[THExBURCHINATER]

the band is a joke and so is tennis, the band leaves at halftime of every football game and collects all the money from the concessions, and they only have 15 members that dress on friday night!!! Yet they still receive thousands of dollars as if they truly need that much..also the tennis program is receiving this brand new 200,000 or so dollar tennis facility..i wonder where thats coming from..hmm..it sure as heck wasn't from the gate money from tennis matches!!! Thats ok bc i'm sure the administration will let the football program go to waste like the basketball program then we will see where the money comes from after only 10 people come to football games. There will no longer be a source of income to choose from!

I think this is the most disrespectful things I have ever seen. Why would you bash some of the most successful programs the school has to offer? The band is NOT a joke! They have over 50 members in marching band, and 70 members in concert band. Also, they do not leave during halftime unless it's to cold to play (which is hard to do when it is really cold out), or if it rains (because it destroys the instruments). They have a break off for the third quarter so they can rest up to continue playing; just like all bands do. I think someone needs to get their facts straight before continuing on about the band. The band supports the football team at every home game-win or lose! And what does the football team have to show for it? Well the band director has to go to the board of education office just so they can practice on the football field because no one will let them.

Tennis also has a great future ahead of them, and a nice line-up this year as well. They have had alot of success over the last decade, and I think it's just about time they update the tennis courts for the program to grow even stronger with the new perks they can aquire with the new tennis complex.

As far as the administration letting the basketball team fall; I think alot of that blame would have to go on the players who could have played this year that played under coach Anderson who are extremely good at basketball. I think if the kids would have returned to the court, are basketball team would not be in the predicament they are in now, and the only way the football team would be back to its 0-11 and 1-11 days is if the players did the same thing just because of a new coach, and that would make it the players fault and not the coach they bring in.

In retrospect, this post is not about the band, or tennis. It's about coach salmons leaving Lawrence County. So I think you should stay on topic.