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Correct on 10AA (East, Pearl, Stratford, etc..)

Here is the truth about 11AA and 12AA. I have had the opportunity of seeing some teams from each. Regardless of who comes out of the Region Tournament with these two districts, it will be a tall task to beat 9AA in the sectionals. However, Fairview is head and shoulders better than the rest in 11AA. The scores sometimes do not indicate that...but they are. They played a little better quality schedule as well with wins over AAA Independence and Page on theirs. When they are on and rolling they are capable of beating every team on their side by 30+. There is not another team that can consistently do that in 11AA. On the 12AA side, Nolensville and Marshall Co. will be the 2 to contend with. I firmly believe that 12AA is a stronger district than 11AA. I do not believe that 12AA will sweep. Either way, they are all 15-18 year old kids and one slip up during the tournament could cost all of the aforementioned teams a ticket to the house. 11AA has not seen a player all year like KJ Johnson (Marshall Co.) or the Bloedorn kid from Nolensville. It will be fun seeing how this all plays out. Best of luck to all the teams.

Public School, Full-time, autonomous Athletic Directors whose only oversight from the Principal is hiring and firing does not exist. Anyone that tells you differently is dreaming. Public school "Athletic Principals" also do not exist. They just happen to be the assistant principal that drew the shortest straw to deal with the parents who won't stop complaining. Those people usually do not get it completely resolved and the Principal usually has to deal with it. In different states, the AD's are full time, good salaries, held accountable, autonomous, and with little oversight when it comes to hiring and firing. This will never happen in TN. Until then they will be nothing but glorified schedulers, and light turner offers and oners. Privates fall into the trap of usually making the football coach the Ad and that is purely for a financial purpose to 1) give the coach a better compensation package, 2) keep them in their current positions. The other teams in most cases are the ones that get the short end of the deal. In certain cases, the other sports get no attention or very little support. I do agree with the statements from earlier posts "someone that has never done it" and "someone that is not a head coach". Hard to get the attention of other head coaches in the building when you have never sat in that chair. By making an assistant coach an AD you have put them in a no-win situation and they have officially become the scheduler and utility man/woman. Just my observations and by no means the gospel truth.

Never said he shouldn't be in the Hall of Fame. Congrats to him and it is deserving. My only question is when was the last time Ensworth was truly dominating in any sport? I would think that in that league they would be the standard. But apparently, I am not very smart. Is there a reason why they have not been?

LOL...watch out for the torches coming your way! https://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/high-school/2018/03/22/hugh-freeze-ensworth-nashville-coach-ole-miss-football/451837002/

Wasn't here to answer your question. I just made a point about the ridiculous salary and the return on investment (as far as success is measured). To answer your question, if I was in charge of the money there it would be difficult to pay that amount off the bat. However, I sure would have some performance steps in there to get him to that level if he revives the program, restores and maintains prominence. There are too many moving pieces to this equation that none of us is privy to.....unless you are on the inside. We do not know budget figures, contributions, what boosters are willing to pony up, etc.... So it really does not matter what the common folk thinks. But it is fun to speculate and act like pundits. Isn't it?

Back to the point as was trying to make in earlier post......$599K for AD, Boys Basketball, and Football. All which have not been relevant in a while and what about the other sports at the school? Are they doing well?

Best coach ever?!?! Come on now...... In a controlled environment of being able to recruit and play a smaller pool of teams, he might be one of the top coaches. But all I see is a school that nobody should compete with, in ANY sport, become completely irrelevant in all. He also won with a specific player (Elder). There are many public and private coaches that come to the forefront when discussing the GOAT.....he was no longer in that conversation as a current head coach. They must rip the band-aid off at some point and start fresh with a new look athletics department. Until that happens all the other schools and teams are happy. If they hire someone other than the name Bowers that goes and gets things done with a new approach, that's when folks will start feeling a little uncomfortable and the E will be back on top.

Good coach, terrible system, and one program that probably doesn't want the other to succeed = failure. I don't foresee the coach staying long.

You could field an All Star team with the best from every team in the tournament and not beat Blackman. I would love to see them play a west TN team. They are talented, deep, disciplined, and well coached. I will be looking for them in the Boro come late Feb.

LOL...I needed some much needed comedy relief again today, and what did I see on top of the forums page??? This trusty, old thread. Has the Spring Hill game even been played yet? Or we arguing so much that we forgot that the football team still has to play?

This is genius. "there parents" well....at least we spelled all the expletives right. I needed some comedy relief today...Thanks. Just took a stab of coming in this thread. This place is great!

I am afraid that Marshall has bitten off a little more than they can chew with their schedule. They will be fine once they get into regular district play. However, I am not sure they can play on that "next" level (the big invitational tournaments, etc) of competition. Kedron is a very good player, but he is going to have to make me a believer if he is to ever play and CONTRIBUTE on the SEC level.

Nice job with your full assessment of the district. However, like any sport you play, you never know until the games are played. Lewis will be good as well as Page. Hickman is not only going to be difficult to handle this year, they will only get better next year. I am going out on a limb and say that when the smoke clears Hickman will be the team standing.

That system is a joke. How many administrators have been through there in the last 5 years? Coaches? etc.. They at least got it right with Stacey as the Principal. However, the Glory Days are past MCHS until the whole system is overhauled. Every coaching position used to be a premium job across the state. Not anymore...it's like watching the Tiger Woods saga. What happens next???