BigJohnGoDevils

We will beat the dawgs of warts by 50. From the sounds of it they are in very hard times not only in the win column but with the lack of support from administration, the community and poor coaching.

No one will last at this place. I spent a few years in Maynardville and can tell you the parents and kids have no respect for anything. They expect everyone to do everything for them. No community support what so ever for sports. The little league teams are unheard of. Its just a bad situation all together. The quality of individual in that county is very low and I dont expect that to change. No jobs in the area so drugs are common with almost 70% of families in the county.

I'm thinking now that Sunbright might over take Jellico. Iv heard some good things about the new head coach but im thinking they will lose to Wartburg. To much to get done in such a short period of time.

I would disagree with you on the lack of fan support as I would compare us to many of the same teams from the region. You must of not been to a Harriman vs. Kingston game over the last 20 years but its pretty impressive.

I dont have much faith in the staff at Wartburg to win a game with five all-state players let alone one transfer from Coalfield.

This has happened for years at Coalfield. Those poor ole Morgan County schools have been taken advantage of for years by the ole jackets. At one time I remember they had like four all state kids and all four were from other schools.

How was Oakdale looked in scrimmage play so far? How are the numbers? I was relly impressed with how much improvement the eagles have made over the last 5 years.

There is no way Coalfield would beat AE, they would compete in the region but they would finish behind AE, Grace, and would stand a good chance on losing to a Sweetwater or Rockwood team. The weekly grind day in and day out is tough. They would take a more physical beating week in and out in 2a.

Coalfield 34 CB 7

I agree that AE should beat everyone but I have a feeling they will slip up once. There is no way Rockwood gets beat by Tellico, OZ or Wartburg.

Predictions: 1. Grace Christian- Knoxville 2. Austin-East 3. Sweetwater 4. Rockwood 5. Tellico Plains 6. Oliver Springs 7. Wartburg What do you think?

Harriman will be the sleeper this year, we will surprise some people and we will get surprised as well. My prediction: 1.) Greenback 2.) Coalfield 3.) Harriman 4.) Oneida 5.) Midway 6.) Jellico 7.) Sunbright

I have been a critic of Tapps since he was at Oakdale. The guy reminds me of Davis at Wartburg. Very predictable and Boring but he is a hard worker and is a likable person. I feel like our program would be in much better shape with a younger new age coach but that will never happen as Travis is a Blue Devil but it does get old seeing us with more talent lose games.

New news from the round table. Supposedly Wartburg Middle school has a good coach hired and is doing a good job. I haven't watched much Middle School ball in years but that's a good start in the right direction. It was also discussed on why Davis was hired again a few months back and was supposedly because the Wartburg High Administration didn't open any jobs inside the school for a coach and the only option they had was hire a teacher that was already there and the best candidate from that pool was Davis. He also said that there isn't even a football coach in the school building that they hired a girls basketball coach instead. So from the sound of it, it does sound like football is on the back burner. I cant imagine that would be true but the source was a very good source as he is a retired teacher from Morgan County. If it is true the community needs to demand answers and action.

I'm a bit older than you lol, I played Against some good Kingston teams and played them the year when they went to the state championship and got beat by Brentwood Academy. Iv never seen a more physical team in high school since that Kingston team. After we played that team I was black and blue and hardly could walk.