Raider Pride

East Carter has a very, very shallow depth chart this year, look for it to be a long season for the Raiders, looking at their schedule I don't see them having much of a chance to win a game until the second half of the season considering their first half schedule is probably one of the toughest in the state in 3A football

Crestin Salyers from East Carter imo has the potential to suprise alot of people in the region this year. Watch out for this kid to make some big noise throughout the season and challenge for the regions best player along with Craft, Hieneman, Sagraves, Seagraves, and Martin.

They play hard and they are fun to watch. If Coach Combs can generate a little more interest and get a few more kids, I believe that they will be very competitive. His players seem to have a lot of respect for him and they never quit. That says more to me than the score of a game.

No need to apologize. I'm sure your intentions were good. If I see a lack of effort, then I will be critical too, but I believe the effort is there and that's all I expect from the players as well as the coaches. Work hard and give your best effort, that's all that should be expected.

I have also seen the things that I have mentioned, sometimes our dbs get beat, sometimes our blocking isn't so good, sometimes our defensive line and linebackers are getting whipped, but overall our defense is much stronger than our offense. We have far too many turnovers and neither our running game or passing has been very productive. Of course, we only throw the ball out of desparation, so I am sure that the other teams are well aware of this and prepare their defense to key on a couple of players. Maybe, if we start moving the ball a little bit better and not expect our defense to consistently defend a short field after turnovers or unproductive drives, we will be able to be more competitive. As I said, we have practically everyone back from last year's team, yet our new offense is not getting the job done.