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With my schedule,we don't get to talk a lot of football until it's about time.He not only knows the Devils,BVD knows the game very well.BVD also benched over four hundred when he was in high school and knows a little about that part of the sport and how important strength training is to a team.That use to kill me when my kids were playing at DB,maybe that is all good now .

I'd rather win and have people say what do you expect if I were DB. I told my friend yesterday that hope his son and all the kids have a great season and even a great game against my Devils,but I want the Devils to still beat them.For some reason he wants my Devils to lose,as I would have a year or two ago myself

As I said today when talking to an old buddy.DB is loaded with talented players,one is his son.There is no reason that DB couldn't have been in the hunt this year except for the obvious.The leaders in K town could care less about sports.It wouldn't shock me to see DB win most of their games and make a nice run but it also wouldn't if they had a season like the last couple.The Devils have a really nice team and I look forward to the 2017 season.In no way will I say the matchup is a done deal either way because I know what DB has and I know what the Devils have.Could be ugly either way or it could be very close.That's why they play the games

That's another way of looking at it.A coach has a bunch on him and a lot is ask of anyone who takes that job.I like the fact that Greeneville has a great coach who also does those things but wins games come playoff time.I like knowing we might win a state or atleast be dang competitive deep into the playoffs most years.

I don't think it matters if DB can beat Greeneville {850 students } or Alcoa {550 students} it's up to coach Clark and when he is ready.Look back at the playoffs ,say McMinn co or a 28 point lead in 2nd half to Sevier county and any number of fails.Obviously ,there is nobody above Clark with a set of balls who will fire him .

I guess my point is,the Devils and Alcoa together would be half the size of DB.DB gets crap for the investment made over the last decade.I've always said the talent has been there at DB and heard atleast two DB coaches say it's not with my own ears.The Devils will be a top five 4A team as they have been for the last several years but I seen this senior class at DB when they were in the 8th at Sevier and Robinson.Sevier killed Greeneville and Robinson beat them in the playoffs before beating Sevier.DB's 9th grade team that next year only lost to Greeneville's jv and beat SH twice.There is a problem at DB and it's not your talent, DB still has 3 times the students to choose from compared to Greeneville.It's not the players in Kingsport and I argue that with every suckazz here at the big E when I hear them repeat what this coach or that coach said.There is no way DB should have had the season's they have had and it should be down right embarrassing for those DB players from back in the day to wonder how they will do against Greeneville . As A former Devil however and with a cousin playing for them ,it would give me great pride to hear a few more of those stupid excuses about Andy and Mayberry after a big Devil win.Big time if it helps the next bunch of Indians coming up to have what my kids never got from DB.

Had DB brought in a GQ type of coach a couple years back,I think they would be a contender to win it all this year.I would have hated the first game for the Devils.As it is,from what I seen in middle school,DB should still beat them.This is not middle school however and with the staff Greeneville has,it's anyones game.I don't know who scheduled Greeneville and Alcoa,but I'd rather had two powerhouse 6A teams if I were DB.

It's always a hard call for a coach who has a good team going against teams they should beat with no problems.You leave the starters in to long and get one hurt.You take them out after one or two quarters all year and ask the subs to run up the middle all night ? Then you have a problem when a great deep team comes calling in the playoff.No,I like playing the starters a little longer towards the end of the year and when your putting the young guys in all year.let them play to win.If your on the other side ,it also sucks but Greeneville has to take care of Greeneville and however they want to do it,I'm fine.I've wished a million times I'd not moved to Kingsport and had my two good athletes wearing the devil helmet, because I've seen how a program can be turned into a cluster up here when the band and good ole boys are first.

Looks like after last year that the Memphis area is awake and very strong .To be the man,you got to beat the man.Some monsters moved on out of the east and one came into 4A,Elizabethton.Giving Alcoa all they wanted was a shock but Jason Witten's school with his brother coaching now,is very strong as they have been in the past.I hope Greeneville can come in a have another special season.The staff is great and the offense should be very strong and fun to watch.I wouldn't count several teams on this list out and as I like to say,you never know who will have a special team that makes a run .Just hope that team has a Greene Devil as their mascot

It will probably be pretty is the nice thing I'd say.As a parent after the other day and everything that is going on in the country,I'd rather see more money spent on the safety of our kids.More guys in blue at all the schools and a dang cross walk behind DB before a kid gets killed.

Very positive and much like a good politician.I'm sure someone could say you left out this team or that.Really,you never know who will have a breakout year or who will have a lot of bad luck during the year.

The Devils have a very Good program.It didn't happen by accident.To think the middle and western part of the state will hand the gold ball to whomever comes out of the east in 4A wouldn't be very smart.Someone correct me ,but who won it last year.Isn't the team that gave Alcoa all it wanted last year a factor in an arrogant thought like cake walk.It takes a great team and sometimes a little luck to stay healthy and play all the way to a championship.Sure with every great program that left 4A,it cleared some of the path,but as last year shows.There are plenty of programs that can more then replace those championship obstacles

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps. Confucius

Awesome news !

Sometimes batman has to step back even though I'm a Devil.Last night one of the best returning DB players got my attention and ask how I was doing.He is a super all around athlete and I always liked this young man as I have so many that are still playing or moved on.I wish him and this group of seniors all the best as they finish up and move on in life.This is another one of those young men that could start anywhere and has made some huge plays through out his playing days.Every time I see one of these players or former players,I take the extra minute or two to say a kind word and tell them how I wish them the best and what fine athletes they are.They read what these suck -ups say and I like to remind them what the truth is.

I would hate to have a kid that is driving age having to travel from parts of Sullivan county to where the new school will be located.If they move the Sevier middle school kids over to north like they are saying,it will be a pain for a lot of kids and parents when it comes to sports.Maybe that's why it was done.I would have rather seen that shet hole mall torn down and a new school built there for both Sevier and Robinson kids .Then build a nice place out on stone drive to shop or see a movie like they have in Bristol.

Have you overtook Maryville in championships yet ? I know it's got to be close either way.

I guarantee you there are athletes at DB from what I know and what I've seen.The problem is getting all of them out and keeping them out for football and basketball.I never want to see my coach or staff leave Greeneville,but I'd bet any amount that would be an overnight fix if a coach like Ballard were to come up here and put together a staff with some new blood mixed in with a few that are on staff and bring the program back to life.All those kids coming up and all the former players deserve better then the political horse crap that Kingsport has going on.The tax payers dang sure deserve a better return on their money

Seen on the local news where they are having a meet and greet tonight at the school

Well,if coach Sensabaugh can win 8 games in his first year at a school that has never won 8 games in a single season "Ever", that would be no small accomplishment ! I wish him well,he can't do worse then some of the local coaches have done.

I think the new young coach just needs to be the best coach Hunt he can be and not try to be the next GQ.Very few coaches will ever match that or not need to carry a play chart to know exactly what play for any situation.Maryville invest as someone wrote and they will continue to be successful.Those programs that won't make changes that need to be made,have only themselves to blame.

Very true that everyone can't afford to transfer and that's probably a good thing for many programs but not for many kids that won't play for several of those coaches.I can't see a reason for DB or SH not to be a powerhouse in all sports.No other school in NET should be able to compete with either of them with any kind of consistency.Just from the athletes that play for DB and the ones that I've seen that are there in the halls,is enough to know my Devils shouldn't have a chance on the football field.Much like years ago when DB dominated all of the locals as well as teams around the state and even country,but there was no playoff system.I'm thankful Greeneviile has people who care about sports as well as education and the band program.I hope the Devils can give DB a great opening game come football time but I'll go ahead and give a huge edge to that great Kingsport band.

Anybody heard how the weight training is going this off season. It won't be long before teams are coming to see what the Devil's are made of.

Got a chance to see where a few of the former DB basketball players and other athletes are still playing a high school sport these days.I talked to some parents during a couple of Kingsport city rec games about the DB football program as well.A parent of one of the football starters and in my mind ,a young man that should have already been a D1 top prospect,said he will transfer to another school .If it happens or not,I've known this family for years and wish this young man all the best. I seen another kid there that was atleast 6'7'' and 300 pounds and had great foot movement. I asked where he went to school.Answer ? DB ,but he doesn't play football ! I've heard people say there were no athletes at DB.I guess like myself,they just have not seen all the kids walking the halls that could be playing football or another sport at many of the local high schools..

That is a really strong schedule.I like the message it sends as a top program that is not afraid to take on any team at any time.Best of luck next year.I hope atleast a couple of those games can be seen state wide.