That may be the case at blackman in regards to the administrators. nice folks but i don't believe they understand the part an athletic program plays at the high school level especially at the 5A level. Blackman is a 5A high school in one of the largest cities in Tennessee, they should hire someone with that level of experience and track record. Its very important to the success of a program for the head coach to bring in his own staff. I would hate to see a couple of the assistants at Blackman go but bringing their own is usually how its done . Hopefully the new coach would see the good assistants that are there and be willing to consider them as part of the new staff. I do not believe there is anyone currently at Blackman qualified to step into the HC position. A lot of good people but the experience just isn't there. In my opinion losing Butch Vaughn and Roy D Weeks (Blackman Middles original prinipal and football coach) was a hugh loss for the high school and the Blackman community. Both these guys were real winners, not to say coach wells or the current admin isn't, they were just real good motivators, disciplinaries, and I believe things may have been different had they moved into the high schools positions. But thats beside the point, in the past, history. I just, late this afternoon, heard the news about coach wells and read all the post to this point. I would like to take this moment to reply to just one other comment I read and that was the post about this turn of events being premature because coach wells had not had any real talent to work with...I beg to differ! They obviously have no ideal what caliber of players Blackman has had and simply failed to utilize over the last four years. And in defense of those "trouble making parents" obviously that poster hadn't ever sat through 4 quarters of a BHS football game much less four years worth. I don't believe anyone who wasn't there could imagine the extent of frustration endured so try not to judge so harshly. You really did have to just really love the game and watching your team to stick with it without quitting or getting up and leaving.