On 8/7/2023 at 12:12 PM, Ffball9999 said:

Oh I know.  I don’t blame you..  it’s just funny how some of these are just random articles with no research behind them just trying to get subscribers. I saw one the other day that had kids on a teams roster that graduated 2 years ago…. And other that were listed as top prospects that were 4th string and will never play.

Gannett owned newspapers have been a joke for a long time - especially in Memphis and Jackson area. They hire one raw sports reporter who doesn't know jack and does no research. Newspaper sports coverage is dead and these people don't even try.

2 minutes ago, TrickyD said:

Did he happen to go to Bartlett

Germantown.  He will be playing against Bartlett. 

Bartlett is definitely a sleeper to watch... some key additions have already been added to the mix, including one of the best linebackers in the state in Lance Taylor Jr. Can't wait to see how this offense performs. The defense has some studs. A quick turnaround for the new staff, but if history means anything this could work sooner than later.

4 hours ago, TryNotToSuck said:

To me, it's more of a "Haywood" issue than it is a "Smith" issue. 

Correct. 

New Bartlett HS Football Coach Named

Chris Smith named new football coach at Bartlett High School.

Bartlett City Schools, along with the administration at Bartlett High School, are thrilled to announce Chris Smith as the new head football coach at Bartlett High School.

Coach Smith, with over twelve years of coaching experience at the high school level, has amassed an impressive culture of winning. Coach Smith’s first head coaching job was at Germantown High School where he led that program for four years, with his last two seasons posting a 23-2 record and earning a #1 ranking in the State of Tennessee in 2018. Coach Smith then joined Haywood County High School as head coach where he has coached for the past four seasons, posting a 48-8 record. While at Haywood County, Coach Smith’s team won several District and Regional Championships, making the playoffs each year with four straight semi-final appearances including a state championship game. Coach Smith has established strong player development practices and excellent relationships with college coaches across the country, with over 87 scholarship players and several currently in the NFL, along with a few more players potentially entering the draft.

Coach Smith’s overall coaching highlights include going 79-24 in 8 season (71-10 in the last 6 seasons),
6 straight Region Championships, 6 straight Coach of the Year Awards with being selected to coach in the TSSAA 2022 All-Star game, 2017 AutoZone Liberty Bowl game, and the 2015 West TN All-Star Game, two regular season win steaks of 24, youngest National Football Hall of Fame Rex Dockery Award Winner (Memphis Chapter), Henderson State University Reddie Alumni Finalist, 4 undefeated regular seasons, 4 straight semi-finalist appearances with one final in 2020. Under Coach Smith, his teams have averaged over 45ppg, 73 TDs/season, and 4,765 years/season over the past six years.

“With the success this program has experienced, I am excited for Bartlett High School’s students, faculty, and community” said Tim Jones, principal at Bartlett High School. “Coach Smith will help us continue the culture that has been built with our student athletes and in our city. He has a winning attitude and will be a wonderful asset to our school and community partners.”

Coach Smith inherits a program that has come off another successful season ending with a state semi-final appearance. With state-of-the-art facilities the Bartlett football program continues to thrive and looks forward to building the culture of being one of the premier programs in the state.

Haywood no longer has any open dates

13 hours ago, MidTennFootball said:

Don't think Woods would be a good fit for one, and it's a significant pay cut to leave CR for Blackman. He'd also have to beat Oakland AND Maryville just to make the finals. Same goes for Smith on all fronts

Kriesky and Crouch would be solid hires. Both are more likely to also bring stability than Woods or Smith. Kriesky has gotten the most out of what little talent he's had to work with at Centennial and Crouch has done a good job building up Green Hill.

If your a Blackman fan and want to continue the same direction Tygard started in, Crouch is as good of a fit that you'll find. 

Just want to point out that Smith did go 23-2 his last two seasons at 6A Germantown, including beating nationally ranked Whitehaven twice. So he has been there. As for Haywood, I agree that they are the best team in West Tennessee and should beat everyone like they do, but that job does have challenges you can ask anyone about. Not everyone wins there. I understand he is no longer a candidate and all, but if you would of asked Creasy at Oakland who he didn't want to get the Blackman job, it would probably be him. 

Coach Smith is not going to USJ. End of story. 

47 minutes ago, FBCoach1983 said:

okay. If playing Henry County, Olive Branch or Covington is what you classify as toughest schedule. You don’t get out of Brownsville much. Trolling! 

Talking about while at Germantown. Don't read much where you are from I see. You said he left Germantown a tough schedule. That was my response. 

13 hours ago, FBCoach1983 said:

Smith must be leaving he did the same thing to G’Town. Ridiculous schedule then bounce. 

Smith inherited the toughest schedule in the state and played one of the toughest schedules every year he was there. That's a ridiculous statement. Hardin County and Oakland make it a ridiculous schedule? They are playing who they can get. Troll on.

1 hour ago, GWAVE1 said:

Probably need to ask somebody rather than us, seems like those non-GreenWave posters know more than we do….

True... 

15 hours ago, BIGPURPLEMACHINE said:

 

 

Hey guys. Someone mentioned to me today that a Haywood football player got an offer or committed to Bama. But I haven’t seen anything about it and he didn’t give a name. Y’all know anything about it??

Not that I know of. Jamari Person signed with Colorado State - wide receiver.

1 hour ago, BIGPURPLEMACHINE said:

And what was the reason that he gave for not being able to play?  Already full schedule?  Dates didn’t line up??  I have nothing but the upmost respect for Haywood. They are kings of west TN right now. And I also have no doubt that there are teams that refuse to play Haywood cause they don’t want to get beat down. But I just think it looks bad when a Haywood poster makes comments that teams need to grow a pair. There are oftentimes legit reasons why a team can’t play. At the same time, I give y’all tremendous credit for scheduling Oakland. 

That poster wasn't me. I assume most have only an opening or two in tough regions and I can't blame them for not wanting to play Haywood. 

On 12/17/2022 at 5:48 PM, BIGPURPLEMACHINE said:

Just curious, but can you verify that your coach picked up the phone and called South Gibson?

yes

2 hours ago, jhawk23 said:

Did you mean to say Week 3? I was thinking that's what I saw when looking at the schedules.

Yes

This could be a great job, but the pay just isn't going to lure away the really good ones

12 minutes ago, Rockytoptomcat said:

Is our schedule complete yet?

I believe we have nine games... looking for week 6 still

1 hour ago, wave88 said:

I’m hearing the pay scale is now going to be $500K.  Had a big time booster to win the lottery and going to make it happen.  Here comes Peter Cotton Tail!!!

A lot more than the $65K I heard, lol

Haywood County does play Oakland week 6 at Brownsville

1 hour ago, TryNotToSuck said:

Woodrow Lowe is the new coach. Spent time at Bolivar and Fayette Ware.

Probly wasn't looking forward to playing Haywood County lol

15 hours ago, PurpleCat said:

Sort of like when they used to scrimmage Milan every year. I still wish Haywood and HC would renew the series. It would be THE marquee game in West TN most years. 
 

But that’s a tough schedule already. Riverdale and Brentwood on top of their big 3 region opponents. Yikes. 

Haywood tried... they are desperate for games

3 hours ago, Tigersandcats said:

I saw it on a partial schedule for Hardin County, but didn’t know if it was legitimate or not. What I saw was October 6th 2023. I was really asking as a question though to see if any of you guys knew or not. I would like to see that happen though. It would toughen up Hardin schedule a lot, which they need IMO. Then with SGC being in 6 4A next year along with Lexington and hopefully keeping USJ on the schedule we would have a more quality schedule to play. I know it’s hard for y’all to find teams to play and would say the same for HC based off their location mainly. Not a lot of bigger schools near Savannah. 

It's legit

1 minute ago, TheCommissioner said:

Henry County and Haywood would be a good game IMHO

It always was a good game. Would love to see it come back. The offer was sent.

Haywood will not be playing South Gibson, Milan, Covington, Ripley or Dyersburg - all within spitting distance. Nor Henry County. You can ask all them why?

2 hours ago, MidTennFootball said:

Then start calling the ones in Middle TN. This state needs more marquee games that feature East/Middle v. West

Would Ravenwood qualify? Just asking. Also Tupelo, MS. would be good... maybe Hardin County!