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It’s why coaches have to understand goals : Is it a district championship, region championship or state championship. Don’t follow other classes but In AA you better know how to play fast or you will lose most of the time . District 10AA might be one of the toughest AA districts in the state . Down this year but East and pearl pretty darn elite . This could be Pearls year . East back court freshman and sophomore will be here for awhile not ready to win it all yet . These days only way to beat them is play their style all year long . Most people won’t agree or have enough athletes to do it . You can’t slow it dish because they will just end up getting steals on you . Best bet is run shoot 3’s and press them back even though East hard to press with those two guards .

Tunderwood !! Elite defense !!! It’s only elite when you hold top teams way below their average . Also by turning them over getting them out of their comfort zone . You do have saylor which alters a lot of shots ., your offensive style contributes a lot to holding teams in the 40’s and 50’s . Now if you can hold East to 40 or 50 then maybe I will give you elite defense . My best example is va. In college . Duke avg 81 a game . Va held them to 50 . Not sure what East avg . Doubt it’s 80 but probably close to 70 I would say . I might have to come check it out because you might have just sold me on it . I always liked saylor always improved year to year first year I haven’t seen him play

Cubs coach best coach in the district and it’s not even close . Longest tenure too I believe . Will be interested how he attacks sycamore.,Not sure he can even come up with something to stop them . Sometimes it comes down to the stronger team not destroying the will and letting the lesser team hang around . Coach Stuart will definitely have something ready let’s just see if it’s good enough

M - I agree with you completely if there are no upsets in district 10 . The past three years there has always been one in semis . If sycamore point is out or not a 100% definitely will limit chances against fogg and Maplewood . East And pearl the class of 10AA . Heard WH coach of the year . And big kid for sycamore MVP by one vote over #33 for WH . # 33 for WH more talented didn’t get to showcase his whole game past two years strictly a post player . Very effective at that may I say . Kid can shoot the three and is more than just a post player . Only knock on him might be his defense , definitely where the kid for sycamore has him . The kid from sycamore come a long way since his freshman year . Interested to see what college takes a chance on him .

Didn’t see the game but absolutely unbelievable so not going to blame anybody . Guess give westmoreland credit they didn’t mail it in .,

Been awhile but basketball a tournament sport . I went on record last year with a lot of coaching comments on White House not so favorably . I always try to give credit when credit is due . This team could have folded after Christmas with that start . 0-6 in games decided by 10 points or less . 2-13 over all I believe . Not that tough of a schedule maybe 4 -6 quality teams ., Takes more than a good coach to keep a team together and moving to tournament time . Which basketball is all about .,The coach did it and this team now knows how to win and find ways too win . Credit to players but most of all the head coach ., 9-2 in games decided by 10 points or less now . Still don’t agree with some things he does but heck I don’t agree how some college coaches coach just our nature . Bottom line #1 and #33 those two dictate the district with 33 player of the year but probably goes to sycamore kid but #33 for WH is more skilled I believe . I don’t know who gets coach of the year but should be close . WH coach has a talented bunch but they have talented for the past 4 years and still looking for that elusive district championship . Hopefully this is the year they get the monkey off their back . Close games don’t bother them . And coach has a lot of great sets to get #33 the ball late ., Like I stated early The coach has done a great job getting this team to tournament time playing their best ball . Win or lose the coach should be commended for the job he has done this year . Now bring it home and if just might mean that first 9AA region win in years . Good luck to all teams during the tournament

That district is the toughest in tenn in AA

I was reading back at some and felt compelled to defend the other coaches since they were slammed as well . Let’s start with Gary Smith , very nice and gracious guy . You got that right . Next I think you called him something like tyrant oh well what ever it was .,He did more for that program than anybody else cared to do in previous years . Upgraded locker room , can’t tell you how many times they had to reseal the floor after it got messed up by whoever. Did a lot to raise money for new uniforms and other things that had gone outdated . X-O wise plenty of in game adjustments and one hitters that always got the player open . Countless hours of film watching . Biggest problem was him trying to implement some of his stuff but also keeping Smith stuff as well trying to buffer that .,Too many changes . Different outcome if it was his team . IMO . I will give you the comment about the practices . Some of them drove me crazy but at sometime we were trying to find that leader on that team to take control when others started acting up . Never materialized and us as coaches failed there . So your right , just not all practices were like that . The other two assistants . One is now a head coach of a freshman team who more or less has the same philosophy as me. You know it’s hard to work a 40 hour plus job then come yell at kids all day . You would like to think after a couple times they would get it . I love what I did and thankful to Gary for letting me do it . The last coach maybe a bit unorthodox with some techniques , but an absolute BBall guru . Can watch a game and take so much away from it . Will have other teams plays and all options off of it . Will take a college offense and dissect the heck out of it . Can teach a 1-3-1 and with right talent give teams fits . All in all last year might have not gone the way everybody thought but the coaching staff wasn’t a train wreck . IMO. I Have too much respect for the new coach’s family to trash him as some feel I have . Never the intention. His brother I always thought was a good guy . His son a class act and a joy to coach . His wife super nice . As for the coach himself , I can’t really speak except from what people in my bible study said about him ., A great family upstanding guy . So I hope the coach can muster up something special for East tonight because last time they came to WH for a regional game 4 years ago it was over fast and got ugly quick . I wonder how many seniors would like that sweet revenge . Ok posters I am done . Good luck to everyone tonight and be safe.

Jn2 it’s been kind of quiet on here this year just turning up the volume . Good luck to you hope you all beat maplewood . Should be a good game

Pretty much everybody comments on coaching . It’s been a travesty for two years I feel this team under achieved . Being around some of them for 6 years . It hits close to home . When teams don’t achieve it’s usually coaching . I could put it on the kids but as most good coaches you don’t do that . Since you don’t know me or want to come talk to me . You don’t know what I know or how I would coach if this was my team . I will say this head coaching now days is a very tough job , especially with talented kids . You make me out to be trashing the coach . Far from that , do I agree with everything he has done , No , I believe he has evolved as a coach from the beginning of the year and have seen signs of huge improvemebt in certain areas in pieces of games . So please don’t think I am trashing you coach cause I am not . He has done a good job , but with addition of a talented transfer I would have expected more as I believe he did as well . Two wins in region and a sub state win can erase all of that . Anybody that has watched this team this summer I believe they all thought a trip to the glass house was the ultimate goal . Yes district 10 is the best district in the state . They are beatable though this year . I always have believed since last year sycamore and especially WH had the formula to advance . So please if you want to talk basketball with me just stop me and we can talk . This way you don’t have to blow your cover since I guess you don’t want people on here to know . I have a good idea . Not too hard . Have a great day today . God bless and good luck tomorrow night . Let’s get that W

I know their is turmoil . I will leave it at that . If you want to put my name out there , at least get it right . Lol . Wonder why you left your name off .

Well it’s fine to throw things around you have no clue about . You don’t know me . You don’t know my philosophy . I know a lot more than you think I do about what has gone on with the team this year . Yes Smith is a super nice guy . Last years team underachieved just as this years team has . Both in my opinion for the same reasons lack of discipline and philosophy in coaching to your talent . This years team has a chance to erase that underachiever next to their name by pulling the upset . And I guess you know I was assistant but nice to know you can hide behind your screen name . There are no sour grapes just have killed me to watch these kids underachieve these past two years . Yes I could have been more vocal but my philosophy I couldn’t force down their throat . I just try to call it like I see it . If that hurts peoples feelings sorry . If I have offended anyone else on here I apologize .

Never said saylor didn’t deserve it ., Sycamore vs pearl . I just think pearl wanted to be opposite of east . Cant prove it though . Pearl best team over there . East right now are fighting with each other . The other night it was really bad . All on separate occasions # 0 , 23,24 .,arguing with each other and a coach . I believe even 24 dad yelling at the coach ..just don’t know how WH can keep them off the boards ., Harpeth no chance and heritage best chance . A team willing to take a charge and playing their best basketball . Pearl and east in the finals even I would like to see MLK and pearl again in the finals .

I saw it tonight with same ref . Made the call stared at the kid for a good 5 seconds every time before going to the table . Awful

J - why I think you were a sycamore guy . Crazy well congrats to you . I wouldn’t say this coach tries to outscore you though or he would have done something to quicken the pace . The one thing I don’t like about awards is why does the team that wins have to get the mvp . I am fine with reg season pick . But tournament mvp was 4 for WH by a landslide . When you lost by 7 that was part of that 8 game losing streak . You are tons better now and this should give you the boost . 9AA needs a win in region somebody win .

Petronie mastered another championship , even though might have went into cardiac arrest when his players jacking 3’s up 6 late . All honesty this game cane down to pace and coaching . Petronie won both .? WH should have been pressing whole game since Heritage didn’t have any ball handlers . Guarantee Maplewood coach saw that tonight . Maplewood s only chance to beat them . 5 had one good look to take the lead and another desperation at the buzzer after a timeout .,Not sure what the play was . Again coaching . Hats off to both 4 seeds for winning the championships . Even though I put pearl under investigation maybe wanting to avoid east in the semi’s . Well maybe now they both get to go to state anyways .

Don’t know what happened !! I can just imagine these days . If coaches worried more about discipline than winning , we wouldn’t have kids questioning calls or showing their butt as another person said . Yes refs need to do their job . So do coaches and the kids . Coaches work the officials kids play the game and hand the ref the ball and go on , not all the questioning and body language . Not all coaches are like this , but a lot are . Sad where our kids are going . I will discipline my kid if the coach won’t . He will respect refs or he will sit . He will learn or he won’t play .

If 9AA ever had a chance it would be this year . Maplewood not that good . And sad east or pearl will not make it to sub state now . Most likely meet in semis . Loser goes home . I like MLK don’t see them beating pearl making them the two seed facing Sycamore in region . Would not shock me if they pull the upset since they have guards and a great coach . Mlk might just be too quick though . I honestly see the winner of 9AA beating maplewood and the two seed getting crushed by east . Harpeth at pearl name your score . 90-30 if they want . Nice to see some posts . J we will agree to just disagree . They need # 5 in the mix if they want to make a serious run . With both 4 and 5 getting their shots from their spots they are pretty tough out . With only 4 shooting 20 times a game and 5 5 times its do or die on one player . Coach at sycamore game put ball in 4 hands at end of game when 5 hadn’t missed a shot whole game and open for game winner instead 4 shoots contested shot not even close . They have a great record but really only should have like 4 losses . This team is built to contend with 10AA with # 4 but not by himself . The first four min the other night they played as a team . If ever could play 32 like that they could be scary . Anything short of region final is another underachieving year . I guess these days it’s hard for kids to play for each other . I feel sycamore plays that way well at least the 4 times I have seen them play in two years

You should really re phrase your last statement . #4 has not made #5 the third best player on the team . The coach and offense has done that . I have watched at least 20 of their games this year . The coach will get all the credit since they got 20 plus wins . Let’s be real he has mis managed this team let’s one player do things and punish players for the same thing . Instead of putting the ball in the hands of # 4 and going one on 5 from the top and never passing , why not use both in a pick and pop situation . He is putting everything on # 4 and that’s sad that a coach would ruin a kid that worked so hard for four years and to be rewarded like this . I mean when he became the second leading scorer in school history . He goes 9/11 from the field for 24 points . Imagine what he could score if he had as many shots as # 4 .,. # 5 has been a true teammate thru all of it . He rarely forces anything to get his . He has developed into a great passer . To him it’s all about the team . Coach’s problem that he has not made it all about the team . It shows on the floor . A lot of times in turns into ME ball . Sad this team talented enough to make a run to the glass house . Just doubt they can do it , with the way their playing . Side note : watched semis of other side . Pearl is unreal very talented and well coached . East upset again in first round . A lot of bickering and coach lost the game taking the ball out of # 3 hands midway thru the third . Maplewood not sure how they ever beat east . Willing to take charges , will give you a chance on beating them . Not that good . MLK . Probably the quickest team there . Guard heavy . All can shoot the 3 . All quick as lightning . Light skin black kid is so quick and can stop on a dime . Big guy inside muscle guy looks like a TE . Maybe 6’2 . He hit a 3 but mainly just a rebounder . They beat east by running 1/2/2 full court press late . Mainly trapping once it came over half or bating you to throw long pass to the middle and with their speed picked it off .,I would say Maplewood is beatable but the other three will take a perfect game to beat them .

Didn’t see it , but maybe they determined it was after the shot and they gave him 2 shots cause they were in double bonus .

He is not player in the district . That might have been the best defensive game they played all year the other night . I would give mvp to 25 or 45 on sycamore .

J if you have watched him , closely he is mis used . He is a spot up shooter and a driver . That’s it . Terrible decision maker , terrible passer when he does pass which is rare . Coach needs to get ball out of his hands when a decision needs to be made . He is all about himself . Just watch the last play of sycamore game. Hottest player in the gym was spotted up for the win instead he forces a shot . Right now he is hurting this team along with the coach not using him right . Put him on a wing for spot up threes if they come out drive . He doesn’t mess up their flow that way . He goes 1 on 5 from the top way too much with poor results . Coach has to take control and reckgonize that . That was great atmosphere the other night . I know people probably weren’t happy with the refs . That might have been one of the better jobs I have seen all year , cause we all know they have been taking a beating lately in the press .

My point exactly , Guess all their kids graduated . WH Coach has to take the leashes off if they are to have a chance at sycamore . I have watched about 10 games this year . Looks like he has let them play a little more , and until that embarrassing loss at Heritsge they were moving in the right direction ., Who is their best player , some will say new kid from Gallstin . I don’t agree , pretty much single handily a long with the coach lost that game . Shot nearly 2-20 from the field . Too much 1 on 5 anybody else on the team gets pulled for that . They have to get Ward more shots . For a kid that has multiple schools looking at him based on his last 3 years . He looks like a player that has lost the confidence in his shooting and his best part of his game is driving and looks like coach has told him to stop doing that . Ward has started all 4 years and increased his average every year till now , lucky to average what he did his freshman year . Saying all that I barely ever see him forcie Shots still hits the open man . The best duo I believe is J Mac to Dustren down low . Once he gets it is two points . He is crafty enough to take it to sycamore bigs . I still believe the key is how Octavian and Ward shoot the ball from 3 . Sycamore hard place to play and game moved up to Monday night .

I believe this year will be the best shot for someone to advance to the region championship . Other side is down but still much better . Nobody is beating East. What hurts 9AA is their style of play . Someone needs to play more up tempo to have a chance to take down the top teams on other side . The slow down tactic only works when you have fundamentally sound players that can handle that type of pressure . There is no team in the district that fits .

So now that penny is gone who is the favorite in AAA next year