Elias287 Posted December 26, 2023 Report Share Posted December 26, 2023 On 12/25/2023 at 12:02 PM, Rerun92 said: Bearden high pays for bearden middle football? I didn’t mean pays for it, I meant sponsors for it by letting them use their field, facilities, equipment, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted December 26, 2023 Report Share Posted December 26, 2023 1 minute ago, Elias287 said: Yeah, I no duh, the six grade 7th and eighth grade team have been great for years, especially the past couple of years, i’m just saying that the players on those teams never end up at Austin East high school, and with the right person who can stop the youth portal Austin East will be back to glory. These players go to whichever team is winning at the moment . Fulton is in the same situation. These teams in West Knoxville are coming in promising these players things and then they give them a few minutes in one varsity game so when they try to transfer back to their zoned school they make it hard on them because they now how a varsity record. But the AE youth coaches are pushing AE High School in their youths head now adays. Most of the coaches whom are coaching the Youth programs are all former AE High School players and are volunteer high school coaches. With that said, the youth program is growing and hopefully, the high school program will do the same. AE will be back very soon. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdover1776 Posted December 26, 2023 Report Share Posted December 26, 2023 2 hours ago, Turtle said: Just had this discussion yesterday with an Alumni, but Yes there have been. Bob Poston was the football coach at AE 1968-1969 and went 16-2 as the coach of the Roadrunners. . Poston left after that to go to rival Rule High School Any chance someone like that would apply again? Again..serious question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarneySox2007 Posted December 27, 2023 Report Share Posted December 27, 2023 44 minutes ago, pdover1776 said: Any chance someone like that would apply again? Again..serious question. Bob Polston passed away back in 2011. He had a two great assistant coaches in Joel Helton who went on to coach Knox Central for 27 years and Don Ward who took over after Bob retired after the 1978 season for 11 years and also was head coach at South Doyle 9 years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted December 27, 2023 Report Share Posted December 27, 2023 1 hour ago, pdover1776 said: Any chance someone like that would apply again? Again..serious question. AE's AD is a white man who is a football guru. His specialty is football. He will make the right hire no matter the color of the person who gets it. He wants AE to be a top notch program in every sport, so just sit back and watch him work his wonders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted December 27, 2023 Report Share Posted December 27, 2023 13 minutes ago, BarneySox2007 said: Bob Polston passed away back in 2011. He had a two great assistant coaches in Joel Helton who went on to coach Knox Central for 27 years and Don Ward who took over after Bob retired after the 1978 season for 11 years and also was head coach at South Doyle 9 years. Poston was a very good coach I honestly didn't know he coached at AE until I did some research. I knew he coached at Rule though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdover1776 Posted December 27, 2023 Report Share Posted December 27, 2023 28 minutes ago, Turtle said: AE's AD is a white man who is a football guru. His specialty is football. He will make the right hire no matter the color of the person who gets it. He wants AE to be a top notch program in every sport, so just sit back and watch him work his wonders. I believe you. I’m sure he will. I honestly was just asking. No racial meaning behind it. But I went on Tssaa to research all the head coaches but I didn’t come up with anything so I figured someone would know. A good friend of mines brother in law is a football coach and she said he was talking about all the openings in the area if he would ever apply any what not. We were wanting him to apply at Greenback but they already had their minds made up before any “hiring” processes started here. Thanks for answering my question! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted December 27, 2023 Report Share Posted December 27, 2023 22 hours ago, pdover1776 said: I believe you. I’m sure he will. I honestly was just asking. No racial meaning behind it. But I went on Tssaa to research all the head coaches but I didn’t come up with anything so I figured someone would know. A good friend of mines brother in law is a football coach and she said he was talking about all the openings in the area if he would ever apply any what not. We were wanting him to apply at Greenback but they already had their minds made up before any “hiring” processes started here. Thanks for answering my question! That question has been brought up in AE's last search. I mean, a lot of people were screaming Josh Jones was the best candidate for the job back then but he landed at Bearden and AE hired its defensive coordinator in Mays. So I understand the gist of the question but like I said, AE's AD will make best hire because he's a football minded guy. Have your brother in law to apply if he can relate to the players and school in general, he'll fit right in. Anyone that gets the job can win and win in his first year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdover1776 Posted December 28, 2023 Report Share Posted December 28, 2023 13 hours ago, Turtle said: That question has been brought up in AE's last search. I mean, a lot of people were screaming Josh Jones was the best candidate for the job back then but he landed at Bearden and AE hired its defensive coordinator in Mays. So I understand the gist of the question but like I said, AE's AD will make best hire because he's a football minded guy. Have your brother in law to apply if he can relate to the players and school in general, he'll fit right in. Anyone that gets the job can win and win in his first year. “Winning in his first year” is exactly what he said! It’s not my brother in law but a friend’s. He coached against AE last year he said and he literally said just that about them! He said he would love a chance to coach the QB (forgot his name). He said he coached at another inner city school (won’t name it) and he might be a better athlete than the ones they had there winning championships. We went through a terrible coaching change here and ended up with a buddy buddy hire that will never work. This is always tough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted December 29, 2023 Report Share Posted December 29, 2023 On 12/28/2023 at 7:42 AM, pdover1776 said: “Winning in his first year” is exactly what he said! It’s not my brother in law but a friend’s. He coached against AE last year he said and he literally said just that about them! He said he would love a chance to coach the QB (forgot his name). He said he coached at another inner city school (won’t name it) and he might be a better athlete than the ones they had there winning championships. We went through a terrible coaching change here and ended up with a buddy buddy hire that will never work. This is always tough. We didn't play any "Inner city" school last year. Maybe 2 years ago we did but not last year. The QB is Cherry, he's a basketball guy and haven't played football until this past season. He haven't decided yet if he's playing again his senior year. Whomever gets the job will have to talk to him and other players that didn't play last year to come back out. I'll say AE will hire someone by February. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CherokeeTrail Posted January 3 Report Share Posted January 3 Hearing AE may be hiring a former VFL and have a VFL heavy staff with some $$$ backers. But will the AE community support their HS like they do their youth sports? I doubt it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footballknox Posted January 3 Report Share Posted January 3 55 minutes ago, GatorTDMaker said: Hearing AE may be hiring a former VFL and have a VFL heavy staff with some $$$ backers. But will the AE community support their HS like they do their youth sports? I doubt it. What is this guy's current position? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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