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On 7/31/2019 at 8:38 AM, Stonewall said:

I have followed this story with great interest while staying out of the discussion.  My involvement with the TSSAA goes back almost 30 years and I was an ardent defender of them back then.  My sentiments were along the lines of "you try governing the whole state and see how hard it is."  The passage of time has completely flipped my opinions and this case is a perfect example of why.  The TSSAA is a money hungry, meddling, and increasingly liberal organization that is still feeling the effects of Ronnie Carter to this day.  Their officials can be blatantly caught in the wrong when it comes to controversy, but they will cover their butts and defend the officials every time.  As for the Haywood situation, another classic example....If you as an organization say that you can't control coach firings, then so be it; that was your decision.  What it comes down to is a Mafia-type threat that says, "Kill him and we'll spare you.  Let him live and we'll kill you and your kids."  Sophomores at Haywood will never play in  a state playoff game because of  punishment handed down that would far better suit being caught in widespread cheating and recruiting.  Possibilities from witnesses have been expressed on earlier pages that said this escalated because of umpires taking a "it's right because I said so" position.  I can't count the number of times I have seen arrogant officials in every sport take that position.  I was directly behind a basketball bench one night when I saw a coach get hit with a technical because he said, "That wasn't a walk."  He got T'd up and the official walked over and said, "It's a walk because I said it's a walk."  Space won't allow me to cite far worse examples.  In a perfect world, high schools would unite and leave the TSSAA and form their own federation.  Spare me the "horrible example in front of kids" speech.  Parents forfeited that innocence long ago when they turned High School baseball into years of travel ball, massive money being spent, yelling at umpires, personal hitting/pitching coaches, and firing coaches that didn't get their kids to a full ride at Vanderbilt.  

First let me say I agree with what you said about officials 100%. Question for you just to gain some insight on your thinking. You seem to be of the opinion that the whole team shouldn’t be punished and it just be the head coach. What about the players that left the bench and were yelling at officials?  What about the other coaches that were yelling at officials??  Seems to me it was a lot more than the head coach and because of this I feel the punishment for the whole team is warranted. I do see why he was upset as there was indeed some inconsistencies and the umpire could have handled the situation a lot better. Again just trying to gain some insight in your line of thinking. 

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Today at TSSAA Board of Control meeting:

Haywood High School was present to appeal the sanctions placed on the baseball program due to an unsportsmanlike incident that occurred during the baseball contest against Sequatchie County High School on Wednesday, May 22, 2019, at the TSSAA Spring Fling.

Haywood High School informed the Board they had suspended coach Dusty Rhodes for 10 regular season games and all post-season games of the 2020 season and Coach Rhodes will not be allowed to travel or practice with the team during his suspension for the regular and postseason. The Board voted to remove the restrictive probation placed on the Haywood sports programs, but the Haywood baseball program will remain on probation for the 2019-20 and 2020-21 school years.

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