[johnnyd]

Parents believe what they want to and you can't control them. You always have some that think their kid has been "wronged". It starts at the kindergarten level and goes all the way through college if they play that long. You can't tell me that every program in every sport doesn't have to deal with this. Dudley made a big impact on Bell County Football and people believed he couldn't do no wrong. He had his times with parents also. People were more intimidated by him because of that impact he made on the program. Heck, a lot of fans think he's coming back to BC. People will be skeptical of a new coach. He needs some time. I've seen things in the program that he does different and kids will have to adjust. So will parents. A lot of these "daddys" played for Dudley and some old habits are hard to break or adjust to. kc is still the up and coming program and can stand the change. Bell is on a benchmark that has to be maintained or there will be controversy. It will iron itself out. Mills will be the whipping boy for some time.

Mills is no stranger to the program. He was there during some very good years at Bell County. It was very common knowledge that Mills was going to be the next head coach at Bell before he went to Knox Central if and when Dudley hung it up. This will be Mills 3rd year as head coach. The honeymoon is over.