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No one is perfect. People make mistakes. There is always room for error. There is always room for growth and learning. Your post adds to my point about refs having to put up with so much. Maybe, I should have left out my view about consistency, then everyone would be satisfied. But I did not and will not. I respect that you are standing by your calls, but at the same time recognizing that there is room for error.Learning cannot be fully experienced without trial and error.

Read my post again. It appears to me that you have totally ignored a portion of my post. Stop being so defensive about me expressing my views. No one expects the refs to be perfect(speaking for myself). In any job, there is always room for improvement. My duff collects no dust because it is always working. /roflol.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":roflol:" border="0" alt="roflol.gif" />

/thumb[1].gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":thumb:" border="0" alt="thumb[1].gif" /> First of all, let me start off by stating the obvious, refs have a hard job. They have to deal with so many attitudes, issues, etc. from coaches, wrestlers , parents, etc. Sometimes, the pay does not make up for the crap that refs have to put up with. They are expected to be perfect in calling matches. Refs are human and make mistakes. They may or may not see things during a match. They have bad days on the job like everyone else. But what happens when consistency becomes an issue during a match. For example, anyone that was @ Beech last night knows what I am talking about. "Fleeing the mat," stalling, wrong scores, etc. were some of the issues. In a few matches each team had the same scenario but one team was hit with penalty points and the others were not. The ref lacked consistency. If you are hitting wrestlers for "fleeing the mat", stalling, etc. be consistent across the board. Maybe this ref had a bad day. I am not trying to bash the refs, merely expressing my views. /rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":rolleyes:" border="0" alt="rolleyes.gif" />

East Literature Results at the Fultondale Inv in Birmingham, AL 1 Hewitt-Trussville 2 Huntsville 3 East Literature Followed by 21 other teams Individual results: 1st Place Corey Jones @135 Shawn Garrett @145 2nd Place Chris Ferguson @189 3rd Place Randall Ridley @103 4th Place Luis Aguilar @112 Jason Hinkle @152 Nicholas Garrett @215 5th/6th Place Cameron Edafe @130 Lamar Moore @285

Just because wrestling shoes for example were stolen, does not mean you have to single a team out. I tell anyone to keep up with their belongings wherever they go. It does not matter if it is in Brentwood, Franklin , North Nashville, East Nashville, etc. Some people steal and it does not matter where they come from(economically, socially, ethnically, etc). Instead of warning people about one of these teams, you should warn everyone to keep up with their valuables wherever they go. Just being real. /rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":rolleyes:" border="0" alt="rolleyes.gif" />

I agree with you and rigger. There are some schools here with good wrestling programs that are beginning to make some noise. But you will never know about them in the tennessean unless you are MBA, FRA,and Father Ryan(just to name a few).

Hate that you are offended. But I am not the only one who feels this way. I know all about the rules. I did not say HL are whiners, just the coaches. For the record, you are not the only passionate coach out there and even the most passionate coach knows when to sit down and let their kids wrestle. No disrespect. See you at the tournament. Good luck!

What about coaches whining? There are certain coaches that whine and complain when their wrestlers are winning. Coaches, you know who you are (HLHS)Coaches who are guilty of this need to learn from it and shut up ! No disrespect, just tired of most of a match being spent at the table.

I would like to congratulate all of the state qualifiers. Tonight, I saw some great matches. One match in particular grabbed my attention. The 140 match was a great match. Dowell and Garrett wrestled a good match. Region 7 is getting stronger and stronger year after year. Once again, Congrats Dowell and Garrett for the best match.

Only thing tainted is your attitude. A win is a win. He was hurt. I was there. Tell that to the parent who had to take him to the doctor. The doctor bill was not tainted. Stop being a sore loser. You are full of it. I'm going for Dowell. He is a great kid with a better attitude than Booker.

Keep Garrett's name out of your discussion. A win is a win. Don't hate because Booker lost. Be a good sport for goodness sake. For your information, I heard that the Garrett kid may not be wrestling.What it is, is what it is, no if,and, between or but.

The shoe does not fit here. There are more than two or three players on Stratford's team. They have not earned that label. And the actions of blacks, always stand out too. Be real here. I see unruly behavior in other places too, but I don't see the newspaper or radio talking about these places. Instead of being thugs, why can't they be a team of athletes with discipline issues . I am through talking about this issue. No one is being real here.

I'm pretty sure the coaches you named had players that were undisciplined at one time or another. It is about how do you handle these types of players. Sorry to burst your bubble, whenever you have a black player being unruly, they are labelled; like it or not. And in most cases they look at where the person comes from(school they attend,neighborhood, etc..). If you say this does not happen then you are living in another world. By the way, do you see the white teams with undisciplined, dirty, and thuggish players being called that in the paper or on the radio? I haven't. But, I have read a lot of articles about teams such as Stratford. I'm not saying the game is about race. It should not be. But look at the stereotypes attached with the word thugs.

Don't hate me because I speak the truth. You guys hate someone who kicks knowledge. Only thing classic is your behavior. I will not call you names, because you are showing who you are. I am totally above that.