Bleedingblue

I think you have the right idea with EK taking it in the future. And I agree he is a system guy but I think he can handle it if he has the chance of getting the team when Price steps down.

Not if. He is already there to my knowledge. Of course things can always change. But I do think Price is back and forth on which side of the ball he wants Slaughter at. But I last heard it was the OC. Guess we shall see.

As far as I have heard E.K. will now be at Signal Mt. I think he will be taking the OC position. Good luck to him and his family in the future.

Slaughter will do great there. Good luck to him and SM in the future.

I heard the coaching staff is pretty firm as Soddy right now. Could just be hearsay though......

Indeed I am

Good to know there are some more women on here. I hope everything turns around for your team! .....and ours lol

Here is a quote from the clevelandbanner.com article: "According to Cleveland City Schools public information director Doug Moore, the process for finding a new Raider coach is not in the school’s immediate future." Looks like we wont know anything anytime soon.

The AD does not like Fitzgerald so he is probably out. But then again this is Cleveland we are talking about.

I would think he would look more toward where he lives but I dont think it will be anywhere in Bradley County.

Personally I think the man did a fair job considering what he went into. An AD that could really care less, -$30,000 budget to work with, and a very long list of people he has to please in order to even keep the job. I have heard about 3 very good coaches who have said that they will pass on the opportunity just because of how things are ran there. My family and I are personal friends of the Slaughters and we wish them the very best. As for the rest of the boys at Cleveland, I hope someone comes in that they will respect and look up to and maybe they can turn the program around.

Yeah heard this last week. Did they expect him to build a powerhouse in 3 years? You forgot to add that 2010 they won the district title.

Nope

Which coach and what rumors? There's always someone making something dumb up.

It sure is! Gonna make for an interesting game!

lol I think there is one in every crowd! Hope all your boys (and ours) have a safe game tonight.

Yeah a coach trying to motivate his players is really dumb

This is a great opportunity for all of the boys on both teams. I hope they represent the Chattanooga area well. This is the game both teams look forward to all year. I hope our boys come our pumped up and focused to play a very strong Bradley team. Praying that both teams play injury free tonight!!

This is a kid that he coached and loves. This was a joke between them....and just so that you wont think I am just defending him this is what Slaughter posted to his twitter account about said kid: @ekslaughter333EK Slaughter Jake ables is a stud! Class act and game changer on defense!

There are no excuses on here or anything defending the way the team has played. We have been up and down all year and it shows in our record. Maybe you are reading something different.

I never said anything about an excuse just that we are not the only ones who think those refs are crap. These are the same refs who tossed one of our players for fighting 2 years ago. This would have been justified if he had even been on the field. He was standing on the sideline. I never said they would make a difference in our game but they are a little all over the place sometimes with the calls....maybe they are just not "disciplined".

I do want to say thank you for not getting on here and bashing a high school kid and team, which is mostly what has happened on here all year. Chad is a very good athlete but just like in other sports, one athlete can't pull the weight of a whole team, otherwise it would not be called a team. The boys and coaches have done a good job with sticking together in a season when it seems that nothing is going their way. Also, contrary to what others have said this year, I think the coaches are working hard for these boys. Aside from football they try to guide them to being the best men possible. I hope they can have a strong finish to a struggling season

I dont think this is the first time we have heard that the Athens Refs are crap I think that is the consensus from many of the coaches around this area.

Praying for a safe game for both teams! GO BLUE RAIDERS!!!