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Some other city fields may have been playable for little league, not ours. At 4:00 you could not step on it without burying up and sliding. All the water from the highschool parking lot runs straight to our field.

Some other city fields may have been playable for little league, not ours. At 4:00 you could not step on it without burying up and sliding. All the water from the highschool parking lot runs straight to our field.

Some other city fields may have been playable for little league, not ours. At 4:00 you could not step on it without burying up and sliding. All the water from the highschool parking lot runs straight to our field.

Some other city fields may have been playable for little league, not ours. At 4:00 you could not step on it without burying up and sliding. All the water from the highschool parking lot runs straight to our field.

Thanks for the support to you Derrick and others, I appreciate it and I know Coach Ladd does but you will never change some peoples minds especially on a board, besides its like gobble said, they like to rile up things. So lets let this be the last post from us.Many people like to hide behind a screen name just like writing anonymous letters, those people are what they are. I usually don't respond to posts but thought I should here. To tracks, as for the connection to me and Coach Ladd of Derrick its called loyalty and character. Something we try to instill in the players we teach. As for hearing from the Marion players I ask them not post during the season and maybe they see this for what it is. I can only say I always try to do whats best for the players. They may not agree with me all the time and neither do the parents heck not even coaches but we work through those things. As for the kids from "Grundy following me" down here, that first says a lot I think about what I stand for and for those kids. But it also bothers me, they should not be singled out like that, they have worked hard to fit in and have made true life long friends here. However, all but 2 were already here and those 2 went to a Marion school for 9 years before coming here. As for the meeting that was for bb parents and coaches, I will only say Mr. Shankles kept the book for us and we have had only positive conversations. As for your last statements about the kids, I couldn't agree more to the extent they are the ones putting it on the line and living with it. Its hard for parents, fans etc to experience some things but you guys don't see the other times. We are much like a family and lord knows familys have problems but they forgive, forget and move on cause they know where each one stands. I stand behind my guys 100%, but if they need chewing they get it, if they rise to the challenge they get praise if they give it all they have and come up short they get even more encouragement, they know its not personal, I believe its my job to get more out of them than they ever imagined possible and hopefully when they look back on the experiences with me they can say I had a positive influence on there lives not in wins and losses but in character, integrity, motivation, and friendship. And about the kids that listened to the yelling all year and get to start on Sr night, they are appreciated the most and if you ask 10-15 yrs down the road will tell nothing but postive things they learned. To close, "D" let it go, let them stick out, we will just keep pushing and working hard because the kids deserve that. To paraphrase Tom Landry, It is my job to make a group of guys do things they may not like and think they cant do to achieve the something great. Coach Roberts