i too was taken back by alsup comments. i have a friend whos son plays at blackman and as he would tell it there is negitative talk coming from several coaches. u know if you get down on players and forget to coach them back up you can ruin your team spirit quickly. they had to know that they were going to struggle this year being this young. but if you look at several articles this year they have knocked the team several times. 1. "we're a running team only, if we get anything our of any of our qbs it will be a surprise. 2. changing qbs, it wasnt a bad move but why did they go with a soph at 1st anyway? has it meant any more wins? where is that kids confidence now? 3. strickland ran off sanford after he had a bad game at gallatin. 4. changing #6 to fullback, it may be a good move but did they explain that to him or did they leave him hanging.? sometimes u build a team by coaching not yellilng or running your mouth, they might want to try that the next time their ask for a comment.