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Hazzbeen everyone is entitled to an opinion, but I can tell you that the over whelming number of people arounf Whitley County have the same opinion that I do. Whitley's football program is headed in the wrong direction at warp speed.

You must be joking when you write the word "build". The players needed to win were in place when Coach Black got there. Remember the last coach was replaced for 500 seasons in a very tough 4A district. If anything, suggesting the players on this team are not talented is insulting not to mention an untruth. Yes, there are some young players playing. There have always been young players playing at Whitley. Traditionally, Whitley's top notch players begin playing as freshman and starting as sophmores. Nothing new here.

The truth is this team is poorly prepared week after week. They run an offense that is impossible to run out out of. The coach gets on the radio and says he wants to be primarily a running team but his team lines up in the shotgun on every play even short yardage and goal line situations. The scheme obviously does not work, but it is the same every week. How many one and two touchdown games do you need to see that it will not work? How can a kid with over 150 yards rushing one week only get one attemp the next week, when his team only has 17 yards rushing on 22 attempts? He teaches kids to always tackle high and guess what, they tackle high which is why you see a couple dozen broken tackles evey week. What ever happened to the first man hit at the waist or below wrapping the legs to ensure the tackle is made and the second man hitting high and stripping? This seems to work for Bell County. The point is, this is a very poorly coached team and it shows on the field and on the score board.

The kids know something is wrong, the parents know something is wrong, the fans know something is wrong. 75% of the crowd was gone by the start of the 4th quarter Friday night. This should tell you something.