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The four loss team you follow wouldn't be Fairview, would it? This new scenario has the Yellowjackets travelling to Camden in the first round. Is this the playoff mess you have a problem with? You guys beat them in the playoffs last year... just do it again. The four losses to the 4A teams should have you guys better prepared for the playoffs anyway. Good luck to Fairview regardless of how the seeding turns out.

How far from the truth you really are... I am one of the original posters on this thread who was unhappy with how this whole situation went down. I was simply posting information about Coach Harris that I had learned from someone in East Hickman country. Now you're accusing me of being Whitefield!!! Sherlock Holmes you aren't... Who I am is a parent of one of this past year's seniors who enjoyed a lot of success under Coach Whitefield and his staff. To tell you the truth, I never really liked the guy. He's kind of a jerk, but I respected what he was trying to do with the kids at Fairview High. I didn't agree with everything he did but the program was making progress. I am sure Whitefield is moving on to greener pastures and doesn't bother himself with reading these types of threads. You mentioned Centennial High School... why? Is Whitefield going to be coaching there next year? Please share your obvious inside information with the rest of us. Now you on the other hand, seem to be a little touchy on the whole Coach Harris topic... which would suggest a close friendship of some kind. What's your relationship with him? Did you just lose him as your assistant head coach? Unlike you, I truly want the best for next year's Yellowjackets... and its coaching staff. As it turns out, there are several good men who will be coaching at Fairview next year. And to prove to you that I am not Coach Whitefield, I am wishing you (Coach Hughes) the best of luck in your new position of head football coach at Fairview High School. See, I doubt that Whitefield could bring himself to do that. Forever a Fairview Fan, blockdown

Coach Harris has backed out of his responsibility of being the assistant head coach to Coach Hughes and the Yellowjackets. In the Observer, there was a lot made of him being a Fairview graduate and that's where he would be loyal. Does anyone know what prompted this? Did someone in East Hickman country make him an offer he couldn't refuse? So much for the awe-inspiring lineup of middle school expertise that was going to lead Fairview to bigger and better things next year...

Word out of Fairview today is that Coach Harris has backed out of being the assistant head coach for the Yellowjackets and will return to East Hickman Middle School. What's the deal? Did someone in Eagle country make him an offer he couldn't refuse?

You're right... getting another middle school coach with zero high school experience definitely makes us a contender for the state title in 2009...

Man... it sure must be stressful being "wrestlered" and "invno1" at the same time...

Not working concession stands as a sign of lack of character? That's a bit of stretch don't you think? Concession stands should be run by parents. And I guarantee you that the head football coach in most schools spends more time working with young people after school than anyone else. This is a joke. The statement that the football coaches tell other kids not to play other sports is completely false. Fairview doesn't have enough athletes not to share. Not once have I ever heard of this being said... except possibly by the basketball coach who was upset that his players were quitting.

After pondering this situation and reading with amusement the enlightening posts on this topic, I think that maybe I am a "glass half-full" kind of guy. From a big-picture standpoint, I think that everyone involved in this will benefit from this situation. Let me explain... 1. The administration now has the yes-man that they wanted. If they had just hired him two years ago, we wouldn't be talking about any of this. 2. Whitefield moves on to greener pastures where he can "rough" kids up according to his coaching style. 3. The Fairview community ends up with the kind of football team they want... no discipline, no toughness, and no fundamentals... coached by a staff with zero experience coaching at the high school level. But that's okay, because now they'll have someone who will gladly listen to their whining and will grant playing time accordingly. 4. Coach Hughes now has his dream job... after years of slaving away at the middle school where instead of teaching blocking and tackling, he relentlessly pushed his players through practice after practice of running thousands of plays from his flag football playbook entitled "War and Peace." Now, being named the head coach of the high school team after never even playing football in high school or college, he is able to promise to make football "fun" again for the kids and that they'll win every game next year. Now he can pursue his dream full time after having to devote large amounts of his time during the last several years to undermining the high school program in order to become the coach. See... everybody wins... everybody now has what they want. I feel better... I hope everyone else does too.

New head coach at Fairview, Chris Hughes, introduced Gary Harris to the players as his new assistant head coach today.

So nice of Coach Hughes to join us...

Please share with the rest of us...

Now people are starting to put 2 and 2 together...

This situation is a joke... like fade pattern said... new program and everyone demands success right away. Problem is, nobody in East Hickman territory seems willing to work for it. Half the team quit? Sounds like the coach is trying to instill some discipline into a situation that obviously needs it. As far as legal action, it's just an older generation modeling bad behavior to a younger generation. These days, unless as a coach you just turn everything into an "open gym" scenario, the kids are being worked too hard and disciplined too much. This whole thing smells bad... sort of like Fairview. You know there are a lot of similarities in the two communities.

I do agree with you on this point. However, you bringing up old charges that were unrelated to the subject of this thread showed that you have some of axe to grind with the previous coach. Those charges were proven false by the school system and the police who investigated it. So why do you keep insisting and insinuating that the coach quit his job because of those charges?

Cobra's comments about fundamentals and players are very true... any coach worth his salt knows this. Oh, that's right, you're the guy who sits way up at the top of the bleachers yelling at the real coaches and telling anyone who'll listen what offense they should be running and that you would have gone for it on 4th and 2.