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Flinchum is telling his teammates he’s going to Montgomery saw one that he’s very close to today to confirm that. Could that change? Of course.  The reason given is this. Wolfe doesn’t want to win. It’s a coaching issue 100%.  I haven’t wanted to bring up something I saw recently but this feels like it may be getting out there. Not sure. 

But the same the Ritchie kid said why he left seems to be echoed by why the flinchum boy is leaving. He said wolfes coach hasn’t talked one thing about lifting weights or summer ball. He is too focused on softball. He played kids that lost games for them more than he played creech or flinchum and that surprised me to hear. But this is 2nd kid I’ve heard there in one year that was a starter say the best players aren’t out there. And from the videos I saw, I believe that adds up. 

So these videos if they were shared with this boys family they are getting out here the storm hits. These seen over past few years and recordings of wolfes coach or other coaches. It’s ugly. He told his staff one year to only coach Sawyer Thompson and that no one else mattered but him that season. A few times he says “I owe sawyer” which was odd, owe him not to care about any other player? Doubt he wanted that dude. 

But the worst parts and granted I don’t know all involved so may not be the worst but parts were hard to follow. But when you hear a coach or coaches talk about how they are getting others-coaches, teachers, and even players to bully their own players so they will quit, I lose respect for you there. The way they talked about hurting their own kids, sabatogging ones they didn’t want playing, it’s sick. A part where two guys are laughing about telling a kid the plays wrong in practice to give them another thing to go after. 

They need to get it together and he needs to go. The ADA will have a field day with some of what’s on these clips. Treating special needs kids like they are shown, it’s disgusting. The way he calls fans dumb and talks about manipulating them more or less in who they cheer for loudly and who they get on. 

There is a clip of a coach or someone coming in gym yelling at Robert Scott in front of players and other people about players playing in front of his son. Robert Scott does say he will play who he wants and to get the hell out. But I’m told this is the dad of the kid with the most minutes on team that is also why starters as well as wolfes bench were unhappy all year. I hear he’s lost his entire bench and was banking on flinchum giving him an easy next few years. He played 5 players at the end and now he’s down to 4 with no real competition to go against bc no one on bench is coming back. It’s clear he gives a crap about younger guys bc he has no desire to leave the program good for the next guy. 

Robert Scott did have a good young group. He was handed what he needed to keep this kid happy. His ego thought he was enough when the players seem more knowledgeable than him. These clips are insane to think any coach could have gotten away with this up there this long. He’s more concerned with who benefits him than winning. I hope if he has an ounce of integrity left, this man steps down and doesn’t let his school and team get dragged through the mud even more. He has no one to blame but himself. 

Havent even touched on the rigged raffles. Guess he owed someone  a blower like he owed a former player. People there have to want him gone for these private conversations over past few years to be leaked like this.  I don’t think his ego lets him quit but it may be the first unselfish thing this man has done in awhile to walk away. He clearly doesn’t want to be coaching or do anything extra. It’s all other people putting in work to have him benefit from and he still messes it up this bad. 

I didn’t understand the hate this guy got. He’s always pleasant when I’ve seen him and spoke about softball. Stay on the field with your girl. Let someone who cares step in and coach the team. Minute you can’t coach fair or coach to win, what are you doing still there? It should be about the kids. Wolfe county basketball has been about what’s best for this coach and every complaint over years makes a lot more sense. 

Hope they figure it out bc they do have some good kids I feel very bad for getting lost in this mess and many more before them going through it as well.