confuciuschang Posted July 10, 2014 Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 (edited) How many has Rankin been in total? Guess 15-16. confucius say...he's coached 32 years, and won 10...i believe he has lost 6 champioships, and not made it to championship 16 times...give or take 1...lol Edited July 10, 2014 by confuciuschang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vandychris Posted July 16, 2014 Report Share Posted July 16, 2014 Best Coaches in middle TennesseeRicky Bowers-has repeated at Ensworth what he did at MBAIngle Martin-has taken a perennial contender at CPA and turned tehm into perennial championsWalt Smith-has taken local talent without the benefit of recruiting to levels that are not expected from public schools in a private school dominated sport and it is a shame he wont return to his alma mater at LCHSRoger Perry-has duplicated his Portland feats at MJMarston at Lawrence County--has taken a school with 1 playoff appearance in the 20 previous years and made them a perennial playoff team albeit they dont accomplish much once they get there, he still gets them there in a district that includes Tullahoma and ShelbyvilleI cannot include Gary Rankin as he is no longer in middle tennessee, but his records speak for themselves at Riverdale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devilsden Posted July 16, 2014 Report Share Posted July 16, 2014 How many state titles does CPA have under Coach Martin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eers Posted July 16, 2014 Report Share Posted July 16, 2014 Instead of best coach, this topic should have been best talent. anyone can win with talent. Not always true. I have seen several very talented teams lose to well coached teams. Fair to say great coaches with elite talent typically beat great coaches without it. There are teams that couldn't win a gold ball with Lombardi coaching them, while I'm sure there are several marginal coaches that could win with some of the talents the elite teams have had. There are so many factors that could go into this that it's hard to say. If it's wins and losses, doesn't GC have to come into play? That said, he's also had talent. Too many variables and there's nothing to substantiate any of it. Sometimes it just takes the right coach, in the right place, at the right time (and a couple lucky breaks). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alltime Posted July 16, 2014 Report Share Posted July 16, 2014 Best Coaches in middle Tennessee Ricky Bowers-has repeated at Ensworth what he did at MBA Ingle Martin-has taken a perennial contender at CPA and turned tehm into perennial champions Walt Smith-has taken local talent without the benefit of recruiting to levels that are not expected from public schools in a private school dominated sport and it is a shame he wont return to his alma mater at LCHS Roger Perry-has duplicated his Portland feats at MJ Marston at Lawrence County--has taken a school with 1 playoff appearance in the 20 previous years and made them a perennial playoff team albeit they dont accomplish much once they get there, he still gets them there in a district that includes Tullahoma and Shelbyville I cannot include Gary Rankin as he is no longer in middle tennessee, but his records speak for themselves at Riverdale Nothing against Walt Smith but when he's has talent he won a lot of games but when he didn't have talent he didn't win! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
confuciuschang Posted July 17, 2014 Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 Nothing against Walt Smith but when he's has talent he won a lot of games but when he didn't have talent he didn't win! confucius say....same could be said for Bowers...i mean when has MBA or Ensworth NOT had talent.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alltime Posted July 18, 2014 Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 confucius say....same could be said for Bowers...i mean when has MBA or Ensworth NOT had talent.... I think Bobby Sharp of Lewis Co is one of the best coaches in the state because we never have top tier talent but we still have a very good program. ( 22 straight years in the playoffs ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluedevilpride2012 Posted July 18, 2014 Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 Cody Finley has to be considered if we are talking about coaches who have gotten the most out of what they've had to work with. He took Cheatham County to the state playoffs in 8 out of 11 years as the head coach. The school only has 5 playoff appearances outside of those 8 since the playoff format started in 1969. He will soon do similar things at Stewart County. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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