Oak ridge/HVA recap

[Elitesports4]

3 minutes ago, Elwoodoakridge said:

Coach Gaddis has been coaching for 49 years but has only won 1 state championship. While coaching at Oak Ridge with teams loaded in talent, he could not win big! Even when Oak Ridge was reduced to 5A status, he could not win big!  What Oak Ridge needs is a head coaching change!

Agreed and not just him!

[Elitesports4]

31 minutes ago, osunut2 said:

I wouldn't hit the panic button after one game, but I understand the frustration. Let's be honest though, programs like OR have the incredible luxury of being (or expecting to be) a "contender" year in and year out. If this happens to be a down year, you won't be down for long.

This is my opinion not out of panic but realistic of what I know and saw. I’m an alumni there so I know all about the program. And to be honest oak ridge will be down for some years it’s going to be brutal. Even in basketball girls and boys  

[osunut2]

6 minutes ago, Elitesports4 said:

And to be honest oak ridge will be down for some years it’s going to be brutal. Even in basketball girls and boys  

Some of that is probably inevitable, considering how the city of Oak Ridge has changed since the end of the Cold War. I'm surprised it hasn't happened sooner. The academic rigor has definitely kept OR relevant.

[bonkers]

2 hours ago, Elitesports4 said:

Yes very rude comment we’re all football guys! Honestly, imo we’re just down in size, speed, play-making abilities.. inexperienced players with bad play calling. Losing coach graham was huge and it’s going to show. It’s going to take some time to get it together.. sad to say I got them losing to dB on the road next week very sad to say.

I wasn't trying to be rude but I'm an OR fan and I would never ask what was going at Central because I just don't care (I have nothing against Central, I would say the same about Fulton, South Doyle, Halls, etc). So since I don;t think the way he does, I just found his interest in OR a bit strange

[bonkers]

2 hours ago, osunut2 said:

I wouldn't hit the panic button after one game, but I understand the frustration. Let's be honest though, programs like OR have the incredible luxury of being (or expecting to be) a "contender" year in and year out. If this happens to be a down year, you won't be down for long.

I agree with you but I don't see much talent at the middle schools either. I can't remember when both middle schools had good teams in the same year. This year JMS is awful and RMS is pretty good. In the last few years it has been the opposite. Back 20, 30, 40 years ago, it was very normal for both teams to be good.

[bonkers]

1 hour ago, Elwoodoakridge said:

Coach Gaddis has been coaching for 49 years but has only won 1 state championship. While coaching at Oak Ridge with teams loaded in talent, he could not win big! Even when Oak Ridge was reduced to 5A status, he could not win big!  What Oak Ridge needs is a head coaching change!

You're right about him winning one championship, which is one more than the three coaches who followed him combined, and my guess is that it's also one more than you've won, along with one more than 90% of the coaches across the state.

[bonkers]

1 hour ago, Elitesports4 said:

This is my opinion not out of panic but realistic of what I know and saw. I’m an alumni there so I know all about the program. And to be honest oak ridge will be down for some years it’s going to be brutal. Even in basketball girls and boys  

I actually agree with you but football will be hit the hardest because there doesn't seem to be any big kids (linemen types) around. That, along with the alarming lack of speed that was evident last night, means OR could face a long few years. I've mentioned the speed problem and after thinking about it, I think this may be the slowest OR team in history.

[Lost Old Dad]

OK, its done and in the past.  Learn from it and correct the mistakes.  If the OC needs changing, I figure it will get done.

Now concentrate on winning the next 14 games!  A Gold ball is still VERY doable!

[IanMackaye]

Tradition doesn’t seem to be getting kids to play sports at OR.

[CatskerS]

3 hours ago, bonkers said:

I actually agree with you but football will be hit the hardest because there doesn't seem to be any big kids (linemen types) around. That, along with the alarming lack of speed that was evident last night, means OR could face a long few years. I've mentioned the speed problem and after thinking about it, I think this may be the slowest OR team in history.

I would agree too EXCEPT One would think though that when all "5" starting linemen return from the previous year it wouldn't be a jailbreak every play for the opposite defense.  Seems like you want to point out lineman and lack fo size but that never effects the defense.  Strange......

[CatskerS]

Not much to say cats or kers? Strange.....

[CatskerS]

6 hours ago, bonkers said:

I agree with you but I don't see much talent at the middle schools either. I can't remember when both middle schools had good teams in the same year. This year JMS is awful and RMS is pretty good. In the last few years it has been the opposite. Back 20, 30, 40 years ago, it was very normal for both teams to be good.

You could find multiple years where they're both good going back to the first year, 88. This years team is made up of the champions from one side or another in the past 2 years but I guess the kids get worse and uncoachable as they get older