon, Mt. Juliet and Wilson Central all got new coaches. Why? Bottom line they didn't win. Obviously, if you don't win it MUST be the coach's fault. Well now we have Coach Brown at Lebanon, Crawford at MJ and Hannah at Wilson Central. A new era. Right? None of the three have won a game outside of the county. Could it be that MAYBE, just maybe there is very little talent right now. Coaching football in Wilson County has become like the Vandy job. A lot of fanfare coming in and then rolled out of town when you can't win. Coach Brown comes from tradition rich Trousdale (DiNardo from National Champ Colorado). Crawford brings the "fun and gun" to MJ like old Watson Brown. Now it looks more like the "run and hide". Hannah is like Dowhower. He is just there. I believe he is down to 20 players from over 60. The only school with a winning record is Watertown(the only school left alone.) Look out Coach Robinson. Dr. Duncan will screw that up too.

By the way, Metroman. How many black coaches are there at Overton right now? I believe the answer is one. Coach Reed.

Sorry guy, but I have been in and around Metro athletics for a LONG time (not as long as shadow, though). I have seen and experienced a lot. I hope Mr. Reed does well. But he needs to take care of the classroom situation first. If you don't think race has been involved in Metro hires for awhile, then you are very blind. You are still a relative newcomer to the system, but I still like you. I had heard that you applied for the job yourself. Good luck this season.

Metro affirmative action strikes again. What happens if he fails the NTE again and remains uncertified? Do they open the search up again or just cover it up. Metro has been down this road before. At least this time the new coach did actually apply for the job. His mom was not at the board to hand him the job like Wright at Glencliff.

Antioch, McGavock, GLencliff, and Hunters Lane are the only 5-A schools in Metro. The rest are 4-A. Overton, Hillsboro, Hillwood, Stratford, Maplewood, Whites Creek, and Pearl-Cohn.

David Woodard. Went to a juco somewhere and then disappeared. Hey Cross Plains, let us know what happened to him.

In my 30+ years in and around high school athletics, I have found two reasons why seniors quit. 1. Practices and games are interfering with their "social activites". Boyfriends, girlfriends, partying etc. They are "in love" or so they think. 2. Younger, better players are coming in and taking their playing time. It is much easier to quit than play behind a freshman or sophmore. Putting the blame on the coach soothes their fragile egos. Having competed against Goodpasture for many years, I would say the reason is a combination of the two. If the player really wants to play they will no matter what. I despised my high school baseball coach, but I loved the game and stayed out there. That is what true athletes do. Also, Trojanman, how do you expect to get better if you don't work hard. I hope you don't coach making a statement like that. Perhaps the lack of work ethic got them to this point in the first place.

Panthergam, you are too modest. Maplewood leads district 12AAA. McGavock is second. ALthough talented, they are still undercoached. Antioch will have a better TEAM.(I think we all know why) and yet I don't see their placing changing any. Glencliff is the real question mark. Poor academics and coaching are holding back what could be a VERY strong group. Hunter's Lane will have no go to scorer. Whites Creek will have to find some new leadership. Pearl Cohn will continue to struggle. Look for Henry Harris to have a breakout season at Stratford. In 11-AAA, Hillsboro looks to be in front, although the football team will probably go deep into the playoffs again and give them a slow start. Franklin will be down. Centennial will be much improved. Hillwood will continue to struggle. Hickman Co. is just bad. The Overton coaching situation is still up in the air. Spring Hill is decent. Brentwood's talent is down, but Coach King does a great job. I have no idea how Ravenwood will be. I guess my top two in each district are........................... 12-AAA #1 Maplewood #2 McGavock 11-AAA #1 Hillsboro #2 Centennial

Mount Juliet will be improved this year for several reasons. One, Coach Dearing is a big believer in teaching fundamentals. You have to crawl before you can walk. I guarantee if you ask any of the players from last year they will tell you they learned a lot about the game from him. Now Coach Cutlip will get to reap the rewards of that work. Second, the team had VERY little experience last year. Only one player had any real varsity experience. Now, they have a year under their belts. Third, they have had a couple of transfers come in that can help them. 6'6" post players have been as rare as hens teeth in MJ. And finally, fourth is that the school board, director of schools and the administration realize how badly they have looked to people outside of Wilson County in their treatment of Dearing in basketball and Winfree in football and don't want to draw any more attention to themselves so Coach Cutlip will be given more than one year. People in Wilson County have known for years how poorly the school system is run. Pitiful salaries and inadequate facilities. The good old boys drew too much attention to themselves this time. One board member was already voted out.

My sources tell me that Dearing will be back in Metro by the end of the month. He won't be at McGavock, however. Some school is fixing to get a great young coach to fall right into their laps. Welcome back. Your dreams were your ticket out.