Pioneerdad

I believe his name is Eric Baird? (don't know if I got the last name spelled right) That's all I know about him.

Former Lady Pioneer and coach of the Lady Blue Devil Freshman team Erica (Mathis) Bragg came into town last night and beat the Lady Pioneer freshman team handily I don't remember the score but they won by 30.

Our girls lost a tough game with Coffee Co. the other night. Coffee Co. knew our weakness and exploited it. I know that when you live by the Three you die by it, but I would love to see our girls go inside. I remember a couple years ago when Amanda Locke played she helped the Lady Pioneers win some games because she wasn't scared to go inside. Keep your heads up girls play hard we support you.

Well we lost again. Had a good lead going into half time on Cannon Co. and wound up losing by 2.

I would like to see Jessica Grayson coaching the girls she is a graduate assistant at Valdosta State University. She would do well. I would re-check my info about AJ applying for the principal job.

I totally agree with this post. Does anyone else notice that her brother can not be found at the girls games and magically appears for the boys games? I still wish the girls the absolute best. Keep your heads up Lady Pioneers.

I am not questioning her coaching ability, However if people do not like the current situation with the Head coach being the AD's sister then how will it go if it were his sister-in-law. Now all of this could be silenced if she comes in and does a great job.

It wouldn't go over too well....From my recollection she is the AD's sister in law as well .

I do not wish the girls to give up 100 points. Although, I feel it is possible. I do have one question, and this is not bashing. I like to call it constructive criticism. Why does our coach sits down when she subs the bench players in at the end of a game, I feel they need guidance just the same as the starters?

The Girls still are having problems with beating a full court press.

Good luck to both teams tonight. Lets go Pioneers lets get a homecoming victory!!!

This is a really good article for any fan and parent to read. There is no excuse to yell at anyone. Yelling does make people look bad.

My observation of Pioneer football is the feeder system of the JFL (peewee football) was started up again in the late 90's. I believe that these seniors were some of the charter members of the leauge. If we want the high school football team to be successfull we have to rely on our youth coaches to create a long standing intrest. It is hard to develop skill players in just a couple of years, it also depends on the ability of a player that can change the time it takes. If you look at how we have a succesfull baseball program at the school is because we have an outstanding feeder system. It will take time. You guys might be upset with coaches, but are you willing to go out there and coach? I will tip my hat to them for trying their best.

You know there is one thing that I have noticed this year more than I have in years past with the old ball coach. When her team gets down she sits down and and stops coaching, and if the game is close she will coach the team. This doesn't make sense to me. and one of my pet peaves of mine is the whole layup thing the only one that I saw at the game make a layup was Locke the others that had breakaways which were not many do that stop jump shot instead of taking it to the hole. there is going to have to be changes made not just in the high school level but in the elementary level. to help feed our high school program there are six schools that are feeding our high school and one of the reasons that they do not gel is because they are worried about county championships.

Nice Post motownmom, I think that this reiterates what we all are trying to say we are proud of our girls and we do want them to do well I just wish that we could see them get better as their time progresses through their high school career. I just want to say look at the talent that has came through this program who hasn't gotten better until they go to the next level and on there own. I am not trying to stir more things up but did she help her with a scholarship to Cumberland? If she did why hasn't she with others.

Amanda Locke should get alot of credit for the past three wins becasue she has put them on her back and carried them here lately.

I believe that you are on to something there Hoop. One of the biggest things that bother me is no one seems to care at the high school or at the school board if she wins or not. We did by the way win a State Championship in 1979 and I know that was a long time ago, and remember that is when we had jobs in the county. I think that is not the answer to our problems the answer is we play who has the biggest pockets in the county, not the best player.

Like myself and Hoop20 we have nothing persnal against Coach Eades but there are many games that we could have one in the past and she has just got flat out coached. and I just don't know where the direction of the team is going. I believe that there is enough talent for us to make some noise in the 7AAA district but it just seems that we are going to be the bottom feeders again this year.

Actually that was for sportsmanship.

I am in total agree with you I do want al the athletics in Warren County to do well and it is just a shame that the girls have to go through the things that they do. I have heard that most of the girls want to quit because of the coach, but don't because they don't want to hurt the other girls on the team. You are also correct that people just have seemed to forget that she did coach and didn't do well. I am also in agreement with you I have nothing against coach Eades but it just seems like if we make so many changes with all of our other programs why we don't do the same with the girls basketball coach, and we all know the answer to that question. Who knows if they got their way with the petition. I do think that the new boys coach Smith will be here for a while. He has all of his family here and the only way he will leave is if they run him off and I hope that is not the case becuase he looks to be a promising coach and he is from that Bobby Luna mold and we know what a success he has had.

Back in my day our biggest rivalry was White county and there still is just a little bit of it left. I hope the boys tonight will be able to pull out a win.

I am glad to see that some one has the guts to take a stand on this situation. Write on brother.

Things will never change she will be the head coach as long as he is the AD and that is how it is going to be. from what I have heard and this could all be a rumor and you know how rumors go around the county. The reason that she is the coach is becasuse alot of the players parents went to the school board and asked the school board for her to be the coach. some of the plays that she is using are the same ones that she won numerous county championships, you cannot run the same plays over and over again. Oh and I agree on how she runs the whole game through one player and now since Mckenna is hurt who is going to be that person to go to. I guess we will just have another bad season this year just like in the past