McNairy Central

[tradertwo]

1 hour ago, LetMeHearYA said:

Selmer Middle School coach Stacy Riley has been named interim Head Coach for the season. The position will be evaluated at the end of the year. 

I think this is a pretty good hire considering the circumstances. Former player, he has had a lot of success at the Middle School level, a lot of the current players have played for him. Most of the kids liked playing for him and he can keep kids from going to Adamsville. This is an opportunity to see how he handles the high school game and if he does well, he gets the job, if not, they can perform a coaching search.

Riley will be as good as he is allowed to be. He will make better young men of your players, and better players of your young men...if he is allowed to coach his way and play who he chooses. Support him and you have a diamond in the rough, but pressure him to "conform" to the booster's wishes and he's enough of his own man to walk. Just my humble opinion.

[LetMeHearYA]

2 hours ago, tradertwo said:

Riley will be as good as he is allowed to be. He will make better young men of your players, and better players of your young men...if he is allowed to coach his way and play who he chooses. Support him and you have a diamond in the rough, but pressure him to "conform" to the booster's wishes and he's enough of his own man to walk. Just my humble opinion.

Preaching to the choir. 

[tradertwo]

16 minutes ago, LetMeHearYA said:

Preaching to the choir. 

Just stating what I feel should be obvious...not preaching to you especially, as I've seen your posts and usually agree with you completely.

[Bobcats83]

11 hours ago, tradertwo said:

Just stating what I feel should be obvious...not preaching to you especially, as I've seen your posts and usually agree with you completely.

Don't believe there has been a basketball coach at MCHS that has played who the boosters wanted.

[WestTennRaider]

Hope Stacey gets the chance to do what he can and people leave him alone and let him coach! I hear that is a big problem there.  Interested to see if he can keep kids from going to Adamsville, heard they got a pretty good freshman class, if they will let him coach then the kids will play for him.

[LetMeHearYA]

14 hours ago, tradertwo said:

Just stating what I feel should be obvious...not preaching to you especially, as I've seen your posts and usually agree with you completely.

I know, I was just saying I agree with you.

[LetMeHearYA]

2 hours ago, WestTennRaider said:

Hope Stacey gets the chance to do what he can and people leave him alone and let him coach! I hear that is a big problem there.  Interested to see if he can keep kids from going to Adamsville, heard they got a pretty good freshman class, if they will let him coach then the kids will play for him.

The keeping kids from going to Adamsville shouldn't be a problem unless they are big into football. Really haven't lost many kids the last few years in basketball, especially the top kids. When they did leave, it was cause they didn't want to play for Brown. I don't think the freshmen class is overly strong but the sophomore class has a lot of potential. It looks like there is going to be a drop off over then next few years talent wise county wide in the middle school levels. So, it is going to be important to get all the players you can to your school. I don't think he will have any problem with coaching the way he wants to coach. 

Edited August 17, 2017 by LetMeHearYA

[yankees8589]

On 8/16/2017 at 10:10 AM, Bobcats83 said:

Don't know where that came from.  They had a preacher's son in Forsythe.

 

There are coaches all over this country doing the discipline that is necessary without cussing kids and those that are doing it should be made to stop.  Period

I bet the players cuss more than the coach did and I bet they also do lots of stuff even parents don't have a clue about..thats what teenagers do.

Maybe McNairy should provide a safe space somewhere for small feelings.

 

Again, maybe they should hire a preacher..not the son of a preacher. I'm talking about someone the entire community can put on a pedestal. Someone that has always held the moral high ground, someone that has never been compromised, someone we should all aspire to be like, someone that is pure, someone that is clean as a whistle like some of the fans.

[yankees8589]

On 8/16/2017 at 6:43 PM, tradertwo said:

Riley will be as good as he is allowed to be. He will make better young men of your players, and better players of your young men...if he is allowed to coach his way and play who he chooses. Support him and you have a diamond in the rough, but pressure him to "conform" to the booster's wishes and he's enough of his own man to walk. Just my humble opinion.

Now thats telling it like it is....two thumbs up!

[Bobcats83]

7 hours ago, yankees8589 said:

I bet the players cuss more than the coach did and I bet they also do lots of stuff even parents don't have a clue about..thats what teenagers do.

Maybe McNairy should provide a safe space somewhere for small feelings.

 

Again, maybe they should hire a preacher..not the son of a preacher. I'm talking about someone the entire community can put on a pedestal. Someone that has always held the moral high ground, someone that has never been compromised, someone we should all aspire to be like, someone that is pure, someone that is clean as a whistle like some of the fans.

Really, teenagers do things their parents don't know.  I had no idea. I know I never did, yeah right!!   That maybe the dumbest statement I've ever read.  No coach worth their salt is going to let players cuss. Are some players going to under their breath, yes.  But I don't know any coach that would tolerate it if they heard it

Disciplne can be accomplished without cussing kids.  No adult Coach should ever cuss a player. They are to be an example not plain stupid 

Edited August 20, 2017 by Bobcats83

[Macnarry]

McNairy Central is a tough place to coach. Coach Riley is stepping into  a tough situation as an interim coach. I hope he does well.

[concernedbobcat]

It's not hard to coach at Central anymore. AD is head coach of 2 sports. AD now has his buddy as Boys Head Coach. Now he needs to put Lott on the road.