Clarksville Northeast @ Henry County

[chrisburr]

37 minutes ago, TheCommissioner said:

Clarksville area football is confusing. They  can do less with more…. 

Agreed even though Clarksville is on the rise

Northwest should honestly drop back down to 4A

Northeast going from 5A to 6A is going from the Frying Pan and into the Fire

But yeah I agree with this

[Professor Chaos]

Everyone is missing the point when it comes to all of the Clarksville teams playing up to 6A… it’s not about competing, it’s about drastically reducing your travel, thus saving the school district a ton of money (which is really all they care about anyways) and it guarantees 4 Clarksville teams will always make the playoffs (which has never happened?)

[MSURacer]

Totally forgot this was a Thursday game, but good job HC for posting the W. 

[TheCommissioner]

8 hours ago, Professor Chaos said:

Everyone is missing the point when it comes to all of the Clarksville teams playing up to 6A… it’s not about competing, it’s about drastically reducing your travel, thus saving the school district a ton of money (which is really all they care about anyways) and it guarantees 4 Clarksville teams will always make the playoffs (which has never happened?)

and the region that they would represent will get swept in the first round of the playoffs each year.CHS would be the only team with a chance of winning a 6A playoff game.  IMHO Montgomery County’s ban on Middle School football puts all their programs behind the proverbial 8 ball.  That coupled with virtually no community support, outside of CHS, solidifies the continuing struggle of these programs.  No coach will want to battle the odds.  We won’t see another Esau Latham in Clarksville 

[Professor Chaos]

3 hours ago, TheCommissioner said:

and the region that they would represent will get swept in the first round of the playoffs each year.CHS would be the only team with a chance of winning a 6A playoff game.  IMHO Montgomery County’s ban on Middle School football puts all their programs behind the proverbial 8 ball.  That coupled with virtually no community support, outside of CHS, solidifies the continuing struggle of these programs.  No coach will want to battle the odds.  We won’t see another Esau Latham in Clarksville 

They would get swept, but all 4 teams would still get a quarter of the 1st round gate; and that’s what they’re really interested in

[chrisburr]

get ready for the rise of the west creek coyotes

[PantherPride2022]

Explain more about Montgomery County's ban on Middle School football.

I am unaware.

[TheCommissioner]

49 minutes ago, PantherPride2022 said:

Explain more about Montgomery County's ban on Middle School football.

I am unaware.

Montgomery County doesn’t have middle sports. Their  athletes compete in jr pro.  It’s up to parents and volunteers to train them 

[TheCommissioner]

1 hour ago, chrisburr said:

get ready for the rise of the west creek coyotes

West Creek hasn’t had much success ANY success will be a rise

[MJGOLDENBEARS]

4 minutes ago, TheCommissioner said:

Montgomery County doesn’t have middle sports. Their  athletes compete in jr pro.  It’s up to parents and volunteers to train them 

Sounds Very much like a metro situation. Poor facilities, poor coaching, undisciplined kids, all around bad.

[MSURacer]

8 hours ago, MJGOLDENBEARS said:

Sounds Very much like a metro situation. Poor facilities, poor coaching, undisciplined kids, all around bad.

It's simply a school system administration that doesn't care about sports. Never has. 

Athletically, they could be another Murfreesboro if they wanted to. They just don't. Or at least they just don't care to invest what makes that possible. And whatever, that's their prerogative I guess. It costs a lot of money, time, and resources to be good at pretty much anything.    

[Kevin38]

23 minutes ago, MSURacer said:

It's simply a school system administration that doesn't care about sports. Never has. 

Athletically, they could be another Murfreesboro if they wanted to. They just don't. Or at least they just don't care to invest what makes that possible. And whatever, that's their prerogative I guess. It costs a lot of money, time, and resources to be good at pretty much anything.    

Been saying this for years, the issue is at the very top, sports is just not a priority, the pay for coaches in all sports is among the lowest in the state (at least the last I heard, a few years ago), coincidentally as you mentioned Murfreesboro, Rutherford Co is among the highest paid...

Edited October 22, 2022 by Kevin38