Bearden open

[HTV]

Shinlever resigned today. 

Be surprised if another sitting head coach in Knox County does land there.  

[edwardblake]

This is pretty interesting. He had given West a lot of good games over the years. Who will be the front runners for Bearden and Hardin Valley?

[Jet Pride]

I would not be surprised if Scott Cummings is the next year coach at Bearden

[BarneySox2007]

8 hours ago, Jet Pride said:

I would not be surprised if Scott Cummings is the next year coach at Bearden

I'll never understand why he fell on his face at Cleveland. I say go on and get him we need that game at Maryville to rest our starters for the big games.

[HTV]

2 hours ago, BarneySox2007 said:

I'll never understand why he fell on his face at Cleveland. I say go on and get him we need that game at Maryville to rest our starters for the big games.

Several reasons.  Turned out to just not to be a good fit from either side.  Scott is a good football coach.  Haven't really talked to him since he's been at Halls, but I always liked him a lot.  Great interview because he said what was on his mind, which sometimes got him in to trouble.  He's done a great job brining Halls back to a very competitive state.  

But I agree with Jet.  Wouldn't be at all surprised to see him end up in West Knoxville again.  

[Sandman63]

Seems like a great job for for the right guy

[sx1234]

On 11/1/2021 at 11:01 PM, Jet Pride said:

I would not be surprised if Scott Cummings is the next year coach at Bearden

That was the rumor a couple of years ago, but he may be more likely to stay in Halls since he's got his system planted.  I am pretty sure the Halls youth program is running his offense so its only a matter of time before he starts to really see's the results of that. 

[PostingGawd39]

22 hours ago, HTV said:

Several reasons.  Turned out to just not to be a good fit from either side.  Scott is a good football coach.  Haven't really talked to him since he's been at Halls, but I always liked him a lot.  Great interview because he said what was on his mind, which sometimes got him in to trouble.  He's done a great job brining Halls back to a very competitive state.  

But I agree with Jet.  Wouldn't be at all surprised to see him end up in West Knoxville again.  

Overton last 3 seasons: 21-15 with 3 playoff wins

Cummings 19-21: 20-11 with 1 playoff win

What were some of the other reasons it didn't work out in Cleveland? Interested because that place seems like a gold mine in terms of talent

[edwardblake]

Never known Bearden to be serious about football, has always been more of a basketball school in my opinion. Being a long time West fan I liked Coach Cummings a lot but 6A is a different beast. It still bothers me that he left West after the 2014 season. Things didn't go great at Cleveland to say the least. The brain trust out on Kingston Pike will definitely want a "splashy" hire but is bad 6A head coaching experience better than no head coaching experience? Derek Hunt had never been an HC before, has done and will continue to do a great job. When Brian Nix inevitably takes over at Alcoa he will do a great job. Hard to understand what the folks running the show over there expect if they hire a Cummings or bring back a Brad Taylor. No one cares what an old West fan like me thinks but if what Shinlever has said is true and the program needs some fresh air why not go young? 

[thefox]

6 minutes ago, edwardblake said:

Never known Bearden to be serious about football, has always been more of a basketball school in my opinion. Being a long time West fan I liked Coach Cummings a lot but 6A is a different beast. It still bothers me that he left West after the 2014 season. Things didn't go great at Cleveland to say the least. The brain trust out on Kingston Pike will definitely want a "splashy" hire but is bad 6A head coaching experience better than no head coaching experience? Derek Hunt had never been an HC before, has done and will continue to do a great job. When Brian Nix inevitably takes over at Alcoa he will do a great job. Hard to understand what the folks running the show over there expect if they hire a Cummings or bring back a Brad Taylor. No one cares what an old West fan like me thinks but if what Shinlever has said is true and the program needs some fresh air why not go young? 

Still sour about Scott leaving for the 6A big leagues. West fans are the worst! 

[Williams]

1 hour ago, sx1234 said:

That was the rumor a couple of years ago, but he may be more likely to stay in Halls since he's got his system planted.  I am pretty sure the Halls youth program is running his offense so its only a matter of time before he starts to really see's the results of that. 

I can't imagine he'd want to pull his kids out of their current school, in the middle of their hs careers, to go a rebuilding program for the exact same pay.  That seems silly.

[edwardblake]

1 minute ago, RedFred said:

I can't imagine he'd want to pull his kids out of their current school, in the middle of their hs careers, to go a rebuilding program for the exact same pay.  That seems silly.

Agreed, there is a lot more support in the Halls community as well. Cummings has a lot of support from his administration. Of course maybe I just like beating him each year@thefox. Bearden brought an absolute skeleton crew over to West this year, had about nine coaches total for a 6A school. They had as many coaches total as West does teaching in the building. Check their TSSAA directory, it's a ghost town. Bearden's AD mentioned in the article I read that teaching jobs at the school will be a factor on who they can hire. Can't imagine the new money out West will like that. You'd have to imagine in the Bearden community there is some concern about how serious the school administration is about football.