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I am absolutely fine with hearing other people's thoughts. I'm not sure how you would have thought otherwise. I mean, its been ten years since I've told anyone besides my wife and mother the bad stories from Russell Football. I loved the sport and it was ruined for me because of McGlone and Walters. But I think it too is important that others hear my story. Why? Because what I personally experienced with him as a football coach and a teacher was anything but what people describe him to be and I know that I'm not alone. As I said before, I am not question him as a person. I know he is a fine man, and I deeply would regret it if anyone took my comments of him as a coach to imply anything about him as a man or husband to an amazing wife. I know these people personally. That's not my point. My point is to examine him as a FOOTBALL COACH. So I wouldn't back down at all to my comments. This includes the figurehead comment because it has nothing to do at all with his wife. My comment was that Morris does the real coaching, and he has been part of the staff for about ten years now. The reason I posted my comments in this discussion was because I figured that if people are passionate enough about Russell football to be excited about the grass on the field, then they should be passionate enough to know that there are other sides to the story. Also, I'm not sure how your comment about you being the teacher in your house is relevant. Does that mean you don't send your child(ren) to school? Or does that mean your ok with someone sitting in a chair posing as a teacher while your child sits there and wonders what s/he is supposed to be learning? I would imagine its one or the other.

I'm sorry if I come off as being a bit harsh or sounding like an old washed up player griping about the old days. But, I have seen first hand that things aren't always what they seem. The good memories I have of playing Russell Football are the ones of being with my friends and teammates. Thats the ones that I hold dear. I just want people to realize that what seems to be great on the surface isn't always wants going on behind the scenes. I emphasize, again, I experienced this first hand WITHIN the last ten years, so I'm not harkening back to the glory days of the 70's or whatever.