Farback Friday (Franklin): the Panthers' only championship

[OldMaroonDevil]

So much in high-school football depends on attitude...

Talent is nice to have, but it takes effort and teamwork and coaching to win championships. Swain out-talented Franklin that year by a mile (and Robbinsville too)... but who brought home the ring?

http://www.citizen-times.com/story/...franklin-highs-state-football-title/19836397/

 

[swett2victory]

First you need athletes, then you need coach. You cannot have a coach without athletes.

 

[Pisgah Bears]

It's been a long time us old guys remember the Pisgah, Sylva Webster playoff game that year as the best high school game ever played in Canton.The Streaters [Jimmy and Steve] against David Singleton and my bears.Bears down seventeen points in fourth quarter but still won 38-31.
Coach Shook as Coach Dyer were both assistants under Joe Compton.

 

[OldMaroonDevil]

First you need athletes, then you need coach. You cannot have a coach without athletes.

The really good coaches get the best out of their AVERAGE kids to give them the edge. Athletes sure help... but athletes without a good supporting cast end up as also-rans. Been there, seen that. And average kids with excellent coaching and attitude can do wonders. Swain 1979 is a prime example... not a real "athlete" in sight, but no weaknesses, either. That team had a good, solid player at every position (and the attitude... the whole team shaved their heads in camp and vowed not to grow their hair out again till they were state champs, a radical attitude to take even in the late '70s ), but nothing close to a superstar, and they ended up with the rings. Sounds like something similar happened in Franklin in '76.

 

[BK13T-$]

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