JSamson7

Show me where that was said, otherwise I'm going to have to disagree with you here.

Obviously it is your weakness. Seems to me your real IQ is right up there with your Football IQ, REAL LOW.

Again, as I explained to Fat Albert(hey hey hey), I didn't say he wouldn't start at any team, I said he wouldn't start for those 3 schools. Reading comprehension seems to escape you. To further clariphy, he wouldn't start RB at either of those 3 schools & you mentioning "ask South Side" led me to believe you think they're a decent team. I never said you thought South Side was one of the best teams in the state, but you assumed I did. Again, reading comprehension, you should consider checking it out... Furthermore, my "punk kid" reference was assuming you're in your early 20's. If not, then I apologize. However, basic math tells me that if you think Aurielio is 40 years older than you, unless he's really (no offense Auriello ) old that would make you in your 20's. Right??

How can you even question the his football IQ when you readily admit his resume is better than yours?? Are you a coach? You sound like some punk kid that got his football IQ from playing Madden or EA Collge Football.. If that's the case & you play online, I beg you to play me in a game online to test out that theory. Also, there's no way in Blue heck that kid would start over the current starters at Maryville, Alcoa, or Powell. Mobley at Powell may break the state single season record this year w/ a good night in the 5A title game, Prevo has started at Maryville since he was a Freshman (which has NEVER been done) & rarely plays into the 2nd half, & if not for injuries Hambrick at Alcoa would have had a monster year after rushing for a 1,000 last year while splitting time with 2 other LEGIT D1 backs. Lastly, if you put a team like South Side against any of those 3, I can assure you the mercy rule would be in effect shortly after the 2nd quarter (especially against Maryville).

Read the quote... "BTW - Mayhall would not start for schools like Maryville, this year's Powell team, Alcoa, & a few other schools I could list." I didn't say he wouldn't start for every school in TN. However, he wouldn't have started for those 3 programs I named for sure...

I have to agree with Aurielio here. Not being a head coach doesn't mean he couldn't have been one. I'd venture to say his football resume is more attractive than yours... BTW - Mayhall would not start for schools like Maryville, this year's Powell team, Alcoa, & a few other schools I could list. You want to bring up South Side, really???

From what I understand you guys never gave Hammontree a chance...

Nix is indeed local & he played with me at Maryville. I'm very proud of what he's accomplished as a coach there & it goes w/o saying that you don't have to be a great player to be a great coach. He wasn't a starter for us per se when he played, but he did have a really good football IQ & is certainly a good candidate to help continue the tradition at Alcoa. That said, it would be devastating for Alcoa to replace Rankin with a coach the likes of Phelps or Meadows. Reid wasn't all that great either, but at least he got the ball rolling a little bit in regards to getting a viable off season weight program, some structured discipline, & a few other things that Alcoa should have had in place a LONG time ago...

Go back & check your records... Greenback & Catholic played each other on a regular basis & Greenback won convincingly every time. 1991 - GHS 65 KCHS 7 1992 - GHS 39 KCHS 0 1993 - GHS 24 KCHS 6 1994 - GHS 30 KCHS 6 1995 - GHS 34 KCHS 18 & GHS 33 KCHS 0 (PLAYOFFS) 1996 - GHS 39 KCHS 7

Ha! Quarles dancing a "jig" that Pemberton left. If you believe that the it's you who may have lost an Easter egg. That Wing-T, ball control, eat the clock, blah blah blah, would have been eaten alive year after year even if he was still there. Face it, Catholic's going to go back to the days when they were getting beat by the Greenbacks of the world on a regular basis unless Rankin comes to town.

Is this the same paper that employs Bob Gilbert now???

Sorry I offended you, maybe my humor is a little too "touchy" for you. As far as Oggs goes, his family moved to Alcoa therefore making his transfer legit...

Congratulations! What was your previous experience in wrestling before becoming the coach at Central?

Lol, I definitely had a Beavis & Butthead revival moment just now... "He said beat the privates! Huh huhu hu huhhuhu huhu! He hehe ehehehe hehe he eh ehe heheh!!"

I agree strongx that the Maryville 2009 team was good, but I'd have to say that was one of the weakest Maryville teams to make the state title game. They overcame a lot moving up to 6A, but they got beat down by Alcoa & in the 6A title game too. Juhlin was real good that year after blowing the title game the year before against Hillsboro, but I doubt he would start over Patton now. This year's Maryville team could go down as one of the greats for sure, but I feel Maryville's strongest team IMO is either the '98 team with Toki McCray at QB or the year that Tyler Maples was a Sr. I'm not sure the year, but having Maples, Burnette, & Douglas was real scary for opposing D's. As far as Cleveland goes, they beat us 70-28 that year at Maryville during Hammontree's 1st year. They had legitimately 7-8 guys that ran 4.4 times, a monstrous OL, depth for days, & ran the wing T better than any team I've ever seen. They eaked out a 7-6 victory over Brentwood Academy that year in the title game, but against us they scored on 3 out the 1st 4 times they touched the ball against us that game. One Cobb twin left for 60 yards, one Cobb twin right for close to 70 yards, then the double reverse with Dante Hickey for about 75 yards was all it took. heck, even Chris Whaley's opening carry up the middle from FB went 20 yards. It was bad... Thankfully, we tied the game up at 21-21 before they scored again right before halftime to put it 28-21. We tied it again at 28 all after half, but then they just rattled off 42 unanswered to finish us off at 70-28. Their 2nd & 3rd stringers ran up & down on our starters like they didn't even miss their starters... Definitely BRUTAL! One of my wrestling teammates at UT Chatt played NG for those great Cleveland teams & we talked about that game a lot. He said they were pissed at half b/c we scored that many on them & he claimed there were a few Maryville fans yelling racist comments at them when they left the field for the half (I don't believe that part so much). We ended up scoring more points on them than any one else that year & Benny Monroe was really unhappy we were making him look bad in his return to Maryville. I think that the worst Maryville's ever been beaten in the modern era as far as I know...

Kevin was unreal, but again squandered his talent. I'm sure the Riverdale teams have probably had a few that could have starred for them, but unfortunate circumstances keep them from succeeding.. I know Alcoa's had their fair share too or they would have won a ton of more titles themselves. Particularly the classes in the mid to late 90's, Alcoa had the Webb brothers with youngest one being the best of the bunch (Andre). The older 2 played great as OLB for them, but Andre has to be one of the most gifted RB Alcoa's had in 20 years. He wasn't any more than 160, but with his raw speed & "Barry Sanders" like moves he was almost impossible to stop. The only player they've had since then that has Andre's kind of maneuverability might be Cobb, he was that good... For whatever reason Andre got let go, but I bet almost every great team looses a player or 2 that doesn't fulfill their potential. It's a shame really, for every great team that gets mentioned as being the best ever, I'm sure they have a story or 2 on why they could have been ever better. For instance, imagine what Cookeville would have looked like if Eric Locke hadn't moved to Murfreesboro.

Thurman was one of my best friends my Jr. & Sr. years at Maryville. He was our #2 TB & started CB on the opposite side of me during my Sr. year. He got kicked off the Monday after the Alcoa game before we played Halls & we eventually lost our starting WR/FS, OLB/WR, TB, & FB towards the end of the year due to injuries. Cleveland 3 peated that year, but I think if we were healthy there's no way we wouldn't have come back without the 1st title since '78 for Maryville. Unfortunately we lost to a team we beat down in the regular season (Smyrna) in the 2nd round at home & they barely lost to Cleveland in the semis. That said, we had another guy from OR transfer in my freshman year you might have heard of too, Demetrius Holmes. Ring a bell?? He came in & said he had never played football in his whole life & said he only played basketball for OR growing up. Needless to say he was probably the most explosive RB Maryville has EVER had, but he also couldn't stay out of trouble & got kicked out just like Thurman. His 1st game starting for us our Freshman year against Lenoir City (keep in mind he'd only been playing football for 3 weeks before this) he had 7 carries for 205 yards! He averaged close to 200 yards a game for the rest of the year & broke at least one run for 60 yards every game. He was faster than Thurman, had better vision, & was a stronger runner after contact (if you could touch him). Just like a lot of other talented kids, he didn't pan out & was the biggest waste of talent other than one guy we had that DOMINATED Roy Howard when we scrimmaged you guys my Sophmore year. That guy's name is Kevin Patrick & I would say he was the epitomy of a physical freak as I've ever seen one. He was 6'4 270 as a Sophmore & ran a legit 4.65!! He & I were always in the top 5 fastest kids for our grade growing up in Maryville City school system, but he was so huge it almost made it unfair for him to be that fast! He lined up at TE & DE against Roy & pretty much owned him all night our Soph year. Your head coach (Gaddis I think) came up to Coach Hammontree after the game & said he'd never seen a Soph like that & no one ever dominated Roy like that either... Sadly, he too got kicked off our Soph year right after Demetrius got booted otherwise our Sr. class would have been untouched in '95.. lol

Lol, that's funny. I ran around with a bunch of OR folks when I wrestled at UT Chatt that you might know then. Needless to say, my eyes got real wide & I actually batted down 2 passes intended for Roy when we lined up across from each other. The next year (my Sr. year) we scrimmaged you guys at OR & I was lined up against McAddley all night. Shut him down pretty easy, but Bohannon ran me over a few times like he did most folks that year. BTW - We had one guy transfer from OR that played pretty well for us until he got kicked off after the Alcoa game my Sr. year. Thurman Bates, does that name ring a bell? I know he said he was cousins with Marcus Bates from up that way...