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Hopefully this a lesson for all school systems to actually take care of your facilities after they've been built

Hard to see Caine leaving Upperman for somewhere that isn't a clear step up

6 minutes ago, wholder said:

Smyrna and SC already have turf 

I stand corrected, thank you

On 1/10/2024 at 12:44 PM, SummaryJudgment said:

It looks like they will catch a break and not have to play a varsity schedule in the first year. I remember when Summit opened with just freshmen and sophomores they were at the start of the two year cycle. They were put in the district with Giles County, Lewis County, etc. It was brutal. IIRC Independence opened in the middle of the cycle and got to ease into football with a JV schedule only the first year. 

This will also affect Spring Hill HS in two years sending them back down to 4A or maybe even 3A for a bit. The re-zoning for BCHS is going to take a big bite out of their population. 

Honestly think new schools should be ineligible from scheduling Varsity competition until they have all 4 grades. Unless it's a situation like LC where the whole county board is all in on seeing them succeed,  first 2 years are gonna be rough

3 hours ago, chs1984 said:

I figured the Rutherford Co. schools already had turf. All except two here in NW Georgia have it, and neither of them want it.

Slowly, but surely. Oakland, Blackman and Siegel have it, Smyrna and Riverdale are up next and I suspect SC & Rockvale won't be far behind. Not sure LaVergne, Eagleville, or MTCS will get it

10 hours ago, PantherPride12 said:

That happens a lot of times. They use a new job opening to try and get something at their current school with no intention of ever leaving. 

Gary Rankin perfected this at Riverdale. No telling how many times he got a raise bc his name was attached to a high profile vacancy 

1 hour ago, MichaelMyers76 said:

Who takes the Antioch job now and do they have any chance of keeping the QB there?

What happened to Arnold?

2 hours ago, bounder said:

Has Stanton even coached since he left LaVergne?

Not as an HC that I'm aware of 

One of the true greats of TNHSFB at a time when just making it to the playoffs was an accomplishment 

5 hours ago, tennesseeannouncer said:

Beyond time for the Magnet Schools to get the same boot that private schools got. Send all of them to D2. They have an unfair advantage in being able to manipulate enrollment data and pick and choose which students they accept.

Yes let's move the goal post for the grand number of TWO magnet schools that happened to be good at football and have only won a single state title bewteen them in the last 25 years.

Would you even care if either were 5-5 every year? Of course not,  meanwhile Pearl and EN have to constantly fend off the alphabets from leeching off their talent, yet they thrive in spite of their disadvantages. 

We used to tell our kids to improvise, adapt, overcome. Now we just pat them on the back and tell them to blame someone else for their failings,  take their ball and go home like your doing.

Apparently ya'll already forgot about Scott Smith, 7 different programs in 22 years as HC

Sure glad she signed early to play at MTSU

5 hours ago, strongx said:

Even Saban decided to get in the game by bidding on players in the portal. Us old guys may not like it, but the earth ain’t flat. Gotta figure out the best way to roll with the changes. Startup costs ain’t going down.

I'm not crazy about it either,  but the ones that don't adapt will be the ones sitting at home every november

On 12/12/2023 at 12:55 PM, TotallynotLEO said:

I said before this season, 6-4. 

I see,  in person,  what they have.  They will not have as many athletes next year.  

AC is always 1 or 2 key injuries away from going 5-5. I'll say continue to enjoy last year,  it'll be a while before it comes around again.  

They had to recruit a qb last year because the presumed starter is playing for oak ridge now.  

 

Hate to tell ya, but you could say that for 95% of the state. Credit to AC for challenging themselves in non-region instead of go the easy route to a 10-0 record

The TSSAA is merely responding to the trend around the country and when the state tries to push "school choice" down everyone's throat,  there is only so much they can do. The best coaches adapt to their situation. I believe Derek Hunt is a very good coach but a refusal to accept this as the norm going forward is going to lead to some rough years. 

Biggest crutch for Maryville has been QB play. Maryville used to be the gold standard at that position, cranking out a FBS or FCS QB every 2-3 years. It allowed them to be truly balanced and take whatever the defense gave them, which is still pretty rare at this level.

Maryville has been too good over the last 50-55 years to stay down for long

18 minutes ago, ItsAlwaysSunnyInAtwood said:

True but you could make that argument with most coaches in 1 or 2A outside of a handful of programs. 

Your probably right I just think Palmer is trying to get back to 5A/6A and he has the resumè to go with it

Solid hire for Forrest. I'd keep an updated list though, I'll be surprised if Palmer is there in 3 years

On 11/8/2023 at 7:11 PM, cbg said:

If the same individuals that hired the past three or four head football coaches are part of the decision making process why should the results be any different.  Franklin needs to decide if they are willing to make the necessary sacrifices to win.  It’s much easier to talk about being good but it requires a lot of sweat equity to develop a winning program. 

Last 4 HC's have been Melton, Webb (61-44), Clayton (65-22) and Johnson (35-7), I call that a pretty good track record going 3/4. Probably could have given Melton another year but 2 wins in 3 years (including 17 losses in a row by the end of his tenure) makes it hard to defend.

With as much success as the county has in football, there's going be 1 or 2 that suffers. Franklin isn't the job it used to be, but I don't think they are that far off from being a decent team. This would be a situation where bring in a young, unconventional coach would probably succeed 

40 minutes ago, bbragg said:

Auggie your unwarranted attacks are laughable. Just because you support a program that lost 3 games and your boyfriend got outcoached.

Only person that's laughing is you, petty halfwit coward

7 minutes ago, Futbolfan2022 said:

Buddy, Jones isn’t going to promote you to DC when Lane and Abernathy leave, no matter how hard you defend him in the T. 
 

You love to call everyone liars and ask for proof. There a numerous posters all making the same claims, but I’m sure we’ve all just conspired together. But I’ll play the same game. You prove Smith wasn’t coaching. You show us where they were just using his equipment, what data you all collected, and what you did with it. 

He's asking for proof bc in America, the burden of proof falls on the accuser and not the person being accused. Everybody loves to yell cheater until it's on them to furnish facts that back up their claim

11 minutes ago, tradertwo said:

Sorry to rant with multiple posts on the subject, but you're looking (from the highlighted text) at this from a logical perspective. The Voucher Bill will not affect the kids who perform poorly on tests. The bill simply allows any student to apply the state portion of educational funding toward private school tuition. Private schools reserve the right to restrict their enrollment through a selection committee...meaning they have no obligation to enroll a "poor student". Privates will have the luxury of enrolling whomever they choose (best students, best athletes, ect...) while excluding "undesirable" applicants. If this in any way would benefit underachieving students by placing them in a better environment for them to be educated, I would wholeheartedly support it. Fact is that it's an avenue for private schools to select the most beneficial students from public education, and to be paid by taxpayers to do it.

Thank you for saying it better than I ever could

15 minutes ago, orngnblk said:

I don't know,from my understanding he is not a very good coach.I hope he does well there but I'm not so sure. 

Didn't say he was a good coach, just that this was the hire they always wanted, McMillan was just a stopgap. In Knox County, it's more about the talent you can attract

11 minutes ago, HonkyNinja12 said:

Everybody gets so emotional lol He’s just looking at the data and where public schools are compared to where they have been and where they are trending. They are down in ever major category such as Science, Math, Reading for 30 years and no amount of funding or boo hooing has seemed to curve it because its a home, policy and ten other thing issue so why not try something different instead of pumping money in something that keeps failing.  Idk on whose right or wrong but something will give. The average kid coming out of high school struggles to read at a 7th grade level or do simple math and don’t have any ability to work with their hands either lol

Something that we as a country do a piss poor job of is promoting trade/vocational schools. College isn't for everyone and you shouldn't be made to feel stupid just because it's not for you. Absolutely agree that we as a country dont give kids the tools to have a chance to make a living with their hands

2 hours ago, Whistleblower1 said:

I find it ironic that RP steps down after another ring. Masters planning a reunion tour down on Granny White, or is the old blood finally getting cycled out?  It seems to be rinse and repeat with a lot of these D2 Privates.

Being an HC is a grind,  probably even more so at the private level. Potter looked like a guy ready to give that responsibility to someone else 

Upperman, you better get used to the idea that ppl will hate you for being successful and that means they'll use every excuse in the book and hope one sticks. Most can't get their brains around the idea that success recruits itself