A little update on the kids not playing this year.
I do blame the coach for most of the troubled players that will not play this year and I will tell you why:
Most great coaches are accessible to the players, parents, fans etc.
Most great coaches EARN the respect of the aforementioned and the players try much harder to walk a straight line and keep their grades up because they REALLY want to play for their coach....They also get encouraged and motivated to do better. INSPIRATION is an unknown commodity in Oak Ridge today. The case at Oak Ridge is where the coach and or coaches blame the players for not being successful.
The list will continue to grow: Sure you can say it's not the coaches fault but I bet if a good or great coach were in place THEY WOULD BE IN SCHOOL AND PLAYING...
Just the first dozen that comes to mind:
Demitrius Strickland, Geoffery Lee, Doran Lee, Jason Rowan, Jason Hedrick, Devon Brown, Thomas Curan, Nick Salpas, Troy Whitson, Zack Paynter, Sherrod Scott, Josh Booker ....MORE LATER!...Elery Harvest? to Rockwood?
[Edited by simocleo on 7/24/02 7:25P]
[Edited by simocleo on 7/27/02 1:22A]