WilleTheWildcat

It is with great sincerity and loving spirit to lay upon you all the best of Thanksgiving wishes from the WillieTheWildcat's Cat Pack.

In other words for the Murvil fanns...Eat, TV, sheet and repeat.. Beat Oakland!

According to David Clary's Twitter page, the Wildcat Boys play Volunteer Tuesday at 4:00 pm at Sullivan EAST. The game will be on Prep Radio.com and STREAMED LIVE on YouTube Channel Prep Radio.com.

1 hour ago, HTV said:

I don't know about all of the politics at Oak Ridge, but I have been told by some folks close to the situation that this will be a Principal hire.  

Probably a good idea.

1 hour ago, SweetScience said:

I’d love that hire. He applied after Blade left, but of course we hired Gaddis. 

Cool. I did not know that. I bet he would take a lot of cash to get. Me, I would Coach Oak Ridge forAll The Big Ed's I can eat.

I have mentioned Coach Whitten of Betsy twice with no feedback. For the third time call hin and see what it would take to get him.

FYI, Betsy beat Greeneville tonight.

When OR hires Whitten I get to say I told ya so. Just kidding.

2 hours ago, SweetScience said:

This is a good one if you want historical records and things like that of pretty much every team in TN.

http://www.ahsfhs.org/tennessee/

Sweet is on the nail with this one,

I also pay for NFHS and  5StarPrep.

David Clary's Twitter feed is good. Clary's Prep Radio.com and Prep Radio You Tube are solid places.   

TSSAA.org is good.

Several poster on Coach T are excellent. Many Maryville posters. HTV, Sweet Science, Barney and osunut2 are informative and entertaining.

5 minutes ago, dawgs82 said:

Lol, Willie you ain't right! No, wait a minute, I did the same thing, only picked the opposite, Powell on here, Rhea Co. on the Big Ones contest. I need some upset on the contest to get back in it.

Once you fall behind on The Big One Contest it is almost over for you. I've seen some people get back in he game but I've never have done it.

5 minutes ago, osunut2 said:

This game feels like a toss-up to me, but I think the cold could be an interesting factor that should play in Rhea's favor. Looking forward to a great game!

osunut2...Feeling uncertain? Think both teams can win? Well, you've come to the right place. Just do what I did :

On this tread, I picked Rhea County. On the CoachT.com Big Ones Contest  I selected Powell.

3 hours ago, BarneySox2007 said:

I personally think it was a slap in the face. You didn't see Maryville go out and go hire someone else, plus he had Gaddis there at his finger tips if he needed help. I must of set my clock forward two weeks a couple of weeks ago to know what was going down over there and I told it on the Oak Ridge 2022 thread, 3rd page you boy's don't know it yet but your fixing to get a new coach and then Czarstar865 said I was a clown if anyone would like to check back and fact check it. All I'm saying is if Oak Ridge don't get a home run hire which right now is looking very doubtful this will haunt them for years to come.

I remember the "clown" comment and don't need to fact check you.

Don't worry, I have a crystal ball that says OR will hit a Home Run Hire. Does the name Saban ring a bill??? Well, who cares cuz it ain't Nick.

The new OR coach will be Coach Clifford the BIg Red Cat-Dog. I am not sheeting you.

1 hour ago, BarneySox2007 said:

Not going to argue with a HOF Coach that just retired. He said no so that is good enough for me.

I am looking forward to watching both Alcoa and Maryville win State down here in Chattanooga. Best of luck Barney and BC.

Final Stats.... Oak Ridge  76 - 66.

Stewart   6

Green  4

Clark  28

Hart  11

Lindsey   2 

Porter (FR,) 20

OR is young and injured but we are alright.

• Oak Ridge defeats the Lady Cherokee  76  -  66   tonight. GREAT TIP OFF!

The Lady Wildcats are off until Dec. 2 at Alcoa.

Now, let's go to the Coach T Boys Basketball Board and follow the Wildcats against McMinn County.

At the end of 3 quarters OR 52   MCHS  51.

The main radio sponsor for the Prepradio.com broadcast is Mike Kelly, a 1982 grad like me. Best wishes Mike, Besty and Gary.

An exciting season of Girls Basketball has tipped off in Oak Ridge. The Lady Wildcats are playing McMinn County tonight in the Wildcat Arena / Jill Prudden Floor.

OR has 13 varsity players 5 of which are Freshmen. Remember, Oak Ridge Robertsville Middle School were Middle School State Runner ups in 2020 and STATE CHAMPIONS in 2021. Oak Ridge Jefferson Middle School also supplies ORHS with talent.

Starting tonight for OR were Stewart, Hart, Green, Clark and Lindsey. Porter and Cleveland saw action in the First half of the game. Several Lady Wildcats are missing tonight due to injuries.

The Lady Wildcats are ahead at the half  32 - 31.

Not sure if somebody has thought about Coach Clarke Duncan yet? He posted a nice Tweet to Coach Gaddis and Gaddis has said they were friends. Would he be a good fit for the Wildcats?

Oh, just for the record...I will not apply nor accept  the Head Coaching Football position at Oak Ridge.

However, I am always available to sit in the Press Box and eat Big Eds. I will even buy my own pie. I will need an assistant to sneak beer into the stadium. JK.

3 hours ago, WilleTheWildcat said:

I've tried to be fair to both teams. Here is my winner of the game,

Rhea County wins 41 - 38.

Ummmm, I just did the CoachT Big Ones Contest....and Picked Powell.

I am just really into this game but go back and forth as to who will win.

I've tried to be fair to both teams. Here is my winner of the game,

Powell has more athletes at the skill position. When Potts is rolling they are just about unstoppable.

Rhea County is fun to watch on offense. I try and follow who has the ball but get lost a lot.

Powell has the great DL but sometimes their Defense breaks down.

Rhea is going to have to contain the Panthers QB.

Rhea County wins 41 - 38.

41 minutes ago, SweetScience said:

I would personally go out by myself and lay the red carpet down for him if he really was.

You would not be by yourself. I would be their in a Recliner, drinking beer and eating gummy bears as I watch the Sweet Sweat Roll Sweet Sweat Roll.

The Lady Wildcats are like a volcano waiting to explode  With Youth galore starting alongside grizzly old vets this season will be fun to watch. Road trips to Arizona and Greeneville should have them Tournament Season ready.

RWR! May the Wildcat Force be with you.

1 hour ago, DCCATVOICE said:

Coach Gaddis and I are going to do one more show tonight. Beginning at 7:00. The link is below.

https://boxcast.tv/view/coaches-corner-with-joe-gaddis-973185

That is a great idea David. Good luck and I hope it will put certain things to rest. But I fear some people will never be satisfied and continue to wants details that frankly they are not entitled to. People have the right to expect some of their employment details to remain private. Since Coach G is employed by a Public School system some details should be public. However, just because some people in the community want to gossip doesn't mean Gaddis has to feed their quest to be busy bodies.

That is probably clear as mud. I like Coach Gaddis. He made me proud to be a graduate of ORHS.

Now, David, please have an Introduction to the 2021- 2022 Basketball season soon. I am very excited for this coming season for both girls and boys. Thanks David for all you and your team do for the Basketball program and Basketball Wildcats fans.

2 minutes ago, HTV said:

So I know that I am not as close as some of you native Oak Ridgers are, but I do know some folks who are close.  I am getting the vibe that it's already been decided who the target is. All that's left is to work out the fine print. 

I guess time will tell on that one. 

Let us know when you know. I am very out of the loop.

7 minutes ago, bounder said:

Hey folks don't be in such a hurry! This all came down yesterday and it's just barely tomorrow. I don't know what's going on but it will all work out, for the best I hope. Where's Willie with some positive thoughts? I'm sure the powers knew before yesterday Joe was leaving, not sure about Miner, that kinda surprised me. The powers will get together and work out a plan, it isn't like coaches wouldn't want to come to Oak Ridge. The potential is here just need someone to pick up the ball and run with it.

WILDCAT PRIDE

I do think Oak Ridge will be back in the hunt for a Region title next season. The new coach will bring more excitement to the Program. However, Coach Gaddis DID NOT leave us without many fine players. The Wildcats will have to fight and work hard from now until the start of next season to get the job done. The players must hold themselves accountable and so must the coaches. Even the community must pitch in.

Bounder is right we must not rush to get a hire. However, it is fun to speculate. So far my favorites are Rosser ( formerly at Central ). Coach Whitten at Betsy and the Price twins from Campbell County.

RWR! May the Force be with the Wildcats!

7 hours ago, oridgecat said:

Hey Willie, first post on the bball boards.  I do get down to the arena for the bigger games.  Maybe you can answer me this.  I was looking on another well know prep sports website at our schedule.  It showed our schedule through 2/12/22.  It had district and non-district games noted.  The only two teams on the entire schedule that were listed as district games were CC and Plow.  That can't be right can it?

No, I think that website must have our new District wrong. Our current Class 4-A Region 2 District 3 includes Karns, Campbell County, West, Central, Powell and Oak Ridge. CoachT has our District correct.  OR plays all District teams twice. We now only play Clinton once. I hope that helps. RWR!

I would drink the Price kool aid. They worked hard and made Campbell County a tough team to play.

Thank you for the pity bone to Oak Ridge. Next year we will be worthy of a ranking.