George McIntyre : His school went 2-10 last year. How is he so highly rated ?

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SCRocket said:
Some of the things that I've seen him do in his highlights are out of this world. Spinning from a tackle and throwing a dart just was amazing. I've never seen a high school QB do it like that. Dude is a stud. Absolutely am so happy that we have him. He seems intelligent, competitive and everything that you want in a future Heisman winner.
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God, I'd love to see more seasons like we had with Hooker and Peyton behind center
 
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Tnphil said:
BA is a traditional powerhouse....I know I coached and we played them several times over the years when Carlton Flatt was their coach...BA has state championship banners that rival Maryville and Alcoa. Back when there was just 3 classifications they'd win state championships in A...they'd moved up and win it in AA...then they'd move up and win it in AAA.
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So there used to just be A, AA, and AAA with no separate division for private schools? What timespan are we talking here?
 
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Vols1891 said:
So there used to just be A, AA, and AAA with no separate division for private schools? What timespan are we talking here?
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70s...80s...I played in the 60s with no classifications....coached in 3...4...5 classifications. Private schools haven't been in their own classifications too many years.
 
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plumbervol said:
I watched McIntyre play over the last few years because my kid played for a competing school. First things first, he is not the best qb I have seen play in the last few years in the "privates" as I call DIVII. He is one of the best college prospects I have seen size and skill being considered. Will Muschamp's kid was better as a HS QB, he played for Baylor. A couple of dual threat qb's were much better Glenn and Reed and many others come to mind. Jaydon Neal from Knox Catholic is in the mix, just not of the caliber as a major college recruit. Father Ryan had a kid they could not keep healthy that was a "prospect, I have no idea what happened to him. The Privates are just another level of football even when you consider the power house publics that won and continue to win State Championships. Lipscomb Acad had 20+ Div 1 players on their roster and was rated nationally. They had a qb in and out of there that was a Major College prospect and others that was there and ended up on the field this year. Somebody mentioned Christian Brothers on this thread, they have had some great talent mentored by the brothers. I could post a book on what is wrong with the TSSAA designations, but nobody wants to hear it or cares. The privates will gripe that the boarding schools have an advantage among the privates. The publics say that private schools that are not boarding schools have kids that are not in their geographical areas and such should not compete against publics. The whole time they are recruiting kids into their districts using the rules if they can play sports at a high level, but that is OK. As Tupac said, "Thats just the way it is"

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Those are good points Plumber. I do have to digress a little about the public/private split. In four decades dating back to the late 70’s, it was not fair for the public schools to face the privates, especially in playoffs including the state championships. They had kids from all over where as the publics, at that time, had local kids. Population density of the 70’s through 90’s had a lot to do with that.

When I look back at the playoff runs and state championships, it irks me how the privates won more than most of them, especially in the old 3A system. The only team I would give credence too is BA. After beginning in A, they moved, by their own volition, to AA then right up to AAA. It just seemed unfair that others like Goodpasture did not follow suite. Had they and others done so, it may not have gone to a full split and just stayed “multipliers” but, they did this to themselves.

Having said that, I read why the then and long term T$$AA president said his reasoning for not allowing a split and, after the split it happened; I understood. We now see the ramifications on the private schools W/L records.
 
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Tnphil said:
70s...80s...I played in the 60s with no classifications....coached in 3...4...5 classifications. Private schools haven't been in their own classifications too many years.
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Ok, gotcha. My final year playing was 2000 and there were 5 divisions for public schools but I don’t remember how private was set up at the time. I know Red Bank won the state championship in our class with Gerald Riggs Jr that year.
 
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aRmo said:
you sit behind the starting QB for 2 years anyways. Gives you time to develop and be ready to start. Plus you have to be ready because you are always 1 play away from starting. god forbid. The world of NIL unfortunately has given young players a sense of instant gratification of not having to sit. How this staff works around that will be interesting to say the least. But G-Mac reminds me of Tyler Bray with more athleticism.
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I think GMac has better between the ears than Bray.
 
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aRmo said:
you sit behind the starting QB for 2 years anyways. Gives you time to develop and be ready to start. Plus you have to be ready because you are always 1 play away from starting. god forbid. The world of NIL unfortunately has given young players a sense of instant gratification of not having to sit. How this staff works around that will be interesting to say the least. But G-Mac reminds me of Tyler Bray with more athleticism.
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I think this is the best description. His deep ball looks like Bray and he's lanky and all, but he has much better wheels.
 
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Savannahbayvol said:
Alabama was 0-10 in Bart Starrs senior year!

The TSSAA is a complete joke. Not to take away from the players and coaches who work hard to win a State Championship but NINE classifications? Give me a break.
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This! Back in the day there were 3 classes. Winning the state in AAA was nearly an impossible task. My school would lose one game and not even make it to the playoffs. Now it's like everybody makes the playoffs. It makes it too difficult to judge how talented a kid is because of the watered down competition.
 
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cyclevol said:
This! Back in the day there were 3 classes. Winning the state in AAA was nearly an impossible task. My school would lose one game and not even make it to the playoffs. Now it's like everybody makes the playoffs. It makes it too difficult to judge how talented a kid is because of the watered down competition.
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aka the everybody gets a trophy era
 
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