First of all, good job by Lebanon on the game this past Saturday. You guys made your plays and executed. Good game.
Now, about all of the stuff concerning LC's coach. As far as administration placing him there, I don't know the facts. I know he helped assistant coach as a volunteer coach for 2 years with Slone. As far as politics being involved, don't know about this either. But there are politics in everything. Slone had good seasons at L.C., but overall I believe he had a winning percentage below 500. Now before you folks pile on, thats not a knock, it's a fact. And Slone did build up the baseball program in L.C. No argument there. But if you are a coach, coaching changes are a part of the job, for whatever reason. If you can't deal with that, find another profession.
Coach Tate has done a good job this year with Lincoln Co. We here at Lincoln Co. didn't think the program would turn around in 1 year. And Coach Slone has a similar record at Lebanon. Need I say more. But let me clarify something for everyone. Coach Tate DOES NOT CHARGE HIS PLAYERS for hitting instructions. As a parent of a Falcon, I can verify this 100%. So don't even start with those allegations. Coach Tate, prior to becoming head coach, has had baseball camps and worked with some young ball players in the county. Slone had camps all the time and pocketed the money. What's the difference? I don't see any. That kind of talk is ridiculous.
I have a good idea who this is (hearing all of this charging for batting staight out of his mouth), and all I have to say is let this go. It's been a year. Slone is with a quality program and seems happy, and Tate is doing a good job in L.C. What's done is done. Good luck to Lebanon going into their district tournament.