Oak Ridge High School Football 2022

[ILB1999]

3 minutes ago, oridgecat said:

Oak Ridge is not in Knoxville.  There's no drama, just a good hire.  

My bad.  I've always thought of them as pretty much together.  anyway what's his record and history?

[HTV]

5 minutes ago, ILB1999WHS said:

My bad.  I've always thought of them as pretty much together.  anyway what's his record and history?

Doing this from memory, so the numbers may not be exact.

Scott started his head coaching career at West, won a 5A state championship there, then went to Cleveland.  He was at Cleveland for 3 or 4 years, didn't work out there, and he came back to Knoxville and was the coach at Halls for 3 years before today.  

 

[ILB1999]

 

2 minutes ago, HTV said:

Doing this from memory, so the numbers may not be exact.

Scott started his head coaching career at West, won a 5A state championship there, then went to Cleveland.  He was at Cleveland for 3 or 4 years, didn't work out there, and he came back to Knoxville and was the coach at Halls for 3 years before today.  

 

Thanks.  

 

And as for drama, unless Knoxville (and OR) ain't like middle TN, there has to be drama when there's coaches moving all over creation.  It seems like there's more coaching moves than normal over that way.  Only close we've had around here lately is the pitt fiasco

[osunut2]

5 minutes ago, ILB1999WHS said:

My bad.  I've always thought of them as pretty much together.  anyway what's his record and history?

Scott did a tremendous job building the program at West. He was there for 13 seasons (~2002-14). Took a program that had only had a few winning seasons in their entire history and turned them into a perennial contender; prior to his hiring, West had only won more than 8 games in a season once. It took awhile to get there, but the administration was patient, and it paid off. In his final 5 seasons, they won one title, were runners-up the previous year, and made the final 4 two other times.

He went to Cleveland for 4 seasons, and things didn't pan out for him there; finished .500 and never won a playoff game. Came back to Knoxville in 2019 and took over the Halls program. Did a decent job at Halls, considering the talent he had at his disposal. Honestly, I'm not really sure how much more he could have gotten out of the Halls gig, but he will have a lot more to work with at OR.

[osunut2]

3 minutes ago, ILB1999WHS said:

 

Thanks.  

 

And as for drama, unless Knoxville (and OR) ain't like middle TN, there has to be drama when there's coaches moving all over creation.  It seems like there's more coaching moves than normal over that way.  Only close we've had around here lately is the pitt fiasco

A lot of the "drama" in Knoxville stems from the fact that coaches here are paid peanuts. Scott will likely make a LOT more $$$ at OR (vs. any KCS gig).

[ILB1999]

3 minutes ago, osunut2 said:

A lot of the "drama" in Knoxville stems from the fact that coaches here are paid peanuts. Scott will likely make a LOT more $$$ at OR (vs. any KCS gig).

wow didn't know that.

[bounder]

Say Teachers in Oak Ridge osnut2 Teachers! lol

Edited December 13, 2021 by bounder

[osunut2]

9 minutes ago, bounder said:

Say Teachers in Oak Ridge osnut2 Teachers! lol

Freudian slip

[bounder]

For me it would a Senior moment! haha

[Cactus Jack]

1 hour ago, bounder said:

For me it would a Senior moment! haha

Where is Hoot?

[bounder]

David Clary has said he will have Scott Cummings on channel 12 at 7:00 Wednesday night. Guess the show will get a new name soon. lol

WILDCAT PRIDE

[BarneySox2007]

When I think of schools that are going to hand you the keys and let you do whatever it takes to bring the program back I think of Alcoa, Maryville, Oak Ridge, Kingsport D-B and Cleveland far as East Tennessee goes. No doubt Scott did a great job at West especially his last five years there. I remember playing there many a time and you could count all their fans in the stands which was normally fifty or sixty people. West for some reason was the worst spinoff team from the old Knoxville High School for many years. I can still remember long time coach Bill Wilson having many 1-9 or 2-8 records plus many before him that had bad records. I can still remember back in the seventies West had a 18 man football team one year so that can tell you the depths and what rock bottom looked like over there. Think that's why I was so excited about them winning the championship that year and being there the year before. Guess the Cleveland job really shocked me considering they are one of my five schools I think of that would get out of your way and let you do whatever needs to be done. Maybe there's a problem at Cleveland that may not be able to be fixed because the last guy isn't having much luck either. Hopefully things work out and the new coach can get Oak Ridge back on top again.

Edited December 14, 2021 by BarneySox2007