I have said all along that I have a great deal of respect for Gate City athletics. I have not spewed the holdback and TN biz. Our distric was challenged to raise the bar when GC RE-ENTERED (folks forget when they insult GC calling them outsiders that the were here before). Our distric has been weak as water for years. This is sad but true (all you have to do is remember the 90's to really see how weak it has become). Gate City has had a solid cycle of athletes, and has had success in their stay here, but the sad reality is at least in football, beating Kellys Coeburns and Pounds has been no big feat. I have finally gotten tired of the condescending attitude of some GC fans on here (not to mention the whining about the LPD/being glad to be leaving)

As far as leaving and being glad: See ya-good luck in the CMD. Just as glad as you are to leave, many are glad to see you go [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

Big fish in a little pond for the most part. When GC has played the bigger fish upstate, there has been success, but not at the league level, once again proof positive that the LPD (and the region) has been down.

Football: 1 state title at A level? Compare that to PV (who has had your number) and Appy (know you were AA for awhile, but have been A for many years in both LPD stints). Hell, even lowly JJK has 1 state title in football

Basketball-Boys- no luck at all (close though)
Basketball- Girls One- I hear ya-we got one too
Baseball-We've had some luck with 8. I don't even know if GC has one in baseball or not
Tennis-know GC has what a couple-great run lately. We had a run ourselves winning 8 of those badboys
Golf? Dunno. I know we have one

What I am trying to say is that though successful, the attitude that we hear on here, the paranoia that we get (everybody is after us-jealousy) is unwarranted. Don't flatter yourselves. The only thing that is remembered is state gold, and beating up on the LPD hasn't loaded the state trophy case at GCHS. Yes, your [censored] does indeed stink.

Like I said, I respect the program, but the crowd- if you bought them for what they were worth and sold them for what they thought they were worth would put you on the cover of Forbes. Hopefully the league will get stronger, and give you some comp in regions. Are ya listening brother burrhead? This one is for you! [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beer1.gif[/img]