GWAVE1

22 hours ago, BCB~MVP said:

It's been gone for several years now but some may remember Jacket's Nest in Hartsville. Back in my day, we'd hit it up right after school on Game Days! 

I have eaten there and it was a good spot.  

On 4/15/2024 at 1:19 PM, SweetScience said:

G-man, just let it be. You aren’t gonna win with The Sheriff & ILB. Neither one of them ever have anything good to say about the Wildcats. I’m sure they’re both good people in real life, but neither has much love at all for the OR. Anything slightly negative concerning OR, they run with it.

I used to think like that many many moons ago.  I wondered the same questions but learned that it is just not that easy.  Hiring assistant coaches can be complicated at times.  It takes a few years for HC’s to get who they feel is right for their system.  Couple that with good assistant coaches getting better jobs at times and leaving your program. More to it than some think.  I think you have a good coach up there and time will tell that story.  

19 hours ago, FBfan26 said:

Yet I’ve seen Gallatin up and close and in my eyes Gallatin should have ONLY lost 2 games this season!

What does that have to do with his demands? 

5 hours ago, SheriffofRedRock said:

You can create a spot for a guy that is at least a TA level until the next year

Not if you do not have proper funding.  Plus why would someone come on board for less than full time teacher pay?  Most of these moves happen in the offseason anyway.  

On 4/13/2024 at 12:36 PM, MidTennFootball said:

I disagree. Sitting a year out allows him to visit other programs, see what's working for them and incorporate it into his own philosophy.  Woods' success at CR got him alot of interviews, if he can rein in some things, 1 year isn't going to stop him from getting a good job when there are 60-70 openings every year.

HS football is such a grind for coaches that taking a year off will be really beneficial for him

He interviewed for the Gallatin position and his demands were so unrealistic they laughed him out of the building.  

19 hours ago, SheriffofRedRock said:

To me the issue is the brass doesn't care enough to make OR what it could be and Rang is figuring it out. He can't even get his new coach in the building except a sub spot

If you have tenured teachers, you cannot just remove them to make a spot for a coach.  Most of those type moves happen in the offseason over the summer anyway.  If said coach cannot teach say a math or history open teaching spot and is only good for physical education then a person in that spot has to move out or your said coach doesn’t get that spot.  Usually how it works. 

43 minutes ago, MidTennFootball said:

https://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/high-school/2024/04/04/eddie-woods-cane-ridge-football-coach-resigns/71339964007/

Wow!!  That came out of left field!  

On 3/16/2024 at 6:19 PM, 6AFootballKing said:

I always wanted an excuse to go up to Gallatin. I really don’t know why I never have gone to any games, but it is definitely going on my bucket list for week 1!

At Hendersonville week 1 but Gallatin has 6 home games this year.  

Sorry to hear this.  Prayers

3 hours ago, 6AFootballKing said:

Any game with a 6A team playing, rather that just means one is playing or two of them, and I live in Cookeville. I’ve been blessed to be able to travel and watch some high school football over the years, and hopefully this year is no different.

Gallatin (6A) vs Hendersonville (5A) week 1.  This is a longtime rivalry and the crowd is always large.  Last year Hendersonville returned their exciting QB, Mason Baker, and handed first year coach Michael Stroup his first loss at Gallatin.  This year 2nd year starter and season record holder in passing Jackson Stroup will come to Hendersonville eager to repay the favor.  This is a huge Sumner Co rivalry.  

1 hour ago, workinprogress said:

Metro has had really good coaches, and really bad coaches. Yes kids get the credit when a team wins, and coaches take the heat when they lose. Always been this way I suppose. As for metro being the only county sending multiple schools to state......

Rutherford: Riverdale, Oakland, Smyrna

Williamson: Brentwood, Ravenwood, Indy, Summit

Only difference is these are schools that won, not just went. Come on now metro coaches deserve credit but don't act like they are the cream of the crop as a whole. 

Sumner: Gallatin, Hendersonville, Beech, Portland, White House

On 3/1/2024 at 10:37 AM, stephenhargisunderstudy said:

A, AA, AAA return?!

 

Go back to 3 champions for the ENTIRE State? I know this will never happen again but think of the quality of football we would see come playoff time. I'm drooling over here.

I would be for that if you cut out the financial aid and the recruiting.  
Your right won’t happen

Congratulations to Tee.  He was an awesome player.  He won Mr Football his senior year ahead of Gallatin’s Jordan Mason whom was runner-up.  Mason just finished his second year for the 49ers and Higgins gets a lucrative franchise tag.  I’d say both have done their communities well! 

2 hours ago, RCfan said:

Captain Cuckoo is just another one of the T’s fabulous “character” posters with a catch phrase or a niche that separates them from the rest of the pack… 

We got him “approving this message” 

We got another one who is always “just saying”

and then we have the guy on the 1A/2A boards who likes to say that we always “think he’s joking, but he’s not”

We also have that very nice Maryville feller who amazingly writes in backwoods dialect so well that you have to slow down sometimes to decipher what he is saying and to figure out he’s a pretty smart guy…

And we used to have my own personal favorite the unofficial spokesman of the Owls over in Hamilton county Passive Aggressive - who seems to have vanished from Coach T completely #LOP

These are just a few of the guys who make these boards fun. It’s good to have serious debate about the topic we all love but these dudes sauce it up a bit and keep it lively.

Your opinion.  I get tired of the one he is talking about.  

16 hours ago, thefootballguru said:

Do both teams have a lot returning?

Gallatin has a complete rebuild on defense and a few returning on offense.  Not sure about Franklin

Gallatin vs Franklin, not sure of the date but it’s in May

27 minutes ago, SweetScience said:

Lol it did. Hope you’re doing good, GW1. Still need to get that old rivalry rekindled!

I think that would be a lot of fun!  

3 hours ago, SweetScience said:

Back in our “heyday” we had to play an out of state team a few times, Paducah-Tilghman in Kentucky, to be exact. Their QB was Billy Jack Haskins, who went on to start at UK for a season or two. They were our only loss in ‘91. Stoned us on the goal line going in for the winning 2 point conversion, if I’m not mistaken. I was one heartbroken 13 year old.

That season ended well for ya

17 hours ago, MidTennFootball said:

Hopefully this a lesson for all school systems to actually take care of your facilities after they've been built

The amount of shoving this under the rug up here is ridiculous.  At least now they realize as do the tax payers how bad it was/is! 

18 hours ago, tradertwo said:

Reading between the lines, it looks like your Administration assumed that things were as they were pre-covid and didn't bother checking supply chain issues. Henderson Co. was ready to move forward with the Lexington/Scotts Hill projects a year earlier, but getting material for bleacher construction was not possible for 13 months. Luckily we were aware of this before demolition of the old ones left us sitting on the ground.

It has nothing to do with supply chain issues.  The BoE was going to use a Cooperative for fast tracking the stadium builds but the State Comptroller ruled against Williamson Co in Dec when they produced a finding on an audit.  
 

Honestly, it is pretty point blank on the T.C.A. Rules and why they were going this route seems like they were given bad information.  It has caused a huge distrust between the County Commission and the School Board only to get wider. 

2 hours ago, fredjones said:

What exactly is being done at each of the affected schools?  

And who is getting field turf out of it?

They plan on bringing in portables again for this season and nobody is getting turf.  

According to the Director of Schools, because of a ruling by the state comptroller in Dec, you cannot use a co-op and thus the steel to build them will not be available this season.  They intend to have all games played at home as scheduled but with temporary bleachers again.   The stadiums that were affected have already been demolished.  

On 12/2/2023 at 7:49 PM, Navy21412 said:

So where do you have this PCHS team all time in metro Nashville?

1.  1981 Overton. Not ever going to be topped

2. 2023 PCHS. 15-0. Won at MBA and at state champion CPA

3. 2008 Hillsboro. Ended Maryville 74 game winning streak 

4-5. 1996-1997 PCHS. John Henderson/Buck Fitzgerald teams

6. 1989 Whites Creek.  Led by future Super Bowl  champion Shelton Quarrels one of the great all time defenses

7.  1991 Stratford.  The 4 horsemen.  Peaked here should have won it all in ‘92  

that’s my list that I have seen in person  

 

#6 got that backside handed to them by Gallatin! 
 

#7 got that one dimensional team with 3 1000 yard rushers beat by Gallatin!  And for the record in 92’ they were not beating that same Gallatin team, period!! 
 

45 minutes ago, chs1984 said:

Sorry to hear this. Gary Rankin once cited him as someone he patterned his programs after.

Gary had some nice comments about him.  Short was the standard bearer when Rankin was starting out.  Many had hoped Gallatin would have been one of Rankin’s stopping points along the way but it never happened.  

This is tough news for me personally.  Calvin was a legend in this town.  He was always nice and willing to talk.  He guided and raised so many young men in his career. He was feared by his opponents and respected throughout the southeast.  Off the field, he was as nice as could be.  I could be wrong but I believe he was 205-30 for his tenure at Gallatin.  3 state titles and 3 runner-ups.  He will be missed!!  Thank you Calvin Short for everything you did for the high school and this town.  Prayers for his wife, kids and grandkids.