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Inner city schools play their games on Friday afternoons. Tennessee had a running back from Detroit, Aaron Hayden and his first night game he ever played was in Neyland Stadium. ESPN ran a special on it back in the day.

What will the VHSL do if you fail to report a score, put you on probation or something.

Kicker's in the weight room seriously Clark.

Maryville has named 27 year-old Derek Hunt as it's new head coach. He had previously served as the QB coach and was the youngest member of a staff he has been one since he was twenty. Maryville said they wanted to look internally for a coach, which they did: There are five other ex-head coaches on Maryville's staff. No outside help was needed I guess!

I just wanted to take a second and thank everyone on the message board a very Merry Christmas, I know it is a couple of days early but I want be near for the next couple of days. If you don't believe in Jesus, Happy whatever you celebrate! Thanks for the inclusion and here's to an outstanding 2017.

My guess is maybe it just getting dark earlier, or with all the spread teams the games are lasting much longer. I was watching the WKU-Memphis game the other night and the first six minutes of the game took 45 minutes to play. Four plus hours are becoming the norm.

That's a good Union schedule! Points galore with 6A Morristown West, and 3A Abingdon and Letcher Central. You all will like the return trip to Morristown in 2018 very nice facility. Mo. East and Mo. West share the stadium, plenty of parking and good visitor seating.

My thoughts are that he brings one of his son with him and turns the program over to him. His son turns Tazewell into a championship caliber team and the year before they win the state title he leaves to go coach Gate City and has wild success there, winning multiple state titles there. He retires in twenty five years as GC's all-time wins leader and then ten years later goes back to Tazewell and Colobro's grandson starts the whole process over again.

I have two nephew's living there one in Franklin the other Murfreesboro and the talent on Friday nights in those two area's is insane! They also put Maryville in a Region 2 which has the Chattanooga area schools they are gonna be doing a lot of traveling. My son's friend who coaches at Maryville College and helps out some at Alcoa texted my son and said Christmas came early for Alcoa.

Rumors in the Knoxville area are of the TSSAA snooping around the program. I heard it Knoxville sports talk radio this morning. Also heard that they have had numerous inquiries about the head coaching position. Bryson Rosser an assistant at the school and Derek Rang of Dresden, a Maryville Alum are the names getting the most traction. Quarles had a 250-16 record and halfway through his second season was 10-7. he coached 17 seasons at the school the Rebels have won 16 straight regional titles, made 15 state title games and won 11 state titles in his 17 years at the program.

If Tazewell has any glory to be squeezed out of it, Nick will get it done, if the kids are willing to listen and work hard.

Congratulations and best of luck to him, I hope he has as much success as the last D1 player from Honaker had.

I think he has seen the writing on the wall, Middle Tennessee is becoming a beast for the East Tennessee teams to deal with. I think in the next few years all the football power will be within a one hundred mile circle of Nashvillie. He can't accomplish more in high school than he already has so good luck to him. It won't be long until he is a head coach somewhere in college, probably Furman.

Good scheduling job by Richlands, you gain nothing by playing down in competition. The folks at Hurley will figure that out one day. Glad to see GC's schedule I think it is right for the talent they have to work with I just hope there is some breaks between the murder's row that used to start the season. South will be way down but Boone will be tough. Abingdon, Union and Richlands will be there usual tough games.

Why don't you just play a day- night double header against Graham and Bluefield at Mitchell Stadium on September 1st and add an extra bye week in the schedule.

It's not a new trend I know, the whole point of the thread was not to critical of anyone, I was just saying for the players sake that I hope it doesn't become a mental hurdle., like it did for Burton. That program hasn't been the same sense "high five gate" Richlands has a chance to be the rep in the state title game for our end of the state for a while..unless a few teams improve.

and your point is...........................

I hope the Richlands doesn't go on a J.I Burton type of run finishing runner-up for years upon end. Maybe they can break through one of these years.

If Colobro leaves Darren Reed at Abingdon, He (Reed) will revert to his old behavior pattern and won't be long for Abingdon. Nick is Darren's "safe place"

That's a nice little district, Having to find five non-district games every two years may get to be a headache in the future, but it usually is easier for 1A teams to fill their schedule than the larger schools in the area.

My top five: Thomas Jones, Jake Houseright, Ahmad Bradshaw, Chad Beasley, Travis Turner. This is such a disservice to all the quality players we have seen through the years. We should start a Message Board Hall of Fame, Nominate 10 or so players a year and let everyone vote and present evidence on why they are HOF worthy and vote put three of four a year in. That would be kind of fun, threads like this are awesome let's have it mean something.

And excellent power forwards and centers in B-Ball.

I meant no offence to Union, I understand logistics and geography there is no way I am putting a sixteen year old in a car and let them drive forty minutes to school when they can be at three others in less than twenty minutes. I have a niece and two nephews who live in Carter's Valley and all started school in Scott Co. as kindergarteners those aren't transfers. I am pretty sure Union picks a few kids from Lee and football is probably why.

Did Haysi have a defining moment in Football?

I think that transfers can provide some "instant gratification" at times, especially at the high school level, but the long term effects can become detrimental. Gate City had a few players transfer from Lee Co. and provided a spark for a few years but the damage done nearly ripped the community apart, boosters withdrew their support and your alums quit supporting the team and long time fans quit showing up for games. The toxic culture at GC will fix itself in time, but the continued use of transfers weakens your program and disenchants your "home town" players and fans, the coaches love it and it becomes like "crack" to them and they just can't stop asking players to come. If you are going down this path you better win and win big because the transfers will stop one day and you will looking at the long hard road to respectability just like GC is right now. Someone made the comment about DB bring in anyone other than D1 talent well you don't have to worry about that they don't take any player who isn't at least a four star player. The Redwine kid at QB will be their next star and VT is already scouting him and he isn't even the starter yet. I don't have my head buried in the sand on this topic every successful program get's players who transfer. How many Union players come from Lee County. Gate City use to get a few every so often from Tennessee but not so much any more. Just my two cents on the topic.