Glencliff reported to be ending football this season

[nrgrizzlies]

https://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/high-school/2019/10/01/tennessee-high-school-football-tssaa-glencliff-colts-shut-down-program/3836326002/

 

Future of the program up in the air according to the article.  

Teams to be missing a game now this season:

Hillwood

Nolensville

Hunters Lane

Gallatin

[BlueDevil58]

Does anyone closer to the school know what the heck happened?

It's pretty disgusting if they just shut things down simply because they were being blown out.  Did all the kids quit or something?

Glencliff has to have some deep, structural/cultural problems to have struggled the way they have, but to just throw up your hands and take away the football program from the kids entirely is absurd.

Edited October 2, 2019 by BlueDevil58

[AllRegion]

This makes me very sad to hear. I hope they get things in good enough shape to field a team next season. Even if they're not competitive on the field, the kids still deserve a team. You learn just as much, if not more, through persevering during a tough year than you do going 15-0. 

[thegreatone36]

This is sad. I hate it for the ones who went through the football struggles just to have it taken away from them. I hope Glencliff can figure things out.

[Fballfan1978]

Are those kids able to join another team?

[GREENWAVE84EG]

The Tennessean may have been a bit premature in reporting this.  According to Chris Harris from Channel 4, the Glencliff head coach is saying nothing is final just yet, options are being discussed and meetings are scheduled for tomorrow.

[GoPats2019]

This is horrible. 

[GWAVE1]

37 minutes ago, BlueDevil58 said:

Does anyone closer to the school know what the heck happened?

It's pretty disgusting if they just shut things down simply because they were being blown out.  Did all the kids quit or something?

Glencliff has to have some deep, structural/cultural problems to have struggled the way they have, but to just throw up your hands and take away the football program from the kids entirely is absurd.

They started out with 47 players, last week they had 26 and this week they are practicing with 17.   It has nothing to do with being blown out!  

[Verb58]

You want to see what happens when you have open enrollment and unlimited recruitment from the private schools.  Here is your result.  CR, PC, Hillsboro and East are feasting while the rest of metro schools are struggling.  I never thought I would see the day the Whites Creek Cobras wouldn’t be a team to fear.  I guess what will happen going forward is that the kids who want to play football will all transfer to the power schools in metro and just not have a football team. What ramifications does this create for the TSSAA?  Having schools with more than 2000 kids and not having the ability to field a team.  I’m just sad that it has come to this for any of those kids who have sacrificed their time to be told it wasn’t enough.

[BarneySox2007]

Wussies

[MJGOLDENBEARS]

They can’t play with 17 players, that’s impossible. Unless we take it back to the early 1900’s. Either way it’s been an embarrassing run for Glencliff in the last several years. With things only getting more miserable, I don’t see a problem with this.

[PurplePanther]

1 minute ago, wave88 said:

You want to see what happens when you have open enrollment and unlimited recruitment from the private schools.  Here is your result.  CR, PC, Hillsboro and East are feasting while the rest of metro schools are struggling.  I never thought I would see the day the Whites Creek Cobras wouldn’t be a team to fear.  I guess what will happen going forward is that the kids who want to play football will all transfer to the power schools in metro and just not have a football team. What ramifications does this create for the TSSAA?  Having schools with more than 2000 kids and not having the ability to field a team.  I’m just sad that it has come to this for any of those kids who have sacrificed their time to be told it wasn’t enough.

With all due respect, I don’t think recruiting had anything to do with this.  The school is very close to Nolensville Rd.  according to great schools website it is 47% hispanic... I think it’s more, but I’ll go with their data.  School enrolment is 1400 and approximately 700 males.  Half of them are interested in futbol, not football.  Throw in the concussion scares and the field is less.  Then throw in the fact that they are rated 2 out a possible 10....not a driver to go to that school.

Now I DO agree with you on Whites Creek!  What the heck?  The privates as well as East Nashville High School benefit from the kids in that area.