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I will play this game while you act as if you don't know the answer. To summarize, he was a coach that made excuses for losing instead of finding a way to win. Most of the time, he blamed the players for lack of effort. It was his way or no way. He began his first two years 4-17. He couldn't make decisions on the fly during the game and wouldn't listen to anyone else. My grandma could have intercepted Whitley because it was the same passing play to the same receiver over and over. His third year when he couldn't afford another losing season, Donnie Fox, a respected and experienced winning coach, was calling the plays so Whitley had a successful season. They were 12-2 that year. Everyone knew who was in charge and why. In a nutshell, his record was 40-53 during his stay. He didn't earn respect as coach, and the kids didn't want to play for him. His 1A coaching style didn't work at Whitley, and he didn't know how to adjust.

Opinions are just like rear ends, everybody's got one! I don't know this coach very well at all, but what I do know is he has had good run this year at NLHS. He has developed a tuff defense for that team & they have stood the test of the season offering their opponents (tuff teams) only 7 pts. total that went down in the score books. Giving everyone the benefit of the doubt here, some times an individual just doesn't jell well with one team but does with another. I have seen that happen over and over down thru the years with different teams & coach's. I wish good luck to both of these teams, and hope this 1st playoff game doesn't become about a coach that left a team but about the kids playing on the teams & their skills during playoff! alute: