Springbrookrat

Do you know why he was rumored not to play? His parents did not like one of the previous coaches. That problem has been corrected. He's playing AAU basketball this summer so I expect him to be back. Plus I expect a surprise or two before next season starts. People forget that the Junior and sophomore classes a few years back won back to back middle school Championships in the highest division on the East Tennessee side. Alcoa has plenty of talent at the school and should be much better next year.

You can add Trey West, Keithon Foster, Jashaun Fender, and Conner Haskell were all seniors according to the tssaa. This district will be much more competitive top to bottom.

Can't disagree with you really but historically Alcoa has better talent than Morristown East. That's where you're not factoring in better talent and better coach = better team.

We shall see Turtle, AE had 7 seniors and Fulton had 6. Alcoa will have a chance to win this district next year IMO.

I will say that our guard play was very inconsistent last year. I would not call it horrific. We split with AE in the regular season and they beat us in a close one in the district tournament. Don't forget that two sophomore guards scored 22 points in the second half to help us beat Scott County in the district tournament. These two guards should be much better next year.

Really? Do you know who we hired?

Lol! Turtle you know this hire could effect district 4AA for years. The new coach has some good talent to work with next year as well. Things should get interesting next year.

Well they are keeping it under wraps for some reason. That makes me think it could be someone that slipped under the radar that know one saw coming (possibly).

Heard from a reliable source that a coach will be named Friday.

Well you are correct we really don't know but we do know names. Just trying to be respectful of the coaches that have applied. The only thing I'm going to predict is we are going to get a good coach.

I’m expecting it will be next week or the week after. Would be a little shocked if it’s after Easter.

Red Rebel, wanted to respond to this the other day but wanted to make sure I got the stats right. This team in 3 years went 96-11 with 3 state appearances, 1 Runner up, and 1 State Championship. Remarkable run for a school that had less than 400 students at the time. This team was givin the nickname mighty mites in 1965. The reason being is their tallest player was 6’2.

That’s a tricky question and I’ll refrain from giving my opinion. As for your second question, the kid played basketball at Alcoa as an 8th grader. He was the best player on the team then. If you have followed Alcoa basketball the last few years you should know.

This is not the main reason he was let go but it didn't help matters. His assistant coach didn't help his case either. That was probably his ultimate demise. IMO..

Things are not always cut and dry. I was trying to put the situation mildly. You admit to not knowing the coaches but you want to call my excuse tired and lame. Lol! Maybe you should stay in your own lane, if you know nothing about the situation.

Joel Kirk was the last coach at Alcoa. Where do I start on why he is leaving? He lost the support of the administration,fans, and parents. It was pretty obvious that we needed to make a change. We had kids that would like to play basketball but didn't like the head coach or assistant coach. To make matters worse is the best player in the school wanted to play this year. the assistant coach said he could't play because he quit the freshman team 3 years earlier. This kid would have been our best player this year IMO. I could expand on a few other instances but I'll leave it at that.

We have talent, just need to find the right coach. With the right coach we should be pretty good the next couple of years. There has been a lot of interest in the job with close to 30 applications. People forget Alcoa used to be considered a basketball school instead of football.

Lol!

I don’t know why he didn’t send his kid to Zion Christian? Why don’t you ask him? I don’t understand why anyone cares? He did what he thought was best for his kid. I’m sure one day his son will thank him for doing so, if he hasn’t already.

I never said kids transferred because of academics only but that is a big reason for sure. I did say if kids want to go to a better school. they should be able to without any penalty. Look at the gentleman’s post above. He actually moved but stated that he wanted his son to have a better education. That was one of the determining factors.

Lol! First of all, I have the utmost respect for Jody Wright. He will be a Hall of Fame coach for sure. Second, yes he knows his team better than me for sure but they lost the game. The thread is Fulton vs Wooddale thoughts, can I not give my thoughts on the game? Lol! Your feelings must still be hurt the 3AAA Champion came East. LMAO! There will be more gold coming back East in the fall. Book it! Will you agree that Bearden had a better nucleus of talent than Whitehaven? You questioned me in a earlier post about it. Just curious?

Why do you think private schools are thriving in Tennessee? Do you think it has to do with academics at all? There are still some very good public schools but if you were to compare test scores the private schools are typically much higher. Private schools in the very near future will dominate Tennessee sports and academics because of attitude like yours. I'm actually a public school supporter but can see where this is headed.

So you thought playing man to man gave them the best chance to win the game. Did you watch the game? His starting center had 2 fouls in the 1st quarter. HELLO? I played against Jodie his first year as coach for Fulton. I've known him for sometime and respect the job he has done at Fulton. That doesn't mean I can't critic his strategy in that game.

Hard to question Jody Wright but I would have played a zone defense of some sort. Especially after Page got into early foul trouble.

I seen Bearden play 3 times this year and was very impressed. Bearden just had a real good mixture of talent in their starting 5. I went 20 for 21 in the state tournament in the big ones contest.