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I assume you mean Dirk? Not his cousin? John Ash wasn't a basketball coach, was he? I remember that he was HC at Brentwood in football for 4-5 years a long time ago.

Is it just me or does Carthage have a revolving door on Coaches? Seems they go through them pretty quick.

Hmm... the new coach should take stock in the manner in which Coach Sanders was let go. They treated a 1st class Coach Sanders that way? What are they gonna do if the new guy isn't up to snuff?

Goodpasture is a good basketball team! They recruit well and like it or not Adam Sonn can coach with ANYONE in the state. Not a Sonn fan but that guy deserves props for what he has done at Goodpasture.

Why weak? Because high school athletics cycles? Teams that have been good for so long have finally dipped? Oak Ridge for example? Bearden? Come on- everyone is gonna have a down year at some time.

What happened to the previous basketball coach at Science Hill?

Our thoughts and prayers go out to this young man and his family and team.

Looks like they punted on changing the set up that was proposed to TSSAA. Seems they want more time to "study" it? Proposal was: no school should be in a classification where they have to compete in the same class with a school twice their size. Not sure what punting 2 years down the road does. Good old boy system is never going to change is it?

This should all be done by November. Numbers will depend on if they pass the classification system of making sure no school competes with another school 2x's their size classification.

Coach at Warren County does not teach high school. He owns a business in the community and it has been in the family for a while. He is swamped and has to be there full time from what I understand. Not a lot of outside time I am being told. He does a great job and if he doesn't do it the right way then he doesn't do it at all.

Translation: The Admin wants him to move on.

Got news for you.. We as coaches proposed 5 classes too... Would have been much better but T$$AA does what they always do.. jack around before getting it right.

He is the Head Coach at Boyd Buchanan. Top notch guy/ great coach and a former Mr. Basketball Finalist in A.

What happened to Coach King at Marshall Co?

So you are saying that this was a "No Tell Motel" type of situation?

As per usual... they had 1 good year and went to state but since that time it has been very disappointing.

I f you give them the shot clock you could eliminate the backcourt call altogether.. just saying.

I love the thought of doing the ELAM ending for the JV games.. I will need to bring that up to our coaches and see what they think. They are all in on the shot clock and I know they love the ELAM ending cause we talk about it during the summer.

Understand gentlemen, I am not putting down anyone's view on the shot clock and I do understand the hesitancy to take it on as a coach. I used to say that if the shot clock came to high school I would quit coaching high school basketball. I changed my mind after a couple of months of watching and working in a state that was experimenting with the shot clock. It was a lot of fun and I learned so much from it. I am on board with it and I hope it comes to Tennessee sooner rather than later. What do you as coaches think about the ELAM ending for high school? For basketball in general? I said it before I would love to have it in high school.

Fact: the international world is catching up to the U.S. in basketball. Why? What has are they doing that we are not doing? It starts in the coaching and development level and the shot clock is a part of that process. Did you watch the Olympics? Do you watch any FIBA ball? Almost 22% of the NBA players are foreign born and raised (although some come here for the college experience). 10 years ago that was 7.2% and 20 years ago it was 3.1%. Maybe they know something we don't? That you can implement the shot clock (they start as young as 12 years old) and kids learn and adapt and the game is still fundamentally sound. The game has to change (doesn't matter the sport) and when it does good coaches continue to coach fundamental, fun, and winning basketball.

Like I said before if kids are throwing up bad shots then maybe there should be some better coaching going on. NBA players are playing against the best. That isn't happening on a nightly basis here in the U.S. high schools. Good coaching adapts and evolves. What about the ELAM ending? Think that would be good for basketball? Sure would make it more exciting.

At the professional level? Athletically yes but the International game (Europe and Australia) are so much more fun to watch- less isolation, more team offense and defense, & just a lot more interesting to dissect. Don't need a TV channel- live stream or YouTube has some of the best bball on it.. FIBA (all around the world), NBL (Australian), as well as the Euro league (3 different levels of play). Right now athletically we are ahead of them but that difference is getting smaller and smaller. They are killing us in the skill development and coaching realm as they are more organized and unified on the national level. When you talk to coaches who go overseas and do clinics they will tell you that we have it backwards- they drill and skill work for 6 hours and then play maybe 2 hours. We in the U.S. do the opposite. We should have 1 set of rules for basketball- whether in U.S. or anywhere in the world. FIBA rules imo are the best and the I think the U.S. should adopt them. It isn't gonna happen right now but maybe in the next 10-20 years is my hope.

Basketball evolves and changes just like any other game. Football, baseball, soccer, etc. and this is just one more part of the game evolving. Look at the adding of the 3 pt shot. It has good points and bad points to it but overall I think it has helped to make the game more exciting. The shot clock in high school (i believe) is that next step. We can talk about coaching fundamentals, shot selection, etc and good coaches do those things no matter what. What are coaches really saying when they say they don't want a shot clock? "I am not a good enough coach to keep teaching fundamentals and shot selection with shot clock" Look, good coaches will find a way to keep coaching good basketball. I believe the majority of the coaches who don't want the shot clock are the ones who are doing as little as possible or they are just lazy and that a shot clock would make them have to work harder. Will it be tough to go to a shot clock? Yes, but it will make better coaches and players down the road imo. Why have the Europeans & Ausies overtaken the U.S. in so many facets of the game of basketball? Fundamentals and coaching AND they do it with a shot clock with high school age players. If you are not watching the international game then you are behind... they don't just give it to their best player at the end of the shot clock and puke up a shot. They play with pace and space and typically get good shots in their offense. Do fast shots at the end of the shot clock take place? Yes, but not nearly as much as you think.

Coach Anderson... THIS IS WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT! 100% YES YES YES.. this should be every coach's dream right here. No matter if you are a Defensive guy (me) or an offensive guy this should help grow the game. If Coaches are against it then what they are really saying is, " I dont know how to evolve in my coaching" and that is not what we should be about. Heck, I am a really crazy as I think college needs the Elam Ending!

Well said and I agree 100%.. been waiting for this to get passed by NFHS anyway. Want to grow the game? This is one thing that can help grow the game.