Oak Ridge High School Football 2022

[MidTennFootball]

Feeling like channeling something LOD would say.... It's all about priorities, if you don't prioritize winning in the weight room, winning on the field is much more difficult and perhaps explains why they can't block because they don't train

[oridgecat]

21 minutes ago, MidTennFootball said:

Feeling like channeling something LOD would say.... It's all about priorities, if you don't prioritize winning in the weight room, winning on the field is much more difficult and perhaps explains why they can't block because they don't train

Bingo! 

LOD R.I.P.

[LEFTYKNOX]

1 hour ago, oridgecat said:

Usually it can be found on BBBTV12.com, but last nights show is not on there.  The episode with the shout outs has been taken down as well.   But yeah, I watched the show.  Looks to me like Cat fans can look forward to more of the same.  Joe says he's coming back and everything appears business as usual.   And don't expect much gains in the weight room.  He says we don't have a paid position for strength and conditioning coach.  This is a new thing in Knox Co.  Last year was the first year of that.  Seems to me with 10 coaches they could find a way to divide up weight room responsibilities among the staff and make it a mandatory part of being on the Oak Ridge football team.    

Knox Co has had a coaching stipend for a strength and conditioning coach at each school for at least the past decade. I understand this supplement was originally to be used for paying an athletic trainer but those are provided by the local ortho clinic as part of an outreach program. I am totally surprised to hear that Oak Ridge does not at the very least have a stipend for this position that could go to a teacher/coach that holds some type of weight room certification. I think that is a shame for not only the football players but all of the student-athletes involved in sports at ORHS.

[oridgecat]

1 minute ago, LEFTYKNOX said:

Knox Co has had a coaching stipend for a strength and conditioning coach at each school for at least the past decade. I understand this supplement was originally to be used for paying an athletic trainer but those are provided by the local ortho clinic as part of an outreach program. I am totally surprised to hear that Oak Ridge does not at the very least have a stipend for this position that could go to a teacher/coach that holds some type of weight room certification. I think that is a shame for not only the football players but all of the student-athletes involved in sports at ORHS.

Exactly!  There is no excuse.  There are lots of different ways to make that happen if it were a real priority.  How can mandatory weight training for football players especially not be a top priority, not only to be strong enough to compete but this is the day and age of player safety.  

[SweetScience]

I knew he’d be coming back. No surprise to me. He will be at Oak Ridge as long as he wants to be, and God only knows how long that will be. 

[oridgecat]

1 minute ago, SweetScience said:

I knew he’d be coming back. No surprise to me. He will be at Oak Ridge as long as he wants to be, and God only knows how long that will be. 

Not so fast my friend.  HE says he's coming back.  There are others in the mix that disagree with his take.  

[SweetScience]

1 minute ago, oridgecat said:

Not so fast my friend.  HE says he's coming back.  There are others in the mix that disagree with his take.  

As I’ve been saying, I’ll believe it when I see it.

[oridgecat]

1 hour ago, LEFTYKNOX said:

 

Just now, SweetScience said:

As I’ve been saying, I’ll believe it when I see it.

 

Yeah, same here.

[oridgecat]

2 hours ago, Opie Shaggnasty said:

I like it.

You should, your obsession with Romeo will continue and remain strong.  

We will still beat Clinton.  

[osunut2]

22 minutes ago, SweetScience said:

As I’ve been saying, I’ll believe it when I see it.

Same here, SS.

He probably needs to retire, and I'm getting the sense that OR isn't going to force him out. They might encourage him to do so, but at the end of the day, he's going to make the decision.

[oridgecat]

1 minute ago, osunut2 said:

Same here, SS.

He probably needs to retire, and I'm getting the sense that OR isn't going to force him out. They might encourage him to do so, but at the end of the day, he's going to make the decision.

Only in Oak Ridge, smdh

[osunut2]

8 minutes ago, oridgecat said:

Only in Oak Ridge, smdh

Honestly, I'd love for him to go out on his own terms. Given what he's accomplished in his career, I think he's earned that right. But if he's ultimately going to be a detriment the longer he stays, OR has to pull the plug.