If there’s a football coach at any level who concedes to accepting moral victories on the field, it might be time to check and see if their polyester Bike shorts are too tight and have cut off the blood flow to their brain.
Most coaches would huff and spit in disgust at the very thought.
But maybe, just maybe, the exception is what Tyner was able to do last week in a seven-point loss at Nashville Christian School, the reigning TSSAA Division II-A state champion and that classification’s top-ranked team in this week’s Tennessee Sports Writers Association state poll.
Tyner third-year head coach Christian Mainor certainly wasn’t ready to go so far as saying it was an acceptable outcome for the Rams, but even he had to admit his team earned a measure of respect it had not gained even while winning its first seven games this season.
“Judging by some of the messages I’ve gotten, I definitely think we opened some eyes around the state,” Mainor said.