(0-2) Centennial at (1-2) Antioch

[powercat]

Yep, I agree Joenmsusa.....just add to it

 

5 Down and 5 Across

 

Franklin, BGA, Ravenwood, Centennial all play Metro teams this week...will it be 4-0 for Wilco teams?

I think Hoganknows. All four wilco schools should win.

Edited September 8, 2011 by powercat

[mindlesschatter]

The problem in 'Metro' is multi-faceted.

 

1. Schools do not have the 'neighborhood' feel of old.

2. Little discipline. That I blame of both the administration that does not bear down and the teachers UNION itself.

3. Little Parental involvement and support.

4. Gangs competeing for the kids themselves.

5. Teachers being able to hang on because of 'tenure'.

6. Coaches who are not that good but stay in Metro with its low pay because they really have no where else to go. You see this with how many have tried to 'escape' to the surrounding county systems.

7. Lack of student support on game night. This also applies to some schools in the surrounding counties. This is because alot of kids are working instead of just being allowed to be kids.

8. MONEY!!!!! Both for coaches and facilities and the support for the kids to lift and grow stronger for one PE period each day.

 

Until all of the above changes I will keep saying the outside schools "SHOULD" win!

 

Most importantly Rankin is NOT my beloved coach. If you go back to the time he was at R'dale I questioned him then and voiced my opinion/opposition to his NOT helping the kids who play for him to move on to college and his NOT getting on and benching kids because of failing grades. In this the new HC at R'dale is a WAY better Coach.

 

Clear now? Not knocking your Coach or school as I think the whole argument you and taco have been having has been a waste of time and band width. My comment was just a view from outside looking in if it was at ANY school outside Nashville.

 

some of the analysis is not correct.... metro coaches make more money than williamson county, sumner county and i believe wilson county... metro is not the only place where kids can't lift during the day - williamson and maury fit that description....

 

where i agree with you is the good ol boy network... metro recycles coaches... are some of them decent? of course - but the tendency to recycle guys with .500 records or worse is telling

 

metro needs new blood - if any is willing to risk it

[jcraigp23]

some of the analysis is not correct.... metro coaches make more money than williamson county, sumner county and i believe wilson county... metro is not the only place where kids can't lift during the day - williamson and maury fit that description....

 

where i agree with you is the good ol boy network... metro recycles coaches... are some of them decent? of course - but the tendency to recycle guys with .500 records or worse is telling

 

metro needs new blood - if any is willing to risk it

 

[runtheball]

some of the analysis is not correct.... metro coaches make more money than williamson county, sumner county and i believe wilson county... metro is not the only place where kids can't lift during the day - williamson and maury fit that description....

 

where i agree with you is the good ol boy network... metro recycles coaches... are some of them decent? of course - but the tendency to recycle guys with .500 records or worse is telling

 

metro needs new blood - if any is willing to risk it

Coaching in metro is a tough job,not many want to fight the battles.

[runtheball]

Yep, I agree Joenmsusa.....just add to it

 

5 Down and 5 Across

 

Franklin, BGA, Ravenwood, Centennial all play Metro teams this week...will it be 4-0 for Wilco teams?

I hope not.

[Hoganknows]

I hope not.

 

Come on runtheball...who is gonna pull the upset

[runtheball]

Come on runtheball...who is gonna pull the upset

I will be pulling for Antioch.

[milo118]

It pains me, an Antioch alumni, to see that the Bears program has not progressed much since the early 90s. As it looks now it will not get much better this friday. CHS 28-7. Come on Bears work hard and turn this thing around. Good luck to both teams and hopfully no injuries.

[joenmsusa]

Coaching in metro is a tough job,not many want to fight the battles.

 

No truer words were ever spoken. Trust me, I know. But from a macro view, the analysis is pretty good.

 

The challenges in Metro are, in my opinion, much greater than in any of the surrounding counties.

 

That said, there are a few, a very small group, that are in Metro that are just taking up space and supplements. But it's been that way forever. The large majority of the Metro coaches are fighting the "battles" every day, some trying to control the things they cannot control, in an effort to make a positive difference.

 

Those are the ones, no matter what the record, that are winners.

[mindlesschatter]

Coaching in metro is a tough job,not many want to fight the battles.

 

I'm not sure this is true anymore. I think there have been several coaches that would like to coach in metro but can't crack the system because they are not "metro guys." But, the pay is good and the expectations are low - why would anyone that doesn't have bigger goals want to leave?

[CHSteamplayer]

No truer words were ever spoken. Trust me, I know. But from a macro view, the analysis is pretty good.

 

The challenges in Metro are, in my opinion, much greater than in any of the surrounding counties.

 

That said, there are a few, a very small group, that are in Metro that are just taking up space and supplements. But it's been that way forever. The large majority of the Metro coaches are fighting the "battles" every day, some trying to control the things they cannot control, in an effort to make a positive difference.

 

Those are the ones, no matter what the record, that are winners.

 

On a different note, there is a heck of a story waiting to be written about the horrendous behavior of a particular student body at a recent game. I saw you there and you even witnessed some of the worst show of sportmanship that anyone ever witnessed run right past you at the end of the game. The amazing part is how well the other side handled it all.

[CHSteamplayer]

I will be pulling for Antioch.

 

Pull for them, but dont bet on them.