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Yeah...…….the AD has absolutely destroyed the basketball program. Just take a look at the team's record the last 10 years. Terribly embarrassing. Pretty much the same case for the volleyball and girls tennis teams. Think we only have 7-8 state championships in those sports the last 10 years. Realize that pretty much all other schools have many more state championships the last 10 years. SMH Not sure people realize how much (little) true control the AD has over the programs. If you are going to blame the man for the woes of the football team, shouldn't you give him credit for the success of the other teams? Our football program is the only sport at GC that has tumbled this far. It is in a terrible place. A place we do not escape from in a couple of years. Not sure we will be in a much better place in 5 years. Our teams the last few years have suffered from a lack of talent. Apologies to parents who have had kids on the team the last few years, but the OVERALL talent of those teams pale in comparison to the GC teams that came before them...…..and it is not even close. We may have the talent walking the halls. Do not know. Coaching? Do not know where to begin. I do not believe Akers is HC material. Unfortunately, do not believe Reed is either. A good DC....yes. With the current state of the program I do not believe we are going to be able to hire a successful, established coach. Going to have to roll the dice on a young coach who can get kids out of the halls and on the team. I will be at Legion Field supporting the team this year...……...just like I have the last 30 years.

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People see “AD” and think that it’s the same as a college AD (which has an insane level of control over an athletics program). That’s the farthest thing from the truth at the high school level. The AD position is virtually all administrative. Make sure all sports have uniforms. Make sure all the teams’ schedules jive. Ensure appropriate transportation. Schmooze your donors and make alumni feel welcome. As long as you don’t do anything ridiculous, like giving away home games so you can travel to another state to watch your walk-on son ride the pine, then you’re virtually safe. The AD at Gate City seems as if he’s checking the boxes.

Well...we had a SWVA vs NETN all-star game...and I could be wrong, but I don’t remember SWVA winning much. That should tell ya all you need to know. Best vs best, it was decidedly one way.

Should be a big turnout with a Thursday Night kickoff! What’s everyone think!

Can't speak to how good Tazewell is as I haven't seen them play since 2014, but to beat Va High they will need to prevent the QB from scrambling and cover the receivers. It just seems that the whole offense centers around him.

Where is this Lee county Va School?

I think BDs saying and correct me if I'm wrong, that the big schools in NE TN are much better, not Happy Valley or North. Those aren't the names being mentioned. We were discussing Science Hill and teams of that ilk, and they are much bigger and 99% of the time are better than teams from schools of 500-600 kids or smaller. there are outliers in almost any situation, but because of the population density and the sheer number of available good athletes, big NE TN football is better man. Could 2016 Appo beat 2016 DB? Absolutely. But that's an outlier, a very down program against a program in the midst of its best run ever. Put DBs best team ever against Appos, who's is better? More high level D1 talent comes from NE TN than SWVA, shouldn't that end the argument?

The schools in NE TN are so much bigger, they are almost always better than most 2A teams around here. Sure there are outliers (and yes Union did really dominate MW everywhere but the scoreboard, but they were down to their QB in a much more QB dependent offense) but most years, schools like SH, DB, etc... rout the best over here. Pure numbers. DB wouldn't play GC for years bc there was no upside. Win? You're supposed to win and do it big. Stumble and lose? You get raked over coals. DB is extremely down now and I do think a good 2A SWVA team could beat them, but there's little doubt the talent gap is pretty wide because of population numbers. PV has had some success against the Sullivan North's of the world, but North is nothing compared to Science Hill

That may be a lot to ask of Tazewell considering it was 35-0 at the half last year. Do think it will be a better game though.

Richlands will score and GC will be lucky to. Richlands 49-0

If they can stay healthy they may beat some teams that they shouldn’t this season!

This dude is one dumb ass prick. Wouldn’t give him much more thought. Thomas or his family owes him nothing. If you have to put someone down to gain relevance, then you weren’t much to begin with! MUTE!

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