[Belfry0304]

Oh yes, definitely need a better coach. Especially considering he's "only" in the top 5 of winningest active head coaches in WV. I'm not trying to start anything,
just stating that Coach Kinder has had success and for a school that's only
3 years old, to have been in the playoffs 2 out of 3 previous seasons I think that's pretty good. Especially in the playoff format we have that everyone doesn't get automatic bids. Nope, we're no where near the same level of tradition, success, and a lot of other words you could use to describe the differences with Belfry, but we're working our way there. Hey, we're just practicing our best "Pre-Late 1980's Belfry" impersonation irateSho

All jokes aside, the transfers (To Me) don't have anything to do with football (or any sport) and not so much in the Matewan area as compared to Williamson.
Everyone except for about 8-10 people in the entire city of Williamson hates Mingo Central.
They've never visited the school, accepted its existence, or supported its athletics in any way. Heck, half of the class that graduated behind me went to Tug Valley instead of MC because they were convinved that MCHS was the anti-christ and any day the place would cave into a giant mine that's "on fire" beneath the school.....or atleast thats what the WHS Administration explained to us on deciding which school to attend LOL. So, it's an automatic per-requisite if you're a Williamson resident to attend a school named anything except Mingo Central.

Someone posted on my facebook the other day "How do we stop this and/or fix this?" And I don't think you can. Loyalty now days, on all levels of sports, means nothing .:igiveup:


and to bucslover68, that's what belfry0304 tells me on an almost daily basis, is that all this is revenge for stealing Mark over here back in the day LOL.

Preconceived notion is the problem, MCMiner247. A lot of people were raised against Yogi. A ton of kids at Burch were younger when Yogi and that Matewan team embarrassed them for the sake of a record (which never impressed me because he didn't get the record by being skilled, he got it by his coach being a douche). A lot of kids have heard horror stories about Yogi, have been told he's biased towards Matewan boys, etc. Yogi knows his football, but both preconceived notions (kids going in with the forgone conclusion they aren't going to like him) and non-football stuff (attitude, class, etc.) is the fault against Coach Kinder. I think the current offensive coordinator should get a chance, but my fear is that people will associate him with Coach Kinder because of their friendship. A younger guy with a chance to build his mold would be good, but I kind of think the school needs an "outsider" but he's doing a decent job since he's made the playoffs the last 2 seasons.

But, It was a trade. Not revenge. A trade. Cline for a boatload of "prospects" ... we're just still collecting our players to be named later.