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'SweetScience' I’m not really sure what you’re trying to get at here. Because on one hand your saying Bruce is a really good coach then you make excuses for him for his losing seasons at Father Ryan. The only reason he had a good of record as he did at Oak Ridge because of the coach he took over the great Joe Gaddis one of the best high school coaches ever. Don’t you think it would be easy for someone to come in and take over for Quarles at Maryville or Bowers at Ensworth and have a winning record? I’m sure “Beagleboy†(from page 2) a follow fan from Oak ridge would agree with my comments. So I think that point is invalid. Next you say that Father Ryan doesn’t have the athletes that the other schools have. And so I say to that, doesn’t a good coach go out and recruit football players (and don’t give me any BS about private schools not recruiting). There are catholic kids that played in parochial leagues that are on BA, MBA and Ensworth’s teams right now. And some of those kids are D1 athletes. A good coach would be getting the catholic kids that go to catholic middle schools to go to a catholic school like they used to. So every excuse you make for Lussier is really invalid when you think about it.

I though Holloway was unable to ever wrestle again because of nerve damage?

Is cheerleading a sport? heck No!! If cheerleading is a sport then so is underwater basket weaving and chess.

Father Ryan will get killed in their final game of the year and it will also be the last year Lussier ever coaching the Irish. Because they have been killed by every team in the state that is any good and by some that arent any good (ex. JPII and Hillwood). Just last week they got rung up for around 50 points to Ensworth. And people like to say that Lussier has good D's every year. Final score MBA 35- FRHS 6 a fitting way for Bruce Lussier to end his career.

Not to beat a dead horse but BA beat Father Ryan 45-7 last night. It keeps looking worse and worse for Bruce. And this week some very important people (I.E. Jim Carrell) went to go see the Jim McIntyre the President of Father Ryan demanding a coaching change. And when the man that donated a stadium and new athletic complex wants a new coach you can bet that Father Ryan will listen.

But also that year Ryan didn't lose to JPII and Hillwood which they have done this year.

I’m just wondering what fantasy world your living NashWrestling, Father Ryan only put up six points on JPII what makes you think that they will score 17 on BA?

Father Ryan has the kids needed to succeed in DII in their feeder schools but they are unwilling to provide the right amount of financial aid to those kids. Also they don’t try hard enough to keep those kids in a catholic school. Bruce Lussier has never gone out to the feeder schools and tried to get those kids to come to Father Ryan. He just hopes that they show up to Father Ryan in August. And the fact of the matter is that they don’t show up to Father Ryan anymore in August because they ended up going to BA, Ensworth, or MBA. Or like DirectorP said they just don't want to play football for Lussier.

Father Ryan will get crushed. They will be lucky to score a point the whole night and on the other side of the ball they will be lucky not have have 40 points scored on them by halftime.

I beg to differ Father Ryan had the running back two years ago that won the state in the 100m dash and other players that can stand toe to toe with anyone. But its the coaches that can't compete with BA, Ensworth, and MBA.

Who is the greatest wrestling coach to ever coach in Tennessee? A few names come to mind Morgan, Connell, and Simpson. I just wanted everyone’s take on it.

Look a little familar?? "I think its time that Bruce do the right thing and resign. The once proud Oak Ridge program has fallen to new depths after losing Friday night to a 3A school. Anderson County wasn't that much better but they were much more prepared. AC knew what Oak Ridge was going to do on almost every play. They took away the passing game but Gray and company never saw that. Over 100 yards of penalties and at least three turnovers because of a lack of focus point to one thing. They were not ready to play. That is Lussier's job and he failed. Oak Ridge has now lost three straight games and I think its time that a change is made. I know that the school staff won't make a change after one game but I think if Lussier cares about his legacy ( the only thing he does care about) then he should step down. The fans will not support him after last night and without the money football brings into the school the other sports are going to suffer. I call upon all parents and fans of the other sports to let Mr. Green know that you are concerned and that he should make a change if Lussier isn't man enough to. " from a 2002 Coach T post the topic was Oak Ridge's Bruce Lussier should resign http://www.coacht.co...-should-resign/

Better watch you say there man. They were once going to name the bridge at Father Ryan after Aaron Bateman but then the decided not to because no one crosses Aaron Bateman.

Just looking from the outside in, saying that Bruce Lussier has a good defenses is a little bit stretch don’t you think? Baylor this year scored 24 points on them and Mccallie put up 31. And Last year over five teams scored 24 points or more on his “good†defenses and as for his offense he didn’t have a real offense before the triple option and he doesn’t have one now with it. They scored only 6 points against Baylor this year and 10 against a really mediocre Hillwood team.

But what I’m hearing from the FRHS coaching staff and administration is that the schemes are right it’s just that the players are lacking heart.

I have heard whispers that Father Ryan’s football coach Bruce Lussier is on the hot seat after losing three straight games this year (one of those being to Hillwood) and only having two winning seasons while being football coach for the Irish. So will the Fighting Irish have a new head coach next year? And if so who will be the top contenders for the job?

I would have to say Gordon Connell the man wrestled a bear in case you haven’t heard. Imagine he got tired of wrestling humans so he had to go to the animal kingdom to find some competition. That’s bad dude if you ask me.

All I have to say is look who won state last year in DII it was CBHS and Father Ryan. Imagine if Father Ryan and CBHS could recruit like Baylor, it wouldn’t even be a competition anymore. They would have all of the homegrown kids that they have now plus they would have all of the recruited kids like Baylor. And please don't tell me Baylor doesn’t recruit. Because it’s not like all these kids magically appear on their doorstep wanting looking for a good education and they just happen to wrestle. It’s like saying Ensworth doesn’t recruit in football. Ensworth just has 6’3 250lbs males magically showing up to their school looking for a good education and oh yea they happen to play football as well.