Stroke

ok guys....its Karma....KARMA.... indeed, as my daddy tole me....what goes around comes around....no bad deed goes unpunished....and so on..... strokin......

OK....so who now thinks its easy to be the head coach of a top flight program? stroker

without a doubt, the refs blew it first the coaches blew it second, the daddy might have blown it before Christmas. Now who wasnt in the chair? stroke

understand that caution is not warning you have warnings and penalites for STALLING, this wasnt stalling. you have cautions and penalties for false or incorrect starts, this is what you had. ok, the refs blew it. the scorer had it right. on this board there was some confusion about the franklin coaches in the chair, who was in the chair? why didnt they sit on the scorers table until they were forceably removed? say what you will, but who blew it worse? the refs, the coaches, or the daddy? intriguing..... stroker

fact of the matter is, they wont put it back together. another fact, a combined state tourney would look alot different in the finals than anything anyone could predict. in a 32 man, combined tourney bracket, where you have D1 and D2 mixed, knocking eachother off to get to the finals, not too mention the upsets that would take place....it boggles the mind. You cant look at it like a champions of both division finals, that is misleading. soon, D2 will have bragging rights to most 4 time state champions, but what will it mean? does it mean more to be a 4 timer in D1? nope. this is a comparison that cannot be made. things that changed with the split cannot be rectified, but it is fun to ponder. simpson, keller, marable...all national champs of some sort? now that talks to me. stroker

If someone only reads this board, its pretty obvious that it depends on who's ox is getting gored. You can pick out the CBHS supporters, the McCallie detractors, fans from Chattanooga who only know their own officials. Folks, we always like our own better or better the devils we know? I saw one fan screaming at the top of her lungs how strong the air intake was of a particular official calling on the mat. She was very clear, three times she was clear. But listen, I know DGilbert, he is a friend of mine. On one thread on this board, he was lauded as the best in Clarksville and maybe all of Chattanooga. Evidently this lady and the other post I read dont seem to agree. Amazing huh? That said, the same guys cannot always call every state meet. And for the individuals at least, the coaches do have some say as to who gets to the state tournament to call. They have a strong voice the selection of the officials for their respective regions and that leads to the pool TSSAA selects from for the state tourney. You have to continually feed the pool of officials, so as the older ones call it quits, there is some new blood coming in. It takes the new ones a few years to allow old prejudices to wear off. Our coaches arent easy on newbies either, sort of a baptism by fire. Those that make it through are usually well battle tested long before they call any state contests. Its good to have some representation from across the state in officiating, maybe. If an official is not used to the heat and intensity of a McCallie/Baylor match or MBA/Ryan match, its unfair to both official and wrestler. If a region has no representative team in the state duals, should that officials association be represented? Could this be proportional? Had the MBA/CBHS 171 bout gone the other way, who would be screaming? And would the MBA coach be missing the state tourney? The end of the bout, you had either 1 pt escape and a possible 1 pt fleeing the mat. Would that had been better than a two point reversal? Under normal circumstances, the mat official is getting an opinion from the assistant, but ultimately he makes the call. I haved watched this board for some time, and decided to speak up. I think you may rather I hit the snooze button again. Everyone needs some stroke every now and then. Stroker