TN H.S. football sucks

[Ohio Vol]

I'd say it's both,but I would put the majority on poor coaching. From what I can tell the O/D line isn't coached at a very high level with most schools,and of course if you have a crappy O-line the RB's suffer,and the QB suffers....which leads to the WR's suffering. IMO the O-line is the most overlooked position(s) at least in the Middle Tennessee area.

What about the rest of the state in general, and what about other position groups?

A good friend of mine coached at a lower/middle class HS near Dalton that's 1/3 Mexican and horrible at football. Their facilities beat Maryville's. From what he's told me, nearly every program in N GA beats anything in TN, as far as support and money.

I have to say, all this talk about facilities is a totally foreign concept here. Most schools have a single large locker room for all sports, a practice field that's used for multiple sports, a football/soccer field, and not much else. I know for us, our practice field was the outfield of the softball diamond, the soccer team's practice field was the outfield of the baseball diamond, and we shared a playing field. The expansion of the coaches' office (one large office, all sports, a few cubicles) from something the size of an apartment bedroom to something larger only took place because of a small expansion so that shop class wouldn't have to meet outside of school grounds.

 

[tennfever]

I'm not sure Farragut has a D1 prospect this year

 

[cwil4]

I don't think we have ever had a losing record at smith county.

 

[randomfan10]

The 4A championship game was a good one to watch.

 

[Murvilvol]

Youth football in Maryville is 2nd to none. All the coaches in the youth system has a ton of years coaching together.

LIL Rebs. 7-8 year olds. Head coach is David Hunt. Hunt has been coaching the Lil Rebs since their first ever game in 1997. A lot of his assistant have coached with him the whole time. After the kids play for the Lil Rebs they become Southerners.

Southerners 9-10 year olds. Head coach is Joey Winders. Winders has been coaching the Southerners for over 25 years. He has had a lot of the same assistants for years. After the kids play for the Southerners they become Rebs.

Rebs 11-12 year olds. Don Sentell is their head coach. He has coached for over 45 years. A lot of his assistants have coached for years also.

Cubs 9-10 year old team is coached by Don Myers. He has been in the Cubs/Bears organization for 20 years. He took over as head coach from the Cubs for Ricky Maples. Ricky coaches the Bears. Ricky has over 25 years of youth league coaching. Ricky took over the Bears because his older brother Danny gave up coaching. Danny coached the Bears for over 25 years. Danny gave up coaching because he wanted to watch his son Tyler play. Tyler was a great player for Maryville. He played a few years at UT before transfering to Furman. A grasshopper team feeding the Cubs and Bears started playing last year. They are the Titans. Don't know who the head coach is but Danny's other son Ryan is one of the coaches.

 

[The Dude]

Ryan could have been a SEC player too if he had given two craps in the classroom.