JHITE7

A Jeff County fan talking smack on a Morristown board...don't you have better things to do...like kissing a sibling?

Danny is not in Arizona

The most logical choice and most likely choice is in the Bristol area already.

Sounds like there is still some bitterness on the PF side. I would ask you to give a scoring prediction, but counting isn't too high on the priority list over there from what I hear.

1. "Nice route...you look like Helen Keller out there..." (Spoken when an outfielder takes a bad angle.) 2. "Nice paddles meat...do those double as ping pong paddles? 3. "Couldnt catch herpes in a #####house." 4. "Is that that kids legs or is he riding a ostrich?" (Kid with skinny legs) 5. "Last time I saw legs that skinny they had a message tied to them." 6. Last...I heard a coach actually tell an umpire on his way out of the park..."You are a pimple on the A## of baseball."

Has anyone seen what John Dalton is doing at Rutledge? The kid has come out hitting like he's been shot out of a cannon.

I love the new format. I think it rewards the teams with better depth. I also like it because almost all college conferences play three games series' and it makes for really good competition. Could be a crazy year in the IMAC this year

I think you either misunderstood what i meant by the 9 out of 10 or I didn't explain it well enough. What I meant is that I get tired of hearing well they only legitimately have one player that can play at the next level. Does this mean that coaches should not coach because they don't have the talent to pass on to college? What I meant is that whether you have a kid that goes on to play at upper level D1 schools, or a kid that decides to not go to college and begin working immediately, you still coach them pretty much the same way. And by no means am I saying that if kids don't play sports then they will not be successful. I just personally feel responsible to prepare my players for whatever it is they do in the future. I think it is the point to where we are almost beating a dead horse with this thread, but I'll say it again. I think that there are bad coaches out there that do humiliate players. (i.e. the coach saying the kid lost the game). Coaches like those make the entire profession look bad. As I have stated before, there is an obvious line between discipline and humiliation. At times however, many parents and people looking on can't tell the difference and sometimes make judgments that should not be made.

And it is a coach's JOB to get that 1 ready to play college ball, and the other 9 ready for life. And no there is not much yelling in the classroom, but it wouldn't hurt if there was some raising of the voice. It's funny how the society's view on some things has changed over the years. People look at things differently now. We as a generation are soft. We are media dependent, and have to have things our own way, or we learn at an early age to complain. What we need is more coaches that WILL stand up to the "thugs" and the "sprewells." Let the players know who is the coach, and who will call the shots.

What's next?? Are some high school coaches responsible for insurgencies in Iraq,or was one of them the second shooter on the grassy knoll? I just feel that this is getting blown way out of proportion. I don't see how you can say that coach's have a hidden agenda. I think most of the agendas are to win...and if they are not in it for that then they are in the wrong business. As far as T.O. goes...look how that situation turned out. He was a determining factor in the leaving of Bill Parcells. Are you telling me that it is wrong to get in the face of a "thug" like T.O.? What he needs is to be sitting at home writing more children books, because there is no place in sports for guys like him. But in your eyes I'm sure it is always the coach's fault.

I agree and I disagree. You do have to discipline at times on the fly. A player gets a technical, or a personal foul, or something along those lines needs to be addressed. My whole philosophy is that a coach should be the FIRST to reprimand a player, and the FIRST to congratulate a player. If most coaches would follow those guidelines than most the time there won't be many problems that will arise that can't be taken care of. As far as the comment that a lot of coaches can't teach someone to play is somewhat true and somewhat not. Teaching someone to play is only a small part of the job description. The main job of a high school coach is yes to teach X's and O's, but it also is our job to get kids prepared for college, and or life. If coaches as a whole worry just about winning and teaching the kids to be better athletes and not take in to consideration their well-being as human beings would be a great injustice. And teaching them discipline and being accountable for their actions goes a very long way. It's not as easy as it looks.

The ABSOLUTE number one problem is not with coaches berating players, it is with the children and parents of 2007 having absolutly NO respect for authority. Coaching and playing is a public matter, a kid screws up in public, he gets punished in public more times than not. When it comes physical that is when it becomes a problem. As many have seen with the retiring of Bill Parcells in the NFL, the old-school type of coaches are getting phased out and now we are catering to the players. (i.e. the thug of T.O.) Also, a big double standard is if a coach makes a mistake, he is chastised either in the media, definitely in the stands, and on message boards. Is that wrong for a coach to be berated then? We are told no, that coaches know what they are getting in to. And yes we do, but why can we not expect the same out of our players? We wonder why some kids after they get out of school can not hold a job or finish anything they start. If they can't simply follow the rules and do a little hard work in high school athletics, how are they going to succeed in life when they have a boss down their throat? Are they going to have their parents call the boss? The truth is we live in a soft society, and have a lot of high school kids that can't fight their own battles. Now I understand if it is getting racial, physical, or to the point to where the kid can not handle it on his or her own then parents should step in. If parents can't stand that, then pull your child out of the school and home-school them and prepare them yourself.

I was speaking in generalities. I am aware that there are a handful of guys that are respectable and work hard to get their GPA's up. I just think the school system as a whole in Memphis is a joke. We should all sign a petition to give Memphis to Arkansas. Let them deal with the problem for a while

Memphis= Thugs

See that's most the problem. We have too many officials knowing what is going on in the stands and who is there. Also, there is way too much scoreboard watching by officials which makes them tense up and make even dumber calls. I have stated before in other threads and will here as well. What bothers me the most is the laziness and the out of shape-ness of some of these officials. Take pride in the uniform you're having to wear and get your butts in shape. Hustle and make it at least look like you know what you are doing. It is a disgrace to other officials that actually work and know the rules of each sport they officiate.