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Wish those few that are moving on,had another year for the Devils.The Anderson County game reminded me of the 98 Vols game against Arkansas,very happy to leave with a win.Seth Crawford saved the season for the Devils in that game.As for who wins the state,you don't have to look back but a couple years ago in 4A to know nothing is a given in football.Catholic was the odds on favorite and lost to Fulton.Central had the great run and shocked Devil ,Fulton and Marshall co. fans before getting beat in the championship game against Memphis East.

I'll say this about last years game.A win is a win nomatter how it happened.I'm thankful Greeneville has a head coach and staff like we do,along with a great strength program.Had DB had the same with last years senior class,that would have been a very special 6A team for sure.

A few from Greeneville and Greene county....Camp creek,Baileyton,Saint James,George Clem

In this case,a better analogy might be climbing up the wrong tree or something with a cat reference.Anyway,I'd bet money Waco is just as happy if someone doesn't like him as if they do.Makes for a good read when he is at odds with someone,even if it's myself at times.Tough love in today's times for sure when you can't say or do anything without making someone cry.

I talked to Robbie last summer and told him what a great job he had done over at North.I know he is the kind of coach any kid would give 100% to play for but I don't know what his plans are now.Great guy and a super coach.

What if DB could get Two Witten's.My kids really liked going to Jason's camps when they were small.I remember one was standing in line to get a picture with a Tennessee player and I made him come over to where Jason was and we got a real nice picture of them together.There have been a lot of athlete's do well in this area but not many can compare to what Jason has done as a player and person.I'm working with one of his former Elizabethton teammates today and nothing but good words for both.

I really liked coach Watson as a person and a coach.I'd loved to seen him be here for this last class............

Great to hear about those Devil players getting offers.I don't know about the rest of you old Devils and Devil fans,but I'm still pretty darn happy about 2017 .

That is some skill you have Sdot ! One of my kids met Big Lou a few years ago and said he was still a monster of a man.I'll have to disagree on Coach being Waco .Yes both have the same kind of skill set when it comes to quick remarks but that's where it ends for this reason.If you have read Waco over the years,the defensive side has came under some fire and I'm talking Nuclear Bomb heat.Now the man that has put those coaches on the defensive side and had a lot to do with getting them to DB is coach Clark.So,for coach Clark to be Waco,he would really have to be Wacko and also very skilled to be on the sidelines putting stuff on coacht without being noticed.Sure there could be others on his account but they would also have to be wacko.I truly think Waco got under coaches skin over the years for him to make the 3rd grade remark.Had it been about Batman's spelling,I would have agreed and said it's maybe even first grade or preschool .You got to have very thick skin to be a coach because everyone of us parents,fans and so on will tell it how we see it and sometimes we all cross the line or write stuff we shouldn't have ,just like coaches sometimes make a mistake because we are all human.

It doesn't hit a nerve about Greeneville and Swipes hit a little as to why.Greeneville has a solid staff from the top down and they take weight lifting to another level and that's something I always talked about with the Tribe.I think DB has had some great coaches on staff over the years.I don't think many coaches will ever put in the hours coach Clark has to prepare a team and some of the guys like coach Watson,Holt ,Christian,Wagner and many more have been really good there.It's just putting all the parts together with a staff that works well together and winning those darn playoff games that no question could have been better over the years and not because there wasn't enough talent or good enough coaches to beat frigging McMinn county and so on.Your right,It will take letting a coach come in and build a great staff and do something that hasn't been done in a while,get all the athletes out for football as well. I remember asking if a young man running track about 10 years ago played football and I think it was you Stonewall that said we have tried but he just won't play.A great hire and a few more coaches that the players love like coach Watson when he was at DB ,might get things turned around.But we all know it's a band school first and that might never change.

I'm just glad he is at GHS.I don't know what he makes,but I doubt money would matter this year under the circumstances.Even if a few of Kingsports very motivated football fans wanted to make a point.I can't imagine the game between Greeneville and DB next year.No ,there wouldn't be enough money if I were coach Ballard.

Yep,if DB had what Maryville has had in football for the past several years,I can't imagine Friday nights in Kingsport.J Fred would probably have to look more like Neyland stadium to hold all the people.

Agree it would be very tough this year because of Cades senior year but Kingsport's pockets are plenty deep enough .It just depends on what their spending money for.They waste millions of dollars up here .DB is a band school first without question.

I hope things stay the same in G-town for years to come.Just keep getting the directors

Agree 100%.You could post this for a vast number of football programs around NET.For many NET high school programs it's the same sad results for those that pay the biggest price,the high school players.I've been hard on a few coaches but most are still really good men even if I disagree with how they do some things as coaches.That's just being a parent and nothing brings out our feelings more then our kids.I don't know GS and can't say what kind of man or coach he is.I just hope it works out for the players at DC.

I can understand how a lot of people in Greene county feel about a "super school" and the travel along with everything else.It's going to be a cluster for a lot of parents and kids up here in Sullivan county with some of those things in a year or two.Far as playing against the big boys go,you never know.A monster Greene county High might be like Jeff county was back a few years ago when they were very tough in football,won the state in 1987 I think it was.I could have very well went to South Greene myself if things would have went a little different.Greene county boys are tough as hail but they have never had anything close to what we have had at GHS with the facilities,coaching and so on.The talent has been there in many sports over the years like baseball and girls basketball at South Greene or Saint James before SG even opened.One great coach in girls basketball put them over the top years ago and who is to say what could happen in football if Greene county had the right combo like GHS does .It would be nice for the Greene county schools as they are ,to get a lot more money to help with education first as well as sports.My youngest two were lucky to have all the the benefits of a top school like DB for academics and every school in the state should have what Greeneville and DB have to offer in education.Greeneville is special like Maryville in the fact they are getting it done in the class and on the field.Not an easy task.

Some great plays by some great athletes.Number 2 and number 1 are both special to Batman on this vid.Number 2 because of it being a Devil who not only made a great play there but was huge all year and his game against AC alone should put him in our Greeneville football hall of fame.Number 1 happens to be one of my youngest son's best friends and he is not only a great player but a great young man.So I'm pretty happy with this little clip .Yes there were thousands of great plays from the region we didn't get to see but these were very nice.Above all,best of luck to all the area seniors as they take the next step in their lives,nomatter what high school you go to or how good your sports programs.

Yes he done an awesome job but brother , Your vids are from the heart and that's something very few can compete with when it comes to Devil fans watching.Man that last vid is a classic you just made for the championship and don't sale yourself short on how important that will be to these players when they are old men like us. Great job !

Still finishing watching your championship video BVD,so far it's been awesome.Just finished watching at 1:00 in the morning.Great job on the championship video week before ,during and after the game.You have to be a Devil to really 100% appreciate the countless hours of work you put into that video brother and I do.Once again ,thanks to all the coaches and players along with everyone around the Devil program for bringing this state championship back home to Greeneville and North East Tennessee.

That's an awesome video by Brandon Casteel on youtube.

Yep, I like the new coach.Oh,double click on my little New coacht profile picture.more then just a trophy.Or rather,click on the picture once and when it goes to my page,click on it again.it's the team holding it

The traveling maybe as much as 8 or more hours would be the problem.If a Memphis area school could hop on a jet and be in the Knoxville area in an hour or so,that would be alright or if say Greeneville done the same and headed West.That's not the case but yes it would be nice to start from even the 2nd or 3rd round of the playoffs and do that , we would have some really bad matchups early but get the true best teams from all over the state playing later.I doubt many schools other then the most powerful would go along however.

I once got nearly as excited as BVD when it came to the VOLS.I really took a step back when my own kids started growing up and Tennessee won the 98 championship.I guess everyone around the Tennessee football program must have had kids for the last 20 years as well ,because they have not done chet.I can remember getting " both " Knoxville papers and a national paper every day to try and find news about the VOLS,man if we had the net back then ! Remember me and BVD in Alabama when Peyton and the VOLS were winning 42-14,some great times and wish they could come back to Knoxville again.

Winning them all was great this year but I'm more interested in winning 5 playoff games as the main goal next year.If DB can keep all their key returners ,they should have a very tough backfield and QB,as well as some good lineman.They will be a great playoff prep game for the Devils.As far as punching a ticket to the 2018 finals right now,NO WAY any of us know if that will happen. With the loss of Seth alone,there goes one of the most valuable players in the state this year on defense and (maybe this is a tad large on the percentage) about 51% of the reason my Devils got past AC .So there will have to be a lot of improvement if Martin and AC are playing at home and healthy if we meet again.Can't look past Elizabethton, ever.None of us may live another year so I'm very happy to be living as a 2017 championship Devil fan.For goodness sakes,I'm just going to enjoy what we have now and worry about 2018 in 6 months or so.

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