dskinsfan

I think everyone is overlooking the Loudon Redskins, with 2 excellent pitchers , one a UT signee. I think it will boil down to them or Lipscomb. It is going to be a very good tourney, with all teams capable.

Due to the cancelation of the tourneys in Harriman and South-Doyle, we will be having a tournament in Loudon on April 29-30, call 865-458-5888 or 865-385-5006.

First of all, you are correct about a few things, this was the very first tournament we had the pleasure of having. I can admit quite a few things got screwed up , we learned alot. All I have to ask is have all your tournaments gone off without a hitch. I guess all of your tournaments were wonderful jobs with no mistakes. I hate that any of the "screw ups" happened, we were all truly sorry and wish it hadn't have happened. But it did, learn and go on with life. The "man" you are conversing with is actually the coach of KAYA , talk about being messed up. He got into arguments with 3 or 4 women who were selling tickets & food, how classy was that? Yes, the games ended up being to close together. It was wed. when we found out about ACT"s at the high school,with over 60 teams some squeezing had to be done. We here consider the ACTs more important than any basketball tourney. As a matter of a fact, except for one team everyone had the opportunity to play their games. As for the championships. The deal was.... it was scheduled as a playday . If mor than five teams signed up within a division, there would be a courtesy championship game. Splains I think your team made it to that championship game and so did your buddy from KAYA, your welcome. We are not perfect, we made mistakes, we apologize, we learned. Sorry , if you're unhappy. I hope you are able to move on , I have. I am sure I'll get a response, but I have a job, a family , a community and a life tht I care about and don't have time to sit on-line and appease you all. By th3e way mr kaya it is Barney Fife , not 5...... Read a book! Workers or not , we have feelings and rights. Should I be angry becouse you didn't cheer for our teams while you were here? Goodby, I am through with this childish crap.

I was also at the game you are speaking of, but unlike you, I am not the coach of KAYA. If you are going to try to pass yourself off as someone else you may want to erase all of your past messages. You see I looked at your past post, and cannot figure why someone there watching the tri-county raiders would only post messages about AE football, Fulton, etc.. So, Hi coach! I will not try to deceive anyone about who I am. I worked that tourney. As a matter of fact, I was the FIRST person you tried to start crap with. Unlike the THREE or FOUR others, I shut you down immediately when I asked you if you had ever put on a tourney. I will not outright accuse you of lying, but I doubt seriously you ever have. ANYONE who has can confirm you can't please everyone, and since you started with me at the very beginning , you came knowing you wouldn't or couldn't be pleased. Now I have enough guts to say that I am the one that called the police during the championship. I started playing ball when I was 9 and have now been active in sports for 26 years. I have never seen a coach behave the way you did. FYI, the director told me point blank the police were not needed, I called anyway. You and your parents should be ashamed. Don't you realize your boys have true and awesome tallent , they were there to play ball, not fuss and squabble. You are setting an example for them, maybe you should sit down and think about what kind of example that is. The comment you made while WALKING AWAY from the director made me sick, I actually lost sleep over it. Quote " We appreciate the police being called here when the black boys played". I went home and asked myself if I really would have called the police if that team had been white. I called several friends and discussed it with them. In the end I realized I had never saw a HUMAN BEING act the way you did. Many people have even called me naive because I thought racism was a thing of the past. In my heart and soul it is. But , I got a taste of it Sunday from you and it made me sick. I spoke with some of your players and they were polite with manners and one even made the comment , "I'm glad my mom's not here. I think some of your players might be embarrassed by the behavior of you and your fans. I also hope they understand that they don't have to follow your example. Boys..... you played excellent ball, believe in yourselves and you will go far. The next time you are looking for a coach, remember, the one's in it for you-just want to play ball. the coaches in if for their own EGO'S can't stand obstacles. Obstacalles form you as respectable citizens and are life lessons. HAVE A GREAT SEASON!