ghostofthepast

2 hours ago, PiddyDaFull said:

First time I have ever seen someone consider Watertown football a traditional powerhouse. Nice lol

That's the TC mindset.  Watertown is trash, except for when they have to defend their lousy district then Watertown is a powerhouse. 

I got on here and said that I think when it is all said and done, next year, if all things were even as far as opponents, Monterey and York will be superior teams to TC and maybe Watertown will be equal or better.  Then here sideline comes, ignoring the fact that TC and Watertown have one of the easiest walks to the playoffs in the state.  Then one usually has to go over the other, which in a TC fans eyes means they are "perennial powerhouses"... nowhere else in TN are fencebirds screaming their teams are perennial powerhouses after not having won a title in almost a decade.

The delusion in that tiny little county is just beyond belief.  To sit on here and act like your team is some sort of powerhouse when you literally play no-one in the regular season.  You dared play FCS this year and they took you out.  Reality is about a dog year behind for these guys.  They'll be calling for Blake's head in about 9 months.

2 hours ago, Sidelinehustler said:

I am not, nor have ever been a Trousdale County school system employee, not that that is relevant. Trousdale County sports is pretty far down on my priority list in life. Well past my faith, family, and career.

Small people like yourself, as evidenced by your initial posts in prior threads slandering young people, do not have the moral fortitude to discern between values and interests. I feel very sorry for you. 

Not slander if arrests actually happened.

But hey, you're not from there, right?  Yet you know everything about the happenings, interesting juxtaposition from you.  

3 hours ago, GBO52 said:

TC has been and is better then Monterey, and I'm not from there so you can't use this on me big dawg

 

To me, our conversation is a different conversation, not some middle aged gym teacher defending his hometown's only relevant tradition.  But sure, why not jump in.

4 hours ago, Sidelinehustler said:

You do not have the right to post a bunch of garbage and expect no response. It’s obvious your sole mission on here is to belittle TC. The sad thing is you are so inept and incapable of making logical arguments you sound like a grammar school playground bully. Then when called out you say things like, “I don’t have time to look up facts”. Or my favorite, “why are you picking on me”. What a joke. 

Belittling is saying your school will not be good this year.  Such thin skin from an obvious TC employee.  To live and die on the lives of a bunch of 17 year olds must be as sad existence. 

3 hours ago, Sidelinehustler said:

Her point is TC sucks, everyone TC plays sucks, anyone in any other region is better than TC or anyone in TC’s region. And oh yeah, the entire county of Trousdale sucks. She doesn’t like us much. 

Here ya go, I simply post I think York and Monterey will end better next year even though it might not reflect it for York bc their district is kinda rough.  You are just waiting in the wings to get upset.  Get a darn life.  Nothing worse than a grown #### man living on this board looking for anything to get upset over.

13 hours ago, rlh said:

Monterey is moving up to 2a so they have to prove it.

Better than every 2A in Watertowns district cept maybe WT, book it.

1 hour ago, GBO52 said:

Some how they still make a run every year as well as watertown........ I'm not sure you have been watching the same football as me.

Watertown and TC are in the same district.  One has to go over the other, and who else in that district is gonna make it anywhere?  Put any mediocre team in there and they are a playoff team  And their district is so pathetic that they both go each year, and will again next year.

I'm saying, Monterey and York are improving and play tougher district and non district opponents year in and year out and Watertown and TC are falling.  Nobody cares about 1-2-3 years ago and what they(WT and TC) should have done but didn't.  This is next year.

TC wouldn't play South Pitt in the regular season, or Cookeville, or White Co, only way they played Lebanon was when LHS was rebuilding a few years back. 

44 minutes ago, pujo said:

Never seen Trousdale when they were not one of the top teams and Watertown is right there with them lately. York and Monterey may or may not be contenders.

Like TC was garbage 5 years ago. Back to back first round outs from a weak district.  So your memory is short.

37 minutes ago, Sequatchie33 said:

I’m just not buying Monterey and York above traditional powerhouses Watertown and Trousdale.  There’s something to be said for a championship program.

Both played in tougher districts last year.  TC beat Portland, Cascade, East Robertson, White House, and Westmoreland... Lost to Friendship  Let's stop acting like they play in a rough division, or chose tough opponents to get that win percentage..

Bledsoe barely got past Monterey and TC barely got past Bledsoe, and TC lost the house.  I'm speaking fact.

3 hours ago, pujo said:

At least you have a good sense of humor.

York and Monterey are improving.

TC backsliding.

Watertown are choke artists.

15 hours ago, jimmycrackedthatcorn said:

So are you coaching the Crochet team? I heard Clint was donating lots of thread for you. 

Since I'm not willing to coach/ teach for 20 grand less than other districts, I must decline.

On 3/3/2021 at 5:02 AM, jimmycrackedthatcorn said:

 

 I guess we just need to shut down our football program and concentrate on basketweaving. Maybe Ghost could coach our new Crochet Team? 

You put everything into football, you should at least be decent no matter what.  Their other programs are historically bad.  This is the 2-3 year span where the Jackets suffer from a lack of program building in the MS.  No one on TC scares anyone. They aren't particularly well coached.  All they have is the fact the entire county bends over backwards for them.  That and a weak district will probably get em to their same old spot, 1st or second round out.   

On 3/4/2021 at 6:30 PM, PiddyDaFull said:

1. MC- back to back title appearances, until proven otherwise they have to be #1.

2. Westview- Simpson 

3. Watertown- lost 3 best players but returning stud QB and line. Defense is always well coached

4. Marion- watched them play H2o and if they are returning as many as you all say they will be a challenge for anyone in the East next year.

5. Huntington- i don’t know much about them but they usually field a good team.

6. TC- tc lost a lot (rankins) but tradition is tradition

7. York- they did alright in 3a and they usually compete better in 2

8. Hampton- the rest of there region is down 

9. Monterey- won a lot of games last year and competed well against a good gordy team.

10. Oneida- defense wins game 

Lewis is a good regular season team but can’t make it in the playoffs. UC could be a contender or could be bottom tier you never know. Riverside and south Greene are toss ups.

this was just for fun I know nothing 

Monterey and York too low, TC and Watertown too high.

17 hours ago, jimmycrackedthatcorn said:

I thought you were talking about playing this year's Oakland team? Back in 96, teams like Oakland only manned around 60 players so if we had 40 it is more even.  

Since you say the same old crud over and over to slam TC I have a tendency to just skim over your posts and not really read them. 

Yeah, that happens when someone beats you with actual logic and not opinion.  So which is it?  So all the players play huh?  Doubtful. Just more excuses. Pick a lane and stay in it please, gents.

3 hours ago, jimmycrackedthatcorn said:

Big difference in a 6A team with 140 players on the field versus a 2A team with 40. 

But your guys said that back then you played with and won against big schools? Was that not accurate?  Seems like there are some mixed signals in your messages. According to above posters, the 96 team coulda beat NFL franchises... The delusion is real, Uncle Rico.

On 2/11/2021 at 12:50 PM, Yeti said:

I would agree with this post.

Kids these days were raised by our generation, so who is to blame for some softness?  You guys speak in antecdotal nonsense and can never back up your claims.  Kids are faster, stronger, and play year around now and there are benchpress stats, 40 times, and a plethora of stats to prove my claim.  If 50% of the kids who play now are pansies, and the remaining 50% are bigger, stronger, and faster, it still proves my point.  More kids are playing than ever, which creates a greater era of competition as well.

Put this tired argument to rest guys, your generation would get stomped by these boys.  You got old and things evolved, deal. 

On 2/7/2021 at 9:17 AM, ghostofthepast said:

Dude, why are you harassing me?

I have never posted on your comments first, yet you always pick the fight.  You are honestly telling me that the game is easier now to win than then?  You scream of someone who played in the 80-90's for Clint, and then he hired, and basically sits all day long trying to defend the honor and the glory a legacy nobody remembers.  Guys like you get on here and talk about how middle schoolers are gonna develop, and how you own Watertown, and how the stadium needs upgrades, yet you live in one of the poorest areas of TN, no real job market, you pay your educators peanuts, your coaches always leave, no real commerce, factories, or businesses of your own in TC, this is all you guys have.  Your biggest employers are your school system, and a prison, and you probably work for one of them while alot of your former athletic stars either work at or are incarcerated in the other.  You guys just aren't that team anymore, and every time someone says it, the monkeys come out the beat their chest about former glory.

Go make the kids walk laps.

I'm out.

 

Sideline you never responded to this. Hit a little too close to home? Did your kids ever finish those laps? 

And no one ever answered my question about your hypocrisy...  Since it's so much easier now, why aren't you guys dominating?  I mean that is the word, that during a period of time where it was its roughest, toughest, and everything was ALL Pro level in TN, you guys woulda eat this generation up, where are the titles?  

3 hours ago, ChineseFlu said:

50% of the kids that play today, wouldn't have made it in the 60's, 70's, or 80's.  No water breaks, tackling drills that are forbidden today, and  coaches that literally manhandled players.  Forget about the endless conditioning sessions that took place.  A kid today gets a rough talking to by a coach and 12 parents are at the school the next day wanting him fired.  I am not saying the talent was better or worse, I am just saying those kids were tougher

I forgot for a split second that this board was filled with dudes 19- 80 who think their generation is the best.  My bad, yes, you guys were all Zeus, and your decade was the best, and you can all throw footballs over mountains like uncle Rico.

Oakland this year beats any team you guys ever played on, easily.

13 hours ago, DealLawyer said:

None of this has anything to do with whether it’s harder to win a state championship today versus 30 years ago. All teams have more specialization, year round training, etc.  The sport has evolved sure but all schools do this so no relative advantage for anyone.

what does matter is three divisions then with public and private schools all playing together versus 9 divisions now with public and private separated. Has population tripled in last 30 years? No (increased about 40%). If we increased the divisions by same percentage, we would have 4 classifications now rather than 9.  

None of your TC teams that won a state titled are beating Peabody this year.  So what's your next argument?

12 hours ago, DealLawyer said:

None of this has anything to do with whether it’s harder to win a state championship today versus 30 years ago. All teams have more specialization, year round training, etc.  The sport has evolved sure but all schools do this so no relative advantage for anyone.

what does matter is three divisions then with public and private schools all playing together versus 9 divisions now with public and private separated. Has population tripled in last 30 years? No (increased about 40%). If we increased the divisions by same percentage, we would have 4 classifications now rather than 9.  

Another weekend warrior claiming the good old days were tougher, harder, and more difficult.  Seriously, let's reverse engineer your logic?  If it is easier now, then how come the mighty TC can't bring it home every year, they did when it was tougher, and more difficult back then?  I mean they had titles when it was much more difficult in your opinion, what is their barrier now?

I'll await your response, I'm sure it will be filled with counter productive statements to your original argument.

1 hour ago, sportman said:

Those 60,70 and 80's team might not beat them, but they would hurt them bad. Young men were tough back then and played I know with torn acl's before we even knew what they were.  To say what you did about not competing I for one think your totally wrong. Kids now are soft and couldn't take a 48 minute whipping from those tough dudes.  

Spoke like someone who who can't accept the game has evolved and he is old.  Those older guys couldn't catch most of these kids, and these kids are bigger and stronger, so I have no idea what you are talking about. 

So, how long you been coaching at Pickett?

20 hours ago, ChineseFlu said:

Year round (since 70's at many places),  much larger population (no, most small towns are smaller), greater emphasis (no, used to be at many schools a player would go through spring practice before the joined the baseball or track teams.  That doesn't happen now),  So yes you may need to keep going

So, you are telling me that specialization of sports in this state. Camps, school recruitment, money...  TSSAA monetization of sports, an increased population in like 80% of Tennessee schools.  The addition of more schools, more college programs, and more everything is to be ignored?

I don't think I will, seems like yelling into an abyss at this point.

On 2/4/2021 at 9:12 PM, Sidelinehustler said:

I want to thank you. You have been quite helpful to me. When I feel bad about my IQ I come here and read your posts. 

Dude, why are you harassing me?

I have never posted on your comments first, yet you always pick the fight.  You are honestly telling me that the game is easier now to win than then?  You scream of someone who played in the 80-90's for Clint, and then he hired, and basically sits all day long trying to defend the honor and the glory a legacy nobody remembers.  Guys like you get on here and talk about how middle schoolers are gonna develop, and how you own Watertown, and how the stadium needs upgrades, yet you live in one of the poorest areas of TN, no real job market, you pay your educators peanuts, your coaches always leave, no real commerce, factories, or businesses of your own in TC, this is all you guys have.  Your biggest employers are your school system, and a prison, and you probably work for one of them while alot of your former athletic stars either work at or are incarcerated in the other.  You guys just aren't that team anymore, and every time someone says it, the monkeys come out the beat their chest about former glory.

Go make the kids walk laps.

I'm out.

On 1/23/2021 at 3:08 PM, ChineseFlu said:

how is it that much different?  I watch high school games today and they run a lot of the same stuff that was run all through the decades.  The "spread" a lot of teams run today is nothing more that the single wing with wide receivers.  I'm seriously not trying to argue or be a jacka** , but please expand.

Year around workouts, training conditioning.

Much larger populations everywhere.

Greater emphasis on the success of the sport.

Do I need to keep going?

11 hours ago, JohnDutton said:

Got to trust the process.  I've seen loaded TC teams under perform and not make it past the 3rd round.  I've also seen TC teams that people said were a couple years away from the Gold Ball bring it home early.  You never know what you may get when dealing with high school kids.   A couple true special athletes in 2A football can go a long ways.  

Not in the modern landscape.

If they couldn't do it with that stacked class of 2018-2019 I doubt these guys are getting it done.