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Thanks Bobcat. i know Coach Rosser from his days at OR, he was my sons 4th grade teacher at Glenwood Elementary. My son absolutely loved him, he really helped him after a rough 3rd grade year. He still thinks the world of Coach Rosser, even though he graduated this year. He was always there whenever he needed him. He was also a very good coach under Scott Blade while here. I have always wished that we had a true leader like him here at OR since Blade left. I agree with you about the assistants here at OR, they could do a lot better. Congrats on a great season this year, and I look forward to next year.

LOL!!!

I stand by my comments. I certainly would not categorize any one on here as miserable. Because I do not know any of you. The facts remain the same, we had unbelievable talent for the past 5 or 6 years and it has been wasted by putting players in the wrong positions and not developing players to reach their full potential. Coaches have a huge responsibility, especially with high school kids, to develop and encourage them to not only teach them how to be good players but also to be respectful in life. Coach Gaddis has not been able to get this done since his return to OR. His teams win because of their own talent. The only reason he has 1 championship is because the kids in 91 were just not going to take anything less. Whenever someone has a negative comment about Gaddis on the OR thread, some of y’all start calling them names. And that is also sad. Again, it should always be about championships here at OR, district, region and state. Anything less should be unacceptable. Bryson Rosser gets it at Central and now, in only 6 years, he has 2 state championships and one state runner up. Now that is what OR should want, not just be “competitive”.

Again. Just excuses!! It is sad that OR has been reduced to mediocrity. State championships were always our goal, now just competing is satisfactory here. The reason that only 16 out of the 36 freshmen are now playing is because they do not want to play for Gaddis. Keep on making excuses.

Guys, we have an inferior head coach!! Until OR realizes that, then all OR fans will have to do is make excuses. Rosser will have played in 3 state championship games in 6 years, winning two of them. He will double Joe’s state titles in just six years. Joe has to go if we ever hope to play for state titles again.

The play calling has been atrocious for awhile.

Yep.

Truly sad!

I have been saying for the past few years that the only reason Oak Ridge wins with Gaddis as the coach is because the players are good and some good assistant coaches. He came here to win another state title purely on the talent that OR had coming up. He and the current coaches blew it with bad coaching and putting players in the wrong positions. I hate to see it!!!

Joe blew it!! He had his chances for another state title the last 4 or 5 years. It did not happen. The decisions to play players in the wrong positions, lack of discipline, poor coaching etc. Oak Ridge football is not what it used to be!!

Joe always gets "close"!! All these years, 1 state championship? Try to explain that? Compare him and his 1 title to the other coaches with multiple titles. OR has been talent rich for the last 4 years. And yet here we are making up excuses for him again!! 1 title? Why?

If you won't, then I will. We have the talent, not the coaching!!

Hahaha!!! Sad!!!

AC at Greeneville and Catholic at OR are definitely the must watch games in East Tennessee.

I saw him running routes just playing around, and his speed and footwork were very impressive. I can certainly see him running in short yardage situations.

His size suggests a smaller school as well. Most schools are looking for 6'4" or so.

That is true. The saving grace may be early playing time at UT. Also having Tre Smith at guard may help as well.

I agree.

I bet it's some interesting banter. I believe that Tee is getting a bit frustrated by his lack of playing time. But he had to know that coming in with their depth at receiver.

Irish, has Sompayrac, #10, gotten any looks from schools?

Not you Willie. Enjoy your post and your enthusiasm for Tee and Clemson football. Amari was also a heck of a player at Catholic. SS also has my respect. I follow football not just OR. With the talent coming through OR we should be good every year. I remember Gaddis' first tenure here, he used to beg BA to play us, he wanted to play the best teams and for OR fans to get on a football blog and complain about playing the best is a little embarrassing. Ultimately we are a bunch of old farts and the kids will resolve this on the field. So bring on Catholic and let the chips fall where they may.

I know. Let's home he keeps his head on straight and we can get him to recommit. We will need. A good hire at head coach.

I've seen him at Johnny Longs a few times. He is a beast. He seems to have a bit of Taylor Lewan in him, i.e. Bad attitude. Their running backs are impressive also. But the big boys up front make it s bit easy for them. It will be interesting to see how how our DL holds up come the second half. Also, are our dbs able to hang with their receivers. I believe they will be, but that may also depend on the DL play and getting pressure on their QB.

I didn't say "knows" football , I said follows football, at least in East Tennessee. Pay attention. Cade Mays is a D1 player committed to Tennessee. How if you follow OR do you not know who he is. I can guarantee that most everyone in our area knew who Tee Higgins was last the last few years. You all predicted OR to lose to Fulton in week 11. Did you make that prediction not knowing anything about their team? That's my point. But I'm wasting my time with you people, you sit back and belly ache about Gaddis not knowing how to schedule early in the season, now you complain because having to play Catholic isn't fair because they or the TSSAA cheat. And you don't know who one of the best players on their team is!! Oak Ridge has improved all year, and I did not think they would. But I am eating crow on that. Can they beat Catholic? I don't know, but they have proven me wrong all year, l so let's hope they can.

You people prove my point about OR fans. You really don't follow football.