I will ALWAYS SAY IT....

[StevieRayVol]

NO lets put it this way,this team has nothing to do with 1972 or2006,its 2008 dont really worry about Ripley or Brownsville,all i know is you make sure to tell us how small and lack of athletes Dyersburg has

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So do you think Dyersburg year in and year out is one of the BIGGEST TEAMS physically you will ever see?...That physically and athletically they are on the level of Haywood, Covington or Ripley for that matter....That they had SPEED galore at every position?...That their are RECRUITERS beating down the doors......If you do I have some Ocean front property to sell you in Arizona.....Just the way it is....NEVER have been a big team..never had SPEED galore...THEY ARE A UNIT...THEY ARE ONE....IT IS A BIG COMPLIMENT TO COUNCE AND THE KIDS....You know Ant's aren't very big either...but an ARMY of them can MOVE things of TREMENDOUS SIZE.... A swarm of bees can stampede a herd of buffalo too...( GET MY DRIFT)...I'm not knocking the kids...It is a COMPLIMENT to them...IF I came on here posting...WE HAVE THE BIGGEST, FASTEST, group of kids year in and year out....Then someone would want to know what I WAS smoking/drinking....

[adsmom86]

Okay...StevieRay....I agree with you a whole lot of the time. Counce HAS got some athletes on that team....a couple who are really good. Size wise they aren't just humongous but they aren't tiny either. Heck there was not that big of a difference size wise between them and DC. Check out ya'lls freshman class.....made DC's look tiny in comparison. I will grant you he is a good coach....but the man is NOT a "miracle worker". To hear it he takes kids who can't walk a straight line and makes them into a super team.....uhhh, uhhh, not so, the majority of those kids HAVE athletic ability.....he just helps it along. Some have obviously more than others. You would think he is on par with Maryville or Alcoa's coach.....don't think so....gotta ways to go. May very well prove me wrong one day....but it is gonna take more than 1 gold ball. If I am wrong I will say it on down the line. Man is good but he ain't "King Midas".....OBVIOUSLY those kids have drive and I give them a heck of alot of the credit....THEY want to win. For every handful of kids who want to play for him there is a handful who do not. I personally think the man is about as unpersonable as you can get with an ego the size of Texas....that gets fed constantly by people hanging on him and calling him a "legend" every chance they get......then again I am not a clique type of person....and I would imagine he would hate me in real life...haaaa!!!!haaaa!!!!!Heck NOBODY thought DC would do as well as they did last year.....they did...cause those kids had the WANT. You get groups who have it and groups that don't. I hope these kids can take it far this season....but I want it for the kids....and the kids ONLY.

[StevieRayVol]

Okay...StevieRay....I agree with you a whole lot of the time. Counce HAS got some athletes on that team....a couple who are really good. Size wise they aren't just humongous but they aren't tiny either. Heck there was not that big of a difference size wise between them and DC. Check out ya'lls freshman class.....made DC's look tiny in comparison. I will grant you he is a good coach....but the man is NOT a "miracle worker". To hear it he takes kids who can't walk a straight line and makes them into a super team.....uhhh, uhhh, not so, the majority of those kids HAVE athletic ability.....he just helps it along. Some have obviously more than others. You would think he is on par with Maryville or Alcoa's coach.....don't think so....gotta a ways to go. Man is good but he ain't "King Midas".....OBVIOUSLY those kids have drive and I give them a heck of alot of the credit....THEY want to win. For every handful of kids who want to play for him there is a handful who do not. Heck NOBODY thought DC would do as well as they did last year.....they did...cause those kids had the WANT. You get groups who have it and groups that don't.

 

 

My thing is...DYERSBURG LOST EVERYBODY from last year....The most talented team in Dyersburg history probably....One starter (Click) who played last year or maybe Whitfield ( two) who played ANY OFFENSE...and going to this TWO platoon system..was gonna take some getting used to....and all I could hear was HOW DOWN Dyersburg was gonna be this year...This was gonna be the year that COUNCE would have to EARN HIS MONEY because EVERYBODY was gone...No Rashad, No Tyler, No Beau, etc, etc.. THOSE KIDS WERE THREE YEAR STARTERS...He will have to start over...We "WILL SEE WHAT KIND OF COACH COUNCE IS"...Heard it from more than one at the beginning of the season...and I said..."LIKE HIM..DON"T LIKE HIM"...The man gets the most out of his talent....He gets those kids to BELIEVE in him and they will RUN THROUGH A BRICK WALL FOR HIM.....and still everybody said...DYERSBURG LOST TOO MUCH ....They won't make the playoffs...Yet here we are two field goals away from being undefeated....and one of only 8 teams left in AAA playing for it all....Somebody must be doing something right...

[adsmom86]

My thing is...DYERSBURG LOST EVERYBODY from last year....The most talented team in Dyersburg history probably....One starter (Click) who played last year or maybe Whitfield ( two) who played ANY OFFENSE...and going to this TWO platoon system..was gonna take some getting used to....and all I could hear was HOW DOWN Dyersburg was gonna be this year...This was gonna be the year that COUNCE would have to EARN HIS MONEY because EVERYBODY was gone...No Rashad, No Tyler, No Beau, etc, etc.. THOSE KIDS WERE THREE YEAR STARTERS...He will have to start over...We "WILL SEE WHAT KIND OF COACH COUNCE IS"...Heard it from more than one at the beginning of the season...and I said..."LIKE HIM..DON"T LIKE HIM"...The man gets the most out of his talent....He gets those kids to BELIEVE in him and they will RUN THROUGH A BRICK WALL FOR HIM.....and still everybody said...DYERSBURG LOST TOO MUCH ....They won't make the playoffs...Yet here we are two field goals away from being undefeated....and one of only 8 teams left in AAA playing for it all....Somebody must be doing something right...

 

I understand that....and don't think I don't give him ANY credit as a coach, cause I do. I said to many people he did very smart by having a seperate offensive and defensive team. Not many teams around here have that. Never said he wasn't doing anything right.....see you used one line in your post that sounded good this time....He gets the most out of his talent /thumb[1].gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":thumb:" border="0" alt="thumb[1].gif" /> You gonna go to any bball games?????

[daljr2]

Okay...StevieRay....I agree with you a whole lot of the time. Counce HAS got some athletes on that team....a couple who are really good. Size wise they aren't just humongous but they aren't tiny either. Heck there was not that big of a difference size wise between them and DC. Check out ya'lls freshman class.....made DC's look tiny in comparison. I will grant you he is a good coach....but the man is NOT a "miracle worker". To hear it he takes kids who can't walk a straight line and makes them into a super team.....uhhh, uhhh, not so, the majority of those kids HAVE athletic ability.....he just helps it along. Some have obviously more than others. You would think he is on par with Maryville or Alcoa's coach.....don't think so....gotta ways to go. May very well prove me wrong one day....but it is gonna take more than 1 gold ball. If I am wrong I will say it on down the line. Man is good but he ain't "King Midas".....OBVIOUSLY those kids have drive and I give them a heck of alot of the credit....THEY want to win. For every handful of kids who want to play for him there is a handful who do not. I personally think the man is about as unpersonable as you can get with an ego the size of Texas....that gets fed constantly by people hanging on him and calling him a "legend" every chance they get......then again I am not a clique type of person....and I would imagine he would hate me in real life...haaaa!!!!haaaa!!!!!Heck NOBODY thought DC would do as well as they did last year.....they did...cause those kids had the WANT. You get groups who have it and groups that don't. I hope these kids can take it far this season....but I want it for the kids....and the kids ONLY.

dont be so sure about kids not wanting to play for him,if you put the work in good things will appen for you

[daljr2]

My thing is...DYERSBURG LOST EVERYBODY from last year....The most talented team in Dyersburg history probably....One starter (Click) who played last year or maybe Whitfield ( two) who played ANY OFFENSE...and going to this TWO platoon system..was gonna take some getting used to....and all I could hear was HOW DOWN Dyersburg was gonna be this year...This was gonna be the year that COUNCE would have to EARN HIS MONEY because EVERYBODY was gone...No Rashad, No Tyler, No Beau, etc, etc.. THOSE KIDS WERE THREE YEAR STARTERS...He will have to start over...We "WILL SEE WHAT KIND OF COACH COUNCE IS"...Heard it from more than one at the beginning of the season...and I said..."LIKE HIM..DON"T LIKE HIM"...The man gets the most out of his talent....He gets those kids to BELIEVE in him and they will RUN THROUGH A BRICK WALL FOR HIM.....and still everybody said...DYERSBURG LOST TOO MUCH ....They won't make the playoffs...Yet here we are two field goals away from being undefeated....and one of only 8 teams left in AAA playing for it all....Somebody must be doing something right...

 

all I was saying, kids read this stuff,and they wonder why someone would there are no athletes on this team,and that is what you say.I understand what you say,but a 16-17 year old kid doesnt see it like that

 

all I was saying, kids read this stuff,and they wonder why someone would there are no athletes on this team,and that is what you say.I understand what you say,but a 16-17 year old kid doesnt see it like that

 

sorry about that forgot the say there are no athletes on this team

[WESTTNFOOTBALLGURU]

James Counce does MORE WITH LESS than any coach I have ever seen....Dyersburg lost a TON of starters from last year's team....The most TALENTED team in Dyersburg history IMO....Only ONE kid had played offense this year...and that was Click...Maybe Whitfield...going with a TWO platoon system...we are 2 games away from playing for the state title...Win next week...Win the next week and it's on to "THE BORO"...I know us "TROJAN FANS" catch alot of flak on here...But hey....Athlete for athlete...we aren't supposed to be on the field with most of these teams...Sorry..that's the way it is....WE MIGHT GET OUR BUTTS handed to us by an explosive Memphis Mitchell team....but hey...who would have laid odds that Counce would have THIS INEXPERINCED bunch this far.....It would be SCARY if the man had some SERIOUS talent...because not knocking the kids...but size wise we look like a freaking junior high team..against most teams we play..DISCIPLINED, FUNDAMENTALLY SOUND and MENTALLY TOUGH.....and I think we played tonight without two starting offensive linemen who were out with concussions....Got to give it to the man...."HE GETS ALL THE MILEAGE HE CAN OUT OF THAT TIRE".... GO TROJANS!...

 

 

 

/flower.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":flower:" border="0" alt="flower.gif" /> The Guru says.....SteveRay hit the nail on the head with post. Counce is the top coach in the the west. And we have some good ones around these parts. /flower.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":flower:" border="0" alt="flower.gif" />

[daljr2]

/flower.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":flower:" border="0" alt="flower.gif" /> The Guru says.....SteveRay hit the nail on the head with post. Counce is the top coach in the the west. And we have some good ones around these parts. /flower.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":flower:" border="0" alt="flower.gif" />

 

I will agree,he is a good coach,I have 3 boys that played or is playing for him and he gets everything out of the kids

[trojanz1]

It's fair to say I am responsible for the whole 'Legend' thing with the headline "The Legend Returns".

To say it as simply as possible, when James Counce decided to return to Trojan football the headline was one meaning in DYERSBURG Counce is a legend, which he is.

There has been much flak received for over using the word legend. It wasn't used to offend anyone or make the man more than he is, but it was appropriate.

Having said that, I challenge anyone to dispute that this football team would be in the position they are in if not only Counce, but his son and the rest of the coaching staff that works their rear ends of seven days a week weren't here.

The players, for the most part, are striving because the staff has put a plan in place and the players have bought into it.

I'm there two or three days a week and most have no freakin' idea how hard these kids work to get better on a daily basis. After attending practices at both DHS and DCHS, to be blunt there is simply no comparison. None, nata.

Yes, the coaches have done a great job with a team supposed to be mediocre. True enough, there are no Gold Balls for football in the trophy case, but as of today Dyersburg is one of 8 teams still alive, so they do have a chance right?

Why do some have such a dislike for Dyersburg? Seriously, I don't understand it.

Reading all the threads on CoachT are for the most part very amusing and at times very well written, but some of this stuff is just down right brusing, especially to the kids that get on here and read it. Believe me, they read it.

Another thing I don't understand is this playing in college deal. While there may not be but one or two at the big boy level, there are plenty that are still playing the game in college.

As far as Counce goes, he could give a rats... what people think of him. There are a few more coaches out there coaching today that if they felt the same way their football teams would be better because of it, and all of you out there know it.

In any case, the Trojans will keep playing until someone unfortunately tells them the season is over. It could happen this week, next week, or it may happen the week after. However, the season is still alive when Mitchell leaves the stadium Friday night, win or lose, they will remember the Trojans!

[trojanz1]

Okay....so comparing kids practices ....specifically DC's /rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":rolleyes:" border="0" alt="rolleyes.gif" /> might not be hurtful for some kids to read?????....some of the kids who DID work hard might not appreciate reading that. Ever think comments like that and things written about fans at games might just POSSIBLY have something to do with people not liking D-burg???? EVER think last years fiasco just MAY have something to do with it. I Honestly didn't think they would make it as far as they have....and have said so. Surprised me BUT I was pleasantly surprised....heck I listen to the games and I say good luck to those kids AND MEAN IT. Most people who know me know I wouldn't say it if I didn't.

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Sorry. In no way was I referring to the players but how the practices were run.

[adsmom86]

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Sorry. In no way was I referring to the players but how the practices were run.

 

No problem...I still like ya /flower.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":flower:" border="0" alt="flower.gif" /> I deleted my post anyway. Wish things could shape up here....but that is just how things go.

[ftblmom39]

I was going to try and keep out of this but I can only bite my tongue so long. There is probably not any D1 talent on this team this year. But, in their hearts and minds and at this very small minute moment in their lives, they are a D1 TEAM. NO one and I mean NO one thought they would be where they are right now. But, you know what, they are. Part of it is a credit to the coaching staff. Not all of it comes from Counce. He is only one man. Without the rest of the staff, he would have nothing. LEGEND...no he is not nor does he want to be. Hero....to these kids, YES he is. You know when Stevie says he takes lemons and makes lemonade????? Did it occur to anyone that Coach Counce does that just as well off the field as he does on. There are no slackers on his team. He stays after their grades. He doesn't put up with garbage in the classroom and if one of these kids has a problem at home, he is the first one to put his arm around a kids neck and tell him, "IF you need me." Most outsiders don't see this side of him. They judge him by the headlines, coacht, etc. I personally think he is a heck of a human being. Adsmom, I can understand why you think he has an ego bigger than Texas. That is the way he comes across but that is not the way he is. He is very matter of fact but then again so am I. I respect that. You know where you stand with him. Both of my boys would run through a brick wall for him. They respect him and he respects them. Sure he gets in there face and he hands out a pretty mean football practice. But, thats what life is all about. It ain't always a bed of roses. He has most definitely taught this TEAM(who was never gonna be anything) that if you want something, you have to work for it and you have to get out there and take it. It won't be handed to you. You have to take it, just like in life. What a lesson he and his staff are teaching them on and off the field. And, as far as this team is concerned, I have never been more proud of a group of young men. They stand together as one. They support each other. If there is a mistake made, they made it together. There is no blame. And, they have the heart of giants. I had never witnessed true heart until this year. They amaze me. Many of us thought they would not do well this year. I think alot of us forgot to ask these boys what they thought about that. Sure seems they are giving us their answer now. And to finish this off, in the grand scheme of things, these boys(coaching staff included) are just out there going what they love ten yards at a time. Strap em on boys....Friday night is just around the corner.

 

ONE TEAM!!!

ONE DREAM!!!

LIVE IT!!!

GO TROJANS!!!