OneEyedKing

2 minutes ago, BarneySox2007 said:

Not looking to bash teams but to get conversation on what has been the problem these schools have had that keep them at the bottom. I took a year and a half off from watching Maryville and went to a lot of the smaller schools to see a family member play a few years ago and had a great time. I would love more than anything to go see a Sunbright or a Lookout Valley game sometime. 

Barney I  know you didnt mean anything by it. I am just sensitive to the small schoolsas they just have so many more obsticles to over come with lack of money, coaches players. And I come from a small school all those small schools who can get kids out are winning imo. the bigger schools can be  riticized more imo. 

small schools struggling to find boys to play football shouldn’t be something we make fun instead we should look to find positive in every situation. Win lose or draw our country is better off when young men learn the values I learned in the gridiron. Calling out dumpster fires in these small schools isn’t something to be doing 

27 minutes ago, BigTime1950 said:

So throw some names out there that you think can get HVA back to competing with the other Knox County Schools and surrounding counties for Ws and players. You have to compete and succeed close to home first if you are going to be successful. Would CWJ come back?

kevin lane brad Taylor?

4 hours ago, BarneySox2007 said:

Barney's winner for 2A is Cumberland Gap then Tellico Plains on a close second followed by West Greene.

Every since coach case left the range hasn’t been great. south Greene is going though so you gotta think he knows his stuff 

great to be in the dawg house tonight for the first time in years. 72-67 west with a win butreally wasnt close. Dont know tjat coach for west but many he had me ready to play their attitude and effort and overall fundamentals were great. Concessiojs just like remember. Had buddys right before the game. Didnt seem to be the community aTmaosphere like I remember a decade ago. keep fighting bearden. Can tell it’s a down year from the teams I remember but it’s early so growth to be had. 

Appreciate you Dawg

wheres the game tonight. heading down 81 in 10 minutes.

14 hours ago, Elias287 said:

The varsity team will be good as always, but I recently started going to the Bearden junior varsity games, and the size difference is crazy, as is the speed they play at, which is full speed. It honestly looks like a varsity team is out there playing against a junior varsity team. And none of the players that play on the JV team are on the varsity roster, which is even more crazy, but I guess that’s how you make a powerhouse start with junior varsity and freshman and work them up to varsity. I’ve never seen anything like it in my life, and for the freshmen team, the difference is ridiculous, just the speed and size at which they play vs their opponents. I went to the Karns JV game, and the Bearden point guard was almost, if not bigger, than the Karns center. Now, I’m sure that’s nothing new for the Bearden fans or the basketball team, but I’ve been to numerous freshman and junior varsity games, and I’ve never seen a size difference and just the flat out display of power like the freshman and JV team diss out every game. Even when I was going there many, many years ago, there was kind of a size difference and a speed difference, which I guess thinking back now. The junior varsity team was undefeated for all four years while I was there, so I guess I kind of remember, but it was definitely nothing like what the teams are nowadays.

bright future for the dogs then. is james bartlett still the principal there? he wasa lways a really nice man and seemed like a good leader.

49 minutes ago, Swipes said:

Lambert is  a great Coach but he went and was the D Coordinator at University of the Cumberlands which is NAIA not NCAA.

didn't realize where he went. just knew he had gone to that level at some point during his stops. i wonder how he liked the recruting part of it

that dc at Anderson county could. He did I think. Really think a lot of CTL

21 hours ago, pdover1776 said:

So anyone else heard of the elite coach that visited campus over there today?  If true the “bull” would definitely be a winner.

only bulls around east tennessee are johnson county longhorns in mountan city and anderson county longhorns up 75. and west greene buffs here in mosheim. 

1 hour ago, dogbull495 said:

Who will apply for this job? Could be a good job with the right person.

this has to be the worst job to come open in east tennesseee so far. sandwiched in between all the privates, farragut, oak ridge and now the recruiting machin bearden. and 6a right? are they in the northern 6 a region or the one with bradley?

Some pretty good coaches getting out of it early in that Knoxville area. wow. All before new years. Wonder whose next

40 minutes ago, JournalEntry said:

No that was not my intention. Jahvin was the best player on the court hands down. You can tell why he’s committed to PSU. My criticism has more to the defensive philosophy last night trying to contain him. Looked like we couldn’t get it figured out in man or in zone and he ate us up. Just hope we can be more creative down the stretch to play more stingy defense.

what do you think in your opinion is wrong with what you see from Bearden? and how does that different from CMB? Is it the X’s and O’s? Is it the culture? until this Friday I haven’t been able to see a CJP squad  in person. what needs to be fixed?

I was hoping he might stay in East tn selfishly but maybe he has looked at the state of hs football in TN and how it chanced since 2016 and wants no part of it. good luck to CGQ.

i only watched the TV games from Mark Parker. i thought the Defense was stout. and that was run by Lane right Id say the only thing that stood out to me was even though the DL was big, i thought they didn't play very hard and didn't paly with great toughness or technique. just seemed to underachieve with the talent they had. Im not sure why that was. secondary was tough! CKL is always a name i see brought up and by all accounts if hes hired as a head coach he will do a good job. 

10 minutes ago, JournalEntry said:

You have a good one in Coach Windle, as well. He has to be one of the best kept secrets in the state. Tons of experience and it shows.  He’s shown that he can coach at a high level at all of his stops.

ive always said that im not interested in how many wins a coach has. I'm interested in what that coach does with the talent hes got. especially in high school sports when recruiting is not part of the job description. Good for the govs. why i always respected the great Charlie Bayless. he got the most out of his boys.

6 minutes ago, GovMan said:

Blount has the best "1-2 combination" in East Tennessee, not just in their district.  If they do manage to beat Bearden this year, that will be one of the big reasons.

 

wow. thanks for that govman. I love seeing success for you guys. Good luck this season

maybe one of the coaches unloaded from carson newman comes to GCA. thinking baptist to baptist connection. 

24 minutes ago, BroadwayBarberShop said:

They ain't beating Blount. 

how can that be? how can a school like william blount beat a school like bearden. with the talent pool that bearden has, i just Don't understand. Im not arguing. I just don't get that. 

Betsy vs pearl cone freebirds.

On 12/6/2023 at 10:45 PM, JSCOTT said:

Northwest is now open.

is that job ever closed?

who calls the defebse for the dawgs? 

10 hours ago, JournalEntry said:

Big district game Friday vs West. West coming off a 3 game win streak with most previous win against D-B. I bet that makes JP jealous knowing West got the chance to beat down D-B. I hope he can circle the wagons after that crushing defeat against Fulton. Just never really felt like we were in it. CJW teams will make you feel that way, historically. Just a great coach.

where is the game on Friday im coming into do early Christmas with the sister and nieces and nephews. would love to catch some high school bball action with football over with. Looks like two good teams about to square off.

1 hour ago, QSouth89 said:

I've heard rumors that Brentwood Academy was going to try and hire Coach Quarrels.  I think he will stay in the college ranks.

ive also seen the same here on the message boards. You just never know with these privates even though its a longshot. they seem to always have more flexibility and it depends on how willing they are to be good.