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Since Haywood fans can't move on from Coach Simmons, I thought this could've been a good fit for Haywood. For Coach Simmons, in terms of basketball perspective, this was a job promotion, but it was also a challenge for him. To say that Coach Simmons can't coach is ridiculous. USJ was a good, quality, basketball team. Now, they're average. USJ has been D-2 for a while, it's not like they're in TCA shoes, where they had to move to the D2 level. When Simmons was at USJ, he went 18-9 (2013-14), 21-8 (2014-15), 23-9 (2015-16), 19-10 (2017-18), 20-13 (2018-19). *Simmons leaves for Haywood* USJ in 2018-2019 went 16-13 This year, Bruins went 10-16 In 2018-2019 season, Haywood went 19-12 (Simmons only season) In 2019-2020 season,, Haywood went 11-16 Point is, Haywood should've been more patient. However, the inability to "stick things out" is something Haywood will regret.

Congratulations, McNairy Central! Wish all four teams the best of luck in regional play.

North Side poster? Who's this?

Hookfin was a great coach at Haywood and Liberty, but his main issue was the fact that he could never get his team over the hump. The boys in Brownsville are different. They're fast, athletic, and huge at all positions on the field. I'm not worried about the "past results" from Haywood. I heard the kid that went to Florida State only played football for one season, is that true? Smith will give credit for winning and potentially getting this team to Cookeville, which will happen in the next two seasons for sure. However, a lot of Haywood's success should be credited by Hookfin, just that a lot of people will give Smith credit. If there was no Hookfin at Haywood, then there would be no Smith.

Please explain...

And this post right here is the reason why we need a 30 second shot clock in the state of Tennessee.

Haha you only want him to get out of Tiptonville because you know it's the main roadblock that's stopping West Carroll from winning district. Regarding from Frost, I agree. However, I believe he is fine in Parsons.

Don't get the purpose of having a coaches poll with only specific members of the state. In addition, I don't get the purpose of having a poll in baseball/softball anyway. How do you know whether if Soddy Daisy is better than Dyer County, or if Greenville is better than Covington? I don't get it. Baseball teams lose left and right. Just waisting time feeling out a coaches poll. Seems political as well.

I didn't know but now I do. Since he's gone, he would've been my choice to be the head coach at Westview.

recent years. People have been putting in a sleeper team, and Fayette Ware is mine. Trust me, North Side would be in the top 10 over Fayette Ware, but if everyone is putting in a sleeper team, the Wildcats would be my sleeper team, even though I would still choose North Side over them. It's my fault for not addressing that as my initial sleeper. I'm also not doing my list based off what happened in 2019, more of what I expect to happen in 2020. But despite having a weak schedule, Fayette Ware scored over 30 points a game offensively last year. Yes, they dropped a game to Bolivar in which they shouldn't. But FW doubled the amount of wins as what a lot of people expected last year. If Wallace being their OC and actually having a full offseason at Fayette Ware, who knows what could be on the horizon. They were playing for the right to win their district last year against Millington, which they lost. They'll host Millington this year. Region 7-4A to me will take a major step back in 2020. There's cloudy skies in Dyersburg, there's uncertainty in Crockett County, and Ripley and Obion Central are having a free for all in terms of who wants to end their season a week earlier than the other. Haywood is like a -2000 favorite to win that district. I would much rather have momentum in which Fayette Ware has entering 2020, then have a lot of uncertainty and questions, which that's what the opponents that Fayette Ware will be playing in November. Wouldn't shocked me if they can make it to the quarterfinals.

What's your expectation on both Ripley and Halls?

I was shocked but this move, but after thinking about the current status of Union City, I'm not really surprised at this move as well. We all know that UC was one of the most successful programs across the state, last decade. But they struggled mightily in the years 2018 and 2019. First thing is Peabody, in order to reach Cookeville in 2A, it runs through Trenton, hands down. But in 2018, the Tornadoes lost 56-14 and 35-0 in the playoffs. In 2019, the Tornadoes lost 63-14. To put that in perspective, they lost a combination of 154-28 to the Tide in the past two seasons. I know Lake County seemed like they put up 50+ to every single opponent in 2019, but putting up 58 to UC was a shocker to me. It seem like Union City went from a "train wreck and worldbeater" program, to an average team off the street. Everyone is not having a problem scoring off UC, and the Tornadoes offense can't keep up. Looks like all the defensive coordinators are making the adjustment of dropping the safety and lowering the box, telling the cornerbacks to force everything inside. As @Tide21 is trying to reference, the Union City offense is NOT a system that is built for playmakers. I don't know the current status of football that's going on in Obion County, but if I'm Obion Central and specifically the South Fulton Red Devils, they need to take full advantage of the mediocrity seasons that's going on at their neighboring school.

Trust me, Peabody is going to be okay financially. I think they can risk one game with a limited amount of gate money. Kudos for them for doing this and not postponing the game, I think they would have to play this game anyway due to district status for both teams.

Not doing any order or anything like, but if I have to choose 10, they'll be the following: Elizabethton Anderson County Greenville Nolensville Springfield Livingston Academy Hardin County Haywood DeKalb County Fayette Ware

Apparently, you were pulling for San Francisco to win, so was I. However, the officials didn't determined this game. They only called like 9 penalties throughout the game. They didn't want any part of this year's Super Bowl, which was good knowing that it was the 100th year of the NFL. Chiefs didn't call for holding on their offensive line is apparent, but when they played the Titans, they didn't get called for a holding penalty either. Chiefs got caught being offsides on defense plenty of times. Throughout the game, I didn't see where they were offside, that didn't get called. Kittle OPI wasn't a garbage call, it was the correct call in my book. Yes, the KC defender sold it, but Kittle has to understand that if you're a tight end, you can't push off, he's too big. Correct call. We as a society has bashed officials too much, but we have to give them the benefit of the doubt. I thought the officiating for the Super Bowl was well ran. We bashed them too much for a few reasons, the replay that we see on TV is slow, and the camera angles are different then what we see from the officials point of view. I hope that next year, we can't get rid of "slow replay action" from TV companies. It's not fair for the officials. They worked hard, let's give them credit.

There's a lot of schools that are 7 hours away from West Tennessee that can really use Chloe. I'm just wondering how many of those schools that are within a 7 hour range, know Chloe? There's nothing wrong with playing at a mid-major type school. The expectations have been SEC or bust for a lot of our athletes. Sometimes, you have to be extremely lucky to play SEC ball in any sport.

Unfortunately, Westview didn't hire my guy, which I thought would be a perfect fit for Westview, as I indicated back on page 1 of this thread. It's a head scratcher for sure, I wish y'all the best!

Question: When was the last time an offensive coordinator that went 1-9, averaged 20 points per game offensively is now promoted to being a head coach of a football team?

Ehhhhhhhhh this is not a good hire. But hey, go Chargers!

Interesting to hear your reason as to why..

Safe to say that we should start seeing Liberty, South Side, and North Side in the playoffs year in and year out?

Your homeboy entered the portal the other day.

Sooo. To this point, no one on this website has mentioned the coach I believe would be perfect for Westview. However, he does not have any "head coaching experience" but everything else checks the box for the Chargers. Due to privacy and respect, I will not mention his name until Westview has announced their coach.

If I’m not mistaken, Mr. Football is a regular season award (and if it is not, then it should be). Heisman is a regular season award. We all know Lamar Jackson will win MVP in the NFL, which is a regular season award. I do believe that Mr./Mrs. should be a regular season award. The way the criteria sets up on Mr./Mrs. Basketball award and who votes on it, will arguably never change. However, that’s just the way life is sometimes. Postseason play is different, can’t penalized a player because of a change of game plan, the pace of game is slower. Remember, districts are harder in some parts of the state than others. But there’s elimination games in the regional tournament. Let’s say Khyla sprains her ankle in the regional tournament, missed the remainder of the game; McNairy Central lose the game and is eliminated. Does that eliminate Khyla from Mrs. Basketball? Your eliminating basically 25-30 games worth of body of work because she failed to get her team to the region championship, which is one game.

Where's the tournament? Both district and regional?