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Anyone have any input on what the message was? What does he expect of the kids, community, etc? I was out of town and unable to attend but I am interested in knowing the plan.

Please end this conversation on this thread if it doesn't have anything to do with the Lebanon coaching search or the new hire.

You make an interesting point, maybe the Principal is the problem... How have all the new hires panned out?

The community expects a winner but does not put forth the effort in building a winner. They are all stuck in th 80's and 90's and think Coach Medley is the only person capable of winning at LHS. It is going to take an entire community effort, including accountability from the administration, staff, youth leagues, middle schools, parents, and the players. Until Lebanon wakes up and joins the rest of the world in 2012, all the new families who move to Wilson County are going to move into WCHS and MJHS districts. If they choose not to, then they are going to have to rely on talent that only comes around once every 3-5 years. There have been very talented classes in LHS history, the problem is having two or 3 classes combine for a team, or to replace a large graduating class. Right now there is no reason for a family to move to Lebanon over Mount Juliet, and there has been no reason for talented athletes not to accept scholarship at prestigious private schools. With Friendship going DII, it will be harder to keep kids in the school. LHS needs a culture changer that is not afraid to go into the community and get support and hold parents and alumni accountable for their program. Right now, the community expects a winner before they are willing to show up and support the team. To me, that is putting the cart before the horse, but it will take a leader to prove to everyone that is what it will take. And if I ever hear that it "takes a couple years to implement a high school offense" I might throw up. This is high school football. It's not complicated. Get the big guys to stand in the way of the other team's big guys and hand/throw the ball to the fastest kids. How ever they decide to it is up to them, but it's not rocket science and should not be over-complicated by some bogus "system". I hope the people who make the decisions do their research on the candidates and not just play the name game or not just hire some Cumberland assistant or go after another a Medley disciple. There are talented motivated coaches out there with HC experience that would be willing to do what it takes to build a program, the administration will actually search for that person. Making another lazy hire will only set the program back farther than the previous hire did. Good Luck. Go Blue Devils.

I agree Eddie. That was my point in saying that they need to hire (or at least look) outside the county in order to find a coach with the proper credentials. I heard rumors of a guy from North Carolina and one from Kentucky both with HC experience. And also several assistants from Rutherford County and previous assistants with ties to LHS. I wonder what the time table is? I think the kids probably need some direction at this point in the year. Is there an interim HC keeping them in line?

Your paw paw was a smart man. Hope you are right and they hire an adequate replacement, but doubt there are many folks willing to work as hard as BB. Will take a lot to impress or convince me. I will be skeptical until I see it. You think they are looking for someone to be the players' best friend or someone to be a disciplinarian?

Who are leading candidates to replace Bobby Brown as LHS (Lebanon) head coach. I have been out of the high school loop for quite a while, but feel like Coach Brown was given the exit a couple years too early. Anyone know who the candidates are? Bobby was a hard worker and a good man, but I guess the feeling was that the program needed a change. In order to validate the firing, they need to perform an adequate search and don't need to hire within the program or the county. Otherwise, it was all done in waste.

in my experiences, cookeville always gives us fits, so i am fairly worried about this game. Lebanon is always ahead of Cookeville in athletic ability, but somehow we can find ways to lose. I think this team is different this year than any in the past. they are poised and confident and play like winners. you cannot teach that. if cookeville has a strong running game, then i believe it will be shut down by lebanon's strong run D. none of those guys play offense so they are all rested every series. they will have to do it throuh the air, but lebanon has also shut down brentwood's passing O, but could not control rod wilkes of Smyrna. i hope this is a good one but i believe Lebanon on top. Lebanon 17 - cookeville 10

what about the mcchurch boys? how are they doing and how do they compare to the other star players on the team?

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im glad to hear that about miles. what position is he playing and how big is he gettin. he is already alot bigger than his brother...and probably tougher too...haha.

just curious as to who are the best on lebanon's freshman team.. how are those twins running and what about miles dillon?

im gonna go with my fav guy cody tribble...even though he only plays O and also i havent even seen any of the teams play...oh well

what happened to lorenzo b/c i thought he was their best defensive player in the scrimmage. tribble played QB at the first of the season but was moved back to TB im guessing. are we still using the QB roll out to get passes off or is more traditional drop back? are we still throwing about half the time or are we running more now? how is little sallis...yeah its kenny sallis' little brother and kenny is at Cumberland playing WR. how is Ken Walton doing? i also thought he would be a great defensive player.

good game for the devils to get back on track. im proud of yall. carlos gaines (5'6 160 just to clear that up) had a heck of a game it seems like and my boy tribble did pretty well also. no one answered my last post...does lorenzo still play D? who is the QB? i cant come to any of the games so i dont know these things.