PatSandman

Perry Schrandt was an Assistant Coach for several years at GP nad is now Principle at PF. I would hope to think that he would not get involved with coaching the team as he knows what Lee is capable of doing, I would say that is why he hired him. Lee will be fine and he is great with kids so look for a big inprovement from PF this years ans watch out a few years down the road.

Great choice for PF. Lee is a good coach and a great guy that really relates to kids well. Hard worker that just wanted a shot. Interviewed at Jeff Co but unfortunately didn't get the opportunity. Best wishes to Lee and the Tigers should be interesting in Sevier Co on Friday nights. When does PF play GP and where?

Zach is playing Summer Baseball but I'm sure if it wokrs into his schedule he would participate. Nick is definately not playing football this year his ticket to ride is with baseball and that is what he concentrating on now. Stepp is a questions mark but I have heard it is unlikely that he will be playing.

Chip Watkins will be head Freshman coach but varsity coaches will also participate in practices. Justin hopes to have Freshman participate in part of Varsity practices and then break out in groups. Good core group of Seniors and Juniors will take a lot of pressure off the Sophmores having to see playing time at the Varsity level. Should be a good game schedule for Fresh and JV to get plenty of game time experience, that's the plan anyway. Sideline Club met and updated the Sideline Club building in endzone in preperation of a big season and hopefully to get new members excited about joining. Next meeting June 25 at 6:00 pm everyone is welcome.

Base pay I think was a huge factor in bringing anyone in for the job regardless if they were old Patriots or someone else coming in. Then trying to get qualified assistance from outside to come for the same reason will be hard to do. I think what you saw last night at CN is the coaching staff we will have for the year with maybe 1 addition. The Sideline Club did offer to put up some money to help make the pay more attractive. While we don't have much we were willing to do what it takes to raise. The Scrimmage went well for a group of kids that have only practiced 3 times leading up to it and with baseball players just now getting in the mix. Very deep at RB & LB positions and OL needs help but that will come along. Defense played good giving up just 1 big play on a pass and a couple of long runs. Over 80 kids on the sidelines looked good.

King, We are already on that. We are planning on having the smokers going well before kickoff. We are planning to tailgate at every home game. We hope the smell from the smokers fill Dumplin Valley and folks come in droves to eat BBQ. All the money collect at these tailgates go diectly back into the football program.

DZ picture looks great thanks for doing that for me. Update on the tournament we have 28 hole sposors and at least 15 teams signed up so far. Sounds like we may get a coach by weekend which I think will be best versus announcing later next week as planned. Kids need to know and that way hopefully if it is someone other than Gut he can get involved with practices and meet with players and parents at the meeting on the 15th. Been a while since I hav been on here mainly I did'nt want to be involved from past threads but I think everyone on this thread is eager to get behind this team and coach whomever it might be and put the Patriots back to where the belong in the football world. I don't expect that to happen overnight but I look forward to what could be shaping up as a good year and a step in the right direction. Anyone wanting to get involved with the Sideline Club and help the team in encouraged to do so.We have already bought the team a state of the art video system and equipment bags. We have big plans for the year. Our next meeting in May 21 at 6:00. See everyone at the scrimmage at CN.

WaCo I don't think there's been a decent quote since you brought this up on page 1. I think it is the best quote and issue you have brought up in long time. I feel DB's pain being from Jeff and not even making the playoffs. Wish we could get there so we had a reason to speak about playoff issues. No reason you all should not have made it past the first round with the ground game you had. Regular season scheduling may have something to do with post season preperations but lack of sticking with what got you to the dance has more to do with a game plan versus who you play in the regular season. Unfortunately our conferance has been down the last couple of seasons with the exception of DB, Sevier and Bearden this year and you can't do anything about schedulng within your conference. I'm sure DB will still sit atop the conference next year but I get the feeling the fans will be leary of State Championship talk during the regular season as they did this year. That had to leave a very bitter taste in the mouth.

I just don't see anyone getting in OR's way till the Semi's when they meet Riverdale. OR just has too much fire power on both sides of the ball to be denied. I enjoy watching a good team play even if it is at the expense of my own team, Patriots. I was looking forward to watching Spencer play and he played as expected, great player!! Good luck and stay healthy!

Hey Gals bovious you don't know what you're talking about based on your post and by the # of your post you only want to talk smack and bring nothing meaningful or informative to CoachT. As Pride pointed out already the game is in JC. As far as the officials go I thought I'd let you know that all the officials on the field the other night were from Greenville and Johnson City. Region 1 Officials range from Jefferson County to the state line and they are assigned out of the Region Office in Johnson City, so get over the "homecooking". I was very impressed with OR and I don't see anyone giving them any trouble till the Semi's with Riverdale. Enjoyed watching Spencer even if it was at the hands of my Patriots. I see the Patriots getting back on the Winning side of things this week against Karns. Played without the costly penalties and not nearly as many mistakes this past week as we did against DB. Still need to mix up the play calling a little to keep 9 out of the box and the D needs to make some big stops up front. Boys should be fired up since it's Homecoming, hope to see a big crowd out!!

Having played K. West in a pre-season scrimmage and M. West in the regular season I have to go with M. West. The Rebels are a very fast team but the Trojans are just too big up front and the running backs will just be so big that they will physically wear the Rebels down. I don't see anyone getting in the Trojans way till playoffs.

Please stick to your word on this!!!!! It's the best thing you have posted in a while. It proves no benefit whatsoever to rehash things. We have 6 more games to play and we can hope for the best for those 6 games. I feel like I'm in the silent majority that still believes we can win a few more games and make the playoffs. Seems like everyone in our Region is knocking each other off week after week and if that trend continues we're still in it. Friday's game against OR will definately be a difficult one to pull off but I think by playing the caliber of teams we have played the first half of the season, MW,DB,& OR will only make us better for the next 5.

John is now the Assistant Principle so now has to work the games from an Administrative standpoint, that's why he is not PA the games anymore. Thought you had something to work an angle on didn't you patfan? Just another uninformed so called fan wanting to get something started other than the good things in Dumplin Valley.

What a game and it is a shame that someone had to loose. Very impressed with Ramsey and wish you well young man the rest of the year. For anyone in attendance Friday night and especially if you went on the filed after the game to the group huddle you should have NO doubt as to how tight the group of players are to each other AND their Coaches. True we may not have the best talent level but there is more Heart on that team than I have seen in a while. These kids are doing whatever it takes and I applaud that. Great job Patriots!!!!