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The topic may be getting old, but that doesn't change what happened. We cheated ourselves out of a great coach. Anyone who can't stand-up and admit that what the school board did was wrong would get no respect from me. We can lie to ourselves and pretend like we were justified in running the coach out and that our program won't be devastated by this, but we all know the truth deep down.

The price is too high for Coacht Plus ($24) and if you don't sign up for Plus, you have to put up with a lot of pop-ups and ads. That might have something to do with it. Plus if you talk about anything other than pretty much specific scores, they close the thread. Thats just some of the stuff that bothers me, but I still use the site.

Was a very poor shooting night by Livingston. They didn't make a single 3-pointer, which is very unusual for a Livingston team. A lot of it has to be contributed to the Smith Co defense, but Livingston just didn't appear to be in their normal state of mind. Livingston needs to go back to their offensive & defensive styles that they were using earlier in the season and not use the stuff we saw at Smith County, keep the best players on the floor when possible, and take better advantage of mismatches.

This is always a good rivalry as these 2 teams are only separated by a short drive down Hwy 111. Been a few years since Pickett County has beaten LA, but LA hasn't being playing their best basketball lately. I haven't seen Pickett play yet this year, but I think it will be a close game.

Long ride home for us from Smith Co. Smith Co-52 Livingston-51

LA leads Smith Co. at halftime.

Obvisouly I know more than you, because those were the words that came out of Matt Eldridge's mouth. I guess if you don't know the facts you just lie to yourself to think your do?

Livingston may have just lost their greatest boys coach to ever come through their doors. I wish Jimmy the best, but I bet he wishes he couldn't have gotten the job on different terms. Doesn't look good on the county the way things went down. Sad day in Livingston. The team will be fine, they are getting into the weaker portion of their schedule and will be fine by playoff time. I just don't understand how a Director of Schools can say I am going to suspend you indefinitely because the school board members didn't like your facial expressions or the way you had your leg crossed during the game the other night and they want your resignation. Really? Sad that my tax dollars goes to this guy's $70,000 salary when he doesn't do anything other than what a few board members want him to do. However, The Livingston fans need to continue to support the team and interim Coach Jimmy Miller. Best of luck to both teams in tonight's games

Livingston may have just lost their greatest boys coach to ever come through their doors. I wish Jimmy the best, but I bet he wishes he couldn't have gotten the job on different terms. Doesn't look good on the county the way things went down. Sad day in Livingston. The team will be fine, they are getting into the weaker portion of their schedule and will be fine by playoff time. I just don't understand how a Director of Schools can say I am going to suspend you indefinitely because the school board members didn't like your facial expressions or the way you had your leg crossed during the game the other night and they want your resignation. Really? Sad that my tax dollars goes to this guy's $70,000 salary when he doesn't do anything other than what a few board members want him to do. However, The Livingston fans need to continue to support the team and interim Coach Jimmy Miller. Best of luck to both teams in tonight's games

??? I assumed you disagreed with whatever you thought went on at the game because you mentioned it in both your posts (remember the new account you made last night). You have completely lost me though... I like to think I know a little about basketball, but you must have me beat badly. When did smiling become anti-leadership? Most people hide embarrassment by smiling or laughing. In case you didn't notice, the coach was pretty embarrassed by his teams performance. My guess was that he told his team not to over look JC all week long and they did anyways and thats why the game started the way it did. However, my guess must be way off. Tell us what the coach meant with his smile since you are such a great smile interpreter. You must be in an "inner-circle" that I am not aware of... Does the coach really think its all about him? Someone who seems to care so much for his players... and someone that seems to go out of his way to help them in any way he can... and someone that actually tries to get his players into college... that person really thinks it is all about him? Do you really believe that? Wow. I didn't realize I was messing around with someone as ignorant as you have revealed yourself to be. Our program has been having winning records.. it has been getting some of these young men into college..how many of the young basketball players have you heard about getting into any type of trouble what-so-ever... most of these young men have excellent grades in school...I have yet to meet one of this coach's former players that had anything negative to say about their coach... Favorable Changes? Really? What other types of "favorable" changes should this coach bring to the program and these young men? You want comments, then tell us what you would have done differently in that game. What type of changes would someone such as yourself bring to these young men and this program? Your post doesn't upset me, it humors me. *If your wondering, I was "smiling" while typing all of this because I am actually embarrassed that I wasted so much time on you now that you revealed your ignorance. Now I remember why I haven't logged on to Coacht in a while, people like you make it more like that site 'Topix'.. People that say they have problems, yet they hide behind a username instead of confronting their problem with the source.

Good post. Very true. That Jackson Co. group is good. They played great and deserve the win. I think it just shocked some of the LA fans. Most probably expected to win easily. What was there to disagree with Rabbit? You want to voice your opinion, then fill us in. Help me dig out my nose, I don't even know where it is buried.haha. I don't see why your so upset. Educate us.

I hope the rematch is as entertaining to watch as this one was. Only with a different ending.

You don't need to names for that. I would have gave my opinion to you anyways, you didn't need to create a new account just for that.

Is that you Rabbit? I thought you were trying to open a can of worms when I read your first post. Would you have played your starters if they were playing that poorly? That coach must not know what he is doing. He has one of the best win percentages at LA, but that isn't good enough for us.

Looked like the LA boys forgot to show up.. They will turn it around though. They have a lot of talent and a great coach in Melton. Move on and learn from it. We are now getting into the part of the schedule that matters. It isn't how you start the season, its how you finish it. LA has always started out strong. Maybe they needed a start like this to help get them to where they are going.