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Tim Hammontree Resigns from Heritage


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Much better coach than his record. Heritage has had a lot of kids that have up and quit especially four years ago which set that program back to the stone age. Don't know where you would start to look for a coach out there it's so bad. Thought they were starting to break through six years ago until their 1,500 yard rusher transfered somewhere else which ended a rivalry that cost one of the schools a fortune in gate money considering most of their games very few people attend on the visitor side. That school needed that kid like a hole in the head but left them with a hole in their pocket from loss gate revenue. Anyways when I think of Heritage I think of that one coach that quit one time and left his wife for his new child bride and left town or the other one that would take a vacation during fall break and leave it to his assistants while he was at the beach having a good time. Only Shad topped that one and everyone went on vacation.

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Heritage has some talent in the youth leagues. I don't know any of the middle school/high school coaches, but from what I've been told by people out there an entire house cleaning needs to be in order because the kids would be willing to play football, they just don't like any of the coaches.

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15 minutes ago, Solomon said:

Heritage has some talent in the youth leagues. I don't know any of the middle school/high school coaches, but from what I've been told by people out there an entire house cleaning needs to be in order because the kids would be willing to play football, they just don't like any of the coaches.

If they don't play because of that they have no heart for the game anyway.

 

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2 hours ago, Solomon said:

Heritage has some talent in the youth leagues. I don't know any of the middle school/high school coaches, but from what I've been told by people out there an entire house cleaning needs to be in order because the kids would be willing to play football, they just don't like any of the coaches.

you're right, they do have some talent. issue is that they (parents) have ran the coaches off in the youth leagues/feeder programs over the past few years especially, have ran off multiple middle schools coaches to a point there's only a handful, if that. there are constant staffing issues, among other things. how many of you on here actually know the ins and outs of the facilities at heritage, william blount and so on? these new facilities they have now will barely fit all athletes in multiple sports at these schools. don't get me wrong, they needed them and i'm glad something was done, but when you've not had those facilities for the past 10, 15, etc years, how are you going to succeed as an athlete? and now that they have some updated facilities, it's still not an instant fix, and we all know that.

too many parents these days think their kids are D1 prospects and/or deserve a ring, so they do what they can to get them into other schools in the area or they keep their kids where they are, complain about the staff throughout the community the entire time. parents are hiring personal trainers, nutritionists, and recruiters while claiming the coaching staffs at these schools aren't doing right by by their child/children. then after hiring all of those 'professionals' that allegedly know more than coaches, your child still isn't offered a full ride to his dream school when it comes up on their junior/senior year. they are posting about 'offers' on social media, when all that's been done is you've spoken to a coach at a college that is basically saying your son could walk on after a visit you took. do you know how this affects future players? i get that we are in a different world with sports than we were years back, social media, NIL, transfer portals and it's all in the news, but, when as adults, you are portraying things incorrectly and sugar coating things to make you or your child feel better, it creates problems for the future athletes at these schools. 

you know how it works when you transfer schools in high school, you can say you play for whatever team, you can walk around with the name across your chest and be proud of it. these kids at heritage, william blount, they need to be proud of their schools, proud of what they are accomplishing and not compare themselves to other programs, other successes. they are creating their own successes and that should not be overshadowed by falsehoods or other schools. trouble is, it starts at home and it starts in the community. the parents, businesses, school board, they need to be behind these kids... ALL kids in these schools, not just the athletes. 

students/athletes at area schools see the comments on these message boards, on twitter, on facebook. they see the immaturity of adults hiding behind a computer talking about their facilities, their coaches, their schools, their records, their history. they see the hate. what kind of example is that setting? it's about time things change. i wish the new coach at heritage well whoever he may be, and I hope that Coach Reeves takes the program at WB to new heights, and i hope things start to change at the ROOT of the problem. i don't know about you, but i want all schools in blount county to thrive, not just exist.

 

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The situations at both Heritage and WB have far less to do with the coaches than they have to do with the culture of the parents, schools & school district. Years of horrible facilities and lack of support are difficult to overcome. Add to that the option for parents to send kids to nearby school where the "grass is greener." Every year the effects of these compound on themselves and dig the hole the programs are in even deeper. The programs have been in a downward spiral where the culture makes it hard to be successful. The lack of success then just reinforces the negative culture which then makes it even harder to succeed. 

The new fieldhouses are a step in the right direction but so much more is needed. Reeves is a high energy, hardworking guy who loves kids and will work his tail off to try to make WB successful. Hopefully the hole isn't too deep already.  The hole is even deeper at Heritage so it's going to take someone really exceptional to turn it around. Don't know where you're going to find someone willing to take it on. 

Hammontree is a quality person who had a huge, positive impact on a lot of kids at Heritage. With the types of kids and the backgrounds they come from at Heritage, helping kids win at life was far more important than winning ball games. 

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3 hours ago, HTV said:

So those of you in Blount County much more in the know than I, what kind of effect, if any, is the new Eagleton Academy having on Heritage?  

How is that whole dynamic playing in the Blount County/Maryville/Alcoa projected enrollments?  

Have a friend that has a son on the basketball team that told me with the large number of Hispanic kids that live around the school that soccer not football will be the big sport there. Times may have changed but I remember back when I was in school they offered vocational training and I can tell you for a 100% fact those kids were not interested in any sports.

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