Good article, Travis. Bloomfield should have a clean sweep, new sup, new prin and new board of directors!

and my name is George Popatanopolis......nice to meet you as well

im open to suggestions............

not saying that mr hudson should have been allowed to run things exactly the way he wanted to, but if you have a boss that is in TOTAL control of everything you do, then what is the point in being in charge of that position???????? why not just let the person that wants things done his EXACT way do everything?????

there should be guidelines to follow yes, there has to be some sort of structure, but to basically tell a person what he or she should do is ridiculous.

and yes I have bosses to answer to, but I have the luxury in this profession to write my articles and blogs from my point of view, whether or not you agree with them or not, but like i said before, whenever you are ready to quit hiding behind your screen name and want to give me "all the facts" maybe i will consider doing another story. but until i am convinced otherwise I stand behind my opinion the bloomfield athletic department is losing a big asset!!!!!!!!

and sorry bout the punctuation those keys tend to stick sometimes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

first of all never once did i say that mr hudson called in with scores, that is not his job, that is the coaches jobs. the job of an AD is to notify those who need to know of schedule cancelations or any other changes or announcements that the athletic program would need. I have never had a AD position but I am familiar with other duties, as far as contracts with other schools and games and bus routes and official contracts and everything else.

and who exactly are you to judge mr hudson on his abillities or inabilities as you say?????

I try and avoid heresay, but since board members are not inclined to give reasons, I can say that it appears mr hudson was not considered for the job because he handled his duties the way he felt best and not the way that higher ups wanted him to perform the duties.

you can hide behind your user name on here and post all the comments and bash mr hudson all you want, but your comments are not going to influence my opinion on the matter. if you feel like you have information that I or others dont know, you can feel free to contact me and I would gladly look into doing a story based on your information........

well whether my opinions are wrong or right, the main issue is about the development of the student athletes. hopefully the coaching changes will not affect the athletes in any negative ways, and I am not talking about from just a win/loss standpoint. there is a bond formed between coaches and athletes and adjustments can be hard. I was lucky and had the same coach in all my sports in high school and college, but I have also been a coach where I have replaced someone and know first hand how difficult getting that team chemistry back can be.

anyway.......I could go on and on bout things, but hopefully everything works out best in all the parties involved.......

and DAISY123,

where do you get your information from, would it be correct to say that your "blog" is one sided???? and for the record, you have posted COMMENTS, I posted a BLOG. and my column/blog is my opinion on certain subjects as well as you comments are your opinion. everyone is entitled to their own opinion and the purpose of my columns/blogs is just how I see things. am I right? maybe. am i wrong? maybe.

maybe in the near future Ill set up an online application for a special "board" to give rulings on all articles on here......

Hey TDavid,

You "Heard"???? Ever think about checking facts before you print your column?

So, which is the correct info?

im sorry TDAVID, Daisy is right, so do you think WRV would can Borter because of her record, ha ha. This is highschool, not pro sports.

thanks for that information, I had heard that he accepted the same position elsewhere, but I could stand corrected. I will look into that more. thanks

whats the point of attacking other teams or their coaches or in this case a former coach? does this make your players better or you a better coach??

you are right I haven't been here all that long, but I have been around plenty of coaches in all my school years and now reporting, I would like to think that I have a pretty good grasp on good qualities of coaches. like I have said numerous times, its not all about winning game and post season titles and all of that, AT THIS LEVEL!!!! high school is four years of a person's life that they will never experience again, a time where life lessons are learned, respect is earned and learned, and memories are made. I should clarify that last part, it should be where GOOD memories are made, not bad ones where parents, teachers and coaches squabble about this and that and end up dragging the kids into the situation.

you say that i dont know the coaches and that may be correct to a certain extent but after talking with numerous players from various teams I think I can draw a pretty good evaluation of the before mentioned persons. and really it should be the players thoughts and concerns and not about parents or board members or opposing coaches or anyone else........

Well slaw, you must know more than me?

Great article!

Leonard, yes, the Linton school board attempted to overshadow the student athletes in one case. Linton's softball team, parents, and fans learned of some school board members' plan to try to fire their head coach just before our sectional game. How was the timing for that?? Did those board members that voted against her even know it was sectional time?? Oh well, their plan did fail on that case ...

all i am saying is that having to work with ADs virtually everyday, Mr. Hudson was on top of his job day in day out, often times going out of his way to make the sports department's job a lot easier, but then again not everyone knows exactly what goes on, including myself, but I just know he has been a big help here

mr leonard,

the media only does their job when covering events, and I waited a week after the events of the LS school board meeting to post this blog so I could gather information from both sides. now if the "media" was trying to overshadow this situation as you so suggest, this blog would have been front page news and plastered on the front page of the website as well, and like I said in my blog when most of the people that i talk with at games and in the public want to talk about this board meeting, that is pretty sad. I have a right to express my opinion by writing these blogs, just as you have the right to post a comment on it.

as far as Ms. Abernathy, the "wet behind the ears" was not a quote from me as I stated in the article. she could do a great job, I am not saying that she wont, but I am a firm believer when you have a guy that is willingly able to perform the duties ABOVE and BEYOND expectations, why is there a need for a change????

but then again I am just a sports writer so what do i know.......

Interesting blog heading. The only way the school boards could "overshadow outstanding performances" is if the media has a hand in it. Good job Travis in trying to make the school issues more important than the outstanding performances.

I find it also interesting that you "don't want to to disrespect Monica Abernathy", yet you do just that by calling her "wet behind the ears" because of her age. I find it interesting that people comment about her age, yet most of these same people wanted Bloomfield to hire someone close to the same age last time they were looking (ie Josh Thompson).

So, instead of writing a blog that creates negative sentiment and causes "overshadowing", how about a blog that has more of a positive feel. Oh right, people like to complain... so give em what they want... complaints!

Very well said Travis. Time will tell how these situations work out but if the new coaches don't improve thes records,win sectionals or regress then the members of the current boards should be removed for their arrogance and short sightedness.