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59 minutes ago, FootballismyVice said:

The way people talked about it before football started made it seem like people were getting out of dodge but now it could become a worse shipwreck that stays sunk for a while.

This will be the 68th year of Greenback Football if it makes it which looks very shakey, One day your state champions and a few years later because of a crooked school board member that uses his extra powers to buffalo a new school principal and another school board member into hiring a personal friend that was fired as an assistant coach there only to become the head coach the next year. I'm not going beat up the coach because he does want to be at Greenback  but took the worst road to get there. This is why parents that can make a move and get their kids to another school have left. Enough kids may have left that it could make the safety of the remaining kids a big question mark. After the last hire that didn't work out someone should have had enough sence to relaize Greenback fans wanted nothing to do with an outsider as head coach. I hope I I'm wrong but have to many contacts telling the same story. 

Word on the street in Lenior City that they have picked up a transfer freshman from Greenback.

Anyone know what Gary's record is right now. Just curious how close he is to 500 wins. Love to have seen him do this at Alcoa. This is like Hank Aaron getting traded to the Montreal Expos the week before he brakes Babe Ruth's record. 

Those look like a weatherman's predictions.

What's Sonny been smoking.

7 hours ago, MidTennFootball said:

Your the one making the accusation so it's up to you to come up with proof.

Everybody loves to point out the transfers Oakland gets, but these guys make up 1% of Oakland's roster. Knox County makes anything Middle TN does look like child's play. The same kids that balled out for Oakland bewteen 7th-9th grade are the same ones that are doing it on Friday Night.

When East TN teams have to fend off a bunch of privates for their talent get back to me. There's nothing fake about sustained success programs like Oakland, Brentwood, Beech, etc have built, with culture and coaching at the center of their success

Oakland seems to pickup a kid or two that is over the cutting edge that have been the difference makers in a lot of the Oakland and Maryville games. The two running backs that came in four years ago from private schools in Nashville are just some of the examples.

22 hours ago, cherokean said:

Thanks Mr. 1925Kee for posting this, was about to start a separate new topic. Also, for some of us Ira was also our Cub/Boy Scout Leader and Church Youth Group Leader. A mentor to myself and a lot of us that have come though Greenback and into my adulthood I'd call him a dear friend. His daughter and son, Tara and Isaac, have some hard decisions to make in the forthcoming day(s); keep them in your prayers as well.

Prayers to all the Greenback Family and Friends.

8 hours ago, GFD709SHREK said:

Ole Friend we have more  than on in there screwing things up!!!!!!!!!!!!! It starts from the principle all the way to the coaches! And all the people in between.

It will be interesting to see how many really show up for football the first day of practice. Right now it's just a guess considering the number that have left for other programs. I don't know the coach but it does appear that he is over his head right now. He should have known better than to take on a job with so many against him. The The school board member that is also a cop seems to be a bully and uses his powers to push people around like the principal. You can't get him unelected because of the wrath that would come down on whoever opposes him. I know people from there and I've heard the same stories so I can't be far off on what I mentioned. Greenback is a small school and to small for a major disruption or it could end the football teams existence. 

Meigs County went 12 and 0 before they got put out in the playoffs and the game was at Meigs which they were in it to the end. Someone must have been responsible for that much credit. Slover was a highly rated QB when he played at Anderson County in the 90's and I'm sure his son must of learned a few things growing up in that house. When all this hit the fan last year Sweetwater for all of it's great history in football got tarnished and stained by a handful of parents like I've never seen before. I'm still in disbeliefe the coach left Meigs County to jump into a mess like that unless there was more than what meets the eye down there. A lot of small towns are like this though that don't want an outsider running the place and changing positions of kids who were heir to the throne even if they lose every game on the schedule. I'm sure the new coach don't have a qb as a son or that was the first question during his interview. There was a lot of damage done to this program last year but hopefully the new coach can turn things around and not go through the same fiasco the last one did.

5 hours ago, Bradleysports23 said:

I’ve always liked maryville I really enjoy that community and their hospitality and class. Pure class……. Schools like Oakland aren’t authentic. They’re synthetic and by that I mean the players that play there didn’t grow up there. They didn’t play in the dirt of that town… they didn’t go to the restaurants in that town.. they didn’t play inside that high school gym as elementary kids hoping to one day play ball there. That community isn’t built on authenticity it’s built on a high school coach walking around wheeling and dealing trying to put together a juggernaut program and that’s all there is to it. Maryville was built off of the students they had and the kids that went to maryville schools all their lives and a good coaching program and wonderful athletic program can do that. Oakland is not that and that’s not just me being butt hurt that they beat us last year it’s simply the truth and if that coach reads this I’m sure his conscience will agree it’s true. There’s no way one town just so happens to have the biggest,fastest,the most talented players in the state every single year… that just don’t happen. Maryville has always had wonderful atheletes but their pictures were in the elementary school yearbooks. Show me oaklands players and show me the year book of the elementary school from 5-9 years ago and let’s just count in one hand how many of the players they have now went to elementary school there. I’ll challenge that to his face any day of the week and I bet he comes up empty handed. Bradley did get boo Carter and Kaleb Martin but hey… we have to do something… we have to do what everyone else is doing. Tennessee 6A football is becoming so corrupt it’s humerous. What’s Braeden doing? Yeah whats Cleveland trying to do? Yeah. It saddens me… I miss football back in the early 2000s and late 90s when you won games by the team who had the most guys and want to and heart..not having to go against juggernaut programs. Hats off to maryville for their accomplishments of winning all they did with simply an outstanding program. Oakland will NEVER and I mean NEVER be what maryville once was idc if they win 30 strait. Their trophies are synthetic and not authentic. Maryvilles trophies are authentic. Whoever disagrees grab some year books let’s see them grammar school year book pictures. 

Your 100% right, I couldn't have said it better.

I'm surprised with Baylor and McCallie being that close doesn't come in and pick Bradley clean of anyone worth looking at and leaving them with only the crums. 

26 minutes ago, strongx said:

Not recruiting…anymore. It’s called utilizing the portal. Doesn’t that sound better?

Who ever farted around on building onto Maryville High hurt the football program. Don't matter if Boo Carter lived two foot off the city line he can't get into Maryville on tution until that is built and the school can take on kids from the county again.

Bradley has always been a good talented football team every year but Boo Carter really sent last years team over the edge. A player like that is a once in a lifetime get. I have high hopes that Maryville can retake that game this year but not without a hard fight as always.

2 hours ago, orngnblk said:

Less than 20,DC left also.The Guy who was doing the O will now do the D.lol.Clemmer says he will run the Offense.Just keeps getting worse.Reminds me of the monkey and the football.Not sure if its even smart to put these young kids in harms way,very young,i just hope they can defend themselves and not get hurt.Whitwell,Loudon and CF first three up.5 of the best players transferred can't blame them.Last year had some good players and still can't get them in the right place.Terrible situation for our community. 

Call Don Dare and tell him you all have a bad cook in the kitchen running that football team.

Wasn't the Slover kid 2-2 and played a very strong Meigs County to a 14-21 game and then the fireworks went off and the other qb lost the rest of the way. I heard the Slover kid had a much better passing percentage also. Maybe this new coach will get this mess cleaned up.

1 hour ago, SweetScience said:

Where’d the linemen go off to?

Graduation. Lost 3 starting linemen from last year so the addition of Smith really helps.

1 minute ago, MoEastBeast said:

You got any idea on his current size/weight? 

No I don't.

The big question is, are those parents that caused all the rucus last year got kids still playing. What a nightmare if that happens again. Those people should have been ashamed of themselves but then again a snake is a snake and it will bite again if it's hanging around again this year.

7 hours ago, MoEastBeast said:

Have you all been using the Smith kid at TE at all? His dad played both sides in high school and could really get after it at TE. 

To my knowledge no. I'm wondering if he plays defense or not. Right now with the loss of a few linemen from last year the offensive line will be his most likely position.

2 hours ago, Futbolfan2022 said:

So another sports team used field paint on the field? Then they cleaned the paint off at graduation at the end of the school year? So there’s no more paint? And you’re still going on about it? 

Unless you got something to bring to the table. This board is dying like my yard from all of this heat. We're just around the corner from fall practice.

The New Word of the day at Maryville High is Hawk Tuah.

Hearing someone had to Hawk Tuah their checks to get the field clean.

We're getting closer, 48 days until Jamboree.

In my opinion after reading any thread in this county the competition knows what size everyone's underware is on either team and soon as this story leaked they may have pushed the emergency button with the other going on to possibly avoid a death penalty. But what do I know I'm from Maryville where we have to keep an eye on our football field to make sure someone don't paint the turf yellow.

Very sorry to hear, will be praying for his family and also the Henry County Supporters.

11 minutes ago, MidTennFootball said:

This is why we need to adopt a power rating system for determining playoff eligibility. If a team is going to duck competition, then they need to be penalized for it. Its ridiculous that some programs have to spend all summer trying to find a game

Alcoa has a very good Athletic Director whom I wish we had at Maryville and I'm pretty sure he has burned the midnight oil looking for a team. I realize no team in the state wants to lose to a 3A team which may benefit them if they move up  one wheather their eligible or not. Alcoa has the best athletes per 100 students I've ever seen and have had for a long long time. The secrect there is that the coach must establish dominance and the kids buy in which has always worked well the past twenty five years.