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He left to take a better job.

Blade must have seen the writing on the wall at OR. Community not behind the program, little talent in the pipeline.

Ian that's crazy, why would anyone want to lose all of that tradition. It means so much to the 50 and 60 somethings in OR. (of course nothing to the current kids) Why would you want a first class stadium and facility for other sports. Tradition is so much better. Think how intimidated Maryville and Powell are to come to Blankenship.

Not going to go off on Politicians or Principals...If you carry this another step further it may be easy to see who really should be blamed for facilities problems. The Arena, which is beautful, has no dressing rooms for visiting teams. The track facility is probably the worst in the East Tennessee region. The concessions and "facilities" for basketball including security were obviously ill designed. The trophy cases??? How bad does that look. All of that was designed, or not designed before MM became AD. The $60 million renovation has passed athletics by. It is really silly, shortsighted and uninformed to blame one person.

You guys are fun...I have to work so I haven't been able to visit regularly. I have decided reading over everything that tradition is better than winning. Blade wins and the team is still at Oak Ridge High School right? However, they still play on that tragedy of a field, right? They still have horrible dressing facilities at school and stadium...now that's some real tradition.

I was sure you wouldn't get it....you are out. This argument has been won, you've been hammered. Quit now with your pride.

Good night, thinks for listening...this one is closed.

Strong post. No one knows who anyone is on here but you are the only one calling out a really nice guy and class act by name...way to man-up.

Yeah and that's not better. You are blaming the AD at Oak Ridge High School for what? Bad players and small middle school teams in football. That seems more than a little over the top. You hate Coach Mullins for what reason? Did he make you do push-ups in PE? The kids and parents have to make the decision to play sports or not and maybe they will be interested enough to make a year long commitment. People in the OR athletic community seem to want AYSO for their own kids (everyone gets a trophy and a hug) but still be state contenders. If you are going to call Oak Ridge High School athletics "ours" maybe you would know something about the community.

Yeah, that has to be it. It can't just be thatr OR isn't a growing community anymore. Is it that your kid or grandkid doesn't get to play? I blame Mullins for the declining tax base too. He's an easy target. A community of parents and kids that want ot work hard would be better and go farther than all of your mis-placed blame.

Moore needs the ball a lot against SH. They don't have anyone as fast as him and he rarely gets the ball. OR wins 33 to 28.

So should OR have given up? Played Subs? Maybe they were trying to get something positive going before they go on to their next game. Classless is thinking you know more than it is obvious that you know. Oh wait, that's just being dumb.

Moore will wear a shoulder brace for the rest of the season. He has had trouble with it since he was a frosh. If they can keep him healthy they will be a force on offense.

Great post!

OR's speed will give Farragut problems.

One of the greatest posts ever!

My son's team played H a H more than once this summer. They are good. College coaches were there.

The message he did send to his kids and parents will hurt that program....too bad. I can't imagine hosting a showcase and not wanting to give the kids in your program the experience.

A truly great kid. He will do well there!

Was it a AAA disrtict?

Karns will have a difficult time duplicating last year's success. The Senior class last year was a lot better than what they have as Jr's and Sr's this year.

Wow, congrats!

Karns was bad...they made about 12 errors that game. Still not fired up about AA.

Hey, I agree. Your posts show that you know what you are talking about...so I officially back down!

Wow, I would think that anyone that played in either lame A or AA shouldn't have gotten on the team anyway. The competition in AAA is so much better. Check how some of the good A and AA teams did against bad AAA teams like Karns or Campbell Co.