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Wrong. He was put on administrative leave while they did an internal investigation and spoke to all parties. He was reinstated on Monday of this week, missing a district game and a weekend tournament in the process. 

I've seen him coach multiple games and never have I seen a penis make an appearance.

So what would you have done? You had a major cross-town rivalry and then the big M7 game just days apart. Literally, every coach would start your two aces in those two games that mattered... and that was the plan. And then when an illness happens, you just have to roll with what you have. And in a week where you play 3 games in 5 days, he was out of varsity arms. 
How would you have played it?

Have any of y’all ever met him and have a conversation with him? Or is all of this opinion based on a quote in the newspaper?? 

Jimmy has never been afraid to say what he thinks. His club works it’s ass off. I don’t know if there is such a thing as over competitive, but that is his problem. He wants, thinks, and breaths winning,…I respect that. He could care less about his comments in the paper or the way they come across. He is dialed in on winning each game.  

This rivalry used to be super fierce due to the fact that they grew up playing each other in Pee Wee/Midget rec league from flag through 7th grade. Now that league is just a memory and I feel because of that this rivalry has suffered a bit. I am afraid that because parents can't travel just a few miles to Sugar Hollow Park for great youth league competition between City and County that football participation numbers have dwindled for both schools. 
The City/County bowl championship games were always competitive and controversial. 

My prayers and heart goes out to this family...so short a life, but how well he lived it..  
Years were cut short by this awful horrendous disease, but a legacy left that cancer can't erase.
I know this cancer well, I had a close family member who passed from it.  
Coach Odum's game is won, the last basket scored!!!  
Rest well Coach!!!🙏

Some sad news from over the weekend...
John Battle boys basketball coach Jon Odum tragically lost a long battle with cancer and passed away on Saturday. Coach Odum was a class act and a tremendous ballplayer for the Trojans as well as a great coach.  He loved those kids as if they were his own and he will be sorely missed in the Battle community and in all of southwest Virginia as a whole.  If you ask any coach in this area, I think all of them would have a good story or compliment to share about coach Odum.  
Please pray for coach Odum's family and the John S. Battle community during this time of sorrow.

Finding a quality basketball ref in SWVA is like Haley's comet. It happens once every 77 years

Obviously GC is the overwhelming favorite... I know Abingdon graduated their 2 best players/scorers. I haven't really heard much about them this Fall though... Wise Central is the "Great Unknown" after losing such a skilled player & leader... Union should definitely be good enough to contend for 2nd; especially with the Slagle kid back. I really enjoyed the few times I got to see him play... Battle should be better this year. They return their best scorers/ballhandlers. But they did graduate a key post player & a contributing "athlete". I think they will definitely be good enough for 2nd as well.......... GC & Union both have a great non-conference schedule as usual... Abingdon & Wise Central seem to have pretty much the same schedules... Battle has replaced the 2 games vs Holston with games against Sullivan South & Sullivan East. This should help them in Conference play... Lee did show some flashes last season. I wouldn't be surprised if they upset a couple of these teams. I don't think they lost much from last year... And I honestly haven't heard anything about Ridgeview up to this point. I do remember them shooting a bunch of 3's last year. So maybe they have improved on that & can make it even tighter....... 2-7 should definitely be competitive & fun to watch this season.

That man has a head of hair almost as nice as Mack Shupes.  Although to be fair I said almost because I do think Coach Shupes is real.

I get it.  He is huge and looks like he is 25 years old but he was in middle school with my nephew until this school year.  The way the boundaries fall, Ford ended up at North Meck and my nephew ended up at Hough.
Edit to add....My brother played at Bluefield College from 1998-2002.  He was offered several coaching positions following college, one under Tommy Brown at Lee University in Cleveland TN.  He turned them down to chase a lifelong dream of being a "big city police officer" to which he has been with CMPD since 2002.  Point is, he knows more about basketball than I ever have or will.  He has been telling me about this kid for the past 5 or 6 years.  I just didn't realize he was already playing varsity until I saw the Huntington Prep box score. 

SWVA Coaches 600-WIN CLUB 
Tom Harding- Baseball: 633-?; 46 seasons: Honaker
Mack Shupe- Baseball: 631-173; 40 seasons:JJ Kelly (33) JI Burton (7)
Robin Dotson-Girls Basketball: 600-197?; 31 seasons: JJ Kelly (24) Central -Wise (7)
Others?