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The west will be between Nolensville and Henry County. Nolo returns a ton of talented skill players and historically the best Wilco 5a school goes to the championship. 

I have heard Rice has been trying to leave Rockvale the last couple of years. Is there something with the administration or what?

Rankin definitely deserves all of the praise he's been given. However, after watching the documentary, and hearing from people in the area, it's clear Nix has done a ton for that program. Along with running the defense, he has also been the strength coach, and it looks like he handled all or most of the special teams as well. It seems the best decision Rankin ever made was retaining Nix when he took over in 2006. There will be NO drop off. 

Interesting 

On 1/13/2022 at 10:47 AM, mrincredible said:

The word on the street is it is Bobby Sharp from Lewis County!!!!

 

I can't see this happening

1 hour ago, 731Ball said:

 No. He will have to go several several miles away to find another head coaching job. I predict he will go back out of state to escape the elephant in the room.

What is the elephant?

Any chance Diffee gets hired here?

Just on the outside looking in, but is it possible the community expectations are a little unrealistic? They won two fairly recent state championships when they were 2a in the 5 class system, and some runner ups being 3a. Outside of 2020, most of their success in 3a came before or right at the beginning of the opening of South Gibson High School (2012). I know they have talent, but does it match up to Haywood, or some of the other top 4a teams? Haywood got killed by Tullahoma btw. I know I will get crushed by some Milan fans, but just asking a fair question. 

21 minutes ago, Untilnow said:

Yep, same coach.  Football teams don’t have same players every year.  What is your point?   

That maybe it's an overreaction after one bad year. Just maybe

3 minutes ago, Untilnow said:

There are a lot of people on here talking about the kind of coach we should hire, “energetic, relates with players, etc. what they don’t know is that we had one 4 days ago!    Milan’s program is not better off.  You think the US is a laughing stock of the world, well Milan is the laughing stock of TN athletics.  And our administration is the laughing stock of Gibson County.  

Yikes! A year ago you were 3a State Runner Ups!

34 minutes ago, BIGPURPLEMACHINE said:

Is Summit a Williamson Co. school?  If so I don’t think Milan could compete with them pay wise. JMO. 

Yes, but the football coaching stipends are one of the lowest in the state. The teacher pay is good, but not as high as people think. They also don't do negotiable contacts. You get paid exactly where you are on the teacher pay scale and what the Head Football coach stipend is. 

Here's a name. Brian Coleman at Summit. He's done a great job there and has probably reached his peak there with this senior class graduating. Milan can probably pay him more since they are an independent school district. He played for Bethel so not completely foreign to West Tennessee. Probably a long shot as he may be holding out for a big private school, but I don't see him staying at Summit for much longer. 

On 12/27/2021 at 4:35 PM, TRamrod38 said:

Heard Lewis Co. Coach may be resigning he would be a good fit at milan since that is where he came from.

I think he's as old as Joe Biden

13 hours ago, TryNotToSuck said:

Curious to see how his offense is going to be. His offense and Independence's offense are poplar opposites.

I doubt he will go to that offense at Indy, but I could be wrong

On 12/14/2021 at 10:37 PM, MidTennFootball said:

True, but he'll have talent to work with. 7-6A is a grinder, but Brentwood is replacing some pieces and Summit obviously  graduates alot. Won't be a bad year to get accustomed to the league

True, Ravenwood will be the team to beat, but 2nd place will be pretty open. 

1 hour ago, SquatchU said:

From reading the 3A-4A board m, sounds like Indy has made their hire. Looks like a Hornet from West Tennessee is headed to be an Eagle. Hope he is ready to play With the big boys in 6A.

Yeah..........he's coming from a pretty good 4a region, but nothing compared to what he will be going against here.

31 minutes ago, JohnnyUtah said:

Ok. Then Alcoa is at least as good as Oakland. Just being truthful under this scenario. 

Not a chance! I don't recall Alcoa playing LA. Again, you barely beat Knox West

29 minutes ago, JohnnyUtah said:

I'm basing it on this season. They just happen to have the equity of the past seasons. But it seems those in the Mid-State area want to discredit Alcoa by playing the we beat this team we beat that team game so therefore Alcoa would lose. Those games have no merit and playing Oakland close doesn't qualify as anything other than a loss. Right now it's Oakland, Alcoa and then argue for 3rd and beyond based on this year. I'm not discrediting LA and congratulations as Trent disrupted the private school cycle in Nashville.  I'm sure, LA had issues scheduling game. Alcoa plays whoever is front of them weak or not and end result is same if that team is not named Maryville. For the record I'm not a Alcoa fan or any affiliation, just someone who acknowledges they are in a class that only Oakland and Maryville can relate to at this moment in time. 

LA is at least as good as Oakland. I'm by NO means an LA fan, just being truthful because I saw the game in person. 

39 minutes ago, BCsportsfan said:

Bet those really good teams don't have 20 state champions! 

Awesome! Continue to dominate 3a!

1 hour ago, BCsportsfan said:

Fact. When Alcoa had teams canceling games due to Covid, there was not a team to be found that would play Alcoa. Central and Elizabethon had the same Friday open and declined.

The really good teams had games to play

1 hour ago, JohnnyUtah said:

And you know this how? Because of how other games went? That's not how the game is played. They should lose to Oakland, but for anyone to say they would lose to any other team not named Oakland or Maryville is wishful thinking.  Again, like a poster said previously give their AD a call and make it happen. If not, just sit in column of teams that cancel playing them. 

Oakland his better than Maryville...Period! I watched LA play Oakland and they controlled the game against them for three quarters. McCallie I believe was the best team in the state. Alcoa is very good, but definitely would not beat any of those teams. We all know the game is played on the field , I am answering a hypothetical post. If you can't handle it, don't read these posts. 

On 12/10/2021 at 6:51 AM, theawesomebro said:

I keep hearing about Alcoa being the best in the state.  impressive list of championships for sure but how would they do playing teams like Oakland, LA or McCallie this past year?  I think those 3 are in a class by themselves. 

They lost to Maryville and barely beat Knox West so they would lose to all three of those teams by a pretty good margin.

On 12/7/2021 at 2:28 PM, BIGPURPLEMACHINE said:

All is well in Milan. We had a rough season because of injuries and a string of bad luck. Anything your hearing is just rumors from people that have nothing better to do with their time. And there may be people that come on this forum and claim differently but I can assure everyone Diffee is the man going forward. Everyone supports him from the top down. Yes there are some people in the community that are upset by a bad year but the ship is headed in the right direction and that’s all that matters. 

4A is tough, especially if you're playing up, 

Lance White?? He spent 8 years as the DC there, and his wife is the AD. He was at Franklin this past year as the OC, so that goes against him since Franklin had a very rough year on offense. 

On 12/1/2021 at 6:02 AM, TCRadio said:

Stephen Jackson... it's time.

Doubt it. He still lives in Trousdale County I believe