SavageSpeaks

On 3/14/2023 at 2:19 PM, SavageSpeaks said:

I'm not into bashing high school athletes, but outside of Fulton (AAA so far) the teams have been embarrassing. White County was weak. This Ridgeway team has less skill than a lot of 6th grade teams. Chester County is not good. Volunteer was average at best. MLK, athletic but not skilled... Am I missing something? 

Savage right per the usual 

Fulton was the only solid AAA team. 
what a joke of a championship game smh 

1 minute ago, Backyardbbq15 said:

The only time MTSU is packed is when local schools are in it.  Look at Hampton, 4-1/2, Memphis teams 3-1/2 hrs away and with gas and ticket prices at $12, not many can come for that, plus watching them on Tue, Wed, wait till Fri for semis. Shoot, I bet with rooms and food, easily 600-750 for 2 fans.  

Hampton 4.5 hours away and half the size brought more fans than MLK 34 minutes down the road. What is your point? 

8 minutes ago, maddams said:

The way it should be? You're certainly entitled to that opinion but I disagree. The one class idea makes for a great story once every decade or so.  The rest of the time, it's just big schools playing each other in a state tournament.

Yes, in my opinion, that’s how it should be. One state champion, one winner, not 6. Just look at the photos at Rupp. 20k people there. Gym packed with energy. Lyon County under 300 enrollment in the final 8. That’s what makes high school sports fun.  Glass house you could hear a sneeze from the other side of the gym. Attendance down. No casual fans at mtsu. No fire. It sucks. Boring, snooze fest. 

2 hours ago, WestTNHoopsFan said:

... Need to have their phone taken away or their laptop thrown in the trash... 

Sad. why take away from what kids are doing? they can't help it that the talent isn't what it use to be or the classifications changed and made more teams make the state tournament. Celebrate them. They are playing in the state tournament making memories of a lifetime. Let them enjoy it and don't take away from their experience because it "just isn't the way it use to be". 

LET THEM ENJOY IT AND CELEBRATE THEM.

This is a message board where people give their opinions on what their eyes see… Not a single person on here has blasted a player directly. “They can’t help it that the talent isn’t what is used to be” 

who is “they” ? 

The players? 

All this shouldn’t even be a conversation if TSSAA did things the right way. Look at the KY state tournament going on right now… a packed Rupp arena. Schools with 300 enrollment playing teams with 2000 enrollment. The way it should be. 

2 hours ago, 731Ball said:

What grade level skill did their opponent have?

Hard to say. I was taught how not to drag my pivot foot after picking up my dribble in kindergarten.(thanks dad)  Chester Co. did it 9 times. It’s a real shame in our second largest classification that we have teams this bad. Oh well. The show goes on. 

Based on their showings today it'll be a 20 point Haywood win.

#Savage

23 hours ago, 2minutedrill said:

Don't know what games you watched, but this season they lost to Warren Central out of Kentucky who is probably the best team in Ky, and Clarksville Academy - with Eddie Ricks who might be Mr. Basketball tonight.  

This tells you how weak 4A basketball is....half of the posts are about Goodpasture.  

 

I think Honky mixed up his words. WC best team in KY. CA top 25 team in TN and also hard to beat a good team 3x. Goodpasture beat Independence by 17 and Hillsboro in 2OT (after playing poorly). 

I believe he meant to say that they play inferior opponents most of the time and the games they play where talent level is equal they are .500 ... 

4A is weak ... Memphis O vs Memphis E for the gold ball 

#Savage

Credit Ridgeway for the comeback. Super quick with good defensive energy. However, to barely win that after turning over CC 33 times in 32 minutes speaks volumes as to the lack of basketball skill. Hopefully, Haywood can give the viewers a "breath of fresh air" because that last game was miserable to watch.

#Savage

I'm not into bashing high school athletes, but outside of Fulton (AAA so far) the teams have been embarrassing. White County was weak. This Ridgeway team has less skill than a lot of 6th grade teams. Chester County is not good. Volunteer was average at best. MLK, athletic but not skilled... Am I missing something? 

3 hours ago, UCSportsFan said:

Probably not even a fair conversation, because when Memphis Mitchell was in Class A they had no equal.

Should’ve lost to Goodpasture in 2014. GP had more talent imo. 
 

They didn’t win a state title which still blows my mind, but 93-94 Goodpasture team had the most talent of any 1A team ever. 

7 hours ago, captnoname said:

Goodpasture is a good basketball team! They recruit well and like it or not Adam Sonn can coach with ANYONE in the state. 

Not a Sonn fan but that guy deserves props for what he has done at Goodpasture.

 

Goodpasture is a great team. Coach Sonn is a fantastic coach and has full control of his team. I believe they will win 3 or more state titles over the next 5 years. They have the best sophomore in the state along with an ELITE 7th grader. 
Coach Keary (NYBA) deserves the credit for their recruiting success. 
 

#Savage 

On 3/10/2022 at 7:25 AM, WestTNHoopsFan said:

Aint nothing easy this time of year. Greenville may win it though. However, North Side is not going to be easy. Those kids have been through waaaaaay too much last season and this season to just sit down. They will be ready

War wouldn't have prepared the Indians for this assault. JNS doesn't belong on the floor with them. 

Where is the white flag???

HOLY SMOKES, RUN THE CLOCK 

Greeneville 41 JNS 13 at Halftime 

Hope Greeneville has some KY Jelly they can take to the indians locker room before the start of 3rd quarter. 

#SavageSpeaks 

6 hours ago, SayWhat said:

Bartlett and East are not similar. Bartlett deeper and more talented and longer than East. East was young this year and not very deep only going about 6 sometimes 7 deep. Bartlett can go 10-12 deep and can throw, 6'8, 6'5, 6'6, 6'6 and 6'10 at you if Javar Daniels is good to go. The difference between them and East was depth and experience. Jacobs is pretty good at the pg for them, they have shooting with Regale Moore and Charvez Ambrose and defensively, they can pressure you and if you wanna get  into an up and down game, they can do that too. I like the Eli Rice kid from Beech but unless he goes crazy, like 30-40, I think Bartlett wins that game by double digits.

I agree. I believe Bartlett is a longer, faster, more skilled version of Beech. Like i said in previous post, I think Beech will run up and down the floor with them which will make it a long day for boys from Hendersonville. 

4 hours ago, SavageSpeaks said:

 

Let's hear who and why?

 

Hampton vs West Carroll 

MAHS vs East Robertson 

 

North Greene vs Clay Co.

McKenzie vs Peabody 

West Carroll.  - They have the best player on the court in Anglin. WC by a small margin.

MAHS.  - I believe this game will get ugly. I have been wrong before before, but this MAHS team has next level next level bunnies and are relentless until they score. They will pressure the ball unlike anything East has ever faced. The pace of this game of this game will be very interesting. Only gets ugly if full on track meet imo.

Clay Co.  - Clay is just going to be a little better in this game. Good performance from Strong and Clay wins by about 10.

McKenzie.  - Yes, I know, Peabody is the favorite and by most accounts should win... But their team is up in the air at the moment and the coach doesn't have any control the that team. Meanwhile, McKenzie is playing solid team basketball and I believe pulls the upset and gets the dub. 

#SavageSpeaks 

6 hours ago, Rockytopmojo7 said:

I agree…..based on what I saw last night. Cane Ridge is stupid good.

If last night was your first time seeing the Ravens, you didn't get to see them kick it into gear. I felt like they were just playing a game down at the YMCA, had it in cruise control from the tip. 

2 hours ago, SavageSpeaks said:

Let's hear who and why?

 

Coffee Co. vs Dobyns-Bennett 

Bartlett vs Beech 

 

Bearden vs Cane Ridge 

Lebanon vs Clarksville 

Dobyns-Bennett. -  Coffee Co. gets a fairly good draw in game one and will fight hard until the buzzer sounds. They simply won't have enough against DB, as they (DB) win by somewhere in the neighborhood of 20 points. 

Bartlett-  Beech has had a tremendous season and will give Bartlett a good run up and down the floor, and yes, this should be a track meet. Knox and company get it done in a high scoring thriller. Game total around 145 for this game.

Cane Ridge-  This may be the Ravens toughest test. Bearden is well coached and will have a scheme for Brandon Miller and the Ravens offense. They should take one out of Walker Valley's playbook last night and play a box and 1, sag the box, and force the other 4 to shoot threes. However, all that and more wouldn't stop Brandon Miller from leading his team to the semi-finals. NBA caliber three level scorer. 

Clarksville- This will be the most interesting game of the day in AAAA. I fear Lebanon falls into a 3 point shooting contest that results in an L for them. They (Lebanon) must be relentless attacking the rim and crash the offensive glass to advance to the semis. 

#SavageSpeaks

Let's hear who and why?

Coffee Co. vs Dobyns-Bennett 

Bartlett vs Beech 

Bearden vs Cane Ridge 

Lebanon vs Clarksville 

Let's hear who and why?

Greeneville vs Jackson Northside

Stone Memorial vs Bolton

Jackson Southside vs Clinton

Fulton vs Fayette-Ware 

Let's hear who and why?

Summertown vs East Nashville

Power Center vs Brainerd 

Bolivar vs Tyner 

York vs Milan 

Let's hear who and why?

Hampton vs West Carroll 

MAHS vs East Robertson 

North Greene vs Clay Co.

McKenzie vs Peabody 

3 hours ago, HawkGuy06 said:

So is we making it or not? Lol you just said we wasn’t! Now if we do, we are one & done lol. Your a joker I see. 

SS and NS will both most likely be in Murfreesboro. Region 5AAA is so weak. Not one team from that region would win Single A state. He didn't back paddle, he was just unaware of where SS was headed. 

However, Greeneville is 15 points better than both SS and NS. 

4 minutes ago, CCLHL08 said:

You can’t play your game when your scared to play defense. 

Did you know that hand check is a foul? 

On 3/2/2022 at 6:21 PM, SavageSpeaks said:

Other than Memphis East vs Bartlett this should be the best game on the schedule state wide. I will take Lebanon in a nail biter, giving Beech their first loss of the season. Jarred Hall will have to be aggressive on both ends of the floor if they plan on hosting a sub-state game. 

Hendersonville's gym will be rocking tomorrow night. 

What a shocker!!! Savage Speaks again... 

Nail biter with Lebanon winning, all led by 4 star Jarred Hall 

Congrats to Blue Devils 

2 minutes ago, Mottomotto said:

East shot themselves out of the game. If you get officials worth a hoot and a holler you can beat Clay. Not ones that baby Grant strong.

Yeah Yeah Yeah. The Savage will be here to bring all the heat throughout the rest of the season.