[PRIDE101]

You guys crack me up. I could count the times that I've spoken to Martin on one hand. I am not an employee of the system. I do not have any kids in the system. I am not related to any board members or employees of the system. Remind then how I am part of the "Martin incompetence."

I've not tried to cover for any one person at all. I've tried to bring positive light to things happening in our system, met only with anger by these two guys because it doesn't fit their agenda. When I brought up the fact that for the last 3 years, the test scores at MHS have continued to get higher (best high school test scores in the county), it is continually brushed aside and I am later accused of caring only about wins and losses. Listen, I could care less if Martin were the super or not. Fact is, no one could have changed the fact the last years athletic class was the worst in school history. No one could have changed the fact that there is a decreasing population in the area and kids/families are being forced to leave to find jobs. I don't like the way that Martin has done several things, last years July nickel tax secret meeting and their handling of Coach Spangler to name a couple.

But...

I refuse to bash programs that have built on the shoulders of great young men. Like it or not, Zack Massengill is the coach at MHS. As a diehard alumnus, I will support him, even after a couple of rough seasons. I've seen how hard he works and I appreciate how he does things. I'm not trying to cover up anything. I'm just tired of stories being privately messages to everyone by some bitter parent about an incident that happened over a year ago. Kids that truly have no home, that bounce around to different houses in the community, should be handled differently. Call me an enabler but I'd prefer continuing to give these kids a reason to come to school everyday. If you want names of exactly which kids can't count on their own parents for shelter and a warm meal at night, pm me and I will gladly inform you. NG and FlippO like to share stories about them so you would probably recognize their names.

Another story that NG likes to tell is that Trevor Hoskins is actively searching for a new job somewhere is. What he won't tell you is that Trevor's wife attends pharmacy school in Knoxville, TN and he is driving from there everyday. If I said that would be logical for him to do so and that he wasn't running from something at MHS, you all would accuse me of trying to cover something up.

If you're calling Waylen Allen to confirm every little bad story, that's useless. He's the biggest storyteller of them all. He would love the negativity to continue to spread so that he would have a chance at Martin's job.

And I have spoken to Coach Spangler to share my condolences, have you? Please don't act like I am insensitive to his release because you know nothing of our relationship. If you read his letter to the coaches, you would have noticed that he wishes nothing but the best for Middlesboro athletics. As do I.

I'd love to talk actual football if anyone has anything to say on that topic.

So , what you are saying you will support the program regardless of how people are being treated. I can see supporting the kids, good for you, I would do the same. But , you say people are lying and not telling the truth when something bad happens. That is what makes others think you cover up. As for story tellers in the central office , that person is not my story teller but I know him. He would be a better super than what you have.