Pharr leaving Farragut

[Shamrock]

Buckner to Farragut...Sullivan to Bearden...Matthews to Catholic? Hmmmm. Would be interesting and certainly feasible with Matthews already used to being the Head Coach in everything except name.

 

Buckner a long time Farragut/Pharr guy, Sullivan a standout Bearden alum, and Matthews has worked with lots of the Catholic players via Thunder Baseball.

 

 

 

Buckner NOT going to Farragut. Sullivan NOT going to Bearden. Sullivan turned down the CAK job due to unfinished business and the tremedous amount of support at Catholic. Coach Sullivan has built a great complex at Catholic with alot of hard work and support from baseball parents, players and the Catholic baseball community. He's a very loyal guy and is confident that we'll compete in AAA. We had a great run this year without a couple injured key players that will be returning next season. Good luck to coach Pharr at CAK, and good luck to coach Matthews wherever he lands.

[Govolsknox]

Buckner NOT going to Farragut. Sullivan NOT going to Bearden. Sullivan turned down the CAK job due to unfinished business and the tremedous amount of support at Catholic. Coach Sullivan has built a great complex at Catholic with alot of hard work and support from baseball parents, players and the Catholic baseball community. He's a very loyal guy and is confident that we'll compete in AAA. We had a great run this year without a couple injured key players that will be returning next season. Good luck to coach Pharr at CAK, and good luck to coach Matthews wherever he lands.

 

 

I have no personal knowledge of whether Coach Sullivan was offered the job and turned it down or not. But I can't imagine that Coach Pharr would be ANYONE'S second choice. If someone had asked me (which they wouldn't) who would be my first choice of any high school coach in TN, my answer would have been, "Pharr, but we'll never get him away from Farragut." I couldn't be happier with this choice.

[4warriors]

Hey warrior, a question, how many "multi sport" athletes were on the baseball team last year? Can Pharr share players? i dont think he ever had to in the past

 

Good question--everyone has to share at CAK if the players are interested in doing more than one-we're too small not to. Kolinsky, Fromke, Houser all played football and baseball-may have been more.

[4warriors]

Coach M offered to take care of fields and even teach PE. He was never given the

chance. M has been offering for 3 years. Coach M also had things worked out for

a former coach to help him with the baseball team and this man IS on campus.

 

Also worth noting, the 2 assistant baseball coaches did not leave because of their

displeasure with Coach M. They left because of the way coaches are being treated

at CAK

 

My comments are the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Maybe you

just can't handle the truth!!!

 

I can handle, you just don't have the whole story-on why they left or why a coach was asked to leave this year. Unfortunately, this forum can't put all those details on the table so the school ends up not having the whole story told-only way to handle personel issues though.

 

This is a puzzling situation if what you say is the truth which you seem to point out pretty clearly. He has his separate baseball operation with thunder and while that was a help to CAK, CAK wanted to have a real coach that could be a head coach on the field, while being listed as the head coach. Im not sure how coach M could have taught PE and run his operation over at thunder. Maybe they saw it that way. Im a big kent matthews fan and have known him since i was 4 or 5 so i hate to see him have to go like this. Im sure they had their reasons though. No worries, he'll always have his place here in the baseball community in knoxville. My question is, what does he do next?

 

I like Coach M too--this ended up being what was best for the school decision-and it shouldn't have been a surprise

[randyc1]

Is Matthews show casing his guys from CAK this summer and if so where have they been playing?

[mlkmn24]

Kent Mathews (CAK) did not know that he was NOT being rehired until Tuesday. Pharr was already

hired!!! CAK strikes again!! How can you justify firing the District Coach of the Year. Mathews was

a wonderful role model and great coach.

 

 

 

 

While Kent might be a GOOd coach, he is not a GREAT coach. Tommy Pharr is by far the best option for any high school in the state maybe even the south. With Pharr going to CAK they now have atleast 11 state championships for Spring boys sports.

[Irish423]

While Kent might be a GOOd coach, he is not a GREAT coach. Tommy Pharr is by far the best option for any high school in the state maybe even the south. With Pharr going to CAK they now have atleast 11 state championships for Spring boys sports.

 

 

i bet it doesnt happen next year though! Big losses. Kolinsky??? One thing he will not have at CAK that he did at Farragut: continuous deep classes of talent each and every year. While some talent will be attracted, he wont have anything like he had.

[juliegirl]

I can handle, you just don't have the whole story-on why they left or why a coach was asked to leave this year. Unfortunately, this forum can't put all those details on the table so the school ends up not having the whole story told-only way to handle personel issues though.

 

 

I like Coach M too--this ended up being what was best for the school decision-and it shouldn't have been a surprise

[juliegirl]

I have the whole story of the way the situation was handled with Coach Mathews!! If there

is another side, he wasn't aware of it.

I wish Coach Pharr the best at CAK. He and Mathews are both good coaches.

It is a shame the way coaches have been and are being treated at CAK.

Wonder who will be the next one that is asked to leave?

[Rico]

Buckner NOT going to Farragut. Sullivan NOT going to Bearden. Sullivan turned down the CAK job due to unfinished business and the tremedous amount of support at Catholic. Coach Sullivan has built a great complex at Catholic with alot of hard work and support from baseball parents, players and the Catholic baseball community. He's a very loyal guy and is confident that we'll compete in AAA. We had a great run this year without a couple injured key players that will be returning next season. Good luck to coach Pharr at CAK, and good luck to coach Matthews wherever he lands.

 

I bet John Rice from karns applies for the Farragut job.

[ihavenofriendzz]

I just hope Farragut doesn't just get a coach because they need one. Hopefully they will get someone who is deserving and can continue the tradition, rather than just hire someone who hasn't proved anything....

[Knoxbball3]

I just hope Farragut doesn't just get a coach because they need one. Hopefully they will get someone who is deserving and can continue the tradition, rather than just hire someone who hasn't proved anything....

 

 

 

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