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10 hours ago, BroadwayBarberShop said:

Mairvul loses to the Admirals in lacrosse by a few touchdowns today. 

Same thing in baseball. And football for that matter.

17 hours ago, BarneySox2007 said:

I'm not sure what his job details are but you can bet your life their very limited with that witch in charge. I personally like the guy but I've been told his leash is so short he has no choice but to go along or face the firing squad Coach West did. 

The one with the hammer should drive out toward Seymour for one of the home baseball games. If you come during a track meet, you can also get your walking steps in for the week. It’s like nobody talks to each other.

Does the AD not have a role in what the athletic programs do at 825? ADs are in the administration for a reason after all.

4 hours ago, STARSNBARS said:

Eye voat letts go baick two grass.....Att leest we cain mow tha yeller oft tha feeled beefour footbawl seesun....

Back to grass! All for it!

BTW - I saw a nice looking new field out near walland gap yesterday. It looks great. I hear the one in LA also looks good. 

How long before the "new" thing is having a real grass field? 

3 hours ago, BarneySox2007 said:

While they're at it go on ahead and draw out some Pickleball Courts and beat her to the punch.

Made me laugh.

7 hours ago, BarneySox2007 said:

The reason I posted about the football field had to do with someone in the middle giving permission to do it without asking the one that writes their check. Remember Wednesday when I said everything should be fine until the next episode of That Crazy Woman. Learned today that the golf coach of 20 plus years and the swimming & diving coaches have all resigned. Is this the next episode?

And I didn’t know they had a swim team. Prolly $1K to be on those teams as well. I think the golf coach should be an easy fill. I can’t remember many good divers except for a couple of buddies that used to jump out of the trees up at the Sinks.

Does the new kid play baseball? Let me guess…

Or can he teach hitting?

On 3/19/2024 at 3:27 PM, DeeboGreasyHoe said:

Hmm didnt their coach get into the real estate business? If so makes alot of sense I guess 

Different ways to skin a cat.

I think the new gym floor also has some yellow paint on the floor.

Never underestimate the power of Christmas Day garbage service! The gift that keeps giving.

4 hours ago, rebelwoman87 said:

I went. Sat with parents. Saw several of the football coaches and their kids. But I didn’t see one student except the cheerleaders. 

The rebs are lucky to have such fans…credit to you rw. I watched online. It looked like we were as good as Cookeville, but not that day. Great season for those 2 seniors and all. Best team in ET. 

38 minutes ago, Dawgz4life said:

Oh wow, I gotta say I never knew y’all were actually up in age. I thought you were either Maryville students or just parents who wanted to voice their opinions on this website. Of course, I know a lot of you are OGs of the website. You guys have really seen it all. Now, I don’t know if I look silly being a college student on this website. But I guess it’s just passion for a school. I’d imagine yalls alumni or just local school, but im going way over topic here. I wish him the best. I can’t imagine what he’s going through. 

I’m the youngest.

Condolences Barn.

I realize this is an early football thread, and there are various rumors floating around about portal opportunities, but has anyone else noticed the segregation of athletic programs at 825? For the first time in my 12 yrs, I didn’t see a fan or school official at any of the baseball games during spring break - only parents. Maybe it’s only happening with baseball? I hope the basketball team got support in the glass house. Did anybody go to middle TN other than parents?

4 minutes ago, rebelwoman87 said:

The little fellers just pulled out and are on their way….

Good for them. You never know. They got a shooter, a center, a point guard, and a shutdown defender. Hopefully, they can make some shots.

15 minutes ago, crow6424 said:

Cookeville has a lot of shooters and the are athletic. They have been on fire as of late. 

Thx Crow. The young boys from 825 may be shell shocked, but don’t dismiss them.

Best of luck to the boys from 825 tomorrow! 
What’s Cookeville got?

7 hours ago, BarneySox2007 said:

I bet he would like to give me a ride two counties over and let me out.

Lol. Offering to take Barn to the train station. 
When does the football chatter officially start? After dead … uhh … sorry Barn … later in the summer?

Barn-you shouldn’t have admitted to not being a voter! lol. I do appreciate you paying $10 for those five dollar season tickets. You probably saved one of my kids a few dollars.

5 minutes ago, STARSNBARS said:

Ennurustin' sx and whut yeer wuz tha Princypull att 825 chainged....???

Not sure, they all start running together for me. It had to be around the same time. If I’m not mistaken, a new booster club president was put in place around that time as well. 

There are many on this board who are much better connected to the happenings at 8:25 than I am. My opinions are strictly limited to what I’ve seen through my sons involvement over the last 12 years or so. Yes, that is more than one son over 12 yrs! Lol

My primary criticism has been how segmented the athletic programs have become. I had hoped it was just an anomaly when one of my oldest sons missed his graduation ceremony to attend his baseball substate game. Talk about a lack of planning! That’s inexcusable. Most recently, one sports program is having a game on the same night the basketball team is playing for a chance to play in the state tournament. That is kind of ridiculous. There are other examples.
IMO BETTER integration among sports programs is needed. Everyone used to completely support football. Now, the other programs support football, but not at the expense of their own team. Players have become more dedicated to one sport because the coaches encourage that. If we are going to play that game, we need to add on facilities because we will need another thousand kids at 8:25.

Part of the AD role in the administration should be to form that connection between individual sports programs (and academics for that matter). Otherwise, I’m not sure how an AD is being utilized. It includes more than eating lunch together.

6 minutes ago, BarneySox2007 said:

Here is what's very concerning about the Booster's Club that I pulled up online of the revenue the High School has taken in the past11 years. 

2012      231,508

2013      245,985

2014      250,971

2015      268,264

2016       309,064

2017       389,289

2018       352,064

2019       417,010

2020        65,985

2021       54,723 

2022       45,800

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hmmm…what year was the change made at AD?

There should be consensus on the favorite to win it all, but which teams have the best chance of being state runner up?

18 hours ago, SweetScience said:

Maryville was good in baseball last year, in my opinion. Y’all are just in an extremely tough district with some of the best teams in the state with Farragut, Bearden, and HVA year in year out. That’s a tough out. They came to OR and spanked our a$$$$, and OR was above average last year. Y’all are fine in baseball, imo.

Thanks for the confidence Sweet. I can’t forget f’n hairtage sending us home last year. You know, it’s not only murvils baseball team struggling, but all the baseball teams in the county seem to struggle. It is a tough district, but you only need to finish 2nd.

4 hours ago, SweetScience said:

Maryville has always had a well rounded athletic program since I’ve been keeping up. How’s Watertown’s underwater basket weaving program coming along, ILB?

What you think SS…Blount county football and basketball teams are definitely above average. Even track and volleyball have recently excelled. What’s the baseball problem across the county?