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I saw parts of the Brentwood games today. What's going on? They have managed to win, but at great expense to their players from what I am hearing. I was surprised when I saw them pull their senior setter to put in a taller but clearly weaker setter to play the front row. Wow. I heard the Brentwood setter was the district and region MVP and has set for them for three years and is a favorite among some of the fans (and posters.) I was also told by a Brentwood parent that the assistant coach is now running the show. I believe this is the same coach that no one wants to have coach them at Impact. I've heard that girls will go over to Williamson County Select if they get stuck with him. It's amazing that Coach Campbell is allowing someone else to run her team. I've heard that she has always allowed the girls that got them there to finish their season at the state tournament. Something is very wrong in the Brentwood camp. If they win state, it doesn't sound like it will mean much.
On the other hand, siegel looked great. They are really clicking since the last time I saw them. They look like they have the heart and coaching to win this year. I didn't think I would say that until I saw Brentwood today. Of course, you never know. They didn't look as good this afternoon as they did this morning and they'll have to be on their game to beat Germantown in order to get to Brentwood. That's assuming Brentwood wins its semis too.
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I read the article and to me it was a slap in the face. That coach obviously doesn't know how to talk to the media. She gave Siegel absolutely no credit and basically said theres no way Siegel should have won. I believe the exact quote was...""I don't think they're the best," Brooks said. "We can be the best." How can a team not be the best when they don't lose anyone and were in the state quarters last year and your team has done nothing before this year. You have no room to talk until you can beat them. If Brooks knew nothing else she should have least known not to give the other team more fuel to add to their fire which she obviously did.
Siegel hasn't underachieved at all I don't think...IF they get Parrott back they can hang with Brentwood, without her they will have to play a great match and hope to get Brentwood out of their game once more.
Based on previous experience with newspaper interviews, I have found that many times what a player or coach says is taken out of context. Sometimes, just a word left out here or there changes the entire meaning of what they meant to say. In one case, someone I know was quoted as saying something completely different from what they said. It was totally made up. The Cookeville coach may be guilty of every word said in that article, but then again, maybe not.
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i think the state championships might have a little change this year...
totally class parents at Siegel. We'll see you next month
I think everyone should proceed with caution before predicting the demise of Brentwood based on one match loss. From all indications, Brentwood dominated the BVIT last weekend, then went to Huntsville on Tuesday and defeated two of the Alabama powerhouses. Brentwood may have experienced a let down from so much intense play or took Siegal for granted since they have beaten them easily in the past. Any time you take ANY team for granted, you are in trouble. I will be surprised if that match loss was anything but a fluke.
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"A great club system and consistent coaching are the difference."
OK, define consistent coaching. Do you mean coaching strategies or experience level? Do you mean philosophies or tendencies? Draw me a model of the "perfect coach" or "perfect club".
Hard to define and build it...but easy to criticize, especially in anonymity. A great club takes time to evolve, and that is happening here in Nashville, and in Chattanooga, and in Memphis, and in Knoxville. The state's vb is getting better every year. Fact is, you only get out of it what you put into it. More kids are playing club every year, thus the level of vb in TN is getting better all the time. There is more parity now than ever, as should be evident from this weekend's Brentwood Invt. Some of the state's best teams got together and put on quite a show. BGA beat Ryan. HH beat Germantown. Both unlikely in recent history. Because of the coaching? Maybe. But more than likely because of the talent. BGA has a great coach, but also a great bunch of Freshman that are contributing plus some upper classmen with tons of experience in club. HH has a good coach. But would they have won and reached the finals without Taylor? Maybe, but not likely. Germantown beat Brentwood a game 25-9. 25-9!! Is that because of the coaching? The same two coaches have been there for over a decade. No, because of the play of the kids.
And as far as TN vs Alabama or TN vs KY....BHS and Grissom have been swapping blows for years. It goes back and forth. This year Grissom won, barely. Before it was Brentwood. McGill came to the BIVT in 2003 and didn't make the Gold division, but won the AAAAAA State Championship over in Alabama. Does that mean that AL was inferior to TN that year?
This weekend my team went to Louisville for a tournament and won, (not losing a game) and beat Sacred Heart in the finals 25-18, 25-19. Does that mean that all TN is getting better than KY? Of course not. My point STILL is that each team is different, each club is different, EACH COACH IS DIFFERENT, even in Kiva or Nasa. There is no "perfect" system. You cannot generalize that this area or that area is better or worse in coaching, on the whole. There are too many variables, yes including talent, and more importantly EXPERIENCE of the players.
I think you know what I mean by consistent coaching. Why be difficult? There are way too many dissatisfied customers of the current club system here in Tennessee for you to win this argument. Since you obviously are associated with one of them, you have taken offense. I absolutely can generalize that this area is worse in coaching. At least in the club system. Sure, each coach is different, but that's not necessarily a good thing in the club program. The great clubs teach their coaches to teach in the same methods. It's pretty simple and very effective. That is the point I keep trying to get through to you. Maybe the newest club, Williamson County Select, has that in their business plan. Let's see...a model of a great club, though probably not perfect, would be A-5. They did their homework and their focus is in the right place. They have "evolved" almost immediately. This is my last comment on this subject. Obviously, I've touched a sore spot.
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Well, the other side of that coin is that not only do the Louisville kids start much earlier, but also that the majority (if not all) of the Kiva red teams play together at Kiva AND Assumption. Ron has done an incredible job with both programs. But he has also been blessed with a great situation in that his kids can play both for his school and club, so they are working together constantly. Some of the schools in TN are starting to do that, but they don't have that kind of experienced talent or coaching to make it benefit them yet. I know Brentwood has wanted to do that for years based on Ron's model. But even with the talent BHS has had over the past 10 years, I don't think they could have had a better club team with all BHS players than the best Impact teams created by combining the talent from other schools. In Assumption's case though, they have the best players so it works for them. But you can't compare Kiva and Impact, because no one in the country that I know of has a situation like Kiva/Assumption. Why else do you think Louisville, in the the middle of the mideast (aka nowheresville) has teams that beat the SoCal and Texas teams? Because Ron has created a great dynamic situation, plus they get to play the best teams from a much stronger area including Chicago, Indy, Michigan, and Ohio, and KHSAA does not step in and dub them with a 50/50 rule like Alabama has.
Bottom line... once again. A great club system and consistent coaching are the difference. We don't have a great club system or great coaching (consistently). Please stop putting the blame where it does not belong. Assumption, though obviously the best, is not the only great high school team in Louisville. KIVA girls are playing in high schools throughout the area. There are no 50/50 rules here, so why aren't TN teams at least better than Alabama teams? Take one guess. Please don't say talent, because that is such a coaching cop out. There will NEVER be a great club in TN until someone does things right. Why not use KIVA or A-5 as a model? It's going to take someone with great vision to bring that to TN.
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BINGO! That's it in a nutshell. The younger they start the better they will be when they get to high school. Louisville girls start even before 12 on the KIVA teams. By the time they make a KIVA 12 Red team they have been playing a few years in the catholic school system. Obviously great coaching is key also, but even if the coaching were just average(it's not) the extra playing time would still generate great players.
Starting at a young age is extremely important, and many girls in this area have been playing club since they were 11 or 12. But even more important is consistent coaching. Because you have that great coaching in your area, you may not be aware of how fundamental it is to the club program. Sounds like you have layers of good coaching in your area (Catholic school system and club). We are not so fortunate here.
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Thank you BeCool for your comments. First a generalization then a question.
Generalization- there is one club in Tn (Impact), one club in Ala (NASA), and one club in Ga (A5) that are clearly a step ahead. Impact gets THE draw from an area of 570,000. A5 recruited most of the best in an area of 4 million. NASA is most impressive by dominating from a city with "only" 200K. I think my point is
that the dominant club from areas as large as Nash. and Atlanta "should" be ahead of the smaller areas. I am NOT discounting Impact and A5, they do things very well, but give me an extra 3.8 million or 380K people to scan thru and I could probably have come up with a few extra points per game too. NASA is the one to look at as a model. Anyway...Question. What practices do you see as the most beneficial for clubs and/or HS programs to adopt? Thank you.
What NASA does well, as does every great program, is offer consistent coaching. They train their coaches to coach the same way at every age group and level. They also provide developmental programs for their players, such as, strength training and jumping programs. You only have to go to their website during the season to see what they are up to. A-5, the newest Atlanta club, is a wonderful example of how to run a club. Before they started, they looked at what all the clubs in the Atlanta area (I can think of at least 5 others) were doing wrong, then they researched what all the great clubs in the country were doing right, and then established their club. You should check out their website. Once at their website, go to "The A-5 Difference" and check out #2 under missions and goals. It talks about how they insist on consistent coaching from age 12 through high school. Coaches must attend mandatory coaching clinics. That is one program TN clubs MUST adopt if they want to compete. They also need to offer that additional developmental training that the top clubs offer. Obviously, when you look at A-5's website you realize they have tremendous community support and funding. However, the creators of A-5 aggressively pursued that help. They knew it took a lot more than knowing volleyball to run a club. It is a business with all the headaches that come with that. The best clubs are partnerships of business talent and volleyball knowledge and leadership.
High school ball will always be at the mercy of the quality of the coach. That's why strong club programs are so important.
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Friday Pool Play:
Pool A - 1 Sacred Heart, 2 Huntsville, 3 Hoover, 4 Homewood
Pool B - 1 Grissom, 2 Vestavia, 3 Manual, 4 Cordova
Pool C - 1 McGill, 2 Germantown, 3 Oak Mtn, 4 Harding
Pool D - 1 Bob Jones, 2 Brentwood, 3 Bayside, 4 Spain Park
Saturday Pool Play:
Pool AA - 1 Bob Jones, 2 McGill, 3 Grissom, 4 Sacred Heart
Pool BB - 1 Huntsville, 2 Brentwood, 3 Germantown, 4 Vestavia
Pool CC - 1 Oak Mtn, 2 Bayside, 3 Hoover, 4 Manual
Pool DD - 1 Harding, 2 Homewood, 3 Cordova, 4 Spain Park
1st Round:
Bob Jones def. Spain Park
McGill def Cordova
Sacred Heart def. Harding
Grissom def. Homewood
Huntsville def. Manual
Brentwood def. Hoover
Germantown def. Bayside
Vestavia def. Oak Mountain
Quarter-Finals:
Bob Jones def. Vestavia
McGill def. Germantown
Sacred Heart def. Huntsville
Grissom def. Brentwood
Semi-Finals:
Bob Jones def. Sacred Heart
Grissom def. McGill-Toolen
Championship Match:
Grissom def. Bob Jones (a bit of a surprise)
Well, this was a killer tournament indeed. The top 4 teams were identifyable early. The next 4-5 were noticeable too. But any of the top 8 could be interchangeable on any given weekend. It was truly a showcase of great teams. Brentwood lost in the quarter-finals to Grisssom, which was the third Huntsville area team to give them a loss. BHS also lost to Huntsville High and Bob Jones. Bob Jones may have been the best team in the tournament (although losing in the finals), beating McGill, Grissom, and Sacred Heart respectively. Bob Jones, Huntsville, and Grissom are stocked full of NASA kids whose 14 and 15 yr old club teams both faired well in Open at Salt Lake, and whose 17 yr old team won SRVA Regionals and made it to Salt Lake as well.
Huntsville's team is comprised mainly of NASA's 14 yr old team, and their setter is an 8th grader and she is very good. B'wood had a shaky tournament on Friday and early Saturday, and started playing like B'wood in the second game against G'town and rolled over Hoover. Germantown is good, though relying on MH #5 heavily. She did a great job powering 2's in the middle mainly to the right back corner. She got in trouble when having to hit to the left. Their OH's are not as strong as their middles, and they served nothing but deep floaters. But they can hang with anyone in TN for sure. Their match with BHS was very close, but B'wood won in two. Grissom is always good and the two teams battle back and forth year to year, so a close match ws expected. Both games were close, 23-25 and 20-25. B'wood plays in the Southeast Challenge in Southside, AL this weekend and has Bob Jones in their opening pool again. Should be a great opportunity to improve again, as they did this weekend.Clearly, the best Huntsville volleyball is a step ahead of the best Nashville volleyball at this point, and I might dare say is well within reach of even Louisville's top teams.Well, it looks like we both need to eat our words. Brentwood came in second only to McGill Toolen in the Southside tournament, beating Bob Jones and Georgia state champs Woodward to advance to the finals. Clearly the best of Huntsville (and Atlanta) is NOT a step ahead of the best of Tennessee volleyball. Not a word about this in the Tennessee newspapers. No surprise there. Not even a word is mentioned about this feat on the Brentwood website. I had to find it hidden away on an earlier post. I only had to go to the Louisville newspapers to find out the results of the Louisville Invitational that Harding Academy and Huntsville High played in. Huntsville lost to Butler in the Silver Championship. Harding lost somewhere in the silver bracket. I guess we were wrong again. Huntsville volleyball is not yet in reach of the TOP Louisville volleyball teams. I still contend that lack of good, consistent coaching in strong club programs is the problem in Tennessee. Obviously the TALENT is here. Under the current club program, Tennessee will produce a few great players and maybe a high school team like Brentwood who can compete at a higher level. But unless the clubs in Tennessee start adopting the practices of the successful, established clubs around the country, they will never produce the numerous competitive teams and players that come out of Kentucky, Alabama and Georgia, to name a few.
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Friday Pool Play:
Pool A - 1 Sacred Heart, 2 Huntsville, 3 Hoover, 4 Homewood
Pool B - 1 Grissom, 2 Vestavia, 3 Manual, 4 Cordova
Pool C - 1 McGill, 2 Germantown, 3 Oak Mtn, 4 Harding
Pool D - 1 Bob Jones, 2 Brentwood, 3 Bayside, 4 Spain Park
Saturday Pool Play:
Pool AA - 1 Bob Jones, 2 McGill, 3 Grissom, 4 Sacred Heart
Pool BB - 1 Huntsville, 2 Brentwood, 3 Germantown, 4 Vestavia
Pool CC - 1 Oak Mtn, 2 Bayside, 3 Hoover, 4 Manual
Pool DD - 1 Harding, 2 Homewood, 3 Cordova, 4 Spain Park
1st Round:
Bob Jones def. Spain Park
McGill def Cordova
Sacred Heart def. Harding
Grissom def. Homewood
Huntsville def. Manual
Brentwood def. Hoover
Germantown def. Bayside
Vestavia def. Oak Mountain
Quarter-Finals:
Bob Jones def. Vestavia
McGill def. Germantown
Sacred Heart def. Huntsville
Grissom def. Brentwood
Semi-Finals:
Bob Jones def. Sacred Heart
Grissom def. McGill-Toolen
Championship Match:
Grissom def. Bob Jones (a bit of a surprise)
Well, this was a killer tournament indeed. The top 4 teams were identifyable early. The next 4-5 were noticeable too. But any of the top 8 could be interchangeable on any given weekend. It was truly a showcase of great teams. Brentwood lost in the quarter-finals to Grisssom, which was the third Huntsville area team to give them a loss. BHS also lost to Huntsville High and Bob Jones. Bob Jones may have been the best team in the tournament (although losing in the finals), beating McGill, Grissom, and Sacred Heart respectively. Bob Jones, Huntsville, and Grissom are stocked full of NASA kids whose 14 and 15 yr old club teams both faired well in Open at Salt Lake, and whose 17 yr old team won SRVA Regionals and made it to Salt Lake as well. Clearly, the best Huntsville volleyball is a step ahead of the best Nashville volleyball at this point, and I might dare say is well within reach of even Louisville's top teams. Huntsville's team is comprised mainly of NASA's 14 yr old team, and their setter is an 8th grader and she is very good. B'wood had a shaky tournament on Friday and early Saturday, and started playing like B'wood in the second game against G'town and rolled over Hoover. Germantown is good, though relying on MH #5 heavily. She did a great job powering 2's in the middle mainly to the right back corner. She got in trouble when having to hit to the left. Their OH's are not as strong as their middles, and they served nothing but deep floaters. But they can hang with anyone in TN for sure. Their match with BHS was very close, but B'wood won in two. Grissom is always good and the two teams battle back and forth year to year, so a close match ws expected. Both games were close, 23-25 and 20-25. B'wood plays in the Southeast Challenge in Southside, AL this weekend and has Bob Jones in their opening pool again. Should be a great opportunity to improve again, as they did this weekend.
I agree Huntsville volleyball is ahead of Nashville volleyball. They should be. They have at least two strong club programs, NASA and RCVC, and maybe one or two more in the area. In addition, those girls go straight from their club programs into high school programs where the coaches are, in many cases, the coaches from NASA and RCVC. In addition, McGill Toolen's (great team from Mobile) coach was the coach at Spring Hill College. You can't hardly compete with that. I only know three programs in the Nashville area, Franklin, BGA and Harpeth Hall, that have coaches with strong volleyball coaching background. As far as club programs in Nashville go, their weakness lies in the lack of great coaches available in this area. There are only a handful of quality coaches for a large number of teams.
You are right about Alabama volleyball getting closer to Louisville volleyball. I believe one reason is that volleyball is appreciated, respected and reported on in both those states. Great athletes are attracted to the sport. From what I've seen, only the Chattanooga papers do a decent job of following high school volleyball in Tennessee. I rarely see articles in any Tennessee newspapers about our college and university volleyball teams.
You do need to do a little homework on one comment you made. Huntsville High School volleyball is not made up mostly of NASA's 14 year old team. That makes for interesting reading but is simply not true. They have one 8th grader, one freshman and four or five seniors and the rest juniors and sophomores. Their junior setter is injured.
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I do not want to rank any teams, but becool you did not watch sullivan south very good. They are a very good team. I am not going to say who is the best player or best team, but you need to take another look at that team. You must have been watching another game. Take the blinders off. The only think you got right was that Siegle is a good team.
Sorry, no blinders here. I was only commenting on what I saw. Maybe they will have improved next time I see them.
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Each week why don't we rank the top 4 teams in each class?
AAA
Brentwood - The best until they are beaten.
Sullivan South - Athletic with the best setter in the state.
Frankin - Looks strong early.
Cookeville - They don't make unforced errors.
A/AA
East Ridge - Probably unbeatable at State.
DCA - Always dangerous.
Boyd Buchanan - Played well at Early Bird.
Anderson County - Young team getting better.
Division II
Father Ryan - Will be tough to beat.
GPS - Lots of energy.
Harding Academy - Great fans.
Harpeth Hall - New coach is making a difference.
You have so many threads going, I don't know where to respond. From your rankings (and one of your other topic threads "setting at East Ridge"), it's obvious you haven't seen East Ridge play this year. If you had, you wouldn't have them ranked #1 and unbeatable at State. Brock must be getting all her kills off of really weak teams. I didn't get to see it but I heard they lost to Brentwood 25-9, 25-? this weekend. I know Brentwood is suppose to be good, but 25-9? If East Ridge is the best of A/AA, then that division is incredibly weak this year. I saw them at the Brentwood Blastoff and the setting was a big problem. Anderson County may be the team to beat in A/AA. I haven't seen all of your ranked teams play, however, I have seen Sullivan South play twice. Both times I've seen them play, their setter has been very inconsitent. She's definitely not the best setter in the state, but she looks like she has potential. She might be a better hitter than setter. Also, she probably looks good because I didn't see another strong player on that team. I have seen Seigal play and I would have them ranked above both Sullivan South and Franklin.
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Wow, where to begin. Couple of corrections to your post. Independance is not made up of only Freshman and Sophomores...they also have Junior(s) on their squad. From what I saw this weekend they gave Brentwood a good run in game 1 and did the same thing to Brentwood a couple of weeks ago before losing the last few critical points. They are a good team considering they don't have a lot of size.
Second correction...you need to reread the posts regarding BruinBabe and TruBlue. GLJ was incorrect in who made the ludicrous assertion that Brock wouldn't get playing time on Brentwood's team.
Your comments regarding Brock are of course your opinion but anyone who has seen her play and is objective can say that she is an outstanding player and one of the best in the state.
Brentwood lost game 1 to Franklin and time ran out before the end of game 2 so I'm not sure how you call that a split. To say that they had "easy" victories over Father Ryan and Independance is a stretch but I guess that's how you saw it.
Brentwood receives lots of praise on this Forum...you might need to read some other posts to get a better feel for this.
Stay Cool!
Just a quick response. You are right about Independence. I believe they do have one junior. Second, I did read the posts and the assertion that trublu made was not ludicrous in the opinion of many. Brock does not belong on Brentwood. Finally, I don't see anyone from Brentwood or any other team besides East Ridge claiming that no one can touch them and that they won't lose a game in their district and that State is wrapped up. Some East Ridge posters are making these claims and it's just a little hard to listen to considering they are already losing matches. My point is that some teams are winning all their matches and claiming nothing and East Ridge is losing matches and already claiming the State title.
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Not to be picky, but trublu started this when she said that Brock couldn't get playing time on Brentwoods team. You didn't call out trublu. Why, because when I was at Brentwood this weekend I found out that trublu is Ivolley.
Great Line Judge, you are not being objective. Either moderate or post. What you are doing is not cool. We know that you and Ivolley are friends and that you love Brentwood. Asking for that kids email is not cool. Let queen bee take over and you just post.
Wow, how can you accuse the Great Line Judge of being inappropriate (in Do we need a new moderator?) when you just revealed the identity of a fellow poster. Why did you feel the need to share that information? Do we all have to worry now that you will seek out and reveal the true identity of anyone who disagrees with you. Maybe you're mad about what trublu said about Brock. Well, after watching her at the Blastoff, I would have to agree with trublu. Brock wouldn't get much playing time at Brentwood. Those girls just have too much combined talent and experience. I would say that you are the one who needs to be objective.
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This is a serious post.
The Great Line Judge is a moderator for this thread, but he is also one of its most frequent posters.
He is an official that works out of Nashville, and worked the State Tournament last year.
He has favorite teams, and posters, and if you are not in the clique he either gets on you or deletes your posts.
He has a favorite team, Brentwood, and a favorite coach and poster Ivolley. Can he say the things he says on here and be an objective official?
Is it right that he is a moderator?
Last week a Brentwood player stood up for Laura Brock from East Ridge. Another poster, trublu, said that Brock wouldn't even be able to play for Brentwood, a ridicoulous statement when she is one of the state's top 2 players.
What did our moderator do, ask a high schgool girl for her private email while defending the trublu's statement. That was not cool.
I think he should be allowed to post, but not moderate. Also, what if he gets assigned one of Brentwoods games? Given his friendship with Ivolley should he be allowed to officiate?
He will probably delete this post, but do we not have a say in who our moderator is. And is it right that an official is so active on this site. No other officials post here.
Okay, this has been one of the most ridulous posts I have seen so far. I can't say I agree with the Great Line Judge as an objective observer. His comments today about Laura Brock in reference to her play at the Brentwood Blastoff were off the mark. I watched Brock play in three matches this weekend and I don't think anyone will be afraid of her. Granted the setting makes her job almost impossible. East Ridge looked pretty weak all round and Brock is nothing to write home about. She carries herself like an athlete and that seems to make people believe she is something special. Seems to me lots of people are taking offense at some very objective opinions about Brock and her team. East Ridge even lost to Independence! They are a team of freshman and sophomores, so how good can East Ridge really be? (Okay, no offense Independence, you may be great one day, just not yet) You are probably another bias East Ridge fan. Anyway, the fact that I don't agree with the Great Line Judge's observations, doesn't mean that I don't think he is a capable moderator.
I agree with the Great Line Judge for questioning the identity of the BruinBabe (?). Someone needs to keep things in line. BruinBabe sounds much more like a player from another team than a Brentwood player. I would say that is not playing by the rules and someone needs to nip that kind of thing in the bud. Isn't the purpose of a moderator to keep things in check? I'm glad someone is screening this site. It should make us all think twice before we write.
Also, please explain how the Great Line Judge has shown any favoritism towards Brentwood? I haven't read any posts about Brentwood at all. That's another thing I don't understand. How is it that the best team out there doesn't have a fan base on this site. They have a whole team of incredible players but you don't hear a word about them. Seems like all the posts are from Chattanooga and Murfreesboro and a few scattered others? Brentwood beat every team they faced this weekend, except for a split with Franklin. I understand that was probably from underestimating them and will not likely happen again. I think they had easy victories over Siegal, Father Ryan and Independence. Maybe they don't need to toot their horn like everyone else feels they need to do.
Finally, I know several officials. For all I know, one may be the Great Line Judge. Volleyball is really a pretty small world so natually the coaches and officials get to know each other over the years, and some may even become good friends. To imply that an official would intentionally call a match in his friend's favor is ridiculous. Lets get real here. High school volleyball is just not that important.
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My mom would have a fit if I sent some strange guy (or gal?) an email. I have no idea who you are, and I am definately not emailing you!
This is a chat room, I don't want people knowing my name. Have you ever heard of stalking?
Most people who get on here are 30-40 year old guys with nothing better to do than read stuff about girls high school volleyball.
I am NOT emailing YOU!!! This was NOT a cool request!
Interesting post at 12:59 PM for a school girl. I believe school gets out around 2:30 PM. It makes one wonder if you really are a student. Also, your earlier rather strong endorsement of Brock and East Ridge certainly makes one question if you are really are from Brentwood. Hmm...
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I am making my prediction now, and I want to be clear. No one can stop Brock, and East Ridge has nobody in AA that can hang with her. End of story. DCA plays us at Brentwood on Saturday, and so does Lipscomb. See how seriously they challenge us. AA is over.
I agree, setting is a big concern, but it was last year to. Our strength is hitting not setting. Brock can hit anything near her. If we had a setter we would play in AAA. Even without a strong setter we win. Watch us Saturday and see!
Private school is GPS, and Brentwood in AAA.
Their just glad we play in AA or there would be no 7!
The Fro is BACK at the boro, and Brock will hand her the trophy!
I must say that your recent posts have been entertaining though mildly disturbing. Your support of East Ridge and Brock (your daughter?) can't be disputed. What I don't understand is how you make these ridiculous statements and predictions about East Ridge considering how they have already performed this season. Obviously, you haven't attended any matches this year or seen the game scores. East Ridge has in no way been dominating teams. At the Choo Choo scrimmage last weekend they were far from impressive. As far as East Ridge threatening Brentwood's run for 7, Brentwood beat them both at the Choo Choo camp and at the Brentwood Team Camp. Both matches were fairly easy wins. I think the scores were around the 25-15, 25-17 range both times. I even think they beat you in the third games without their starters. That's not to say that East Ridge won't get better and be a major powerhouse by the end of the season. I'm sure Brock is a fine player, but in the games I've seen East Ridge play, she has not stood out. I can't imagine the pressure you are putting on her. They way you talk, it sounds like there's not another worthy player on the team. I wonder how that makes them feel. All this talk about who is the best player is silly. It is really so subjective. How can you really compare setters, hitters and defensive specialists? On any given day, the best player could be anyone. Taylor Parrish is a great player, but anyone who has followed her in club and school knows that she has had bad matches. She would be the first to tell you that. No player or team is great all the time. So, lighten up.
that the dominant club from areas as large as Nash. and Atlanta "should" be ahead of the smaller areas. I am NOT discounting Impact and A5, they do things very well, but give me an extra 3.8 million or 380K people to scan thru and I could probably have come up with a few extra points per game too. NASA is the one to look at as a model. Anyway...
What's Up With Brentwood?
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Where exactly is the personal attack? You may close this topic if you feel it goes too far. I was only making an observation but maybe... Your call