Week 8- Oak Ridge @ Greenville

[HTV]

So Rodney is the scapegoat?  

 

Yeah. Firing a guy who is 6 games in to the job makes a lot of sense. It's all his fault.  

 

That was sarcasm in case anybody did get that. 

[SweetScience]

Just now, HTV said:

So Rodney is the scapegoat?  

 

Yeah. Firing a guy who is 6 games in to the job makes a lot of sense. It's all his fault.  

 

That was sarcasm in case anybody did get that. 

I don’t even know if it’s true, but if it is, I agree with you. There’s obviously more issues going on @ OR than simple play calling. There’s no reason to get rid of a coach like that during the middle of the season. That’s Jeremy Pruitt’esque stuff. Who knows even if it’s true or not at this point?

[HTV]

4 minutes ago, SweetScience said:

I don’t even know if it’s true, but if it is, I agree with you. There’s obviously more issues going on @ OR than simple play calling. There’s no reason to get rid of a coach like that during the middle of the season. That’s Jeremy Pruitt’esque stuff. Who knows even if it’s true or not at this point?

I believe it to be accurate. 

[SweetScience]

1 minute ago, HTV said:

I believe it to be accurate. 

Well, that’s definitely not good for the overall state of the program. There’s already enough turmoil as it is. Yikes.

[BatmanDevil]

Actually forgot it was the game thread while reading along.OR fans,I understand as a parent of former Dobyns Bennett athletes ,how it can get very frustrating when things are not going well .Oh, it's awesome when your team is winning in different sports and a added bonus if little " Batman " is doing well.Parent or fan,when things are going poorly it sucks all the way around.Some of you hit on a few points I would just lose my mind about back in the day.When it's all said and done, most of the blame falls on those in control of a program.It  Can be the head coach 100% or others who pull the strings keeping him from making certain moves.One of you mentioned strength and conditioning.I preached for years about that and how it definitely hurt DB's chances at a championship . Finally someone ( probably a coach or his wife) asked what my qualifications were to question such a thing and what have I ever done coaching .At first I just thought, they are right ,who am I to question because I'm not a coach,but then I wrote what I happened to remember.Well,I trained one of my sons and he broke a world benchpress record before he ever got to DB and I had my younger son doing reps with a world record before he got there and coached a son to become a state martial arts champion.I guess it was enough for them to back off.True however that I might not be a football coach but like the OR fans,I can see if changes need to be made by just looking at the results.

Edited October 4, 2021 by BatmanDevil

[Czar]

OR has only lost to decent teams this year, now that I am looking at the schedule.

[SweetScience]

6 minutes ago, FilmCzar said:

OR has only lost to decent teams this year, now that I am looking at the schedule.

Yeah, only “bad” team we’ve played is LC really. Bearden, who is mediocre we lost too, Clinton, another team I’d call average we beat 22-7. Could be worse, I guess.

[Czar]

Just now, SweetScience said:

Yeah, only “bad” team we’ve played is LC really. Bearden, who is mediocre we lost too, Clinton, another team I’d call average we beat 22-7. Could be worse, I guess.

I agree.

[oridgecat]

1 hour ago, FilmCzar said:

Who is their S&C coach? This is obviously a huge issue currently and will be moving forward.

There's not one.  This is one of the major problems.  No accountability top to bottom.  Weight room is optional.  

And it is true,  the OC has been replaced.  

Edited October 4, 2021 by oridgecat

[SweetScience]

Geez

Edited October 4, 2021 by SweetScience

[oridgecat]

58 minutes ago, HTV said:

So Rodney is the scapegoat?  

 

Yeah. Firing a guy who is 6 games in to the job makes a lot of sense. It's all his fault.  

 

That was sarcasm in case anybody did get that. 

Yep, this is a CYA move.   I have watched Rodney call plays at 2 different stops before OR.  What we are seeing on Fri. nights is not his offense at all.  Makes me wonder how much of the reins he even had when it came to offensive game plan and play calling.   

Edited October 4, 2021 by oridgecat

[Czar]

4 minutes ago, SweetScience said:

How on earth do our coaches expect to field a really good team without holding kids accountable to work out? At the top programs, you either do or you don’t play, I’m sure. Just ridiculous.

This needs to be priority #1 in the off-season if we ever intend to be relevant at the state level again. So much wasted talent. At the Big city systems, the strength guy works will all sports and with the middle school kids. Could you imagine?