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Suzie, I am going to have to give you your props on here, you do know quite a bit, about what, I am not sure, but quite a bit! The real question is are you a male or a female? I think the Govs are going to be a team to be reckoned with this year. I am proud of the coaching staff and the entire program at William Blount.

William Blount does not recruit, nor does Maryville! Susie, I don't know why you get on here and try to be so funny! I am kinda with Newman on this one...you are not that funny!

Gary Householder at Seymour.

"Gonna Be Something!" Can I quote you on that? I say she IS Something! She can load a team on her back and carry them through a ballgame. She could start for Pat right now! She has more drive, more desire, more heart than any student athlete...male or female I have ever seen! She is as good a student and person as she is ball player! I hope she makes 100 million in the WNBA!

Very rarely do I reply...mostly I just read, however, I was at the Bearden - William Blount game. Bearden played very well and William Blount did not play well. Bearden played defense the entire game over the entire floor. William Blount did not play defense as well or for as great a distance. Coach Blevins can tell the media what ever he pleases, however, the witnesses at the ballgame know he pressed the entire game. He also rotated players on a regular basis. I presume this was done because he did not want them winded. However, that is just a presumption, not a fact! I was at the William Blount - Bearden game last year when William Blount's students started a chant..."Shoulda been nicer!" referring to the Kyle Cruze situation. Coach Baumann simply motioned to stop and the students did exactly what he asked. I would be willing to bet Coach Baumann does not rush to defend his colleague next time these teams meet! The actions of Coach Blevins are reprehensible and unexcusable. To try and score 100 by fouling at the end is exactly what another poster has said..."Bush League!" I would hope Coach Blevins' athletic director and principal would impress upon him the importance of good sportsmanship and some empathy for a team that was not as good as his team...at least not on this night. Were I in the position to do so, I can assure you the principal and Ronnie Carter would get a letter detailing the incident. It was totally unwarranted and without any redeeming quality or merit. I can also assure you...Coach Baumann is more of a man than me...because I probably would not have shown a great deal of restraint in the same situation. Coach Blevins would have probably gotten an arse whippin' to go along with his 50+ point victory!

Ok, thanks! I have been to several William Blount contests and I have not been impressed by their principals. I don't know anyone there except Coach Moore. He does a good job, but I don't know much about their administration, so I guess I shouldn't be critical. Are they as good as Maryville's or Alcoa's? I know Alcoa got the Robinette kid and I am impressed by him, just wondering more than anything else.

Do you actually believe the administration would deal harshly with anyone at William Blount?