[Snare43]

First of all, we didn't hire the coach the board did. Parents and students do not hire or fire. Second, we are NOT and the coaches are NOT afraid of playing you guys or anyone else win or lose. PERIOD. So, we will just have to agree to disagree. Until Dudley is gone from Bell I don't see us playing. . . not sure of all the reasons but both sides are at fault.

Both sides are not at fault. This started when Coach Jewell and Kenny Roark from Middlesboro talked about why Middlesboro did not play Bell anymore. Roark's comments were that physically they (Middlesboro) could not compete. The last two games Bell and Middlesboro played M'boro had one of their best players break his leg and another player had a seperated shoulder. At this time, Coach Roark publically stated that it was not worth his kids getting hurt and Bell not being a district game. Coach Jewell also stated that this type of game, as physical as Bell had become, was not the type of competition he was looking for. Over the years since this... hard feelings have developed between coaches. Bell CO's coach continues to call M'boro and Corbin out publically for not wanting to play. But make no mistake about it.. Hard feelings is NOT what ended this football rivalry. It WAS the inability of these two teams to compete consistently with Bell CO. Call it what you want, I call it dodging.