Rainwater

Very few schools do offer max financial aid. However the ones that do are mentioned in this thread. All I'm saying is that it's a level playing field, why is everyone complaining about it? If your school isn't competing at a high level, then your coach doesn't have the right network. They can be great at X's and O's, but if you don't have the horses to compete then you are up a creek without a paddle. I would bet Coach Rutledge is finding that out about right now.

I don't think I have to name names to prove evidence. Everyone knows it. The thing is, the rules are all equal for every team in D-II. Why do people complain about it? The financial aid is from a 3rd party. Whether your school chooses to give the maximum qualified for is up to them. Some schools (BA, Ensworth, MBA) do, some schools simply do not, or won't.

All D-II schools "recruit".....Brentwood Academy has been doing it for years. So has MBA. Everyone likes to get at the "Dirty E", they have just figure it out and maximized the potential of D-II.

this isn't my 1st post. I had a username before and somehow the password is locked. I can assure you I have some ill feelings towards Ensworth myself......but this "earring" thing is ridiculous.....

Seriously...what difference does it make if the players wear earrings? It doesn't mean they are classless punks, or thugs. Am I a personal fan of earrings.....NO. But it doesn't make any difference in the game. He might have lost some friends "along the way" except he took the model of Coach Flatt and has maximized it. He's gained a lot of friends along the way, and the most important one is Mr. Frist who built the school. Maybe some people from BA are jealous that he isn't coaching there. I am not a fan of Ensworth, but there are 1000's of public school kids with earrings. There are some in private school. Lebron James had tattoos, does that mean you shouldn't "allow" him to play with them?

Big Ens....now Coach Bowers does deserve some credit. The school has done remarkable for only competing for 4 years. I think making the Wade hire was a sign that "he doesn't know it all" and has "swallowed some pride"...All coaches have an ego, if not they would not be coaching......For the record, Coach Bowers is 32-7 at Ensworth in football. And in basketball at Ensworth, he's already won 1 state title. Could they have won it last year? Sure. But MBA was also a great team.

Ensworth or Ricky Bowers isn't worried about your grand. They have plenty to spare. His "lack of discipline" has knocked off 2 #1 ranked teams in the state, 2 weeks in a row. Seriously, do earrings constitute a "lack of discipline"? Are you that small-minded? No one cares about your "I have 1,000 to spare post" ..... Take you grand and go up the road to Nashville Christian....they will appreciate it there.

After watching last night, and last week vs. Smyrna...looks like the Tigers are coming on. The off weeks have helped. Ensworth is a different team that what they were in Week 0. It looks like the Tigers are buying into Wade on offense. The guy wasn't a Division I football recruit, but the bottom line is he can coach football. He has 6 rings at 3 different schools. And 2 of those schools hadn't won ANYTHING until he got there. Ensworth might be next in line if they keep playing like this..... MBA is going to be a tough task, as well as MUS, but I wouldn't count the Tigers out yet.