Widespread_Panic

In boy's basketball and baseball the answer is definitely no. Both of those coaches have had enough time to build a winning program and it hasn't happened. I thought Owens was the answer in football after he was successful early but the past two years have been bad, injuries or no injuries. Wise's best bet is to ask Robin Dotson to coach every sport they offer.

Union can name their score. Wise Central is only good at girl's basketball. Football, basketball, and baseball have been terrible since consolidation.

Private school administrators are no different than public school administrators when hiring coaches. They don't want people who will rock the boat and make them look bad.

I'd go Ridgeview on this one. Battle has got their wins off a really weak schedule of Holston, PH, Wise Central, and Lebanon. Rick Mullins with an extra week to prepare gives the Wolfpack the edge.

He will get fired and there's not a school system that will touch him because of the way he went about disparaging the county.

If McClung is a legit Division 1 player and he's not able to play defense without getting in foul trouble at the 2A level then he's not good at defense. You guys think Vermillion would tell his best player to take it easy on defense? That would send a bad message to his teammates that defense doesn't matter and after watching Gate City play last year I didn't see much intensity on the defense end of the court.

Going by the offers he holds I'd say yes but he definitely needs to improve his defense and doing the little things that help teams win big games. I would add Adam Hood to the list of great ones. Always thought he was one of the best all around players in SWVA.

I don't think either Christiansburg or Hidden Valley are that great. Abingdon has 4 competitive games coming up with VHS, Ridgeview, Union and Lee. That should measure how good they are before they lose their first round playoff game.

The only foundation Reed laid was uniting the Wise community in disliking him and most of his staff quitting on him. Look at the turnover on his staff at Abingdon this year. I don't give any credit of Wise's success to Reed unless their dislike of him lit a fire under the players and coaches to prove he was the problem. Last year he had 20 plus seniors and lost to a bad Northside team in the first round of the playoffs. This year their schedule is weak. I would love to see him back at Gate City but I doubt they would hire him.

Why? He's the guy that only won 1 game in 2 years with a team that made the playoffs the year after he left with the same players.

Central's rival will always be J.I. Burton. They should still be playing against each other every year. Maybe once Wise gets some new leadership they will bring it back.

Gate City has the talent but that talent is focusing on basketball. If McClung and Ervin were in the backfield or at wide receiver Gate City wins a lot more games just off their athleticism. The success of the basketball program is hurting the football team. Akers needs to recruit those kids to football or they will continue to struggle.

Maybe last years film.

If Gate City can stop the run Abingdon can't score.

An athlete of this caliber comes around SWVA every once in a decade or more. Get out and see this young man while you still can. Should be Calvin Talford type crowds wherever Gate City plays this year.

UVA Wise/Emory & Henry - should happen every year. How these schools let this series get cancelled is a mind blower from a financial stand point. JIB/Wise Central - Great historical rivalry. Norton and Wise will always be a heated contest.

Powerhouse? They lost in the first round of the playoffs with 20 plus seniors.

I would agree with the top seeds from the East. The 1 and 2 seeds from the East get the reward of traveling all the way to Bristol to play a West 3 or 4 seed who has a signficant travel advantage. If you are a 1 or 2 seed you should get to host somewhere near your school.

Instead of calling their gym the "House of Hustle" shouldn't it be named the "House of Disappointment"?

Have the parents ever put together a formal complaint to have her removed or voiced their opinion to the school board? I wouldn't think they would be too happy with the same results of underachieving every year.

I don't believe this Gate City team had a ton of talent. The Houserights exceeded expectations with their win-loss record but they should never lose to a team that only won 5 games on the season. The year she lost to Wise Central and Dotson in the state finals after beating him 4 times before that game should have been her last year as the head coach at Gate City. When you think of all the talent that has come thru that program to not have won a state title it is overwhelming.

A) It doesn't matter. They will lose to Union or Gate City in round 2 of the tournament just like they did twice in the regular season. B) If they took care of business by beating Wise Central on their home court then none of this would have taken place.

So by this logic since another teams misbehaves it's completely o.k. for Vermillion to morph into a lunatic? He yelled and threatened the opposing coach and players. He did the same thing against Wise Central. It's not his place to coach anyone else but his own team.

This is a completely different Gate City team from previous years. Their defense is horrible. It is very similar to watching a pick-up game. They wait for the big 3 to outscore their opponents. I'm not sure if that style of play will win a state championship when they run into teams that can stop Gate City from scoring. A lot of talent but the coaching is extremely hands off this season.

Abingdon is done. Reed by himself will be a disaster just like it was at Wise Central.