Pizzpatriot2

Covid.. 2020..

Been missing out on a lot here, WT! A third rate elementary teacher from Milan, who is still living in the 90's, has ramped up his rhetoric and been called out and put in his place a couple of times. (hates the word is out on Milan running from competition). Hohenwald is sitting at a one loss season but, competitive with the rest of the region, so far. No surprise there but the big story here is Loretto. They are undefeated and just absolutely tearing the region up! Those Mustangs have it all together, for this year anyway. Next up is to see who all makes it from this region to the third round, not just if Hohenwald does. I'm learning more about those West Tennessee teams so I'm seeing just how tough they are. Now that Riverside has been pushed over there, it does make 2A in Middle that much easier. I'm still fighting the good fight against the paper champions and now, I guess, the paper tigers. Check back when you can.

Nah, just calling a spade a spade. Thanks for the compliment though. The struggle was real, however. But, we pushed through it and have finally reached real success, including a program to be proud of!

That’s why you are a fan of paper tigers. Don’t forget that Page has played for two state championships and Hohenwald has played for zero. That’s in big boy 5A football too because that’s our enrollment numbers.

Too funny! Again, trying to make something into nothing! We didn’t seek out to schedule them; they were placed in our region. Now, if we were to seek out smaller and weaker schools like Collinwood or Waynesboro (when they are down) or Obion County or 0 for 50 Spring Hill for our out of region schedule I could understand. I could also understand if we had a school population to rank us in 2A but we bounced between divisions to try to find an easier path against lessor competition but, we do none of that and yet, we still make it to the state championship. Add to that, we don’t need Covid to help us either. Sure am glad we are not paper tigers!

You have moved well past ignorant and into the realm of dumb. Here you are again, trying to make something into what it is not. In 2016, the game against Chapel Hill ended the contract after playing four consecutive years. We moved into a different region and schedule’s would not have matched up anyway. We are not like the paper tigers from Milan always duking and dodging competition by jumping classifications. When you make it to the state championship game in 5A in consecutive years, even if the regular season schedule is (Hohenwald weak), it doesn’t really matter, does it? I tell you what I do remember; state championship games. What do you remember? I know, the start of basketball season.?.?. Paper tigers

You are late to the party about PURE, homie. See below: Now, as far as a poor county and not affording travel, Hohenwald will schedule zero for fifty 5A Spring Hill but won’t schedule 5A Columbia even though Columbia is just down the road and they passed right by there on the way to Spring Hill. They will also schedule basketball school Obion County but will absolutely not schedule Union City. Not only that but they won’t schedule Mckenzie, Milan, Dresden or Westview even though they drove right past them on the way to Obion. I left off Lexington because they will probably have them on the upcoming schedule since they are so down. Therefore, that argument of travel doesn’t apply. There are more but those two come to mind first. Was it a few years ago Hohenwald beat a .500 Chapel Hill team to capture the region? I noticed they aren’t on the schedule. We all just know Riverside won’t be on either the region or out of region schedule any time soon but, schools like PURE and Collinwood and Waynesboro probably will. Now that Richland has returned to the cellar, will they be scheduled next? If Loretto comes back next year and the year after, will they be moved on over into R6?

I don’t devalue Hohenwald. That program has consistently done that on its own. All I have done is call out the extremely weak scheduling year after year for decades. Whatever the population density is here correlates to absolutely nothing with Hohenwalds consistent weak schedules including weak regions also dating back decades. So, don’t try to flip my argument pertaining to those intentionally weak schedules year after year into excuses of why we make it to state championship games and Hohenwald not only does not but seldom if ever makes it past the second round. As for Milan, your boy BPM decided to bring attention to them by voluntarily jumping in and coming not only after me but my schools, Page, football program. Now we have the paper champions and the paper tigers! Lol

It’s called deductive reasoning. #papertigers

This is an exemplary example of the pot calling the kettle black. You act like paper tigers from Milan have accomplished a great deal but neglect the fact that Milan jumps classification to fray away from competition. If not for Covid, Milan hasn’t done much in forever!

Loretto has faced four teams with winning records and, has won all four plus five others. They face another quality team Friday night. For comparison, Hohenwald has only faced two teams with winning records and is 50/50 against those two. Have to add inthat they also scheduled and played a team (PURE Academy) that has only three-four wins in their entire history.

There you go. Now, is Hohenwald going back to the tradition of weak schedules and early round playoff bounces?

Including the Covid year, we have had excellent seasons four out of the past five seasons including this one. Try to devalue us all you want but you can’t take away us making it to and playing in the past two 5A state championship games. Now, I don’t know the odds but there may be a chance to reclaim the paper champion’s title Friday. Good luck!

Still a paper tiger. Hohenwald made it to the third round last year for the first time in a decade and, only the second time in the past two decades. What was different with the program last season?

Have to figure out just how good MTP is and to an extent Loretto. Either R5 is the toughest ever or everyone is bad and everyone’s out of region schedule is terrible.

Give credit where credit is due. Nothing about last year was traditional, including offensive scheme and coaching. If it had been, Hohenwald would have been out after the second round game, as traditionally usual.

What Milan stuff? Are you referring to the paper tigers moniker?

I’m getting E-cred. Next thing you know is that I will be on the level of @tradertwo!

Last year was an anomaly, for sure. I wonder if they go back to tradition and exit after round two. Wonder if they even make it to round two. According to some on here, R6 is so advanced, they can put all of the R5 teams out in the first round.

Not only do I understand this post but can very much relate to it!

For some, I think, the demand lies with a good W/L season record and a regional championship. Not much for successful runs in the playoffs, as an important measure for success. Then, there are some who bounce between classifications shying away from competition to try and find the easiest route through the playoffs.

Still a paper tiger…

Loretto does deserve some credit, however. They are undefeated, so far and, have played teams with decent to good records. They took on and beat the powerhouse team from Hohenwald that is ALWAYS ranked in the top 10 in the state and ALWAYS makes the playoffs. Then, the traveled to and beat a program in Waverly that has much success over the years, especially in the playoffs. Maybe R6 is vastly better than R5. That will be made available beginning in two weeks but, to try to devalue a team that’s played what seems to be quality competition and remain undefeated is not cool. Especially if that team beat your team. If the beat MTP next week, lookout!

How are those paper tigers of yours holding up over there?

Since Loretto is “Back”, if they maintain this year’s dominance next year and Chapel Hill doesn’t improve to be what they were, will Loretto be kicked out of R5 and replaced with Chapel Hill? Pretty sure Riverside will not be placed in Hohenwalds region any time in the near future. May even note that even though they are fairly close distance wise and in the same region that they won’t be on the out of region regular season schedule either. Now, the big question is, does the new coach have the same T$$AA pull as the former?