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I'd like to know if a team as young as Summertown Lady Eagles has ever made it to the sub-state before. Congratulations to the Lady Eagles...your fans look forward to next season, on which there will still be NO senior members. GO LADY EAGLES!

Thank you. I am proud of the Summertown Lady Eagles, but not proud of what I did. Thank you for your understanding of my actions. I honestly did not want to hit the refs, I just wanted to spin them around, look them in the eyes and tell them they needed to rectify the situation by calling a foul. Truth is, nothing would rectify the situation because she was already hurt. Thank you again.

You are right. I was wrong...if I could change my actions, I would do so and if you've read my other posts as throughly as you claim, you'd know that. I was raised to be better than what I did that night. On my behalf I will say this: I reacted out of passion. That does not make it ok, but it was not a calculated, premeditated action. Another point I'd like to make on my behalf is that I did not start this conversation, I just replied to it. So, the post about my doing a dumb thing then writing about it is a moot point. I used this forum to apologize and explain. If I were attempting to "explain it away" I would not have apologized. I was wrong. I was wrong. I was wrong. I made a mistake. It is not the first time I have made a mistake and probably won't be the last. Hopefully, it will be the last time I make THAT mistake. Either forgive me or don't; that is up to the individual's heart.

I was there and have watched the replay several times. She was not only fouled but fouled badly. Blocking a shot does not mean that a player can fall into the shooter's arm and head, then slide under them knocking them off their feet. A completely severed ACL, surgery and months of rehab prove more than just coming down on her feet wrong. You are right even though you meant "fought" that it was a hard FAULT game...lots of faults...on the part of the refs! I know no one is perfect and we should not expect refs to be perfect, but this habit they have gotten into about running off when there are still seconds ticking has got to stop. They don't fail to call fouls (technicals) before a game even begins, so why are they excused on the last few seconds? (Don't answer, it is a rhetorical question).

Just light your pipe, Doc, and put it on my tab! Thank you for a very diplomatic and funny post...you have me giggling! I needed that!

Jake, you KNOW how much we love you. Your post means a lot to me! Thank you...and you know our phone lines and home are open to you anytime! Jamie, I am not sure I have met you, but thanks for what you said. You are right; I am embarrassed by what I did and am ashamed. I am 45 years old yet when I see my Mother's number on caller ID, I cringe, because I am worried that someone has told HER! She raised me better than that and I need to act like it. Thank you both for your posts; you have no idea what they mean to me. Hugs!

Frothing??? Geeze. You saw it, perhaps, but you were not close enough to detect frothing because there was none. I have apologized to every parent and player there for being a bad role model. I apologized to the authroities and to the administration at that school. I have had many people to thank me for caring so much, but what I did was WRONG and I REGRET it. Just because a person has supporters does not make their actions right. I can not hit the "rewind" button and undo what I did. All I can do is try to do better. I believed our player was fouled. I was upset because she was hurt (torn acl) and the refs refused to call anything. I don't have children of my own, so ALL of them feel like my kids. I always clap for the other team when being introduced, I clap for the other team's cheerleaders when they perform a special dance or routine and I cringe when any player is hurt, just like the rest of you. I am not trying to make myself sound good, just trying to let you know that the shameful action you saw on my part was not what I am about entirely. Please remember that no one is as bad as the worst thing they've ever done. "He who is without sin cast the first stone."

The player WAS HURT---she has a torn ACL!!! She was pushed and undercutted. And this "somewhat large" highlighted blonde lady probably has an IQ that is double yours. I am sure all teams have fans who color their hair and have different body types, so what is your point? If you continued to watch, you would have seen that this "raging" fan also walked on her own (NOT WITH THE HELP OF THE AUTHORITIES) to the player who continued to lie there in PAIN for another half hour. This darling child is looking at surgery and 6 months of rehab. So get your facts straight. I am sorry I reacted as I did. I have made another post saying so too. Like I said, I can not change the past. But neither should I be judged on ONE incident. Good luck to the remaining teams.

I didn't intend to ever post a message again and after this I won't log back on so don't waste your finger muscles replying...but YES YOU DID JUDGE! I believe Mallory is in heaven too, along with my sister, my father, my in-laws, Daniel Chapman and a host of other loved ones. But THAT is beside the point...I take issue with your saying that things weren't looking good for the coach! That sir, is a judgment! NO, you didn't pretend to judge him...YOU DID judge him. It is in black and white in your original message. I feel badly about what some people THINK he said. I have been misquoted before and so has anyone in the educational profession. If I thought he was capable of saying some of those things, I would not be in love with him and would not be loyal to him. I know his heart. I know his soul. YOU don't. And don't you dare preach to me about compassion. I am all about compassion!!! Perhaps you did not mean what you typed about him the way it looked...either way, because I am a compassionate person, I wish you well. Good bye all.

Excuse me? You are NOT Jesus! I am telling you the man was misunderstood and misquoted. I don't have to ask anyone...I believe in him! Ballfanwm and I have some things in common...we are both hurt, we both loved Mal (although I realize my love does not come close to that of a grandfather) and we are both finished with this messaging. You, larrybird, take the cake playing judge and Jesus. Since you are so quick to point to judgment, why don't you read up about the cost of judging OTHERS? Thank you, coacht for allowing me to speak my peace. I am afraid, however, that it has done no good. I appreciate the opportunity regardless.

TT is awesome---so fun to watch and such a sweetheart! Way to go girl!

I am pretty sure I know who you are and I think some things you THINK he said were taken out of context. Nothing I can say will make you believe otherwise but I know the man's heart and she was in it and still is. He might have said some players PLAYED like s--- at times but that is not the same as saying a person IS s---. I know he said some of his players' parents who were good athletes had been in bad programs (basketball programs that did not get the best out of them as players) but that is not the same as putting down a family. Sometimes the best kids in the world get ticked off at school and over-simplify what a coach or teacher says. I am not saying they lie; I am saying that they misunderstand or over-simplify. I got an email from a parent a few years ago telling me how her daughter hated disappointing him and that she had a lot of respect for him. I wish I could show it to you. I also wish that you could talk to your grand-daughter 10 years from now. Just as I have changed my mind about some "crabby old teachers" I had, I think you'd hear a different view from her as well. I lost my sister at age 9 and my father less than one year later. I resented a lot of things and people for a long time. I guess it brought me some kind of comfort. If it comforts you to dislike him, then go ahead. But I swear to you he loved her, believed in her and just did what HE thought would work to motivate her. Just because someone doesn't love you the way you want to be loved, does not mean they are not loving you with all they have. May God bless you and yours.

I need to add also that when I began this thread I was concentrating on the negative actions of one or 2---I need to concentrate on the kids and the awesome human beings including parents and other fans, with whom I otherwise interact. I was just hurt because I thought so highly of the individuals prior to the showing of their moment of lesser character. Perhaps they will have or have had a change of heart. Until then, I will concentate on the positive!

I wasn't asking for any one's advice on how to conduct myself. I love the players and respect the parents. I am passionate about the game and make no apologies for it. When I love, I love passionatley and when I am hurt, I hurt like every one else! I have no desire to act "thick skinned" or in any other way be pretentious. I am REAL. My purpose for writing was to hopefully make some people realize that their actions are not unnoticed. Some of you are taking this thread into another planet, but that is your right to do so. This is a free country. However, I must ask: Why do you assume the coach with whom I am associated did something WRONG? Just because someone makes a decision or comment that is not popular, does NOT mean it is wrong.

My high school basket ball coach kicked me in the left buttocks cheek during practice. It never even occured to me to go home and tell my Mother because it was my choice to play or not to play. I am not taking up for him; just making a point of how soft kids have become. At least what you witnessed was only verbal and was in front of people. You don't say what the coach said, so how do you know it was humiliation rather than challenging? The coach might have been saying "You are smarter than this...I expect better from you!"

You should be nice for the sake of BEING NICE! Being nice to a coach's spouse or family does not make your child play any more minutes or score any more points. By the same token, being ugly to his/her spouse and family does not prove your point to the coach. It only serves to show your true colors and possibly hurt somone who has done nothing to hurt you. We have no more control over his/her decisions than you do. And we truly love all of the players. I was raised in a home, although not perfect, in it we were taught that adults should take the high road. Some of the adults around whom I am forced to be at ballgames were evidently not taught this character trait. I don't mind admitting I am hurt by the snubbing and cattiness of those about whom I thought better. Luke 6:27-36

thank you!

Is Lincoln County playing in a scrimmage game today?

Does anyone know if Lincoln County plays a scrimmage game today?

CA beats Rice's boys just like they did in his final years at Waynesboro. CA 35 Perry 7

No coach for whom I ever played or any with whom I have ever had a relationship solely blames his/her players for losses. Every coach with whom I have associated takes most of the blame on himself/herself. It would be nice if we all had jobs in which a scoreboard was lit up to indicate how well we are performing...some of us might be in the negative numbers!

Uh, yeah, people do say "bad game coach." As a matter of fact...you have several times.

No, not an idiot, nor a brown nosing parent or grandparent, just a fan of the EAGLES AND EAGLETTES AND A FRIEND OF SOME OF THE PLAYERS, expressing what about 90% of the fans in attendance there yesterday thought. I say again, "we are proud of our players and our coaches" but when you get to the state, you have to play your best and most experienced players--if you expect to have a chance to win. Like C-range did. 825613032[/snapback] Ninety percent??? You sure did cover a lot of territory if you polled that many people. You are not TOO big of a fan if you don't even know that Coach Willard changed the name "Eagelttes" to "Lady Eagles" when he began coaching them. I am proud to say each and every one of them are indeed "Ladies." They are the most polite and beautiful kids in the world. There are no brown nosing parents or grandparents...just good people by my observation.

No one works harder than Coaches Willard and Porter and the Lady Eagles. I know it is your right to say what you want to say. However, it is also my right to reply as I wish. Get a degree and take his job if you think you are worthy. Have you seen the shooting statistics? I think the statistics speak volumes. Like I said before, he doesn't have a remote control on the players to control their every move. You say you are proud of him and the team, but you jump on every chance to criticize him. Get your degree. You can even try shaving your head and wearing a suit, but you'll never be able to coach like he does.

Sometimes a coach substitutes to give a player a breather or to give the player a pointer or 2...NOT because he thinks the player is doing poorly and not necessarily because he thinks the person he is sending into the game is better. So, don't assume Coach Willard has decided anything. He has studied the game far longer and harder than many of you who atttempt to criticize him. I am sure he is well aware of the turnover situation. However, players are not equiped with remote controls on which he can manipulate the buttons. Therefore, turnovers and missed shots will always happen regardless of how dedicated and hardworking the coaches and players are.