OldEagleEye

On 4/4/2022 at 2:53 PM, Cakeman said:

Hopefully the Admin will let him bring in some new assistants!

Tullahoma is hiring new assistants, Easy Money-towel waver-and1-standonthechair has been let go.

Congrats to Chad Hibdon, new Girl's Coach at Tullahoma.

15 hours ago, EagleOldEyes said:

we have had our fair share of issues that I will agree with and can not dispute.  but i will say we have one of our own who we have not told to get lost and she has not won a district championship as you mentioned but she works hard with a competitive team each year. no sense in running good young coaches off when it is already hard to find people who want to deal with such a tough profession.  if it is still posted then nobody has jumped off the page at those doing the hiring and anyone with any sense would do their homework before applying and try to find out why the previous coach in the program would leave. parents? administration?  I am happy to keep our kids at franklin county 

Competitive team lol, they are 1-19 in district the last 2 seasons and have lost those 19 games by 500+ points. The boys coach did a great job this year and was very competitive while winning a regular season district championship. The girls were pitiful again and only beat Shelbyville who was 2-7 in the district and 0-3 in postseason SMH, 1-19 and a 500 point deficit and you say competitive, no need to even try and talk to some people. 

Coach Brian Porter of Lawrence Co was Coach of the year.

LOL , Coffee beat riverdale by 25 last year. It was a complete mismatch from start to finish. Bottom line Coffee Co caught a horrible break by Blackman losing in the District tournament last year. Coffee was head and shoulders above everyone else from 7-AAA last year. They lost a 5 point game against Blackman who went on to beat Tullahoma by 40 in the region championship. Talk all you want but Blackman and Coffee were the best 2 teams in the region. Coffee dismantled Tullahoma 3 times during the regular season and got rewarded by having to play a #1 seed. But it is what it is, by far the toughest region/substate in Tennessee. Blackman, Riverdale, Oakland, Stew Creek, Coffee Co, White Co, Stone Memorial, Cookeville, Bredley Central and only 2 can make it to state. It's a shame teams can't be seeded after district tournaments. The goal should be to get the top 8 teams to the boro and that rarely happens.

7 hours ago, EagleOldEyes said:

that is false of a statement as I have ever heard. I was there and the score was deliberately ran up by coffee pressing the entire first quarter playing the starter all the way to the fourth quarter until you did not play them anymore. reason the Vinson girl did not score as many in 3rd is she had a special defense on her and could not score so do not try to twist it to make it sound like coffee coaches get a pass on this.  injuries happen when you do this and people do not tolerate it I am just glad my rebelettes showed class something the coffee team did not 

1 of many fouls against Bella 1st period. Coffee Co played 10 girls in the 1st half and played all 12 the 2nd half, including 3rd string the entire 4th period. BTW the 3rd string outscored Franklin Co 16-2 in the 4th. If you wanna see more intentional fouls just go to the article on Thunder Radio. 

16 hours ago, LadyCavsFan said:

Well that’s a fair question.  It takes time to build a program as a new coach unless you are gifted a star player.  I based what I said off of what I saw from the middle school team over the past couple years and the JV team that I saw last year.  I am not saying they are loaded with talent but you can see a culture change on the high school/jv team especially with effort.  They have had really good players that weren’t  team players and didn’t work hard.  To be a good team you have to put in the work.  I like the fire I see in their coach and they have some players coming.   And don’t forget where they play 6AAA is no joke.  Records are one thing but if you change the culture that record will change too!

You are correct about the District being tough. Warren will not beat Stone, Cookeville or White Co. , I actually don't think they will be competitive in those games. Stone, Cookeville and White Co beat them by a combined 300 points last year. but I guess 2-6 would be improved over 0-8. I think as much as Rhea lost that Warren can beat them, but the other 3 games may be 300 points difference again. I just hope we get to play the games this year. Good luck to you this season.

42 minutes ago, LadyCavsFan said:

You must have it the bottle before that post.    Vodka is BAAAD!    We don't have 5 teams to compete at the state level.  Not this year.  

Stone has a great team.   Something bad would have to happen to keep them out of the top 2.   

Warren is building something but is going to need some time.   

I agree with you 100% on Stone, White and Cookeville, all are very good teams that are well coached,  but to say Warren is building something is way off base. They went 2-26 including 0-8 in district and had an average losing margin of 30 ppg. What exactly are they building? Sounds like a double wide with no plumbing lol

53 minutes ago, EagleOldEyes said:

Coffee will be good for years. I watched Olivia Vinson play AAU today and she is the real deal. Gonna be a great PG for the Lady Raiders. She understands the game and performs at a very high level. 

Wilson Central is where he won the 2 Gold Balls

Bud Brandon is the new coach at Cannon Co. Congrats Coach Brandon!!!

2 hours ago, yomomma81 said:

Its funny hearing so many folks on here talk about how awesome Cope is as a coach. I have a question though, his teams has always won a bunch of games every year, but has he ever lead a team to the state tournament? Its one thing to schedule the school for the blind 3 or 4 times in a year and have a 20+ win season year in and year out, but to me, from the outside looking in, its not paying off in the long run and ending in his teams reaching Murfreesboro. I think the same thing was the case at Dekalb Co. too. I could be mistaken and will gladly own it if I am. 

Lmao sounds like a parent of a team that couldn’t beat Coffee, Coffee played riverdale, Blackmon, white co, Baylor, Madison academy, huntland, tullahoma, Bartlett all teams who won tonight. That is 8 teams who are moving on. Fact is tonight was the region championship- coffee and Blackmon were by far the best 2 teams in the region and they drew each other first round. Great game that could have went either way. 26 in a row in 8-AAA, great season Lady Raiders. To bad you couldn’t have played the 4th place team tonight. 

7 hours ago, sdawg said:

You are right except for the region. Upperman was upset in the semi finals against Dekalb. So they never played in the regions last year.

Upperman beat sequatchie by 40 in the region then got upset in the region semis 

4 teams go to region smh, get ur facts right

Hats off to Franklin Co., they led wire to wire. Tullahoma totally dominated my Eaglettes, Gonna be a fun weekend of basketball in Lincoln Co.

Coffee, Lawrence, Lincoln, tullahoma 

40 minutes ago, 90warrior said:

Old eagle eye i wouldnt call dodgen one of the best coaches in the state. You are delusional.

He has won 20 plus games a season for over 12  straight years and been to multiple state tournaments, only a hand few of coaches in the state can say that!!! Sparta had a devastating injury this year or they would be a major contender! 

Are you delusional, u lost ur best defender and 2nd best  scorer!!! You have one of the best coaches in the state, how about supporting him and realize it hurts to lose the type of player u lost SMH

2nd place is still up for grabs tonight!!!

1 hour ago, Rosecoloredglasses said:

BREAKING NEWS: Jason Reuter has been named the unanimous 2020 5-3A District Coach of the Year!  Congrats 

Unanimous???? Did he vote for himself lol

31 minutes ago, PEARLBALL said:

Any one know where the region tournament is? 

Lawremce Co

Coffee Co, Lawrence Co, Tullahoma, Lincoln co, - Those are the 4 region teams - book it

Someone said earlier they thought Shelbyville had overachieved lol, are you kidding me, 4 seniors including 2 all district in Singleton and Alexander and they are in 6th place. We were held to 4 points at halftime versus a woeful franklin co team. Why we let Coach S go is amazing, 2 years ago we won the district tournament and I can’t even imagine how bad next year will be. Our Jv is so bad we won’t win a district game next season. I’m so ready for Football!!!!

Tullahoma at Lawrence Co tonight. Huge game for regular season seeding, who you got?

your welcome, Lincoln could make some noise on home floor!