The Sequatchie Valley

[PickandPop]

I saw them play twice in Chattanooga last year. They, both coach and players, were not on the same page it seemed. The game I saw at Silverdale ended up in a brawl. There was no structure as I saw it nor any discipline. Now that could very well change. I have heard Phillips is a good coach and I know he had a terrific coach who was at the school in a non coaching capacity last year. Maybe he learned some things that will help him in the future. Still it is hard to get respect if you haven't already earned it. Young coach who must listen and learn from better coaches.

 

 

 

South Pitt hasn't had a coach that has even tried to bring any discipline or structure to that program in a long long time if not ever. He has graduated and filtered out a lot of the attitudes and 'me' players down there. Those boys down there have never had anyone that cared about the game to try and discipline them so they were rebellious, they are gone now, that's why i said you will see a different pirate team. Phillips is entering his third season at SP and i think it could be one of the best of his career. I wish him and all the boys down in the south part of the county the very best of luck.

[alumni4]

i think so pitt will have a heckuva year. i'd like to see them do well (except when they play marion). coach phillips is a class act and i think he'll finally have his boys on track this year. but with that being said, i see a sweep by the warriors.

[Beatstreetusa]

ii see a sweep by the warriors.

 

 

 

And a sweep by the tigers

[PickandPop]

And a sweep by the tigers

 

 

No offense to Heath, but are you nuts? i don't see how you can lose as many minutes as you did and get a new coach with no in game experience (not taking a shot at Coach Thacker, but in game experience is a very important thing, ask any coach) and expect to go into their new gym (as their first home game as i understand it) and against a good coach and great athletes and sweep? You are outside your mind, be realistic here. I understand you should have the confidence to win and that's why they play the game, but on paper do you honestly believe this?

 

what's up alum? hope all is well and hope the new job is going well... i will have to disagree with you though i see the marion/SP games as a split

[topper06]

No offense to Heath, but are you nuts? i don't see how you can lose as many minutes as you did and get a new coach with no in game experience (not taking a shot at Coach Thacker, but in game experience is a very important thing, ask any coach) and expect to go into their new gym (as their first home game as i understand it) and against a good coach and great athletes and sweep? You are outside your mind, be realistic here. I understand you should have the confidence to win and that's why they play the game, but on paper do you honestly believe this?

 

what's up alum? hope all is well and hope the new job is going well... i will have to disagree with you though i see the marion/SP games as a split

 

 

why is this coach at sp any better than anybody else? how many district and region championships does he have? state appearences? none i think. puts him on par with everybody else in the valley doesn't it? i would say everyone will be competive with sp this year as they always have been. this better be they year i hear.

[SeqValleyFan]

No offense to Heath, but are you nuts? i don't see how you can lose as many minutes as you did and get a new coach with no in game experience (not taking a shot at Coach Thacker, but in game experience is a very important thing, ask any coach) and expect to go into their new gym (as their first home game as i understand it) and against a good coach and great athletes and sweep? You are outside your mind, be realistic here. I understand you should have the confidence to win and that's why they play the game, but on paper do you honestly believe this?

 

what's up alum? hope all is well and hope the new job is going well... i will have to disagree with you though i see the marion/SP games as a split

 

 

 

I gotta agree...they lost their starting five and a coach that had been coaching a few years and replaced that with 5 new starters and a coach who has no experience other than junior pro...again im like you not taking a shot just being realistic....and all ive heard is the kids have to buy in to the system or have to get on board with the program....people are talking like jason smith or david phillips took over...a first year coach probably doesnt have much of a "system" or a "program" yet...takes time to develop

 

all that being said i could see marion and south pitt splitting and sequatchie and marion splitting....not a ton of difference between the three...the top end of the valley looks pretty good...the bottom looks really weak just my opinion though.....that and a few million can get you 30 mins on tv with obama

[PickandPop]

why is this coach at sp any better than anybody else? how many district and region championships does he have? state appearences? none i think. puts him on par with everybody else in the valley doesn't it? i would say everyone will be competive with sp this year as they always have been. this better be they year i hear.

 

 

How many district and region championships does Coach Smith have? How many state appearances? none i think, but i promise no one on here would argue that he is just a par coach, same goes with Coach Phillips. If you compare Phillips to the coaches they have had there in the past, he is looking like a Roy Williams before he won the national championship. (i'm not comparing Phillips to Coach Williams so please don't take that out of context)

[tnhills]

Basketball is about being disciplines as a team, working together and listening to your coach even when you don't agree. Without that you have a team that is out of control and will fall apart when rattled. You can be their coach but not their best friend.....but those things go with any sport. Reply not directed to any particular team.

[tnhills]

And a sweep by the tigers

 

 

 

How it going Heath..got them boys in shape yet??

[tnhills]

why is this coach at sp any better than anybody else? how many district and region championships does he have? state appearences? none i think. puts him on par with everybody else in the valley doesn't it? i would say everyone will be competive with sp this year as they always have been. this better be they year i hear.

 

 

Hey Topper what does that last little sentance mean??

[alumni4]

no disrespect to thacker but i don't see whitwell being competitive with any valley teams except maybe richard hardy... i wish coach thacker the best though in building a program and system of his own

[thechosen1]

Hey Pickandpoop. nice name btw, but i agree that Coach Phillips will do good things in SP.

 

As far as that Teddy Guyear and Kevin Butner thing..... I think thats the only thing that can stop Butner, Fouls.

And Teddy is too smart and takes care of the ball, plus he uses his body great in order to draw fouls. Thats just not a good match up due to that reason. And I am not trying to say that Butner doesn't play smart, cause he does but he plays soooooo aggressive. Now if they were playing pick up ball I'd love to see them go at each other.

 

 

 

 

More like pickandflip hahaha, silk u know what i mean. Like he runs off screens to.....come on