Rebsguy

"Maryville has a hard schedule, but Coach Shores is toughening his players till they can stand the punching that they will get." For some reason this was my favorite line.

Won't we be practicing on turf from now on? Plus we get to play on it the last game of the season every year... I think Grace is a good team. Who we scrimmage is not as important to me as being able to 1. hit someone different and 2. Work out some of the kinks before the season starts.

I have posted on this topic before in relation to the stability of the staffs at both Maryville and Alcoa. I think both city schools have great head coaches, but I also credit a lot of their success to the stability they have had at the assistant coaching level. Neither county school seems to have that same stability, but William Blount used to. Now every time I see them play it seems like they have a brand new group of assistants. Sure the administration should share some of the blame, but at a certain point you have to step back and wonder why are all of these assistants leaving? You can't expect a principal at a high school to simply hire two or three football coaches each year to fill teaching positions. This goes back to what was being said at the beginning of this thread. From what I have been told the coach at WB does not play well with others this includes his feeder programs his assistants, parents and players. Of course there are always going to be discontented people but I do believe this is a real issue. I think Heritage had the same problem with the last coach as well.

Man I will miss both of those. I will be depending on a good breakdown on here from those of you who are able to attend.

Couldn't agree more.

I didn't say I wanted Heritage to win... So I am not sure what you think I am "dreaming" about. My point is that the WB program has gotten to the point that they can only pride themselves on "owning" Heritage. I was confirming that I too have heard the current coach does not play well with others and it has cost him some players. That is all.

I have heard the same thing about that guy since the day he was hired and it seems like three straight 3 win seasons has confirmed it. I was especially surprised at how last year's team ended up, WB had a lot of talent last year and it showed against the Rebels. It seems like the kids play hard at both county schools I just wish they could build consistent coaching staffs like we have. Maybe the Mountaineers have finally figured that out. I think I will sneak over to Mike White field to see if Heritage can finally pull one out since the rebels will be taking on Oak Ridge the night before.

"QSouth89, on 21 September 2011 - 10:35 AM, said: Catholic is really down this year. Their most talented players (other then Coulter) are freshman and sophomores. Could be a long year for the Irish and the fans (I hope) are aware of that. The team is not very athletic. and the coach is horrible. Hope the fans are aware of that. Hope they are proud of what they hired. I hear this is his last year there, now Catholic is trying to throw big money toward Rankin. " So which one of you is the pot and which is the kettle?

Of Course I am going to say GQ, but Blade at Oak Ridge is impressive look what he did in the playoffs last year and look how quickly he has brought Oak Ridge back into the fray...

I am really looking forward to this one. It still feels weird that it won't be on a Friday night though.

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2011/aug/13/the-calm-before-the-storm/ Looks like WB's number one's beat our backups and JV team (on a last minute interception). What really surprised me was that their coach left the Saunders kid in for so long. If that kid goes down WB might not win a single game. I guess the opportunity to win a game that didn't count was worth risking the health of your starters to this coach. Also didn't the same thing happen to us against Seymour a few years ago and those guys acted like they had won the Superbowl too.

Agreed! It's why both schools have seen so much success over the years.

Looks like the county schools continue to be unable to keep quality assistants and Maryville continues to hire only the best.

I agree. The coaching staffs at both county schools are not very good. Poor leadership at both schools from what I hear. I think the assistants at Heritage are probably a little better, but neither school has much experience at the position coaching level. What I can't understand is that three or four years ago William Blount had a pretty experienced coaching staff and most of those guys seem to be gone. Heritage has a completely different staff from a few years ago as well. The problem with the county schools is a severe amount of instability, not just with head coaches. Maryville and Alcoa have built what they have by keeping the same people around and building STABLE programs.

Finally got permission from the "boss" to head over to Cookeville for the game. Should be a good one. Too close to call if you ask me. Hopefully the Rebels can bring back their first 6A gold ball.