Chiefbigfoot Posted December 18, 2023 Report Share Posted December 18, 2023 Who are the best public school baseball coaches in the state? Zac Curtis Loretto, Derek Wix from East Robertson, Jason Burleson Summertown, Brandon Bassham Eagleville are a couple small middle tn schools that have stellar programs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSUBac2001 Posted December 22, 2023 Report Share Posted December 22, 2023 Define best. It’s an arbitrary term. Mack Hawks at Oakland is the active leader in wins with no private school HC experience. He’s at 723+ wins. Matt Buckner at Farragut/Bearden may have the highest winning Percentage of active coaches on the TBCA list that were only a HC at public schools. He wins at a .796 clip. Interestingly, not a lot of small school guys are active and on the TBCA head coach list. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BingoLong Posted February 26 Report Share Posted February 26 Most people correlate "best" with wins. I have known many really good coaches that were not blessed with an abundance of talent. It doesn't take any " coaching" to win with an all-star team. A whole lot of travel coaches would be exposed if they took on an inner city team. If they were truly " the best" it would not matter where they coached. I have also seen multiple teams with ridiculous talent underachieve year after year. They still win a bunch of games but their talent level should be championships. Perhaps the question should be who has done more with less? That would be the REAL answer to who is best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BelmontRebel Posted March 1 Report Share Posted March 1 On 2/26/2024 at 1:49 PM, BingoLong said: Most people correlate "best" with wins. I have known many really good coaches that were not blessed with an abundance of talent. It doesn't take any " coaching" to win with an all-star team. A whole lot of travel coaches would be exposed if they took on an inner city team. If they were truly " the best" it would not matter where they coached. I have also seen multiple teams with ridiculous talent underachieve year after year. They still win a bunch of games but their talent level should be championships. Perhaps the question should be who has done more with less? That would be the REAL answer to who is best. You said that it doesn't take any coaching to win with an all-star team but then you say that teams with ridiculous talent underachieve year after year. Help me make sesnse of this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BingoLong Posted March 1 Report Share Posted March 1 24 minutes ago, BelmontRebel said: You said that it doesn't take any coaching to win with an all-star team but then you say that teams with ridiculous talent underachieve year after year. Help me make sesnse of this. That means that they do not coach at all. They just put talent on the field and expect them to do the rest. Nice veiled attempt and yet a swing and a miss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainGuru Posted March 1 Report Share Posted March 1 On 12/21/2023 at 11:26 PM, MSUBac2001 said: Define best. It’s an arbitrary term. Mack Hawks at Oakland is the active leader in wins with no private school HC experience. He’s at 723+ wins. Matt Buckner at Farragut/Bearden may have the highest winning Percentage of active coaches on the TBCA list that were only a HC at public schools. He wins at a .796 clip. Interestingly, not a lot of small school guys are active and on the TBCA head coach list. Farragut Admirals are the best team most years. I guarantee it. Do you want to bet me? I am Captain Guru and I approve this message. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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