Comments on: West Florida Beats Tate

By: Dale K

Dale K — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 15:18:19 +0000

Bear, you are absolutely right

By: bear

bear — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 02:53:01 +0000

Im Telling y’all and know one is listening it starts at theta top like Carl Madison and Ralph Godwin They worked together for a strong team now they work against for just a mediocre or terrible team . Shackle must go, Trade him for Sherrille at Escambia Sherrille will wont winners, I promise .

By: Dale K

Dale K — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:12:10 +0000

truth whatever the 70’s & 80’s is what made tate high school so .people like yourself was prob. a band member or whatever but if u didnt go to our school u really dont need to talk about it cause u just dont no what it is all about yea i’m 51 and can strap em on i still love it thats what u gotta have to win ,coach madison always told me and everyone that played for him you gotta have pride and a big heart in what u r doing so why u downing the 80’s people.

By: thetruth

thetruth — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 06:33:30 +0000

Aggies: My last point is this, West Florida puts academics first, and quite frankly it is the only priority at West Florida. They still win. Despite what you think you can co-exist with great academics and athletics. Tate did it for several years. If you do not care about athletics at all then why are you commenting on a sports story ?
Tate needs to move on out of the 80’s, that is everybody’s first reaction “well back in the 80’s. Those 80’s “kids” are rapidly approaching their 50’s. You need to adapt and move on.

“Aggies”- I am starting to believe that you think becoming good in athletics automatically waters down a schools academic rating ? In 2000, Tate was rated one of the best high schools in the state of Florida Academically. That same year they went to the state semi-finals in football,baseball, and softball. It can happen and co-exist. Good coaches can be great teachers. Don’t just give them the short end of the stick because they coach.

By: ALSO AN ALUMNI AND AGGIE MOM

ALSO AN ALUMNI AND AGGIE MOM — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 17:17:50 +0000

DALE K–SOME OF THOSE PLAYERS/COACHES FROM THE 80′S HAVE TRIED TO GET BACK IN TO BE COACHES NUMEROUS TIMES AND THE PRINCIPLE/AD WONT GIVE THEM A CHANCE. HECK THEY SURELY COULD NOT DO ANY WORSE!! I SAY GIVE THEM A CHANCE AND GET SOME OF THE TRADITION BACK IN THAT SCHOOL.

By: Dale K

Dale K — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 16:38:21 +0000

why dont they select some of 80’s players to coach

By: ALSO AN ALUMNI AND AGGIE MOM

ALSO AN ALUMNI AND AGGIE MOM — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 16:35:59 +0000

AMEN DALE K!!!

By: Dale K

Dale K — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 16:19:27 +0000

WELL THIS IS FOR EVERYONE THAT REALLY WANTS TO SEE THE BIG PICTURE.THERE IS NO MORE CARL MADISONS AND FLOYD ADAMS AND ALL THE OTHER GREAT COACHES FROM THE 80′S,AND YOU WANT NEVER SEE THAT TYPE OF COACHING AT TATE AGAIN UNTIL CHANGES R MADE ,THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS PLAYING FOR FUN,WE PLAY TO WIN ,WE WANT TO WIN ,WE WANT OUR KIDS TO BE WINNERS ,WINNERS HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO GO PLACES WE NEED HARD KNOCK FOOTBALL AGAIN.

By: ALSO AN ALUMNI AND AGGIE MOM

ALSO AN ALUMNI AND AGGIE MOM — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 13:24:09 +0000

Deck, It sounds as if you never played under the Friday night lights! The coaches we have,MAYBE good leaders but everyone is not cut out for coaching and I think that is one of our problems. We have people coaching that just don’t know how to do it!!! Get some MEN in there that know how to coach and want to be there to win and not just to receive a pay check

By: ALSO AN ALUMNI AND AGGIE MOM

ALSO AN ALUMNI AND AGGIE MOM — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 13:16:16 +0000

Alumni, I agree with you completely! So sad we have MEN not BOYS who played at Tate in the 80’s who so bad want to be a part of this program right now and principle will not give them a chance. They are at other schools right now— with a winning record the last two years. I hate that our children will not have the wonderful experience we had when the TATE TRADITION was still around. You had to be at Tate to understand the Tradition that goes along with it! Our Principle has no clue of what the TATE TRADITION is because he is not one of us. Therefore, he isn’t going to work to get it back. I’m very proud of the academics we have and I’m sure MOST of the teachers work hard for that. But, no doubt you can have great sports program and great academics at the same time. Sure you have kids going to other schools but you have a good number of great athletes there now and coaches justt don’t know what to do with them. Actually, your freshman and jv team have some great talent coming up. Clean house now so maybe those boys will have a chance at something good. Baseball is already making a come back. Would love to see the football program do the same.