Karns @ William Blount

[blountfan]

Fight on for William Blount, our Alma Mater true.

Let's give a cheer for all to hear.

Just look for the Orange and Blue

(fight, fight, fight!)

 

We'll march on to victory.

We'll do it if we try.

So fight, fight, fight for the Governors,

The pride of William Blount High!

 

'Nuff said!

 

Good luck Govs!

It's like Rocky Top - never get tired of hearing it.

[TG24]

William Blount is going to surprise a lot of teams this year, especially if we can correct the mistakes that killed us last week.

 

WB- 27

 

Karns- 10

[jammin01]

Wow, Karns gets beat by one again,the kids played thier butts off tonight and come up short. I know all us Karns faithful will say we played great and got beat on a last sec play which is true but when are we going to really say it like it is our coaches just can't win the close one and I not saying it wihout proof look at the last two years been in some games and find ourselves on the short end, lets all get excited about the close games we lose and continue supporting a coaching staff that just can't get it done under pressure. We are 0-2 with loses against teams that are in rebulding years what is going to happen when we have to play the teams that are not in the rebuilding faze. lets toot our horns on the close ones and keep that same direction of short comings when the kids deserve better.

[tpoole12]

What a game... Shame that someone had to lose.............

 

First I want to say to the Karns faithful.. Your team played great... Your Coaches coached great.. They came in with their game plan and it worked.... Don't get down on the coaches or players... Coach Reeves is a good coach and a good man.. I respected him when he was here and I still respect him now..

Your players played hard from start to finish.. Keep the faith... Things have a way of evening out....

 

The Govs endured several losses last year in the same manner... We had several breaks in this game go our way.. If we hadn't things could have turned out different.. Both teams played well enough to win.. Both teams made enough mistakes to lose... This time we came out on top... We were due to win one of these.. We lost a bunch of these last year... Good luck the rest of the way....

 

tpoole12

 

GO GOVS

[BigTuna]

Thanks Poole for your kind words. Even though it was yet another loss, it was probably the most exciting game I've ever seen Karns play. I had a young (11 yr old) football player ride home with me after the game and I told him I thought there were at least two things he could learn from the game:

 

1) Don't ever lay down and quit. After giving up those two 3rd qtr scores Karns could have easily thrown in the towel. But they didn't. They fought back like I've never seen them do before. Then they forced the fumble and mounted an impressive drive right down the field to take the lead.

 

2) As Yogi Berra once profoundly noted - It aint over til it's over. In a close game (or even a semi-close game) you just can't ever let up until the clock runs out.

 

Mr Jammin:

 

I'm not certain what your agenda is but if you're actually a supporter of the team I don't see CoachT as the right place to openly criticize the team. I've seen the Karns coaches make what I thought were a number of mistakes over the past years. And I've seen Karns lose a number of close games in the 4th qtr due to poor conditioning and/or lack of focus (See 2 above). But I don't think last night's loss was because of coaching errors or lack of effort. I thought the offensive game plan was excellent and was executed well. The defense was fairly porous against the run but look at how Alcoa chewed up Maryville. Let's face it, the Govs had some real running talent. As far as the timeout called by Karns at the end before the last conversion, I don't really see it as a coaching error. I admire the Gov guys for appealing to their coach to go for two. As far as the Hail Mary, the Karns Coach calmly reminded his players after the game, "we teach you to knock the ball down immediately in those types of end of game passing situations". It's your God-given right to criticize the coaches or the program any time you want to. But at this point in time I ask you to consider what's best for the kids. I don't see this team as yet another group of Karns losers - and even if I did I wouldn't say it here. In fact I think they'll rise up, overcome this latest disappointment, and show some people what they're made of despite the step up in the competition level in region play that's about to occur. It's pretty obvious that you have issues with the coaching staff. If so, why don't you express them to the athletic director and/or Principal Davis, or even go talk to our school board representative. I believe coaching positions at schools are typically reviewed after the season. After the public embarrassment Karns suffered under the former head coach and the lesser tumult recently caused by the former freshman coach, I honestly don't see any value in starting a public debate about the current coaching staff. Please think about it before posting any more such blatantly negative comments. Thank you for listening.

[tpoole12]

Thanks Poole for your kind words. Even though it was yet another loss, it was probably the most exciting game I've ever seen Karns play. I had a young (11 yr old) football player ride home with me after the game and I told him I thought there were at least two things he could learn from the game:

 

1) Don't ever lay down and quit. After giving up those two 3rd qtr scores Karns could have easily thrown in the towel. But they didn't. They fought back like I've never seen them do before. Then they forced the fumble and mounted an impressive drive right down the field to take the lead.

 

2) As Yogi Berra once profoundly noted - It aint over til it's over. In a close game (or even a semi-close game) you just can't ever let up until the clock runs out.

 

Mr Jammin:

 

I'm not certain what your agenda is but if you're actually a supporter of the team I don't see CoachT as the right place to openly criticize the team. I've seen the Karns coaches make what I thought were a number of mistakes over the past years. And I've seen Karns lose a number of close games in the 4th qtr due to poor conditioning and/or lack of focus (See 2 above). But I don't think last night's loss was because of coaching errors or lack of effort. I thought the offensive game plan was excellent and was executed well. The defense was fairly porous against the run but look at how Alcoa chewed up Maryville. Let's face it, the Govs had some real running talent. As far as the timeout called by Karns at the end before the last conversion, I don't really see it as a coaching error. I admire the Gov guys for appealing to their coach to go for two. As far as the Hail Mary, the Karns Coach calmly reminded his players after the game, "we teach you to knock the ball down immediately in those types of end of game passing situations". It's your God-given right to criticize the coaches or the program any time you want to. But at this point in time I ask you to consider what's best for the kids. I don't see this team as yet another group of Karns losers - and even if I did I wouldn't say it here. In fact I think they'll rise up, overcome this latest disappointment, and show some people what they're made of despite the step up in the competition level in region play that's about to occur. It's pretty obvious that you have issues with the coaching staff. If so, why don't you express them to the athletic director and/or Principal Davis, or even go talk to our school board representative. I believe coaching positions at schools are typically reviewed after the season. After the public embarrassment Karns suffered under the former head coach and the lesser tumult recently caused by the former freshman coach, I honestly don't see any value in starting a public debate about the current coaching staff. Please think about it before posting any more such blatantly negative comments. Thank you for listening.

 

Excellent Post!!!

 

I wanted to say something about that post but didn't think it was my place....

As I stated earlier... Coach Reeves is a good coach and a good man... The players played hard and never quit... That shows the character of both the players and staff....

 

tpoole12

 

PS: I like you much better BigTuna now that you've switched to de-caf............

 

Good Luck Karns

[blountfan]

Thanks Poole for your kind words. Even though it was yet another loss, it was probably the most exciting game I've ever seen Karns play. I had a young (11 yr old) football player ride home with me after the game and I told him I thought there were at least two things he could learn from the game:

 

1) Don't ever lay down and quit. After giving up those two 3rd qtr scores Karns could have easily thrown in the towel. But they didn't. They fought back like I've never seen them do before. Then they forced the fumble and mounted an impressive drive right down the field to take the lead.

 

2) As Yogi Berra once profoundly noted - It aint over til it's over. In a close game (or even a semi-close game) you just can't ever let up until the clock runs out.

 

Mr Jammin:

 

I'm not certain what your agenda is but if you're actually a supporter of the team I don't see CoachT as the right place to openly criticize the team. I've seen the Karns coaches make what I thought were a number of mistakes over the past years. And I've seen Karns lose a number of close games in the 4th qtr due to poor conditioning and/or lack of focus (See 2 above). But I don't think last night's loss was because of coaching errors or lack of effort. I thought the offensive game plan was excellent and was executed well. The defense was fairly porous against the run but look at how Alcoa chewed up Maryville. Let's face it, the Govs had some real running talent. As far as the timeout called by Karns at the end before the last conversion, I don't really see it as a coaching error. I admire the Gov guys for appealing to their coach to go for two. As far as the Hail Mary, the Karns Coach calmly reminded his players after the game, "we teach you to knock the ball down immediately in those types of end of game passing situations". It's your God-given right to criticize the coaches or the program any time you want to. But at this point in time I ask you to consider what's best for the kids. I don't see this team as yet another group of Karns losers - and even if I did I wouldn't say it here. In fact I think they'll rise up, overcome this latest disappointment, and show some people what they're made of despite the step up in the competition level in region play that's about to occur. It's pretty obvious that you have issues with the coaching staff. If so, why don't you express them to the athletic director and/or Principal Davis, or even go talk to our school board representative. I believe coaching positions at schools are typically reviewed after the season. After the public embarrassment Karns suffered under the former head coach and the lesser tumult recently caused by the former freshman coach, I honestly don't see any value in starting a public debate about the current coaching staff. Please think about it before posting any more such blatantly negative comments. Thank you for listening.

 

Excellent Post!!!

 

I wanted to say something about that post but didn't think it was my place....

As I stated earlier... Coach Reeves is a good coach and a good man... The players played hard and never quit... That shows the character of both the players and staff....

 

tpoole12

 

PS: I like you much better BigTuna now that you've switched to de-caf............

 

Good Luck Karns

 

I agree, I have nothing but respect for coach Reeves. He taught me the ins and outs of American Government while he was at WB. Everyone that was on the team while Reeves was here spoke very highly of him as a coach. As for Karns and last night, I thought they executed their offense to perfection. I am not real sure why they ever ran the ball - we could not stop the pass. I think that the Karns QB is outstanding, he made some wonderful passes. Good luck to the Beavers for the remainder of the season. Any word on the player that got hurt?

 

Does anyone know the schedule for replaying the game on BCS-TV? I would love to watch it again.

[fbmaggie]

BCS TV usually begins showing the replays on the Wednesday following the game (for a week)--shown on Charter Ch. 5 in Blount County. The ticker across the bottom of the screen will give the times (usually 2-3 times a day).

[jammin01]

Agenda, is this big tuna and any other one that wants to know we have the been the whipping post for many schools over the years and year after year we continue that tradition its not just the coaching staff its the things in general that we the Karns community seem to accept I agree the boys played as about as good as they could have to come up short and we will accept that as a good thing and go and continue doing the same things, I don't have an agenda but, I will say I agree with the majority of the people setting in the stands its time to find a coaching staff that can turn this program into something rather than a losing team year in an year out so when you ask my agenda its real simple, I will post the things that I see and the things I believe and just as you guys can post how great things are and your support for whoever maybe coaching the beavs I can dis agree and post about what ever I wish. I assure you that I want Karns to win more than anything and if this staff could do it I would be the first to say great job but it has been two years aoing on three now and we are 3 and 18 with games looking allot the same week in week out, so my question to you is what are you willing to accept much of the same or change.

[topraymore2]

Interesting discussion. This is just an opinion but I see two issues here:

 

1) What will be best for the program from here to season end?

 

2) What will be best for the program after this season ends?

 

Re: nbr 1 - I can't see how it will help the program and especially the kids (who in my mind should be the highest priority) to start beating the coach bashing drum again at this point. If someone feels differently could you please explain?

 

Re: nbr 2 - Is it still too early to tell? What if Karns wins 5? What if they make the playoffs? Even if a coaching change looks like a viable option, will this decision be made based on CoachT posts and/or "popular opinion"? Do you remember seeing many of the Karns faithful on TV and in the papers blasting Dr Davis and singing the praises of former Coach Fulkerson? Who ended up leaving and who remains today? What message did that public display send to the rest of East Tennesseans as they watched the soap opera day after day - most probably that Karns is filled with a bunch of ignorant rednecks who don't know their behind from a hole in the ground. So ranting on CoachT is certainly an option, but is it really what the community, the school, and the football program needs? I suggest you bide your time, see what the rest of the season brings, then make your points to the people who make the decisions if/when you still think they need to be made.

[etcoach]

The loss Friday was anything but a coaching loss. Bad luck. I was once taught a great lesson in the coaching arena:

 

Winning and Losing are imposters...in other words, for 59 minutes and 42 seconds it was a well-played game for both schools (minus some poor defense). Okay...the Governors caught a 60 yard Hail Mary and got a 2 pt conversion for the win. Now, in my opinion, had the normal play occurred, Karns would have won and all of the talk from the Karns faithful would be what a great comeback they made and all of the WB faithful would have been talking about their defensive issues. So how does 1 miraculous play change the other 99.99% of the game. Tell it like it is...both teams moved the ball with ease against the other's defense. Blount just got the break late...and we're still minus on the break board for the last 3 years.

 

Karns has a fine team and so does WB.

[gokarns09]

seems that a few of you want to voice your opion bout how great of a coaching staff we have at karns, so i want to voice mine. I played 4 years at karns 2 with the reeves program and i can tell you from a players experince it was terible last year before our homecoming game the great head coach allowed his dc to tell us we were the worst f---in players in the state of tennessee and that is fact. you people that want to talk bout how great this staff is you dont know cause your not on the sidelines or at practice. there is allot of rumors that float around but this staff is TERRIBLE. would love to see us get a new staff that cares about the kids and not thier so called success at other schools heard that at least 100 times, and ya coach newberry is one of the worst. the seniors from last year will be posying more input get some balls davis and get a coach.