I have to be concerned with the Jefferson County High School football program and its progress at regaining a "class-act" status. I have not met Coach Marty Euverard, but I do know that Jefferson County has some soul searching which it must consider due to its massive drop in numbers. The school has 2,100 kids for crying out loud. Doesn't anyone remember the good ole days when players looked up to their coach as a friend, mentor, and possibly even a father figure as well as a coach? Coach Kisabeth did a great job of building successful men within a positive atmosphere. He cared for the guys on the team as football players and men on a personal level, and he still does to this day. Oh yeah, Coach Kisabeth won a few games too, and Coach K will be the first to tell you that the help of a strong and supportive coaching staff helped him win games and build strong men. From what I saw of Coach Meadows, he was in it for just a select few and himself. It was almost chaotic. Coaches were coming and going, and players were playing for themselves and not the team. These facts are beside the point. Jefferson County High School football is a program of rich tradition, and when the job opens, there are plenty of resumes being submitted. I personally don't believe that it would be hard to find a man who could encompass each of the traits of a quality coach and man; one who could get the school, its different communities, and county behind him. Whenever I read that nearly forty players have quit the team by week four, it is truly disheartening because I know how valuable playing football can actually be for a teenager or young adult. The game teaches teamwork, builds friendships, and prepares children for adulthood. I really hope that what Coach Euverard is doing is the correct way to approach coaching. This isn't a tricky situation at all. We all know that if the program is run correctly, it will be successful in the long run. This "long run" doesn't solely include the football team. It includes the players' lives after their football playing days because they will be the parents, taxpayers, and workers within Jefferson County and Tennessee extremely soon. I am still pulling for Coach Euverard and the Patriots with one hundred percent, but I hope the football coaching staff, athletic department, and administration examines these circumstances with an attitude that yearns for the further development of youth in Jefferson County, TN.