[Capt. DH]

What people are failing to realize is that there are not enough boys who want to play. If there is no team, it isn't because there is no coach. It is because there are not enough boys who want to dedicate themselves to play football. The last game of the season, there were 13 players on the team. I believe 5 or 6 were seniors. That leaves 7 or 8 players returning. I just can't see how the administration can fix that for next year. The answer is not to put 3 or 4 freshmen out on that field who aren't ready. Bringing in a new coach doesn't mean automatically having more players come out.

The first thing people will say is that it's the coaches fault numbers are low. These kids don't want discipline. They don't want to work hard. They don't want to be constructively criticized. They don't want to be told what to do. It's EASIER to not play.

Simple fact. Phelps' numbers continue to drop. Phelps was left out of any consolidation plan by the board in previous years and now you see the results.

it seems like every year we hear rumors about phelps and other schools not having a team. But every year it seems they scrap together just enough players to play, so unless something strange happens this year, i expect the phelps hornets to put a team on the field on fridays this fall.