[ole ball coach]

I am well aware that I switched the defense last year, but I had the trust of the kids. However, I am not worried about the kids sticking around, I am worried about the staff staying intact. It is VERY difficult to put a GREAT staff together and that is what we had. Putting a staff together in a rural county is very difficult when there aren't positions offered in the school system and there just aren't many quality coaches in the county walking the streets. Right now they (current staff) are waiting to see what happens before making decisions, if they don't like the changes or feel they are going to go in the wrong direction, then I can know some that won't return. However, Ray isn't changing a thing, so YOU don't have to worry. Schemes have to be evaluated every year, but there is enough talent there for years to come to keep things fairly similar.

HC did make a good hire, but any of the finalists would have been outstanding hires. Ledford, Dawson, and Johnson would all have continued the GREAT success that we had worked to achieve.