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I don't think you can bring very many in because if the old guys are employed as teachers or inside school system its not like they are leaving their full-time jobs just because they don't coach anymore. You'd have to find a load of assistant coaches willing to move to a place and coach for a $2000 stipend or hope they get full time jobs. People always say clean house and bring in your own assistants but thats not really possible for most of SWVA jobs you are stuck with people who teach at the school or already work in the area.  It cannot be turned around quickly baring some influx or transfers or the ones who transferred out coming back because the JV and middle school teams had very little talent

I don't think you can bring very many in because if the old guys are employed as teachers or inside school system its not like they are leaving their full-time jobs just because they don't coach anymore. You'd have to find a load of assistant coaches willing to move to a place and coach for a $2000 stipend or hope they get full time jobs. People always say clean house and bring in your own assistants but thats not really possible for most of SWVA jobs you are stuck with people who teach at the school or already work in the area.  It cannot be turned around quickly baring some influx or transfers or the ones who transferred out coming back because the JV and middle school teams had very little talent

I thought Tazewell Varsity looked better once it went to the regular game format they struggled with the defensive end getting pressure to Carter if he didn't throw quick developing plays but he's got a lot of really athletic targets so I think the quick developing passes may be best anyway.  My biggest concern for Tazewell is I feel like there is a lack of depth and a pretty big drop off between the firsts and the seconds.  It looks like a lot of the same numbers on both sides of the ball and when one of those guys came out it was pretty obvious the fall off

I can hear the crew at Tazewell saying hold my beer.  I go there very rarely and in the last 3 years I have never once had my order be exactly what I asked for.

Yeah I watched when I got home as well and there is no possible way you could see if he was in bounds on NFHS the camera moves to the middle of the field. I was 100+ yards away near the scoreboard but from my view it looks like the official came over and picked the ball up off the ground and you can actually see the official bend over for the ball on nfhs as well. I’m not sure the ball wasn’t on the ground just no one could see from stands because of the players around it 

I think the rosters I saw for the green/white game had 18 on one team and 17 on the other I’d say given I think a couple of guys didn’t play somewhere between 35-40 is accurate 

Line play and depth will be Tazewell's biggest weakness the rising freshman class has some skill players who will contribute but zero linemen

Best move they could have made this time of the year the kids all know and like him plus it gives them time to find a long term fit

Best move they could have made this time of the year the kids all know and like him plus it gives them time to find a long term fit

The explanation would be VHSL is tied to school systems and travel ball is not. I know the VHSL is far from perfect and care about their bottom line as much as anyone but most people associated with the tournaments that are starting to play are even more about making a profit. Everyone there from the sometimes thousands of dollar entry fees, the $35 tee shirts, the over priced food, the umpires and the towns that own the fields they all have a financial stake in the process a lot of them really want the youth sports industry running And it has nothing to do with the kids. The VHSL is in a drastically different situation. That being said unless something changes they definitely should be playing in fall.

The explanation would be VHSL is tied to school systems and travel ball is not. I know the VHSL is far from perfect and care about their bottom line as much as anyone but most people associated with the tournaments that are starting to play are even more about making a profit. Everyone there from the sometimes thousands of dollar entry fees, the $35 tee shirts, the over priced food, the umpires and the towns that own the fields they all have a financial stake in the process a lot of them really want the youth sports industry running And it has nothing to do with the kids. The VHSL is in a drastically different situation. That being said unless something changes they definitely should be playing in fall.

The explanation would be VHSL is tied to school systems and travel ball is not. I know the VHSL is far from perfect and care about their bottom line as much as anyone but most people associated with the tournaments that are starting to play are even more about making a profit. Everyone there from the sometimes thousands of dollar entry fees, the $35 tee shirts, the over priced food, the umpires and the towns that own the fields they all have a financial stake in the process a lot of them really want the youth sports industry running And it has nothing to do with the kids. The VHSL is in a drastically different situation. That being said unless something changes they definitely should be playing in fall.

This ^^^^^  Wanted to like your post but I used all mine up.

Tazewell looked flat last week.  The team, the fans the coaching staff all seemed flat. Coach Harris and the sophomore group still had the fire but like someone said earlier I think a few coaches and a lot of players turned it in at Richlands. The biggest thing I'm seeing from this team is the very talented freshman group has either quit or are standing around injured. Tazewell has the chance to be very good the next couple of years but they have to get something out of that group of freshmen because there are no juniors, the sophomores are talented but don't have enough numbers to do it alone, the freshman group should be loaded but only one of them is contributing anything at the moment and the 8th grade group coming is a very thin group numbers wise as well.
That being said I still think they might win a shoot out this week the sophmores are that good.

Tazewell looked flat last week.  The team, the fans the coaching staff all seemed flat. Coach Harris and the sophomore group still had the fire but like someone said earlier I think a few coaches and a lot of players turned it in at Richlands. The biggest thing I'm seeing from this team is the very talented freshman group has either quit or are standing around injured. Tazewell has the chance to be very good the next couple of years but they have to get something out of that group of freshmen because there are no juniors, the sophomores are talented but don't have enough numbers to do it alone, the freshman group should be loaded but only one of them is contributing anything at the moment and the 8th grade group coming is a very thin group numbers wise as well.
That being said I still think they might win a shoot out this week the sophmores are that good.

You sir were correct. They really are one of the best high school teams I've ever watched and I don't even know if he was playing they were that good all around

I think the renewed Commonwealth Clash is now 2-2 so not entirely true especially since we have won the last two

First half was a classic case of freshmen and sophomores doing freshmen and sophomore things missed tackles, a couple people missing defensive assignments, and one really bad penalty. The second half Tazewell cleaned up a lot of those issues but I also felt like Va High got a little conservative too early.  Tazewell has the talent to compete their youth still shows through at times though. 

I'm not sure what benefit it would be to Tazewell County if it wasn't played down here unless Mercer agrees to some sort of gate sharing arrangement. 

I'm not sure what benefit it would be to Tazewell County if it wasn't played down here unless Mercer agrees to some sort of gate sharing arrangement. 

I'll go different with my suggestion to eat I have had some great experiences at the Bearded Moose but also two not so great experiences.  I would go with Roma's and get the garlic knots with pepperoni and cheese.

I'll go different with my suggestion to eat I have had some great experiences at the Bearded Moose but also two not so great experiences.  I would go with Roma's and get the garlic knots with pepperoni and cheese.

I thought the snow plow posts were sarcasm I didn't know they put a literal snow plow on the field
 

I have no inside information at all so this is in no way a prediction but ever since the Clemson offer I have had a feeling ultimately that would be the final choice
 

I have no inside information at all so this is in no way a prediction but ever since the Clemson offer I have had a feeling ultimately that would be the final choice