Ooltewah Varsity Team Sports Invitational

[hsbaseballfan03]

QUOTE(GradfromtheNest @ Mar 26 2007 - 08:40 AM) 826422863[/snapback]1moreDBmom, I understand your points. I was a pitcher myself in high school, and a lack of ptching is a realistic issue. Also, having district games the next two days doesn't help the situation. But if it was my team, I would have brought some JV or even freshman guys up to throw....surely DB has at least a JV team. We can agree to disagree on my point about entering a tournament. You're right, the ULTIMATE goal is to win the last game of the TSSAA state playoffs. But you have to have short term goals, and I include winning every game I play in those goals.

 

This would have been a PERFECT opportunity to let some young guy who doesn't have much, if any, varsity experience to get a taste of it.

 

So, in conclusion, I understand your points, however I would have expected a team of DB's caliber to make do. Hey, at least you made it home to see the re-run of Desparate Housewives and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition! /biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" />

 

 

I agree with grad. What if in the state tournament you run out of pitching? You are either going to have to throw in the towel or make due with jv/freshmen/whatevers left. Playing with your back against the wall in a championship type situation with nothing left is GREAT experience for the big show at the end of the season.

[catsbackr]

QUOTE(ImaOWL @ Mar 26 2007 - 10:42 AM) 826422958[/snapback]Gordon Lee is a good team. Walker Valley is an average team with better than average pitching and Lookout Valley is an average 1A team. Tournament is over though. Move on to Monday!

 

I completely disagree with your assessment of Lookout Valley. They gave Gordon Lee all they wanted for about 5 innings. Lookout Valley is much better than an average 1A team.

[1moreDBmom]

QUOTE(hsbaseballfan03 @ Mar 26 2007 - 01:46 PM) 826423053[/snapback]I agree with grad. What if in the state tournament you run out of pitching? You are either going to have to throw in the towel or make due with jv/freshmen/whatevers left. Playing with your back against the wall in a championship type situation with nothing left is GREAT experience for the big show at the end of the season.

 

 

 

I think this is the reason you are not a high school coach. DB has 3 regular scheduled games next week with one pitcher questionable as to his status. The head coach was unable to come because of his son being in the hospital, (not that our assistant coaches did not do a wonderful job...the results were obviously a credit to their coaching skills.)

 

Our back was not against the wall in that tournament. But if that is what people choose to believe more power to them.

 

Our #1/2 pitcher was available for a full game if that had been necessary. Our #2/1 pitcher had about 3 innings he could have contributed. (I say 1/2 and 2/1 because it is probably a toss up as to who is which one. They are both terrific pitchers and throw with a different style..like comparing a Maddox to Johnson if you will...so I will not decide which one is which pitcher on our team...that is best left to the outsiders.) Our #7 pitcher also had about 4 innings left on his arm as well. And there were 7 other boys on the team that could have thrown and just let the chips fall where they fell!

 

So, as you can see we could have made a rash decision and thrown Tuesday's conference game to the wind (pulled out all the stops to win at all costs) and assumed that our #4/5 Pitcher was just working through some early season stiffness that would be gone for sure on tuesday when he had reached 8 days rest. Or we make the smartest decision and go home with our pitchers becoming available with 4 days rest on their arms for each of our conference games coming up this week. Any fool could put 2 and 2 together if they wanted too and come up with the proper answer.

 

If you choose to look at it differently that is your option.

 

But I will say this one last time, with conference games on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday of this week, that was one of the smartest decision I have seen a coaching staff make in my entire life. DB can and will pull out all the stop, when it is time to pull out all the stops...this weekend was not that time.

 

The Tournament money was obviously not the issue as was eluded to, or Ooltawah would have invited another team to step up and finish that game so they could take their gate money... and surely there was another team there that would have jumped at the opportunity to measure themselves against a team like Ooltawah.

 

Now lets move to the second half of the season and look forward to the TSAA games at the end.

[piratedad]

no excuses are needed mom we understand ........nobody wants to get beat without there best team

[1moreDBmom]

QUOTE(piratedad @ Mar 26 2007 - 04:50 PM) 826423175[/snapback]no excuses are needed mom we understand ........nobody wants to get beat without there best team

 

 

 

Sorry if you took those comments as excuses Piratedad....If I had used a little more wisdom I would have just let the crap that it was fly over. But your talking about my boys now (not they they need defending anymore.) but by golly people ought to just know not to come between a mom and her sons, and those 14 DB boys are my sons, each and every one of them! I will fight for my own every time!

 

I simply got a little miffed when in ignorance someone accused us of cheating Ooltawah out of an "earned win" and then continued to throw insults by calling us selfish for taking care of our pitchers while costing Ooltawah tourney money.

 

Next time however, I will just consider the source and laugh silently at the ignorance.

 

****Let me add this about your comment of "getting beat without your best team". The best team you can field is the one on the field at the time you play the game. If it's your number 7 pitcher, then that is what you are dealt at the time and he plays his role and the team generates the runs and defense to support him. He may not be a no-hitter type of pitcher but that never means the game is lost.

 

We played 5 terrific teams and every game could have go either way. Most were not won until the 7th or 8th innings! This weekend was an assembly of some of Tennessee's finest High School baseball players.

[GradfromtheNest]

QUOTE(Rebel22 @ Mar 26 2007 - 12:33 PM) 826422999[/snapback]Maryville was in the same boat. Had they hung on to win against DB they were already pitching JV pitchers at the end of the DB game and would have had to in the finals as well. Having a Monday district game and the Weekend finals not even planning to start till 5 makes for a long sunday puts anyone from not Chattanooga getting home close to 10 and later for DB.

 

 

BUT, they said they WOULD play if they had won! Sad thing is, Walker Valley and DB tied in the pool play...DB won b.c of head to head. DB should have just said they didn't want to play, and WV could have had a shot.

[ImaOWL]

Owls win today 16-10. Napier hit 2 homeruns and Sanders and Smith hit one also. Ooltewah has 24 homeruns in 14 games. Last year's team better watch out.....

[bulldawg21]

to be honest, i just think d-b was scared to play ooltewah. Maryville brung up jv pitchers and im sure every team did in the tournament. i was not surprized by the pre season #8 team in the nation. Maryville had them beat, but as always maryville beat them selves. Maryville threw 3 guys that arent even in their rotation and d-b threw their num 2. Maryville is going to be a contender and dont be surprized if these two teams dont meet again in the region tourney

[GradfromtheNest]

I dont think DB was scared to play anybody. I just would have liked to see the matchup. Oh well, I think this is enough on this topic. Looking forward to next year's tourney already!