ultimatewarrior

I've known Coach Wright for a number of years. He is an excellent coach and a top notch guy. I hope that if he is truly interested in going back to the high school ranks he gives Seymour serious consideration. The eagles have seen their fair share of success, and I think Coach Wright would be a tremendous success there.

who do you think the top 5 would be?

Oak Ridge is looking for a new coach...AGAIN! Who could some of the front runners be?

Jermaine Shephard from Clinton should definitely be on this least. He was Nate Robinson before Nate Robinson was. This guy was well under 6 feet tall and could easily drop 30 points and excite the crowd with electrifying dunks. One of the greatest 2 sport athletes this state has ever seen. Halston Lane from Oak Ridge was a top notch player as well. He signed and played for Georgia Tech out of high school before transferring to a smaller venue. Travis Williams from Oliver Springs was a great PG. Scored over 2,000 career points and led a team from the AA cellar to back-to-back state tournaments.

The Williams kid got a 5 game suspension. I think this is his second ejection of the year. I am shocked that he will be allowed to return (assuming CHS advances that far). CHS has enough bad press going on right now without this type of stuff making an already bad situation worse. I think part of the punishment should be that his mother sit out for 5 games as well. Most fans Clinton or otherwise can agree that she is nuts!

Why has nobody mentioned Stone and Alred. Both are good players.

Does LC have a chance Friday night? They have been playing well of late. What do you think?

It looks like the O.R. administration made this hire based in large part on Coach Wortman's college experience and not necessarily his basketball philosophy. They are young, but they have too much talent to be under .500 and losing to Hardin Valley. They need to speed the tempo up and leave Rian Hall out on the floor for longer stretches. Having seen O.R. play a couple times it doesn't look like much is happening on the bench. The games that I have attended Wortman and his entire staff are sitting and not saying much. This is wildly different than when Norris was running things.

The best coach in the district? REALLY? Try not to start drinking until the afternoon from now on. I agree with you about Alred. He's a good player and a great kid. He has way to much class and self-respect to be playing at CHS.

I thought you said you weren't going to talk to much. I don't think you have the ability to keep quiet. It will be good for you to get out of the bad side of town and mingle with the classy people of ACHS.

I have never been to Middleton. In fact I couldn't even tell you where it is. However, a school in my area has done the same thing. I was at a game in that environment 2 years ago and it was miserable. It finally stopped after several complaints reached Central Office. The home team was practicing with the heat turned WAY up so they could get used to playing in it. That is where the competitive advantage comes in. This is a low class attempt at getting some home wins.

I'm confused. I thought you were an AE fan. I guess you are right...That was last year. Since you obviously jumped aboard the West bandwagon.

First of all players from the Memphis area have won more than a few Mr. Basketball awards. Second, you act as though the kid that won in AAA last year was nothing special. He averaged over 30 points and 15 rebounds per game. That is exceptional whether you are from Memphis, Knoxville, or somewhere in the middle.

Most school distrcits have what is known as "Credit Recovery". This allows students to work independently on course work until they complete and recover the credit. I don't know how TSSAA views such a program...The whole thing looks shady.

Some of these losses are much worse than usual. Unless I am mistaken AE beat them without Pryor. This AE team is somewhat depleted having lost atleast 4 players to graduation (Jones Brothers), transfers (Lopez), or other issues (Pryor). Gibbs has been a mediocre at best team for quite some time. They have a great freshman in Cade, but they should not have been able to play with Carter. Fulton has to be the most embarrassing loss. Not because Fulton is a bad team...everyone knows they are the best in East TN all classes...maybe in the entire state. However, Wilson only managed to score 11 points and no one else reached double figures. Not to mention they were dismantled. I for one thought Carter would be a much better team than they have proven to be thus far. After all Wilson and Bennett are one of the most talented duos in East TN.

First of all McNeeley is not a member of the AC coaching staff. He simply helps out during games. I can assure you that he cares about the kids he coaches. Coach Tummell does an excellent job with the freshmen at AC. He places great emphasis on playing fundamental basketball. Lollar does a great job as both a JV coach and a Varsity assistant coach. He knows the game better than most people realize and the players respond well to his coaching. Coach Wallace is definitely not in anyone's shadow! He has done an excellent job since taking over the AC program.

2002 makes some good points and based on his writing it is clear that he has higher than a 5th grade education. To bad we can't say the same for you. You must be a product of the Clinton City School System. As far as your comment about making a sub state game is concerned, I don't see the relevance. If you had to play the likes of Fulton and Austin East in the region every year you guys wouldn't have made it to a sub state game or a region final either. The bottom line is CHS has better talent than AC most years and yet they find a way to lose. I think that instead of the CHS gym being named after Coach Don Lockard they should change it to the "Mark Eldridge-Derek Wallace Gymnasium" because they flat out own you losers. Now warrior, Don't let trash talk get you upset and make you write comments that are crazy to. Dfan is way off on some his post, so dont be like him. Yes AC used to play some very tough teams in their region, so did Clinton. Bearden, Farragut, Maryville just to name a few, and the Oak Ridge teams in the 90's were just as good as Fulton and AE. So the Clinton coaches deserve a little respect to. And coach Don Lockard is a legend, and Coach Eldridge and Coach Wallace are both great coaches, but not near at his level yet! I might be off but how has AC owned Clinton in basketball? I might have missed something so please explain! And if Coach Gilliam (great coach) would have beaten Clinton with Weston both times, than yes he might have deserved what you are saying, but he didn't so dont think that would work either. Coach Eldridge has a state championship. That is more than I can say for Don Lockard.

2002 makes some good points and based on his writing it is clear that he has higher than a 5th grade education. To bad we can't say the same for you. You must be a product of the Clinton City School System. As far as your comment about making a sub state game is concerned, I don't see the relevance. If you had to play the likes of Fulton and Austin East in the region every year you guys wouldn't have made it to a sub state game or a region final either. The bottom line is CHS has better talent than AC most years and yet they find a way to lose. I think that instead of the CHS gym being named after Coach Don Lockard they should change it to the "Mark Eldridge-Derek Wallace Gymnasium" because they flat out own you losers. While they are at it maybe they should name the football field after Davey Gillum...wait a second CHS doesn't have their own field. You guys had better check with the city of Clinton before you do that.

1. Steele-Fulton 2. Hood-Lenoir City 3. Tarwater-Webb 4. Boyd-Fulton 5. Wilson-Carter 6. Campbell-Fulton 7. Bennett-Carter 8. Smith-AC 9. Alred-Clinton 10. Billingsly-Sweetwater

2002 makes some good points and based on his writing it is clear that he has higher than a 5th grade education. To bad we can't say the same for you. You must be a product of the Clinton City School System. As far as your comment about making a sub state game is concerned, I don't see the relevance. If you had to play the likes of Fulton and Austin East in the region every year you guys wouldn't have made it to a sub state game or a region final either. The bottom line is CHS has better talent than AC most years and yet they find a way to lose. I think that instead of the CHS gym being named after Coach Don Lockard they should change it to the "Mark Eldridge-Derek Wallace Gymnasium" because they flat out own you losers.

Dragon123 you would know all about a joke since you have one coaching at CHS.

Who did CAK lose to injury?

I think Lollar's only defeat last year was in the last game of the season. I see him in D1 within the next 5 years I agree! Lollar is a great coach! Pearl needs to fire Aaron Green and put the great Lollar in his place. He has more knowledge and hair on his head. I heard a rumor that Lollar was going to replace Lambert at Maryville following this season. What have you heard?

We'll see how good Central is after this week