jebjensen

Hey coach, how is things going at CHS. Your old head coach here. holler back at me.

sorry, if I have email through the site, I don't know about it. I do have email otherwise but I would rather not put it on here. Oh, what the heck, sturgill1@earthlink.net

Could someone tell me how the Cocke Co. High School football is doing. Also, tell me a little about the season and what the future looks like for the fighting cocks.

In the past, Cocke Co. football was competitive. I have noticed that they seem to be struggling this year and have for several years. What is going on?

Thanks

Can anybody tell if CN won on Sat. Oct. 18 or not.

Can some one tell me what is going on with the 2 schools in Cocke Co. Cocke Co.high School and Cosby High School. Cocke Co. used to be one of the more respected and successful high school football programs in east tennessee. What happened?

From a parents standpoint, the smaller community schools have more of a feeling that is soon to be gone in todays society. Every school district is looking at the economical part of the issue and not whats best for the kids and communities. If you have a county that has 2 high schools vs a county that has 5 smaller high schools, there is a big difference in the number of kids that get the opportunity to participate in athletics. Once the schools are combined into 1 or 2 bigger high schools, the number of participants reduces obviously because you can still only put 11 on the field at a time. I played at a small school in VA. and the pride and loyalty of the communities in the smaller schools is more prevelant than that of the bigger county schools. True, the money plays a big part in the picture, but are we really trying to do what is best for our students or are we just trying to save money? It has been proven that a students best opportunity to learn and succeed is in the smaller setting vs the larger setting. Once there are 3 small schools that are combined into a large school, the community pride and loyalty are gone. We need to ask ourselves this question, Are we doing what is best for our kids?

Listen, I am a former coach in the 1A division in Tn. and I know Coach Lunsford and Coach Ensor very well. I hated to here that there were problems between them after the game on Friday night. Both coaches are class individuals and work very hard for their programs. Coming from experience playing Cloudland, I know what it is like to be on the bottom end of a 50+ deficit. Coach Lunceford played everybody but the waterboy those nights. From a coaches standpoint, you cannot put a player on the field and tell them not to do their best. Those players, whether they be 2nd or 3rd string, deserve the opportunity to be successful when they get the chance. I know it hurts being on the other side, but I have been on both sides and it almost makes you feel guilty when your players dominate so bad that it seems that everything you do is right. I feel bad for Coach Enzor and his players. Mike is a class act and I know that he was probably just venting some frustration. Don't complain about Cloudland and Coach Lunceford for being successful at doing what they love and allowing younger kids to get a little glory.