hickofthehill

He's probably wishing he had stayed put at SD.

What's up with Cleveland's coach calling a SD player names during the game? And not real flattering names at that.

This horse has been beaten to death so I might as well throw a punch too. The problem that I have with a few of you SM people on here (not SM as a whole) is every time something comes up (fight with SD and this topic to name 2), you always claim the haters are trying to bring you down. Never will own up to anything. If I remember correctly, some SM people were even on here blaming the TFP reporter after the fight. Everybody knows what the deal is and you do too. It’s the attitude of a few of you SM people on here that are building your “hater†following. Quit making excuses and blaming everyone else. You got caught, own up and move on or to coin an old phrase “just drop back and puntâ€. Oh wait, you can’t punt because you always go for it.

Just read an article where a guy in England hitched a ride on a bus to finish 3rd in a marathon. He was eventually found out and disqualified. But what’s funny is what Steve Cram (the event director) had to say. “Mr. Sloan made a mistake and has apologized to us for the confusion it has caused.†I like the “made a mistake†part, sounds familiar doesn’t it?

Don't worry, it'll all work out. Price will tell the T$$AA what to do just as he told McCullough what to do after the pre-season "scuffle" on the hill.

Been reading posts all year about Soddy Daisy coaches needing to do this and needing to do that. I have watched every game this season and the truth is SD just does not have the players to compete in 6A. SD does not have a play maker other than #32. #14 is a good QB but does not have a WR that is consistent and he gets about 1 to 2 seconds to throw before getting hit. Defense has not made a big play all year. I know some are going to say that the fumble in OT against Central was a big play but Central gave that to SD. The only player on defense that shows any fire is #52. The way I see it is if you dont have players that have the skills or desire to win it is hard to coach. I know it is partly the coaches job to instill the desire and that is one area we can improve but the coaches cant tackle, block or catch the ball for the kids.

To say the only player to show any “fire†on defense is 52 is ridiculous. What games have you been watching. The score was 42-14, take away the 2 pick sixes you’ve got 28-14. We had the ball at least 4 times in the red zone with no points. You do the math. And to say there have been no big plays on defense is another idiotic statement.

Let me say first, congrats to Soddy, your kids played a great game and would have beaten us even without some of the bad calls. I don't normally complain about officials, because it usually is a non-factor by the end of a game, but this game did have some unusually bad officiating. Sorry, couldn't let this post slide. Your quoted numbers are correct, but 3 of those holding calls on Rhea were in the first half, one resulted in a TD being called back and the other 2 resulted in negating first downs. Then there was the mysterious back to back delay of game penalties, of which the second was nearly 7 seconds short.

Four of the Soddy penalties were in the fourth for 50 of those yards when the game was out of reach and a great time to even out the penalty stats.

Once again, I think we lose it anyway, but it was a shame that the officials felt it necessary to make themselves such a part of the game.

I have to agree a little on the oficials. However the touchdown you referred to probably wouldn't have happened without the hold. I believe the second delay of game was questionable. I didnt't time it myself but it seemed real quick. The refs did short rc at least 1 play at halftime. The ball was fair caught and 2-3 seconds just ran off. SD had a helmet to helmet call on the sd side which was iffy. It looked to me that the rc carrier lowered his head right before the tackle and caused the helmet to helmet. It was still a pretty good game. SD still wins even if it was penalty free.

I will agree the fact we had 1 moron parent involved was a difference and that parent has been dealt with. I don't know if they have a history of fighting or not but from this quote off the thread it sounds like they might "Didn't the same thing happen last year?"

 

I wasn't there so I have no idea how bad this was but having to separate the teams for 15 minutes is a good indication it was heated. At least with the SM/SD skirmish the teams went right back to playing and at the end lined up and shook hands.

 

Smokinote I agree these things happen at scrimmages all the time and they really are not that big of deal. Ours was different in the fact there was 1 parent involved and he has been dealt with.

 

The reason I even posted this was to point out that their are differences in how the media and TSSAA handle things depending of the schools involved. I really don't agree with the one game suspension for the SD coach, unless there were other reason I'm not privy too.

I really don’t think the TSSAA is out to get SM. Maybe the reason the TSSAA got involved was other circumstances.

1. Fan/Parent involvement (the paper reported several fans were throwing punches, the SM principal said two fans were involved, and now it’s down to one??)

2. The SM coach was quoted as saying “it was just a good scuffleâ€.

I believe the fan involvement circumstance alone will get the TSSAA attention every time.

I agree that the SD coach shouldn’t be suspended for a game.

I opened an account just so I could give my opinion on this. I was under the impression that 7 on 7’s were for practice, to give the qb some reps, practice routes and coverage, and so on. The 7 on 7’s at Signal Mountain are different than any others I’ve attended over several years. They are designed as a competition with an elimination round then a champion is declared after the finals. When you put football players, that are coached to play FOOTBALL not 7 on 7), on a field in a competitive environment tempers and testosterone appear. As I said, the other ones I attended were more practice related. Everyone played everyone then went to the house. Simply my opinion and we all know what those are like.