Shift of talent in Jackson

[WestTNHoopsFan]

I said on this message board that there would be a shift in where the best players go to school in Jackson after all the coaching changes last year and stated the talent would be split... I was wrong because I said it would take a couple years... It is obvious the best players in Jackson are not at Jackson South Side this year so that shift happened a lot faster than I expected. WOW

 

[731Ball]

13 hours ago, WestTNHoopsFan said:

I said on this message board that there would be a shift in where the best players go to school in Jackson after all the coaching changes last year and stated the talent would be split... I was wrong because I said it would take a couple years... It is obvious the best players in Jackson are not at Jackson South Side this year so that shift happened a lot faster than I expected. WOW

 

Yeah they’re bad. Maybe worst team in madison county.

[WestTNHoopsFan]

8 hours ago, 731Ball said:

Yeah they’re bad. Maybe worst team in madison county.

I'm sure they will get better and better as the year goes on but they fell way off. Everybody in that district graduated their top players though so they may have a chance when they get to district. North Side should win that district easy. It will be south side and south gibson fighting for second and liberty last. 

North Side struggled with Lexington last night. Lexington also graduated a lot of players. I think that region is wide open. Probably going to be North Side with back to back region titles.

[tonym3143]

Sacred Heart seems to be pretty good....are they stealing players from the public schools in the jackson area

[731Ball]

11 hours ago, tonym3143 said:

Sacred Heart seems to be pretty good....are they stealing players from the public schools in the jackson area

not sure. I know they have 2 Gibson county and 2 Haywood kids. Think I read bolivar too 

[Tnfootball1234]

On 12/13/2022 at 7:39 AM, WestTNHoopsFan said:

I said on this message board that there would be a shift in where the best players go to school in Jackson after all the coaching changes last year and stated the talent would be split... I was wrong because I said it would take a couple years... It is obvious the best players in Jackson are not at Jackson South Side this year so that shift happened a lot faster than I expected. WOW

 

i don’t believe SS has any 11th or 12th graders on the team.. I’m sure they will get it figured out by tournament time. They will be a force next couple years 

[HereComesTheCloser]

10 hours ago, Tnfootball1234 said:

i don’t believe SS has any 11th or 12th graders on the team.. I’m sure they will get it figured out by tournament time. They will be a force next couple years 

You are 100% right.

From inside the locker room: there isn't a single junior or senior on the '22-23 roster. There are 2 freshman starters.

SS is already getting better as the year goes on.

The game at home against Bolivar on Tuesday Dec 13, 2022 they fought hard and kept it closer than some believed. Example, in the first game at Bolivar on Nov 21, 2022, SS was blown out by 31 pts. In the rematch, they lost by 8.

If anyone can get the most out of a young squad, it's Coach Fuller.

As a longtime supporter of SS, I feel the ceiling for the '22-23 squad is a sub-state appearance. The bottom would be a rd 1 region exit.

The previous bottom happened in the region qtrs in 2019 in an upset loss to Medina. Then they went on a tear with 3 straight trips to the dance, inlcuding an undefeated ranked #1 team that qualified for the covid cancelled 2020 tournament. It culminated with 2 straight state runner ups.

SS will be fine.

#HereComesTheCloser

[WestTNHoopsFan]

1 hour ago, HereComesTheCloser said:

You are 100% right.

From inside the locker room: there isn't a single junior or senior on the '22-23 roster. There are 2 freshman starters.

SS is already getting better as the year goes on.

The game at home against Bolivar on Tuesday Dec 13, 2022 they fought hard and kept it closer than some believed. Example, in the first game at Bolivar on Nov 21, 2022, SS was blown out by 31 pts. In the rematch, they lost by 8.

If anyone can get the most out of a young squad, it's Coach Fuller.

As a longtime supporter of SS, I feel the ceiling for the '22-23 squad is a sub-state appearance. The bottom would be a rd 1 region exit.

The previous bottom happened in the region qtrs in 2019 in an upset loss to Medina. Then they went on a tear with 3 straight trips to the dance, inlcuding an undefeated ranked #1 team that qualified for the covid cancelled 2020 tournament. It culminated with 2 straight state runner ups.

SS will be fine.

#HereComesTheCloser

I agree with almost everything you said. Coach Fuller is a hall of famer in my opinion. But, some of the other schools in Jackson are better than South Side right now because they have better talent. North Side, TCA, Sacred Heart all have more talent. Their district is North Side's to lose. They bring back the most of any team in the district but they lost their top 2 players also. South Side and South Gibson lost the most. South Side graduated basically everybody and South Gibson lost 3 to graduation and the 2 games I have watched their big left handed kid has been on the sideline in a cast and rumor is he is not going to be able to play this season. So... it is North side and everybody else in that district. 

Time will tell how good this young group really is at South Side. But, Coach fuller will absolutely have them ready for post season I'm not surprised if they play in a district Championship and make it to sub state because the other side of the region is also down. 

Just not a lot of good teams in that region. 

[Bkbfan4ever]

1 hour ago, WestTNHoopsFan said:

I agree with almost everything you said. Coach Fuller is a hall of famer in my opinion. But, some of the other schools in Jackson are better than South Side right now because they have better talent. North Side, TCA, Sacred Heart all have more talent. Their district is North Side's to lose. They bring back the most of any team in the district but they lost their top 2 players also. South Side and South Gibson lost the most. South Side graduated basically everybody and South Gibson lost 3 to graduation and the 2 games I have watched their big left handed kid has been on the sideline in a cast and rumor is he is not going to be able to play this season. So... it is North side and everybody else in that district. 

Time will tell how good this young group really is at South Side. But, Coach fuller will absolutely have them ready for post season I'm not surprised if they play in a district Championship and make it to sub state because the other side of the region is also down. 

Just not a lot of good teams in that region. 

The other district is weak. Lexington, Chester County, Hardin County and McNairy are not very good. Very few athletes.  Few good players but none of these teams will scare anyone 

[WestTNHoopsFan]

14 minutes ago, Bkbfan4ever said:

The other district is weak. Lexington, Chester County, Hardin County and McNairy are not very good. Very few athletes.  Few good players but none of these teams will scare anyone 

Agree. Chester and McNairy only lost 1 or 2 each so they may be the favorite but I hear Lexington has a good young group. But, you are right, nobody over there is intimidating.  The Region is North Side's to lose also.