southernpride

Because next Friday is the official first week required of all teams to play ball. Some play week 0 to get thier schedule right and they have a bye week in the season.

Time to get back to fishin after Sunday mornin church. Maybe I'll just head down to the lake early and ask forgiveness later. Don't like sittin in the darn pew when I could be in the boat.

Suck it up rebs cuz theres always next week.

Halls put up 28 on GC, my guess is Dresden will do at least that much, possibly more?

Any news?

You are an idiot!

It is the head coaches job to get the team prepared. Most boys do complain about workouts until the team begins a winning tradition and develops senior leadership that helps the coaches push the weight room and conditioning.

Well said. Jim is a good man. We all wish him well but the lack of talent will not win any games in this district. Tullahoma, Lawrence County and Columbia will be the top teams. Let's face it, Martin was it last season and there are none of those type athletes left in the school.

Here are the facts: 1) Coach Morris is a very good baseball coach, no doubt about it! 2) Yes, it was reported to the TSSAA that Coach Morris had kept the baseball facility open throughout the dead period in violation of the TSSAA rules and he got by with it because he told the school administration he was just working with his grandchildren. POINT OF FACT: All high school facilities are to be closed during the dead period, family members or not. 3) Yes, Coach Morris also broke the rules by having practice throughout the fall semester with the majority of the baseball team. Again, he told the administration it was just his grandchildren but my cousin took her boy three times a week because he was told he could not be on the team unless he attended all off season workouts. The administration did what they had to do, not because Coach Morris is a bad coach but because there was too much conflict between him and the head coach and the administration knew he was breaking or at least bending the rules without regard to what would happen if he got caught. The point is great coaches do not always do what they are supposed to do. Coach Morris is a good baseball coach and he will find another place to work. He did not respect either the former coach or the current head coach and maybe he felt he was better than both of them? He needs to find a situation where he can be the legitimate head baseball coach and he needs to follow the off season practice rules. I wish him well. Everyone on the lake says very good things about him. My little cousin likes him too.

It remains to be seen if he is a good head coach considering he has never been a head coach. The only winning football staff he has been a part of was Mantooth's staff for two seasons.

I like Carr but I just don't see too many wins on the schedule. If they can find a way to beat White County (1-10 team last season) and then possibly beat Shelbyville (who beat FC last year with a field goal in the final seconds of a game that FC had owned) the next week they could be a contender but my guess is they beat White County week one and then beat Coffee County in week nine to finish 2-8. The only other game they might win is Lincoln Co if Coach Thompson can't pull his team back together in 2010. No one replaces Martin in the backfield and they don't have the big offensive line they had for most of last season.

What happened to the infamous Mac McCurry? I thought he was the new coach?

You boys should do just fine in that district with only Cookeville and Warren County.

The new superintendent has made it a rule that a coach can't coach family members. Since Ricky has two grandson's on the team, he is done. Plus they violated several rules in the off season and Ricky was reportedly to blame.

If this is the case then Coach Morris should not be allowed to coach his grandsons on the baseball team. Everyone knows he is the real head coach who coaches year round and ignores most of the TSSAA rules. The new director fired a very good coach and a good family man from the baseball position and after no one would accept the position they gave it to the coach who had been fired seven or eight years before to make room for the coach that was fired to search for a "great coach" which they never found. Good old Ricky should be gone too if Coach Smith can't coach his daughter on the softball team! IF THEY ARE GOING TO MAKE SUCH IDIOTIC RULES IT SHOULD APPLY ACROSS THE BOARD TO ALL FAMILY MEMBERS! THIS IS ONE REALLY MESSED UP RULE AND I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL THIS LADY'S CONTRACT IS UP! I have spoken to two school board members who have said they will not vote to rehire the current superintendent. Dang it, now I'm all worked up and I need something to drink! I think I will head down to the Lake and fish!