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Kim Decker are your crazy? McCord lost 80% of his scoring from last year with 8 seniors gone. DC beat Westview four times this year with two talented freshmen. Then Westview places four on the All District Team and DC has only three. Dyer County has won the District now three years in a row. And McCord has never won the Coach of the Year. He was a Co-Coach of the Year a couple of years ago with Tim Britt (another Westview coach) You might not think it now but you're going to miss DC next year at the gate. Dyer County did get the best trophy. District 13AA League and Tournament CHAMPIONS.

You DC people amaze me sometimes (some of the most arrogant, cocky, self righteous, hypocritical ________s around (SOME OF YOU/ NOT ALL).... "if Haskins had any guts......" are you kidding me... What the #@!*, are we in the movies or something..... Then what, everybody in the stands would then rise up and give a standing ovatioin as the tears pooled up in their eyes so impressed with the show of humbleness and humility over the gesture! /roflol.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":roflol:" border="0" alt="roflol.gif" /> Try sitting over in Northside's or Covington's section and rubbing it in like you did against Milan the other night and see what happens!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Excuse my rant! back to the origional point: Very disrespectful comment to a very good guy and coach and a great person!!!!!!!!!

 

Fact is this, even though he lost four starters he still has two of the best players in the district AND the freshmen are not just average freshmen... the main two are still two of the best players in teh district so with that being said you have four of the best players in the district and a new big kid.... Fact is it simply doesnt matter what you lose if you replace it with something that is still better than what most people have!!!! Now, i'm not saying that he doesnt deserve coach of the year (or that he does) but I will say that i DID expect them to lose a few games in the districts and only losing the one is a noteable feat even though its in one of the weaker 2AA districts around! Like him or not nobody can dismiss the fact that he gets the job done! This little awards are really irrelevant to most of us coaches!

 

Personally, and I've said it before, I think Coach Kim Decker should be coach of the year: Please remember that when you have better talent you are supposed to win. Dburg lost 11 - 13 seniors and basically returned NOBODY with experience. Even though they only won three district games they did keep most all of the games close and beat people they were not supposed to have beaten!!! Based on what she had to work with I think that she actually did the best COACHING job this year! We (us coaches also but especially fans) only look at who wins and not who actually does the most with the least!!!!!!!!!!!

Where did McCord find the big guy and the read head and how did he get them eligible this year?

The big guy's mother was hired in Union City and moved to Newbern from Halls. The red head, John Hudson was an eight grader at Spring Hill who enrolled at DCHS. I guess when you have a good program it attracts good players.

This is a great loss for Milan,Trenton, Gibson County, and all of Tennessee high school sports.

A true ledgend in broadcasting, member of four hall of fames, head of a great family, and all around good guy.

 

Prayers to the Haney family

Bill will be missed. No one will be able to fill his shoes, just walk in his footsteps. Bill was a graduate of Newbern High School. Dyer Co. will miss him.

Prayers go out to the Haney Family. Bill was one of a kind.

Has anybody been to any practices?

How will the lost of the two Counce's (asst. coaches) effect the Big Red?

Hey I pull for "My son" every game EXCEPT ONE....When DC and Dyersburg hook up....I put the BLACK AND GOLD on... Don't care WHO WAS COACHING DYERSBURG...Whether it be Counce or whomever...When Dyersburg and DC hook up....IT IS BLACK AND GOLD FOR ME.....IT IS MY ALMA MATER... Just like when ALL THESE KIDS FROM DYERSBURG when to Newbern to play basketball....Like I asked some of these DC fans?....Where were you all at when you were playing with the kids that came from Three Oaks and Northview?....Get all these Dyerburg kids... and all of sudden DYER COUNTY BASKETBALL IS THE TALK OF THE TOWN!....AND NO...I DIDN"T GO BUY AN ORANGE SHIRT AND START ATTENDING BASKETBALL GAMES....They aren't my ALMA MATER....My diploma came from Dyersburg High School....So I tried to get him to go to Dyersburg...He wanted to be a Choctaw..Hey, like I said..HE IS THE ONE WHO HAS TO WALK THE HALLS....

 

Like I said..I know several of these kids wish them well...and will cheer them on...They are good kids...But come October 24....The Black and Gold goes on and I AM A TROJAN for life!.....Just the way it is....

So you would put your Alma Mater before your son? What a guy. I have a DHS deploma and a son, daughter, and wife who went ot DCHS. I will be on the Choctaw side October 24. I won't have on orange and white or black and gold.

"MY SON" lives with HIS MOTHER....HE CHOSE TO GO TO THREE OAKS...HE CHOSE TO GO TO DYER COUNTY.....HE WENT WITH HIS FRIENDS...I tried to get him to go to DYERSBURG...But he wanted to go to DYER COUNTY WITH HIS BUDDIES THAT HE HAS BEEN FRIENDS WITH SINCE 6th grade...He is the one that has to walk the halls...Not me..So he and his mother wanted to go to the COUNTY SCHOOL...SO BE IT...Doesn't mean that I didn't want him to play for Counce....But MY HANDS WERE TIED ON THAT ONE....

 

As far as what the people think about James Counce Sr...I remember reading an article when the new coach was hired at MBA ...He heard that BOTH the Counces' were available and he had coached with them at the Tenn/Kentucky all star game where Counce was head coach......AND HE SAID THEY WERE THE FIRST TWO HE CALLED....As freshman Ben Barthlomew said of coach Counce. who was rb's coach..." IF YOU LISTEN TO HIM...AND DO EVERYTHING HE SAYS....IT WILL BE A TOUCHDOWN"....This was a kid who was state champion Wrestler, shot putter and discus as well as a State Champ in football....

 

Dyersburg was a DOORMAT for years before the man got here...GO back and look at the records...He made Dyersburg respectable...After years of being a laughing stock...Oh, Bobby Newby had a couple of really good teams in the mid-70's...The 74 team got beat 21-0 in the state semi-finals by Father Ryan....Errol Hook had a couple of winning seasons...But other than that for 20 years Dyersburg was the team that everybody scheduled for Homecoming...No more.....

 

Let's be reasonable...Dyersburg loses ALOT from last year's team...Do I think they win the region?...NO...Do I think they will be competitive ..YES...Well the compete for one of the four playoffs spots...I wouldn't bet against it... The man does more with less than any coach I have ever seen....

Good answer. So on October 24 who will you be pulling for your Son or Counce?

"My son" plays for DC...and I have been to practices run by Darren Bowling, Adam Renshaw, and James Counce...NO COMPARISON.....NONE WHAT SO EVER....Bowling and Renshaw are FINE men....Good Christian men..But there style of coaching and James Counce style of coaching are TOTALLY POLOR OPPOSITE.....

 

Renshaw is NOT A DISCIPINARIAN.....I was at the scrimmage between Lexinton/DC and saw this kid throw his helmet and shoulder pads at the huddle and WALK OFF THE FIELD CUSSING AND SCREAMING....His girlfriend came down out of the stands...got him by the hand and led him back on the sidelines....Next thing I know he was SCRIMMAGING.....No running, no up-downs...NOTHING..."My Son" said he "Apologized to the team" THAT WAS IT....Go to a James Counce practice...and you have no doubt of WHO RUNS THE SHOW....DISCIPLINE, DISCIPLINE, DISCIPLINE....and NO DC hasn't worked as hard as Dyersburg this year...I have a "son" that plays for DC...So I know....NOBODY...and I mean NOBODY outworks and out coaches James Counce...this is the one year Dyer County on paper will have MORE TALENT/Experience than Dyersburg....but watch when October 24, gets here.....Can't wait... Peyton Lucas is a GOOD KID..KNOW HIM PERSONALLY....A FINE YOUNG MAN...A YES SIR AND NO SIR KID....I know most of the DC kids...and DC RETURNS ALL THE O-line...minus Justin Scott...and they have alot of talent returning...BUT THEY WON"T SNEAK UP ON ANYBODY THIS YEAR...Last year Andre Flowers had graduated and everybody took DC as a pushover...The spread offense was the best thing they ever could have done....But James Counce takes LEMONS AND MAKES LEMONADE.....Can't wait until October 24....

I am curious...why isn't your son playing for Dyersburg if Counce is that good. I am also curious as to what the people of MBA think about James Counce Sr.

The team to beat this season just like many past seasons are the Dyersburg Trojans. The trojans have been through a ew offense and counce hired a new conditioning coach which from what ive heard has transformed this team. Its a new season under the counce era and i cant wait to see how well caldwell has evolved into a player. I have a feeling that every team they play is going to have their hands full. After this season i believe the dc bandwagon will start to die off. this team was only successful because all they had was one decent player BA Davis. Miller have fun trying to escape the shadow of davis and lucas have fun eating dirt this season. maybe dye will wise up next year and transfer to dyersburg. believe me kid nobody is going to go to watch a program who will be back to barley winning games for a pretty good while. Dont let your talent go to watse.

I don't know what Planet you're from, but I hope you keep on thinking that way.

us put presure on counce? lol.....i suspect he can handle that pressure......my god the man coaches with a sweat shirt on when it is 105 outside....

 

in the last three years dyersburg has won 32 of 37 ball games.....the team will settle for nothing less than a championship and a date in the boro......

Wrong in his last three years Counce was 27 and nine. 12 and 2 in 06 (his last year), 10 and 1 in 05 and 5 and 6 in o4. From 02 to 05 Counce won only one play-off game. 1 and 4.

The difference in Obion Central from last season to this one will be night/day like. Wait and see

I don't know who you guys are listening too. But, you're sure putting the pressure on the Counce.

1. Covington

2. Dyer Co.

3. Haywood

4. Dyersburg

5. Ripley

6. Crockett Co.

7. Obion Co.

IMO ...I don't care if Dyer County moves up next year or not...They should NEVER cancel this series...That is one game that would be for BRAGGING RIGHTS for the county...Plus you talk about a MONEY MAKER.... /hungry.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":hungry:" border="0" alt="hungry.gif" />

I know it's a money maker, but money isn't everything. Bragging rights for who? If Dyer County is the larger school what would they have to brag about, beating a smaller school? And if they didn't play each other hopefully the mouthing would stop.

James Counce is back...They will be LINED UP AND DOWN 51 highway come October 24....When Dyersburg looks to get revenge for last year's upset by DC....DC has all their o-line back ...Jeff Miller is a BEAST who made 2nd team All Jackson Sun while playing in the shadow of the departed B.A. Davis....Dyersburg loses alot ....but James Counce is worth 14 points in any ball game...Wouldn't miss it for the world...

Hear DHS has a new quarterback from Lake Co and he's pretty good. Counce has only loss to DC once and that was the first time. Lynn Gardner was the coach. I agree Counce makes up for 14 points. Renshaw now knows how if feels to win. (Region 7AAA coach of the year) His first three years his record was 6-26. Counce's record for his first three years was 6-24. This should be a good game and in all probability will be their last game for awhile. DC will be moving up. Then we can pull for both schools.

Let's put it this way....Dyer County gets all it's O-line back except for Justin Scott....Jeff Miller is a beast ...and Peyton Lucas made Adam Clark the qb he was.... I think DC will be OVER CONFIDENT with all the losses ( Rashad Taylor, Tyler Caldwell, Beau L, Trey Vernon, John Butler, Logan Parker, The Hudson kid) who all will play college ball somewhere....that Dyersburg has...But THE COUNCE FACTOR is worth 14 points alone...The man will take a team that is 5-5 in talent and coach them to 7-3....Nobody, and I mean NOBODY will OUT COACH or OUT PREPARE James Counce...Every morning that bunch is working in this summer heat...and WORKING HARD...and YOU CAN TELL IT MY LOOKING AT THEM....Talk about MUSCLE and MASS....I know Dyersburg loses alot ....But as I have always said..."Counce takes Lemons and makes Lemonade"....

StevieRay, you are right on. While the General has his boys working out all summer Renshaw has his hanging out at the pool. Now that Counce is back DCHS doesn't have a chance. I hope with the re-classification next year they don't play each other, then we could root for both teams. Even though last year's game was the biggest in Trojan history.

Adam Renshaw is a FINE MAN...A very Fine Christian man....And my hat is off to Dyer County for what they did last year in football...But's let's face it....Darren Bowling is/was NO JAMES COUNCE.... Adam Renshaw's pratices and Darren Bowling's practices ARE NOT LIKE JAMES COUNCE...No offense but go watch a James Counce practice...You have no trouble telling WHO RUNS THE SHOW...I say it now and I will always say it: IF JAMES COUNCE HAD THE TALENT THAT HAYWOOD/RIPLEY OR even COVINGTON has year in and year out...DHS would have NUMEROUS STATE TITLES....Not knocking the kids but year and and year out we have the least amount of ATHLETES on the field in about every contest.. HIS teams are WELL DISCIPLINED..FUNDAMENTALLY SOUND..AND WILL BE IN BETTER CONDITION IN THE FOURTH QUARTER!...James Counce coaches that bunch last year and NO WAY Dyer County wins....Tyler Caldwell and Rashad Taylor touched the ball ELEVEN TIMES BETWEEN THEM!.....The defense NEVER BLITZED!....And we STILL ALMOST WON ...If Logan Parker doesn't put the ball on the ground....And let's face it ever team used what DC did the rest of the way to Dyersburg....They THREW THE BALL...That 3-5-3 Stack defense was PITIFUL!......I will say this much:...If we had ONE HIGH SCHOOL.....especially last year...and let Counce coach the football...and McCord the basketball....We bring home a Gold ball in both sports...and Baseball?...We would have made a run at it too....But you are right about Dyersburg being a "football school"....I see all the kids who want to play basketball heading to DC and the football kids heading to Dyersburg....

So you think DHS will beat Dyer Co. in football this year?

Let's face it since Counce's return, football gets all the money and attention. DHS is a football school. DCHS has become a baseball and basketball school and will make a run to defend it's Region 7AAA title in football this season. Adam Renshaw is becoming one of West Tennessee's top coaches. He's no Legend...and won't be until he's won a couple of state titles.

What "RIGHT KIDS" are you speaking of?....Last time I checked there were no "PILL HILL KIDS" playing Basketball....Who was playing basketball for Dyersburg last year? Blake Davis and Logan Parker and both were OCHS transplants....Don't see where they were the "RIGHT KIDS"...Counce doesn't play that BS...That is why he wins...Never hear that about the girls basketball team...The reason Real left was ALL THE BASKETBALL TALENT is going to Dyer County....Everybody wants to play for a WINNER and McCord is the man eveybody wants to play for in roundball...Just like Counce in football...Adam Renshaw is a fine man.. as is Darren Bowling...But go to a practice of theirs and then go watch a JAMES COUNCE PRACTICE....NO COMPARISON....Three Oaks has ALOT of talent and Northview had ALOT of talent and just about all of it was from DYERSBURG....So If you had a chance to go to Covington or Haywood which both had openings or stay at Dyersburg which is losing talent to Dyer County then that is a no brainer...When Blake and that bunch of kids went to Dyer County and had the success they had ...THERE WENT THE TALENT...just like anybody that wants a FUTURE in football will play for James Counce... Dyer County is a NEW SCHOOL and the enrollment is going up...Probably looking at 4A in football and 3A in basketball in 2009.... Good Luck to Kim Decker...I remember when she was Kim Whipple....played at Lambuth... She and Paul have a son who is a really good athlete...

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=============ILL DITTO THIS ONE! RUINED A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM AT DHS AND SEVERAL PLAYERS ON ACCOUNT OF HIS "PRIZE" PLAYER FROM OC!

I would say to this statement....Just move on...You folks got your man back...Coach Bowling did offer to give up his position as head coach to Coach Counce soon after his hiring....Coach Counce went on to coach at MBA anyway....That seems to be selectively forgotten....I would also say that if Bowling and Kennedy are just in it for the money then they came to the wrong school..I'm sure both took a pretty good pay cut leaving D-Burg for Union City.....Finally saying that Dyersburg WAS state championship team is a bit of a stretch....They had potential,sure,but to put that definative tag on that Trojan team is a little much.....

Ride on! Coach Bowling is a class act. At least when you see him, he'll speak to you. Good luck in UC.

Does anyone know who made the All Tournament teams in all classes?

Remember, DC beat Giles at home, while CPA beat them on a neutral court that Giles had played at several times in their district. Also, CPA had probably their worst shooting game of the season against GC (Z saved the day with a good inside game). Giles defense really didn't bother CPA - they were just cold from outside. CPA jumped out to an 11 point lead in the 1st quarter on Giles, then held on by slowing the game down and working for shots for Z since they recognized their shooting was off.

 

My guess, DC is better than Giles, but not much, so CPA and DC should be evenly matched. It's all a matter of who plays well - that team should win.

Dyer County has not played Giles Co. this year.

These are two different style teams. Butch's bunch were pretty good shooters. Montrell was a better shooter than CJ, but not a better passer or defensive player. Fisk, Powell and Morris were good shooters, better than Blake and Parr I don't know. I do know this. This current bunch has way more depth, better defensively, and the most unselfish team I have seen in a long time. I would love to see them play each other.

As for Justin Blake ..ANY kid that can score over 1000pts. in 1 1/2 seasons is doing pretty dang good in my book!

And on top of that Justin does not play anywhere near a full 32 minutes a games. But, what impresses me the most about this young man is his dedication and his unselfishness. He is the first player to practice and the last one to leave. And it's always yes sir, no sir. He is a fine young man. Just like the Dyer County nominee 5 years ago, Brian Fisk.

What does the future @ Dyer County hold?

I have heard the middle school programs have been doing better.

However, I have also heard some disturbing news about players character being compromised for the sake of winning. Not saying all the kids on that team are bad but I have heard of dismissal because of drugs and possible criminal activity with some of the players. After the Liberty fiasco I was wandering what the future might hold and how the community fells about Coach McCord? I know both assistants were let go after this season. Not uncommon but one was a huge cog in the kids from Dyersburg transfering. (I know it was legal and a few had already made plans to come and play before Coach Froedden ever left.)

 

What is the take on this. Oh and I'm not a basher, I'm a concerened former Choctaw basketballer.

Sounds to me like you are a basher. The future for all of Dyer County's athletics looks great.Nobody has been dismissed from the team.Lastyear's assistants were not let go. Brady left on his own as did Barbee. The Liberty fiasco is over forget it. Liberty caught more flack from the TSSAA than Dyer County. The huge cog that makes kids want to come to Dyer Co. is Coach McCord, because of the program he and his assistants runs. As far as how the community feels about McCord, Beck and Clark, all they have done is win and make Dyer County a better basketball team and one that is fun to watch. I don't know who you are, but I think you're the guy who used to charge to have Open Gym at DCHS. something that McCord, Beck or Clark would never do.

stay tuned.........more BIG NEWS coming in the Next 90 days.......

 

GRASS IS ABOUT TO GET GREEN FOR DHS FOOTBALL

I guess J.C. Sawyer Stadium is going to be Astro Turf.

man, some of you people would find fault in jesus christ.....no mr davis, a gold ball by itself does not make for a legend..........but i do know who you are talking about and yes, he too would be a "local" legend.....comparing john tucker to bear bryant as a legend is like comparing me to john holmes......no comparison.....neither measure up.....john tucker is a legend in humboldt.....bear bryant is a legend nationally.....you can have a local legend.... /hungry.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":hungry:" border="0" alt="hungry.gif" /> how bout ole coach "L" up at marshall, coached only 4 or 5 years and won maybe 3 games......but he is a legend in that community.........not for his "gold balls", wins, but only for breathing life into young men and keeping the game alive......ike peel is a local legend, james counce is a local legend, jc sawyers is a local legends........and yes, even abe davis is a local legend......one i overlooked.... and oh mark, your definition fits none of those legends you mentioned /hungry.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":hungry:" border="0" alt="hungry.gif" /> and yes i have rose colored glasses, cause i am looking for as many positive local legends as i can find, because outside of dyer county, when you mention dyer county to people, they only think of the sheriff who stole the sheep......or the judge who kept a sleeping bag under his bench..........both of those are a "legend" that will fit your description:)

I believe John Tucker was from Milan.