[Concerned_Blackcat]

It’s a big deal. The head coach should be at every thing baring a family emergency. 

Shows a lack of leadership and maturity.

i really appreciate that you feel like you have to defend the program on here like this but ignoring red flags isn’t going to help the program out.

I'm not ignoring red flags, I just don't believe it's that big a deal and neither does his players and staff.

Then they all believe someone else is truly in charge.

John DeRossett missed one practice and it was for his Aunts funeral. We’ve not made it past dead period of Wes Hagers tenure and he’s skipping a week.

Missed practice for his mom’s funeral.

If Coach Wesley did miss practice to go on vacation, that is absolutely a horrible look regardless if the team didn't  miss a beat without him.  That shows poor leadership.  How can the players respect him and be expected to sacrifice for the team when the head coach won't do the same.  He should be leading by example.  I am liking this hire more and more.

Back in the day, I was on my school's site-base-decision-making-council.  I had rented a cabin in the Smokies for a week.  I had paid well over a $1,500 for the reservation.  Just before my family and I were to leave for our vacation, the school called a special site-base-council meeting that was to be held right in the middle of week I had rented the cabin.  I chosen to stay home and attend the meeting.  My family went on vacation without me.  Maybe I made a poor decision, but sometimes you have to sacrifice.

Exactly. When you take a LEADERSHIP role you have to sacrifice. 

he’s lost all ability to get on to a player about practice attendance when they start back after the dead period. It’s SAD.