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You can do all kind of things with bologna-slice it, dice it, puree it, etc.Here I come on this message board with my bologna.I was hired in 1977 by KPT. City Schools to coach and teach at Sevier. That was a very fortunate thing for me at that time because I have felt lucky and privileged to have taught and coached at Sevier for fifteen years.There were terrific administrators and fellow teachers to work with.The students and athletes I worked with during those years were outstanding. I received $250 a year to coach basketball. I realize I was overpaid.When I first came to KPT. I was in a parade downtown. I fell off the back of a turnip truck and hit my head.However, I have never felt disadvantaged in this area. You don't have to call me stupid because my wife does that at least once a week when I piss her off. I have no problem with DB fans wanting to win championships.Most fans want their team to win and some fans vicariously think because my team beat your team therefore I am superior to you.I do think it is important to instill in high school student athletes that they do their very best in everything they do.Your coaches do a great job of this. You do have good coaches in football and basketball who work very hard. It is obvious to me that DB doesn't know how to win state championships in football and basketball.If you did you would have done so.You are good locally.I would like to see the basketball team win one game at the state level and the football team to get past the third round. I think this is achieveable at some point.

Truly talented teams that are well coached win championships.When I coached at Sevier we won 91% of our games in basketball for fifteen years.There were three undefeated teams. It was my fault that we lost any games. We lost twice to Johnson City in fifteen. That was also my fault because I never thought we should lose to those potlickers.We should have been undefeated for fifteen years but a few times I got a little complacent. Some of you would have liked to have been a fan because you could have talked smack.

There is a lot of politics in high school coaching.I always enjoyed playing. I worked very hard to be the best player I could be in high school. I also realized that to be nationally recognized I had to play on a great team. I made sure my team won. It resulted in my being voted the high school national player of the year. To my knowledge this has never been done in the state of TN. It was fun being on the Ed Sullivan Show. I enjoyed playing on two state championship teams in Fla. I hope you get to experience that in football and basketball. I also ocassionly enjoy talking smack. In your eye,sucker.

When I coached at Volunteer and we beat DB in basketball I know I wasn't a good sport. I didn't want to be. I rolled around on the court with Ronnie and repeatly said 'Whose Your Daddy Now'.Good memories for me. No wonder DB dropped us in basketball.If I was at DB I wouldn't want to experience that again, either. Payback can be distasteful.My wife doesn't approve this message but I really don't care.Good luck to all of you.

 

Yeah I remember the t-shirt you had made and were wearing that had all your accomplishments on it!!!!

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You can do all kind of things with bologna-slice it, dice it, puree it, etc.Here I come on this message board with my bologna.I was hired in 1977 by KPT. City Schools to coach and teach at Sevier. That was a very fortunate thing for me at that time because I have felt lucky and privileged to have taught and coached at Sevier for fifteen years.There were terrific administrators and fellow teachers to work with.The students and athletes I worked with during those years were outstanding. I received $250 a year to coach basketball. I realize I was overpaid.When I first came to KPT. I was in a parade downtown. I fell off the back of a turnip truck and hit my head.However, I have never felt disadvantaged in this area. You don't have to call me stupid because my wife does that at least once a week when I piss her off. I have no problem with DB fans wanting to win championships.Most fans want their team to win and some fans vicariously think because my team beat your team therefore I am superior to you.I do think it is important to instill in high school student athletes that they do their very best in everything they do.Your coaches do a great job of this. You do have good coaches in football and basketball who work very hard. It is obvious to me that DB doesn't know how to win state championships in football and basketball.If you did you would have done so.You are good locally.I would like to see the basketball team win one game at the state level and the football team to get past the third round. I think this is achieveable at some point.

Truly talented teams that are well coached win championships.When I coached at Sevier we won 91% of our games in basketball for fifteen years.There were three undefeated teams. It was my fault that we lost any games. We lost twice to Johnson City in fifteen. That was also my fault because I never thought we should lose to those potlickers.We should have been undefeated for fifteen years but a few times I got a little complacent. Some of you would have liked to have been a fan because you could have talked smack.

There is a lot of politics in high school coaching.I always enjoyed playing. I worked very hard to be the best player I could be in high school. I also realized that to be nationally recognized I had to play on a great team. I made sure my team won. It resulted in my being voted the high school national player of the year. To my knowledge this has never been done in the state of TN. It was fun being on the Ed Sullivan Show. I enjoyed playing on two state championship teams in Fla. I hope you get to experience that in football and basketball. I also ocassionly enjoy talking smack. In your eye,sucker.

When I coached at Volunteer and we beat DB in basketball I know I wasn't a good sport. I didn't want to be. I rolled around on the court with Ronnie and repeatly said 'Whose Your Daddy Now'.Good memories for me. No wonder DB dropped us in basketball.If I was at DB I wouldn't want to experience that again, either. Payback can be distasteful.My wife doesn't approve this message but I really don't care.Good luck to all of you.

 

Ian Morrison. A Great coach that knew how to win. Should of been named head coach at DB after Van Huss passed. There was a good ole boy network back then also.

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I have not read everyone's post but just a few. This thread would have been started tonight instead of last Friday either way. We(DB) do not have the personal to beat the Maryville's and Riverdale's. I'm curious of how many of you so called DB fans have played or coached competitive football past the Boys Club or PlayStation. You get behind a keyboard and a computer screen and bash away at Coaches. I know many of the parents that have children that play on this team and sure they were blaming the coaches, and YES they were also blaming the kids as well. I did not see coach Clark out there almost snapping the ball over the punters head. I did not see Coach Clark out there missing a block to get that punt blocked. I did not see Coach Clark out there fumble that football late in the game inside the 20 yard line when DB had a chance to put that game away. I did not see any coaches out there take bad angles and let that kid return a punt all the way back down to the 10 yard line. Sure the coaches should take accountability, but the players should take some accountability as well. The coaches put these kids in the best possible position to be successful. That is all they can do, the players have to execute. Yes, Coach Clark should have been a little more aggressive but he didn't. But the players should have executed better in the second half. You have to give some credit to the Sevier Co players and coaches. Just because we smoke everybody throughout the season doesn't mean were just going to cruise to the State championship. Again We don't have the personal to beat the Maryville's, yes we could compete and yeah in a one game scenario anything can happen. Tell me who is going to do a better job than what this coaching staff has done. Coaches can only do so much, some of the responsiblity has to fall on the players. It is what it is people. Graham Clark is not leaving until he is ready to go.

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Well I can bust your bubble real quick . I think everyone would consider it a privlilege to just get to play Maryville, and give them our best shot.Sat. morning we might

 

have been dissapointed of the score, but we got BEAT BY SOMEBODY.GET IT?Oh yeah, that crap about the kids losing the playoff games, I dont think any of our players, or anyone in the stands was stupid enough to call 3 back to back to back runs up the middle against a pitiful William Blount team on the 2 yrd line using a 150 lb back, when the games on the line when we had a 235lb Andrew Papas watching.end of game and story.coaching, not playing.

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When I asked my last question I was serious about him because I know nothing about him except he seems to lose the killer instinct when it comes to playoff games.

 

Where was he at and what did he do BEFORE y'all got him? Surely y'all did NOT hire a rookie with no previous HC or at least co-ordinator experience on a Championship winning team.

 

If you did then YOU messed up and it is not the Coaches fault he does not know how to 'close the deal' as they say in sales.

 

As to being funny, I try to inject a little humor to lighten things up because 'LIFE' is too serious the way it is. If I have succeeded, then I am happy.

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Explain "perfectly set up for them".

I would also like to hear you expound on "only one championship in the last three trys" (sic). Did I miss some other teams beside Alcoa that have been in three straight championship games recently? I guess those Red Rebels are a crew of slackers.

OK,I'll expound.If you don't bring your best game every time,you might get beat.

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Switching gears just a little, same subject, different sport.Coach Morrison was in a complete class of his own. We all talk of a feeder system like GQ has at Maryville in football, well we had the same here in basketball. When his players got to DB they were already schooled and all Buck had to do was help them mature and guide them to the state yr after yr. The 2 were a great combination we will never see again. The whole system is busted now, almost beyond repair. No longer do we have any state bound teams from DB in basketball, but we have had coaches at both middle schools run their programs almost in the ground from sucky coaching. Besides the hiring of an inferior person to run the show, he ruined it, then we made him the AD, !lol go figure.Like I said, busted. When Buck passed ,the job should have gone to Coach Morrison instead of what we gave the reins to . WeLl I dont have to tell you, all Shipley had to do was stand and watch the players that Morrision coached, and let em play. But we all know what happened in both states dont we? Im not even opening that box. Sorry you're still not helping Coach, wish we had done things different.

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OK,I'll expound.If you don't bring your best game every time,you might get beat.

Are you taking a shot at the team that has been in every 6A title game?

Just don't see your point here.

Perfectly set up? Still haven't expounded there.

Could it be that envy is rearing its ugly head and the caped crusader can't handle it?

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Are you taking a shot at the team that has been in every 6A title game?

Just don't see your point here.

Perfectly set up? Still haven't expounded there.

Could it be that envy is rearing its ugly head and the caped crusader can't handle it?

My goodness man.No I'm not taking a shot or do a have any envy what so ever.Just once again saying that you have to be prepared and play a good game or you will maybe get beat.Even the best program in this part of the state has had losses.I don't really know how much more simple I can put it without you taking offense.It was a compliment if anything.If I have not expounded enough to make you happy,just go back and pretend I used St. thomas Aquinas or somebody that is shooting for a national title in place of Maryville TN.

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