UncleStimpy

Since my daughter completed her high school career tonight, I thought this would be a good time for me to make my last post and sign off of CoachT. I'll let the arguments, predictions, and smart remarks be made by those with a little more rooting interest than myself from here on out. If I offended anyone on here with my remarks, I apologize. That was not my intention. As hard as it is for anyone who knows me to believe, from here on out I will be a SILENT, casual observer. Be nice to each other. Jessie, I don't know who got more enjoyment over the last four years, you or me. I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world. I am so proud of you for what you have endured and for what you have accomplished. I know it has never been easy, but noone ever outworked you off the court or field, and noone outhustled you on it. You have been a joy to watch. Keep working hard. I love you 33.

Congratulations to Boyd Buc. You girls have a great ball team and I hope you go far in the state tournament. I wish I were able to go see you girls play in Memphis because you play ball the way it is supposed to be played. Good HARD hitting, good defense, and GREAT pitching. Good Luck! thumb To the Gordonsville girls: I am so proud of each and every one of you. No one (including myself) ever thought you could go as far as you did, but you came together as a team when you had to and you won the games you had to win. For that you deserve a load of credit. You have nothing to hang your heads about. Because of where you ended up, you will be the team that future Gordonsville teams will be compared to. That in itself is a great accomplishment. Rachel, Jessie, and Ashley: It's been a great ride. Remember Wesley. I Love Y'all.

I'm not talking about any financial contribution, but rather just the support to schedule tournaments. The parents are very involved and supportive, but outside of the parents there is little support. Several of the girls on the team also play basketball and once softball is concluded they are expected to fully commit to basketball all summer. Leaves little time for such frivolities as softball. The reason I didn't think it was a possibility was because I didn't think you could play only two innings. Whatever happens I know the GHS girls will play their hardest to the end and they won't lie down without putting up a fight and leaving everything they have between the lines. (Is that too many cliches?)

The fact of the matter is that softball at Gordonsville is treated as a fringe, extracurricular activity. Until the administration is committed to softball and baseball the way they are committed to football and basketball, then things will never change. Any success enjoyed by this team is because of the dedication of the girls themselves is spite of the obstacles they must overcome to succeed. There are at best four girls on the squad who have played any travel ball, all the rest are very inexperienced but improving. Getting the administration to commit to a couple of tournaments is laughable. I am very proud of these girls for what they have been able to accomplish, especially over the last week or so. Upsets do happen, keep playing hard.

I don't think that is a possibility.

What have you been to recently to qualify you to make an opinion? Have you seen either of these two teams play? Do you rely solely on what you read on this website? Nobody questioned who was the favorite in this game, I only questioned your qualification in making a prediction on it as to how Gordonsville would win only if the sky was falling. You still didn't answer the question I asked about when the last time you saw a game was. How many have you seen this year? To say that you have probably coached in more games than I have seen is a ludicrous statement. You don't know me or my background and have no idea what my experience is. The only thing that is for certain is that one of the easiest things to do is to sit on this website for hours and days on end and make meaningless one line predictions based solely on whatever stats you can pull up or based on other people's opinions. I know exactly what FCS has, what their winning percentage is, and I can guarantee you that I have seen them play 10 more ball games this year than you have. I also know that the Gordonsville girls have won three games this week in do or die situations in which they were the underdogs. Anything can happen and sometimes it does.

FCS 12 - GHS 3. Same story, different day. A couple of big innings by FCS and that was the ball game. Good luck on Friday in Chattanooga girls. Keep fighting. You're STILL playing.

I've got a question for you. When was the last time you saw a game...of any type, be it softball, basketball, or whatever. I don't mean watching it on TV. I mean actually paying an admission and sitting in the stands and observing a live ball game. The reason I ask is that you seem to have an opinion on everything, yet on all of your posts I never see where you say anything about actually seeing any of the teams play that you have an opinion on. I'm not predicting a Gordonsville win, but the Tigerettes are playing better ball since the tournaments started and lost to FCS 5-0 during the district last week. You never know, a hit here and a good bounce there and things could turn their way. At least they're still playing.

I stand by my original statement.

Any word if any Gordonsville or Westmoreland girls made either team?

Gordonsville beat them yesterday 4-2. Gordonsville got the big plays when they needed them in the Westmoreland game and the Watertown game. Good defense and good pitching from 8th grader Courtney Maynard. This will only be Gordonsville's second time playing in regions since they started playing softball at GHS. Congratulations Tigerettes.

TC lost to Gordonsville today 10-9. 8th grader Courtney Maynard pitched for Gordonsville. She has shown a lot of guts this year and played very well. She had one bad inning today but was able to keep her composure enough to shut down TC the next two innings and get the win. She has pitched well this year against some good teams, losing to Smith County 1-0 in the bottom of the 7th, and she should be really tough for the next four years.

Example: Travel Team A has ten players from ten different counties. Five players decide to go to Private School A, while the remaining five players go to the public school in their county. This happens again with Travel Team B. All of a sudden Private School A has ten top quality players and the public schools have two each. This is far fetched, I know, but it could happen to some extent. The smaller public schools usually do not have the capital, resources, or the players available to them that the privates do.

A 1 Goodpasture 2 Davidson 3 Ezell Harding 4 Franklin Road 5 Forrest 6 Friendship Five of the six are private schools. Who are the best public school teams?

I guess the difference is who is posting on this thread. I go back to what I said one of the threads that was deleted. Whatever it was that Dodgen did to get fired, it was not serious enough that he be removed as softball coach. I'm confident that whatever excuse was used for his termination (and regardless of the vernacular, he was fired), the underlying reasons were personal, and probably the only people who will know the whole story are those directly involved. I also said on the other thread that I did not care too much for some of Coach Dodgen's antics on the court, however I can't deny that he did a great job with the program at Smith County. I don't know the man personally, but the few times I spoke with him away from the basketball court, he seemed personable and polite. Every man deserves a second chance and I hope he goes somewhere and makes the best of his second chance. Broman, this is probably on its way to deletion now.