froshpop

43 minutes ago, BarneySox2007 said:

Thanks, I knew one of you would be up. This is interesting game, after we jumped out 21-0 they came back for the rest of the game and ate up all of our cheese and drank up all of our wine for a 28-20 spurt for them which ended 41--28. If Farragut plays like they did on that 28 point spurt their going to be tuff to handle.

What happened differently in that spurt? Big plays? Turnovers?

Thanks for any insight 

On 8/25/2022 at 10:35 AM, GaddyDaddy said:

Who is we? Are you saying AC isn't afraid or OR 

Go to page 24 of OR/Clinton thread to read why OR probably won’t play AC unless something big changes…like a new coach at AC

This is going to be a long post for me; I'm trying to get it done before the game starts. Who is FroshPop? He sure as heck isn't Joe Gaddis. The Joe Gaddis I know wouldn't fool with this and if he did his screenname would be Joe Gaddis. I liked Joe when he came to OR the first time and consider myself a supporter. I supported most of the OR coaches in between. I couldn't get on board with a couple of them so remained neutral. My wife and I are way too old to have had a freshman player. Heck, that's why he had to quit after his freshman year because I had no I idea what was going on at practice, etc. and couldn't pretend to know. I have defended Joe because he is the winningest coach in OR history, he has the last championship, and he went to state the year before he retired. Yeah, he made some wrong calls on the field. What coach doesn't?  I like his fire, his love of OR football, and his willingness to talk to anyone. But some of you were constantly bashing him on here. The ones that I got fired up at were the posters I knew who acted much differently to his face and that ignorant Opie whose only job was to bash Gaddis personally. If he really is a Clinton guy, why isn't he blowing up the threads at their prediction to win? 

EVEN IF YOU SKIPPED ALL THE REST, READ THIS PART AND DECIDE FOR YOURSELVES. I DON'T PLAN TO COMMENT ON IT AFTER THIS.

I got frustrated with all the AC talk so I called Gaddis. Here's the story. I didn't record it or take notes like a journalist, so if you question any part of it, call him yourself.

I don't remember the year, but Joe and Davey had a verbal agreement to play. Joe was still looking for games to round out the schedule so he called DG to confirm the date. At that point, DG told him he was not going to play them because he had told Jefferson Co he would play them (I guess the dates were the same or something). He went on to tell Joe that JC's coach was a friend of his, he wasn't going to let him down, yada, yada. Joe was pretty pi.... and that's how we ended up playing Mount Juliet ( a long way to go to play a really good team). It was next to impossible to find someone who wanted to play and had the same opening date since DG hadn't even bothered to tell Joe until he called to confirm.  Ironically, JC -I know the year now because I just looked it up-was 4 and 6(2018) the year before AC scheduled them and were 3-7, 0-10 the next two years when AC played them. Seems to me like DG made a good call for himself. Time for the next scheduling cycle, AC does call when it's time to do a new schedule and Joe said he did tell them no. He had to schedule someone who would honor their agreement and not leave them hanging if they decided they had another friend with a lousy team who needed a game. That last sentence is my words. I take it Joe did not talk to them kindly and has no respect for a Coach who cannot honor a verbal agreement and leave him in that predicament again. So I'm also assuming he has no reason to want to return their call. Davey is a man of the cloth and if confronted would have to  confirm this...with his spin on it, I'm sure. Joe was matter-of-fact when I called him. He didn't elaborate on his feelings, but I thought I detected a lot in his tone. I choose to believe Coach Gaddis. You do what you want. If you want confirmation, give him a call.

I no longer live in OR, but I love OR football. Hope we win tonight.

25 minutes ago, FootballFan4044 said:

Many screen names, can’t reveal all or he’ll run. 

SMH

1 hour ago, catswild said:

I have no idea who you could be talking about "alot of people that want Coach Cummings to fail"...unless you're talking about the same people who wanted Gaddis to fail...everyone in Knoxville and Clinton! If that's what you mean, then I agree...if you mean people other than that, then please explain

I was thinking the same thing. I would think Oak Ridge fans would have no desire for him to be anything but successful. 

11 hours ago, SweetScience said:

Anyway, on to more relevant things.  Does anybody know what time OR/AC play on Thursday?

I read somewhere that it would be around eight. 

55 minutes ago, NoleNation3 said:

Solid.I think Sharpe is the clear starter 

Glad to hear that for Sharpe

How did the quarterbacks look? Is there a clear starter?

7 hours ago, WillieTheWildcats said:

DOUBLE DANG! I forgot to tell y'all my wife and I have Covid.

 Hey, it beats being a Clinton fan.

 

 

 

I’m sorry to hear that. I hope you both have a quick recovery. 

Why is the Dragon Wagon thread dead? Shouldn’t YB be on there stirring up support? Perhaps he isn’t a Clinton boy after all, maybe a disgruntled Oak Ridger. 

3 hours ago, oridgecat said:

YB, we don't understand them big words!  Admonish?  

The first definition is “warn,” but I’m pretty hard headed. 

10 hours ago, oridgecat said:

No, I have not, fill us in.  YB, you know more about what's going on at OR than we do.  Seems a bit odd.  

Not all that strange. Clinton coaches do have first-hand knowledge of OR Schools. 

Who is competing for starting qb?

Maybe Coach Keith, if it is really him, could respond and clear up these rumors. 

5 hours ago, Traitor said:

Punctuation would be a big help for the coach. The Iraq comparison is questionable.

Surely, this isn’t really Coach Keith. 

22 minutes ago, bounder said:

Ron was assistant AD this year.

I didn’t know that. 

On 1/13/2022 at 11:07 AM, CoachGaddisFanClub said:

He did a lot to help your recent teams, Coach. Didn't relax in his office!

Didn’t know Gray had an office. 

1 hour ago, chsbobcat09 said:

Just when I thought the Off season wouldn’t be lively on here... I’ve only read some of this, but sounds like ol boy was a little but hurt ab Cummings being hired lol. Someone fill me in, what was the beef?

For some strange reason, he thinks Ron Gray should be the new coach. 

6 hours ago, Wildcats1Ridge said:

At least Clinton doesn’t hire coaches and talk bad about them!! Cummins tells people Jason Martin is an idiot but a “money guy” so he keeps him around to buy stuff. Make him a booster not a coach?? The Coach that should’ve got hired is one of the best OLine coaches to come through Oak Ridge and still works inside the building! Has for all of Gaddis terrible offensive years!

I think they wanted more head coaching experience than a few years at a junior high. 

A tenured teacher assigned to an administrative position, even a crappy one, would get a pay raise. I doubt that would run anyone off. 

Don’t worry about Nole, Willie. He isn’t viewed as very loyal by several I know. 
But the line was terrible. 

I’ve heard nothing about interviews, a timeline, etc. Anybody know anything?

1 hour ago, cbg said:

I totally agree with what you are saying in the above post.  However, it appears as if your problem lies with the principal and school board for allowing someone to occupy a teaching position while actually coaching down the street at another school.  From the outside looking in Oak Ridge may not only need a new athletic director and head football coach but also a new principal.  

I doubt the principal can change it. Sounds like an administrative or school board decision. 
And rumor has it that an assistant will be going to HVA to coach while continuing to teach at OR. Another teaching position wasted. 

What really stinks is that two teaching positions which would allow a new coach to bring some assistants with him are held by Clinton football coaches. 

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