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Absolutely!

Yes. In all fairness though you have to include everyone and that would include the A.D.

Runner this time we finally we do not agree. You are totally clueless as to my identity. Not only am I not coaching next year I did not coach in years past certainly at that level. Also if you would re-read my post I said others said we did not have much talent no one can blame them for that I certainly never would as a fan. As far as the A.D. goes I wonder how he did interact with the former staff if he tried to help them out with as much experience as he had in the past? I assume he was the A.D. the whole time SS was coach was he not?

Again Runner we agree that is my opinion. I would have to rate the staff last year on their record and that was not very good. Although I do hear many say we don't have much talent I choose to never blame the players. Also if I rated Joe Gaddis's or Bruce's record now or in the past there is no comparison to our A.D.'s lackluster record now or as a coach and that is what we were talking about. I also respect your opinion concerning my skills vs the A.D's it tells me a lot about you since you obiviously don't have a clue as to who I am. I guess the future will tell us all we need to know about the skills of all involved. You have good day and keep supporting those Cats.

Runner, I agree with you what he did was wrong and can never be considered anything but wrong. I can forgive them both. I just believe the H.C. is much more skilled at his craft than the A.D. is at his.

Come on now be objective I believe I remember you saying that the A.D. was blunt and had alienated some people it's hard to be diplomatic when your blunt and an alienator. If it's ok for the A.D. it has to be ok for the H.C. You can check it out on page 12 or so. Let's be fair though.

Runner, I don't know who you refer to as Jeff or Nick Orlando. I have seen the posts on here by Nick Orlando but I promise you neither is at my house nor have been, although Nick apparently does know some of these characters pretty well. It is not heresay that He(present A.D.) walked out on the Kids, and the program really left them in a bind a very short time before the season was to start, but they went on to have a great year in spite of being short-handed from a coaching stand point. I certainly have no problem with Joe or Bruce would love to have either back now or in the future. As far as making the program better I like the selection of the coach I just choose to give others credit for that hire.

It's not about walking out me or how I felt. It is about teaching young people not to quit and give up at the first sign of a little adversity. If they see their coach quit it makes easier for them to quit. That is what my coaches and all good coaches try to instill. This has nothing to do with SS he was a head coach our A.D. never was nor will he be.

Young and confused Ram you need to go back and read some of your posts a little closer.I don't believe you asked permission to speak on and about everything you have said about others. Not that I think you need to but your the one that said you had. If the A.D. and others who really have a position of importance with the program or school read this stuff we are in a bad way.

You have not been concerned with other people's business being spread all over the place by yourself and others until now that is strange. There is no acceptable reason for a coach at that point in the pre-season to quit short of a family emergency and we both know that was not the case. I know exactly what happened and a true Wildcat or someone who cared about the program more than themselves would have found a way to fight and not run away. There are other instances of him being self serving but I don't think they belong on here at least not at this point. By the way they had a great season that year and several more after that.

Would someone who cares or cared so much about the program and the Kids walk out on them and the other coaches days or weeks before the start of the season like he did in 2003 or 2004 not sure which year. Is that caring ? Also I am told he was turned down by the present coach and others came in to secure the hire.

LOL! You have no clue. LOL! You are so young and confused.

Dad, it is odd that you have a search for a new football coach and you don't have one football person on the committee. Especially odd that it is during basketball season, like a basketball coach has nothing else to do. Very poor planning from the start but probably a personal agenda there. Sure has been slow and none of the names that we know have been interviewed are very impressive by OR standards. Hope the caretakers of the program realize how important this is to so many.

No not related just willing to admit that he did something that the previous coaches did not do and they had plenty of chances going all the way back to the early 90's. I agree the 2003 team(players) gave them all they wanted and had they had an O coordinator with a mind for football that would have given the ball to the horses that got him there they would have won that game and were in postion to do so.

The 2003 OR team was as talented as Riverdale as I remember towards the end of that game our O Coordinator decided not to give the ball to two of the best backs in the state. Remember who that coordinator was? Don't tell me Riverdale was more talented than the team with Mcaddley, Bohanon, and Gibson. Give the last coach credit he ended the dominance Riverdale had over OR that the other two could not.

Don't remember Bruce or Joe and their staffs staff ever beating Riverdale.

You can bet it won't be anyone from Bearden or Karns. Maybe the A.D will work with him.

VilleRam, totally agree with you on the staff. The special teams have steadily gone down the last few years. I don't believe we made one field goal this year and missed several Pats. Roger's returns were all him being athletic. Our punter was very good but our coverage was average at best. I hope the new coach will do something to make special teams Special again.

HTV. They do both have some good opportunities at this point and many things are going to change between now and signing day.You are going to be surprised and the viles will miss out on yet another in state prospect that could help them get their program back to respectibility. Stay Tuned.

The viles have under achieved now for sveral years with the exception of the year Ainge was a Freshmen. Those same thugs went 5-6 this year could have been much worse except for some good luck. The good years are over we are seeing the end of this era. VANDY enough said. I hope Ucheat gets to play against The player from Oak Ridge and from Ravenwood so they can see what a football player with heart, class and ability looks like. It makes you wonder about all those top 5 recruting classes that they have had.Overrated or under coached?

TnBreakers,or OR19 who is leaving I must have missed something ?

Foster was real good against Vandy and Kentucky.

Top, you can give me all the formulas you want but I know if the vols had two players the claliber and character of Jennings and Gulmire they would not be 5-6 this year. They do not have a QB or Tb on their team as good as the two we speak of. If they do why have they not played them? I really believe the big weakness is the coaches are lazy(or can't coach) and believe if they recruit the best of the best on paper that they won't have to coach or scheme which there is not doubt they can't do either one.

It is a mystery to all involved why two good players and quality individuals are not being heavily recruited by all the Schools in this state big and small. But then again when you look at some of the problems the larger schools in this state have with their athletes being in trouble all the time and even as they put up with all the problems from those kids and they still don't win sure makes you wonder what they are looking for. I think some coaches at the bigger schools do not want to put in the time coaching players up so they have to get the best athletic ability they can to compete because they know they can't coach,but what they forget is that you will win more games with kids with heart, discipline, and being a team then you will with a bunch of great athletes that are in jail all the time.

If you think people are not trying to help Jennings and Gulmire you are very mistaken. Many hours have been put in for both of these young men's options so they can have a college career at any and every level. They both will play some where and make a huge impact. I wish they could play together. They are both not only great players, but also tremendous people the kind of young men that instantly give character to any program or anyone they are around. The colleges are the ones who need to take a good look at themselves and their biased choices in athletes.