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WP, you bring up a good point I hadn't considered. Not only are the Wrays throwing Webb and staff under the bus, they are also (perhaps to a greater extent) claiming the medical staff is in on it. No way Jake is out with a concussion one week and returns the following without them being part of the process.

Just speculating, mind... but he's trying not to look like the bad guy here. If concussions were rampant in the program, and you are eyeing 9 figures' worth of NFL contracts growing up around you, you're justified in doing what he did. He may believe himself, for all we know, in which case he really isn't the bad guy, he's just being tooled by OSU. Editing to add... the father also gains cover for whatever his next move is, assuming that includes getting Jake out of an unsafe environment. That seems to be the message they are going with, according to this story in the Williamson Herald.

In the article, Dad Wray basically accuses Webb of covering up concussions. Were this to be true (and I suspect it isn't, this isn't 1976), it would be not only a fireable offense, it would put WCS under threat of litigation. I guess what I am saying is... you don't really reconcile from an accusation like that.

Word is the kids have not practiced either days this week. If Jake transferred to, say, Brentwood Academy, wouldn't he have to sit a year? In which case, they are in a position of either having to make up with Webb, transfer in state and sit a year, or move out of state, right?

Agreed. In fact, I'd be surprised if he hasn't already.

This all sounds very sensible to me. OSU is also recruiting the younger brother (and why wouldn't they, everybody else is), so what holds true for one ("Don't practice, it isn't safe, and you're 1-7, so it isn't worth it, either") holds for the other. As to whether OSU coach should be fired... good luck with that. He's protecting his investment, he and his management probably feel entitled to talk this way, and they don't need to make any friends in middle Tennessee. The OSU brand trumps that. If Urban sees another kid a year or two from now that he wants, he will go after that kid, and there isn't anything Webb can do about it. By the way, there is also a younger brother in the house, a younger kid, who will be a similar prospect in a few years.

Eggleston had 13 kills when Brentwood lost to Webb. Amazing performance by her in the state final.