maroon

AGREE 100% on that. You try to have a logical debate and all you get are goof balls who spend all day on YouTube downloading videos.

It's funny how when a school decides to go on a new direction in terms of football coaching and looses less games in the last three years than the previous staff lost in their last year, now CPA recruits. The class which just graduated was made up of mostly kids who had been there since grade school. Going forward CPA will draw football players because of the coaching and development, no recruiting needed. CPA gets kids who excel on the football field and classroom as well.

That's OK, keep hating and making fun. I will be the first to say how impressive Alcoa's program in football has been and continues to be. I for one do not believe that Alcoa needs to go after any players, Alcoa's program attracts players. When you become that good, players seek you. With that being said, and keep poking fun if you will, but if you go back three short years ago and look at the sad state that was CPA football and see what leaps and bounds Coach Martin has made, you will see the same effect take place that has occurred in basketball at CPA, players will seek out CPA, just like Alcoa. I'm not saying CPA will win the gold ball every year, but Alcoa's days of running through 3a will be challenged by the new 3a power in middle TN.

Don't give the 3a title to Alcoa just yet, CPA learned a lot about what it takes in the title game last year and look for them to take the next step this year. Ingle has improved this program every year since he arrived. Only one more game to win this year and then look for CPA to have a long run of championships in football.

What is the outlook for GP this fall? What key players will they have back and what key players did they loose? I saw where they are ranked number 9 or 10 in Murphy's poll for 2a, is this accurate?

May God provide comfort to this family in this time of loss as only he can. When things like this happen we should all stop for a moment and reflect on what really is important in this life. If everyone, myself included, put the zeal into striving for an eternal home with The Lord as much as we worry about who wins and looses a game, we would be better off. God bless you Will and the example you set for others while on this earth will not be forgotten.

This is a great job, they won't have a problem getting a great coach as this program should always be contending every year. Any names for sure surfaced?

DAD1 I've enjoyed reading your posts and hope you will not be a stranger. Congrats to your grandson for a great year. This senior class at CPA has far exceeded expectations and appears to have maximized their abilities through great coaching and hard work. My best to you and your family. Maroon

It's about 90 percent who has the hot arm come playoff time. Great pitching will overcome great hitting in most cases. I believe the key will be for the teams who ride an ace not to wear out her arm before districts start. It won't kill a team to throw in another pitcher when possible to keep a fresh arm. Too many coaches are too wrapped up on the regular season record. Not all, but some.

Coach I value your opinion, I'm sure you have forgotten more about basketball than I will ever know. However, honestly I don't understand how it can be implied that coach Drew is an average coach due to this loss. I just don't believe CPA was as good as Southside this year. I don't believe it was all just talent which led to 2 straight titles, there had to be some coaching.

Agree, I believe Sportsnerd is admitting that the best team won on that day. On the other hand I would believe that everyone who was at the game would admit that the foul issues played a large part for CPA. Hate them or not, they are the best basketball team in TN and have been for several years.

I second what nerd has to say about CC. Both the football and basketball teams have been very good over the last few years. The most impressive thing is that you rarely hear CC complain about what other schools have or do, instead they do the best with the talent on hand and it shows what hard work can accomplish. GOOD JOB CUBS!!!!!

I've heard it all now, this is amusing. The next thing you know CPA will be blamed for global warming.

Possibly we can next get to the bottom of who really shot JFK, wonder if it was a guy in a white shirt and blue jeans?

The good thing about A this year is that there are a number of teams who can win it. I believe A will be the best division of any classification this year in quality and even matched teams unlike AA where CPA is clear cut and everyone else is playing for 2nd place.

Why don't we just ask the TSSAA to buy trophies for everyone participating just like T ball does and everyone will be happy. Fact is life is not fair, suck it up and do the best you can and you will be a winner.

Using simple math if you double or triple the schools in D2, then you double or triple the financial aid available for kids playing sports. The kids will come from somewhere. I somewhat agree with the poster about small rural schools, but rumor is that 1 or 2 Nashville schools are seriously considering adding a dorm for boarding students (football and basketball players). Once this happens even rural schools are not untouchable.

Look, I'm not advocating public or private here, but the poster who said it will be the jones keeping up with the jones mentality is exactly what I was trying to say. Currently only D2 schools are allowed to give aid to sports and before you bite my head off, I am aware that it goes on in some cases in D1. However my point is that when you move all privates to D2, you mean to tell me that Lipscomb, CPA, Goodpasture to name a few won't go full speed ahead and get players on financial aid that otherwise would have possibly stayed in a public setting? You are not being realistic if you don't see this happening. I agree that schools like Trousdale have a great tradition, but when you double or triple the number of privates giving aid, better watch out, and once privates start trying to out do each other it will get worse.

The TSSAA will have a split soon, I hear that football will go back to 5 and possibly 4 divisions, 3 in all other sports status quo. For privates, due to number , this will increase to 3 potential classes in football , 2 classes in other sports. This should satisfy the outcry on private vs public for the SHORT TERM. Once the privates get settled in playing each other, the arms race will start. Public school talent will be recruited like never before and public team quality will drop off to a new low. Privates will have to keep putting more and more cash into sports in order to keep up with the other privates. As an example, CPA, Ensworth, Brentwood Academy, BGA, FRA are within a 10 to 20 mile radius, they will go hard after public kids to keep up with each other. Sorry, I should have thrown in Father Ryan and MBA as well. The small county schools that traditionally have great programs(Trousdale Cty for example) will be hit. A player like K Harper would be targeted by several schools to come there. Why would parents not allow their son or daughter to get a private education if recruited? Who could blame them?

Why don't you worry about your own situation up there in Madison? I would be careful about the recruiting talk, most people in the area believe you all wrote the book on it!!

Most of the kids have been at CPA for awhile so what's your point?

Most of the kids have been at CPA for awhile so what's your point?

The main function of the school is ministering to people in the area, sports is secondary. You may get tired of hearing this, but it's the truth. There are things more important than who wins or looses a game.

Not this year.