MASE

[pujo]

15 minutes ago, Tide21 said:

The thing is not every single one of them had a hardship ….. 

It isn’t hard to find another school in Memphis there are lots of them. If the same happened here the whole football team wouldn’t be approved to go to the same high school 

And follow the coach.

[mrbigster]

3 hours ago, WildBill2388 said:

Transfers FROM MAHS!!!

MAHS Was loaded for the next 3 to 4 years!

They probably be AA then.

[HevyReturns]

One thing I know 1,000% for sure.. when ANY team over-estimates themselves or under-estimates their  opponent.. disrespecting everyone & everything (incl’d themselves more than likely!), then THAT is when they are in big time danger of being whooped, shocked, taken-down, disappointed, spanked, wood-sheded, heartbroken, schooled… or whatever you want to call the old-fashioned agony of defeat. . getting it handed to them by the unlikely & impossible & underdog opponent that would never beat them... the very team that wasn’t worthy enough to even be playing such a team as “us”, or playing the game itself.. THEY are often the very ones to slay Goliath!  Seen it soooo many times firsthand, & it’s seen weekly across the world in every sport, right? For me, being humble & gracious in victory, & teachable & motivated in defeat is the way true champions roll.. but I’m just a silly & delusional old hick from the sticks, usually clueless & crazy. Fo’ ‘sho! 

[Tide21]

1 hour ago, BIGPURPLEMACHINE said:

Shut up stupid…

I guess I make to much sense 

[tradertwo]

1 hour ago, Tide21 said:

The thing is not every single one of them had a hardship ….. 

It isn’t hard to find another school in Memphis there are lots of them. If the same happened here the whole football team wouldn’t be approved to go to the same high school 

So you think if Peabody shut down, Jacobs was hired at Milan, and ALL the football kids enrolled there that someone might question it??? I think everyone would understand.

[Tide21]

14 minutes ago, tradertwo said:

So you think if Peabody shut down, Jacobs was hired at Milan, and ALL the football kids enrolled there that someone might question it??? I think everyone would understand.

 It would be shut down quick fast 

[tradertwo]

Not that anyone cares, but my take on the subject...the situation of MAHS shutting down and the team being "disbanded" is unprecedented, and I sympathize with those kids. Moving forward from that, I just can't fathom the whole team following the coach to another school being absolutely above board and "legal" in TSSAA's eyes with all the coaching link and transfer (hardship) rules. 

  As for the team's gold ball chances...there's a gauntlet of championship caliber teams that will invade Memphis week after week until someone is left standing alone to represent the west in Chattanooga, and the odds aren't great for any one of those teams individually, no matter which one you call the favorite. As for the "one game at a time" scenario, I'd be worried about facing MASE. There has been a couple of instances where teams with the same reputation have faced the west's "favorite" and given them all that they could handle. Peabody was the recipient of some horrible coaching and monumental luck, and Westview had to outgun a very capable team to even reach the games that they won for the championships, and this team could be better than either of those for all that I know.

[Southtowner]

1 hour ago, pujo said:

And follow the coach.

I don't think I've ever seen a team finish the season with only 2 wins on the field, score only 56 points the entire year,  then be ranked in the top 4 of a class the opening week of the following year in the AP.

Folks like to give the AP a tough time & rightfully so. 

 I really don't think this could happen any where other than Memphis.  

[lakecounty1968]

MASE will be very hard to beat but they are not unbeatable. They are contender to go to Chattanooga this year. Their schedule and lack of competition might bite them in the end. After the first round of the playoffs the competition will get alot better than anything they have seen all year. 

[TryNotToSuck]

29 minutes ago, lakecounty1968 said:

MASE will be very hard to beat but they are not unbeatable. They are contender to go to Chattanooga this year. Their schedule and lack of competition might bite them in the end. After the first round of the playoffs the competition will get alot better than anything they have seen all year. 

Knowing Coach Miller's experience with what he went through last year. Trust me, he knows the competition will get tougher. It's not going to be a surprised to him, or any of those players. MASE is going to be fine!

[TheTruthHurts22]

3 minutes ago, TryNotToSuck said:

Knowing Coach Miller's experience with what he went through last year. Trust me, he knows the competition will get tougher. It's not going to be a surprised to him, or any of those players. MASE is going to be fine!

They will be well rested and healthy too with that easy schedule. It will help and hurt, I’m sure they are working on their depth in these blowouts wins. They won’t be as battle tested, but they are going to shake some things up in the West if the coach is as good as advertised.

[Tide21]

1 hour ago, tradertwo said:

Not that anyone cares, but my take on the subject...the situation of MAHS shutting down and the team being "disbanded" is unprecedented, and I sympathize with those kids. Moving forward from that, I just can't fathom the whole team following the coach to another school being absolutely above board and "legal" in TSSAA's eyes with all the coaching link and transfer (hardship) rules. 

  As for the team's gold ball chances...there's a gauntlet of championship caliber teams that will invade Memphis week after week until someone is left standing alone to represent the west in Chattanooga, and the odds aren't great for any one of those teams individually, no matter which one you call the favorite. As for the "one game at a time" scenario, I'd be worried about facing MASE. There has been a couple of instances where teams with the same reputation have faced the west's "favorite" and given them all that they could handle. Peabody was the recipient of some horrible coaching and monumental luck, and Westview had to outgun a very capable team to even reach the games that they won for the championships, and this team could be better than either of those for all that I know.

You said it better than I could