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If schools ever want to see successful athletic programs across all sports in their school they need to hire a Full-time AD, give them 2-3 assistants, and then follow that up with a competent Athletic Trainer or two, lastly a full-time maintenance team that focuses on maintaining the athletic facilities. It would be the responsibility of the AD to oversee all these different operating bodies. This obviously cost a lot of $$$ and TN has proven to try and do the complete opposite! 

The NCAA tournament this year showed how the shot clock could be positive in different ways. Duke was up on Houston and wasn't able to just hold onto the ball, Houston was able to pull off the comeback. UCONN women were up big on South Carolina, they were able to still stall, but due to the shot clock stay aggressive in their offense to continue to score. Obviously, this is nitpicking. I do see it both ways but having experienced playing & coaching with and without it, I lean toward being in favor of a shot clock. To each their own. 

The high number of free throws also has to do with the recently implemented 5-foul bonus rule. Free throws being shot at 5 team fouls in high school is atrocious. Especially considering how awful the officiating is. This new rule also protects the officials, because it doesn't show how lopsided it actually gets on the scoreboard. It will say 5 team fouls to 3 team fouls, but we all have experienced it where it is really 10-3, 12-3, etc. 

How does East Ham look for the foreseeable future? 

I would say that those who have coached and/or played with a shot clock are more likely to be in favor of it. Those without it may just be having a fear of the unknown. You can still run a stalling offense within a shot clock. Once it gets implemented (it's bound to come sooner or later just on basic development of the game) people will see that the game really doesn't change all that much at this level.  Shots are not going to just suddenly get jacked up because there is another clock running. A 35 second shot clock leaves plenty of time for high school teams to still run an offense with multiple looks and hold on to the ball if they choose to do so. 

On 3/21/2025 at 8:42 AM, elcants4life said:

I’m hearing that Dustin Peels is being mentioned very heavily for this job from the higher ups at the Hogeye. 

 

That would be a great hire, young coach with some previous experience as a HC. Knows the game, loves the game, and can get players to play hard for him! 

21 minutes ago, RichieHughes said:

We have had 2 daughters play for BC and Coach Reuter. Gold Ball, State Champs ring and a wall full of individual awards for both. They had great teammates and got a great education at BC. We are thankful.

But, If asked, our family would reflect most on the fact that last summer (7 years after she played for Coach), he and his family drove 3 hours each way to attend her wedding……! Nothing to do with basketball..

Coach Reuter stayed and was one of the last to leave the reception. He attended our girls College games and stays in contact with both of them to this day (2017 and 2019 grads).

As for how he treats his players, I speak from experience, not from second hand speculation. Our family is eternally grateful that he coached them hard, pushed them to be the best, did not accept anything but their best effort everyday and gave them valuable training for life.

 

 

What was his sales pitch when he recruited your girls? Asking for a friend....

On 3/15/2025 at 4:36 PM, DVP41324000 said:

Whether it be on this site or on social media, this entire state tournament when a team loses, it's fan base complain constantly or blame the refs....the games you won had the same officials/officiating, the team you played had the same refs (I would bet good money that not a single 1 of them have cared who won the game either). This is why a generation of sports kids are growing up and thinking they are better than what they are, are uncoachable, or can't take critiquing. It's always someone else's fault, the other team/person just can't be better (be at that game or just overall). Quit blame gaming, I know in a games span there are more mistakes and missed shots to more than cover human error of refs. Teach our kids better folks, stop playing the blame game when you don't get your desired outcome. Sometimes, your just not good enough.

I've always said, the officiating may be bad, but it's our responsibility to not put ourselves in a position where the ref can take it away from us.

12 hours ago, roundhouse said:

No real challenge from anyone this year. His recruiting to restock for the future has already started. 

Who are the next recruits headed to BC?

16 hours ago, LadyCavsFan said:

I get that people are seeing these blowouts and wondering what’s up.  But these are BAD teams.  If the schools want to fix the problem they can do it.   Hire a good coach and develop talent at middle school levels up.  Most of these teams have been bad for a long time so they have been doing neither.  They have poor coaching and no talent.  It doesn’t matter where you put bad teams they will always be bad.   You gonna move that 1A team that got hammered where?   When you put a really bad team on the court with really good teams thats when you see this discrepancy.  
 

Move the really bad teams to independent schedules.  Problem fixed.  

This is true, however 100+ points is excessive. Bradley can easily press for the first 4:00 of the 1st quarter get up 20 and then call off the dawgs. Get a rebound, let the defense get setup, run a basic offense and do multiple multiple passes, sit back in a zone, etc. They will still win the game by 50-60 points but would have the respect for showing good sportsmanship. It's high school after all, not the NCAA, not the WNBA

I'm an agreement with you that different scheduling should be done. I think take the best of the best (Bradley, Central, etc) and put them in their own tournament. Regardless of travel, school size, or any of those excuses, put the best against the best and let's see who the real champion is. 

3 hours ago, Indian said:

They’ve flipped the board to 101 vs East Hamilton with 20 seconds left. Great team certainly, but with that little time left why not just dribble it out. 

That would require a coach to have class, good sportsmanship, character, etc..... 

On 2/11/2025 at 1:00 PM, TNHooligan said:

It’s the worst kept secret in the area that they are letting him go… you may be surprised when it happens.

Why are they letting him go? 

On 2/10/2025 at 11:23 PM, DVP41324000 said:

A few that should be open;

Sullivan East

Claiborne

Grainger

Greenback

Loudon

Sweetwater

Sequoyah

South Doyle

Karns

York

Oneida

Whitwell

Hixon

Howard

Red Boiling Springs

Lebanon

 

Are you saying this because of records or do you have inside information on these programs? 

4 hours ago, BelieveITorNot said:

Quick question for my fellow posters.... When did Coaches start avoiding playing good competition? The past two years I've been hearing things that blew my mind. There seem to be Coaches afraid to play solid competition, to the point of playing less games and leaving good teams without a full schedule. Why is this a thing? Good Coaches should know that Iron Sharpens Iron. I would rather go 6 - 4 and make it to the quarter finals versus 9 - 1 and get beat in the 1st or 2nd round.

I think the answer is rather simple, 9-1 will keep you hired year after year. 

58 minutes ago, Rethgilsag96 said:

probably not paying the girls bb coaches husband that when they hire him.

They should for the mere fact it would keep the girls bb coach around. 

On 1/15/2025 at 7:19 PM, RedRaiderAlum11 said:

So should we consider BC as like the Oakland football team? All the transfers and recruits going there?? 

Yes

11 hours ago, Wildcat03 said:

I saw that they were having a meeting tonight about football with players and parents. Any word on how that meeting went? 

Not a whole lot in attendance supposedly. Not shocking considering the state of that program. 

On 12/17/2024 at 10:35 AM, elcants4life said:

A name that has been dropped is Mark Romero. Dude has won everywhere he has been. If I’m LC I’m calling him immediately. Dude will be a head coach sooner rather than later. 

Made stops at Upperman, Smyrna, Beech (state champ), Rhea County, and Campbell Co. 

Where did you hear this? Romero is one heck of an OL coach, but he is attached to Coach Pemberton. Followed him from Rhea to Campbell Co. 

22 hours ago, CYJACKETT said:

The administration over there has been a disaster. With a record of 91 wins and over 200 losses, averaging just around two wins per year since the program's inception, it's clear the issues go far beyond coaching. This is not merely a football problem—it's a systemic failure stemming from a lack of support, poor administrative leadership, and minimal community involvement. Such an environment is exactly where no coach or program wants to be. Turning this around requires a complete cultural shift, starting with strong leadership, community buy-in, and tangible support at all levels.

100%!! That's a 3-5 year commitment at minimum and undoubtedly there would be some parent complaint during that time that administration would cave to. Just not the place to be coaching at, but someone will take it because it is still a job at the end of the day. 

1 hour ago, Swipes said:

The big thing is did the trainer tell the coach that the kid didn't pass concussion protocol prior to the game and shouldn't have been dressed out?  If the trainer didn't how in the world is the coach suppose to know he isn't medically cleared to play?  When I played the trainer had the final say so when it came to anything medical and the coaches did what the trainer advised.  Thats what a trainer is there for and should be the expert when it comes to any injury not the coach that is a teacher and never went and got licensed as a Athletic Trainer.  Now if the Coach didn't listen to the trainer then he should be fired. 

Well he's no longer coaching so....

17 hours ago, bull1234 said:

The kid did not play 75% of snaps, that's a bold faced lie.

I wouldn't be surprised if the trainer is the one who went to admin as well. That leads back to my previous point... Why did the trainer allow the kid to dress out, much less have his helmet, if he had not been medically cleared? There has to be accountability there as well. How does she keep her job in that situation? 

That being said - you are correct, there was supposedly an investigation and he is gone. Regardless of which side you believe, the whole situation seems to have been handled horribly from an admin point of view. Best of luck to whomever is the next spoke in the wheel of the Sequoyah football/admin disaster. 

If the trainer went to admin, the trainer did the right thing. The responsibility falls on the head coach to know his/her players and whom is eligible to dress out whether academic, medical, or any other reason. Admin had no choice but to let him go. 

1 hour ago, bull1234 said:

You're rolling with the rumor mill... You truly think he would knowingly play a freshman (for 2 plays on special teams), but have his star player on the sidelines for medical reasons as well? Who I'm sure was begging to play.

Make it make sense... This is Sequoyah admin being Sequoyah admin. Welcome back to ground zero. Things won't change until a new AD is brought in.

Yes, that is exactly what we know he would/did do. Have you ever met the guy? 2-22 overall record, he's nothing special. And let's be honest, admin is not looking to get rid of coaches, they can barely get anyone to apply. 

Don't blame Rhea Co for not wanting to go down to Howard. That surrounding area is not safe and no place for anyone to be on a Friday night, however, they should make this game up somehow. If Rhea doesn't want to go down to Chattanooga, they should pay for Howard to move the game to Rhea County, pay for the officials and pay for Howard's bus, then split gate money 50-50. All proceeds from concessions can stay with Rhea County. 

1 hour ago, oridgecat said:

Gotcha, do you think those kids will buy in or pack it in?  Can't be much fun playing and losing in that system.  

It's only fun if you are the running back. the rest are just blocking dummies. 

1 hour ago, blazer1set said:

That "pull the starters" is where the dilemma comes in.      If all (or most) of your games are over by the 1st quarter then how are the starters going to be prepared for the playoffs if they are riding pine most of the game?

There is this thing called practice, that should be preparing the team for playoffs. If they are blowing teams out within 1 quarter every Friday night, that is not helping them get better.  Without knowing anything about this team, it sounds like they need to revamp the schedule and get some tougher opponents.