McNair fires football coach two days before opener

Fired over a miscommunication on the team MEAL? WTF? wish all the best to coach Moore cause as it seems he’s taking the high road here. You’ll get another job. hope the principal is happy with the “direction” his program’s gonna move now.

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Lets get the full story here. Sounds like something is not being told.

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Please tell me, this is a joke, right? But I have to admit, I would have gotten the principal’s approval FIRST before I did anything on campus – honestly. I still don’t believe the coach’s action’s warrant being fired – reprimanded, yes, but not fired. Come on people, get a life. Trust me, it’s more to this story.

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Nothing that happens in Atlanta schools surprises me anymore. There is a reason Ga schools are a joke nationally, thank God, I moved to a state where common sense is not a lost art. Texas schools are much better and the school board members have the kids best interest at heart.

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Please tell me there is more to this story. If not, the principal should have the explain to the team, students, and family why he thought firing the coach was the best “direction” of the program.

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This is what you have with a right to work state. People fired for idiotic reasons.

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The McNair principal should be the one getting fired, not the coach. I’m sorry, but that’s absolutely pathetic.

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Well? It’s journalism and it is a short article, so we’re certainly getting newsworthy information, but we’re also certainly not getting the full story. It could be that Coach was repeatedly overstepping his bounds, it could be that the Principal is anal about to heading off any potential problem from the beginning. It seems though, that the Principal’s problems are only beginning and the Coach has shown public graciousness for the opportunity he had “with the kids.” We’ll see, won’t we?

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This is a case in which it makes kids suffer, No need to fire the “Coach”, a man who has helped 60 kids try to better themselves in four years !! This is all about ego’s and power, and somekid will pay the price for a grown up actions. Remember football is a game of emotions as well as physical skills, and when you do this you crush young men dreams…… One final note, Black men this is why we fall, not because of White men, but because we chose not to love each other.

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Un-F’ng-Believeable! Sounds like the principal had an ax to grind with the coach!

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Something must be going on under the dinner table.

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Grammer police, Go screw yourself ! How is that for perfect grammer? We
re talking football and injustice and you come on a blog to be a complete idiot, and alot more that I can’t print. Butt sucker!!

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This sounds like some sort of clash of personalities. With the cookout situation providing the principal the excuse he needed to end this clash of personalities. If it was something serious like abusing any of the students it would be on the evening news.

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I hope there is something more to this story because if the coach was fired for a miscommunication then thats crazy. I will reserve the rest of my comments until the rest of the story has been revealed.

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To BigMike You probably won’t like this one either, but you spell “grammar” with an “a” at the end of the word, not with an “e”.
Sheeeeeeeeesh!!!!!!!!

Now about football…Perhaps the coach should consult with an attorney. If he is tenured, the principal cannot just fire him because of the diretion of the program and especially just days before the seasn begins!

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No doubt there is more than what is being reported. Likely some firm and conflattering words exchanged in the heat of the moment. Hope that coach will surface at another program soon. More importantly, I am glad that he was able to impact so many young men with scholarships.

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damn typos ….’screws self often’.

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Principals are supposed to be administrators. This one (Jones) doesn’t appear to pack the gear to do the job—Firing a coach a week before the season begins? Why not after the season? Why not last June?
With the info about the grills on campus it looks like a CYA move by the principal, doesn’t it?
And a REALLY great example for McNair students. Beyond contemptible.

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Hey, KERRY. Ther is no such thing as a tenured teacher in Georgia. It’s every man for himself, no collective bargaining or other employee rights here if you’re a teacher.

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sounds like an egomaniac at teh helm. Or ther is something more going on and it would have to something major to do this with 1 day to go before the game. It is Dekalb county and nothing surprises me about that sad/corrupt/low life county. Glad I don’t live there and if you look hard enough you will see that (except a small pocket) nothing good goes on there.

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Gotta be more to it than a principal with a bruised ego.

Well, no I guess there doesn’t need to be another reason. My bad.

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The principal is an idiot!

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Teacher tenure was taken away during the Barnes years but reinstated after his defeat. However, tenure only applies to the teaching position and all other extra curricular activites are subject to school principal/county administrative staff. Ultimate responsibility of county /superintendent.

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DCSS sucks in every sense of the word. They do not care about teachers, staff, or students. You guys think this principal is an idiot. Have you heard the superintendent speak….give me a break. We do not have Clayton County beat. If the news media knew about all of the backward decisions that have been made this year by the board and administration we would loose our accreditation, too. We need to all change direction.

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From the school system that sent its teachers to a week of preplaning on a Monday only getting them a schedule four days later(new untried computer system), one knows the idiots are are running the asylum.

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Come on guys. There is MUCH more to this story then a damn cookout. Get a clue.

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How does a high school need an “athletic liaison”? More waste of taxpayers’ money?

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Then what is the “more?” If you know, then share.

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God help you poor saps that send your kids to Dekalb County Schools.

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THEY DON’T CARE NOTHING ABOUT THOSE KID’S ITS TO SAD TO SEE ADULTS COULDN’T COME TOGETHER ON SOMETHING BETTER THEN THAT IT NEVER FELL BLACK SCREWING BLACK.

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I just noticed the black power fist in on his neckless. Does that set a good example in today’s society where we try to promote acceptance, tollanance, and understanding? I kinda understand the strength and pride behind it, but when it originated as a powerful symbol, didnt it come as a result of racial problems and encourage any means necessary to achive equality…not the MLK Jr. model? If I took that the wrong way or it means something else, my appoligies. Anyone shed light to the contrary.

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As graduate of McNair High School and former player under Coach Moore for four years, there are no words to describe the outrage and indignation, I, along with many former players, parents, and well respected persons w/in the community feel about this situation. While many details seem to be left hanging on the part of the school/county administration, I know these things are certain: 1)Coach Moore and his staffed built a consistent football program that encouraged the growth and development of hundreds of young men both on the football field and in the school. 2) It is very hard to get young men to buy into a program that enforces responsibility through hard work and discipline. 3) Coach Moore and his staff (including all who served under Coach Gilbert from 1999-2006) were the best grouping of football coaches the McNair Football Program has ever seen.

For the sake of the future of the McNair Football Program, I seriously hope Coach Moore is returned to his head coaching position, and whatever factions, be they person or persons, that caused his dismissal reverse their decision… Especially since they obviously have not been involved in the progress Coach Moore has helped invoke for the past 10 years.

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Curious………… The fist is regarded as an expression of solidarity, strength and defiance ,not violence….The ignorant masses didn’t understand this in the 60’s and 70’s and in 2009 neither do you and probably never will………….Solidarity , strength and defiance…..I hope the Mcnair folks take heed.

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At this time, we, the general public, do not have all of the facts surrounding this situation. As more information becomes available, then and only then can we say that this move was warrented or not warranted. In the next several days, people will talk and then we will know the truth!

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Why is RACE such a big factor on this message board. This is why I can’t stand the south, everything has to be about race. Black or White, you people are horrible!!

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If you want to coach back Boycott the first game of the season players, band, parents, coaches all! All booster club memebers file suit to get their money back from the club and protest in front of the school. Boycott the school and keep your kids home and put the pressure on the boe . Be active kick butt and call muster!!!

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Sounds very unfair and the fact that the pricipal could not provide any comment means he just needs time to figure out a good excuse. To make a move like that with no comment at all, is like sticking up his middle finger to the parents. Hopefully the players will be motivated by this, as oppossed to the opposite. Three playoff appearances in four years? The pricipal was just mad he showed up at the wrong school and missed the bar-b-que

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My lil bro played baseball for this dude. He was a HORRIBLE baseball coach. I can’t speak for what he did outside of that, how he was in terms of being a “life coach”. I just remember how my brother would always tell me about how they practiced running plays as if it was football.

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I am shocked as I know players, former players, friends and family are by this firing! Isuppose the Principal has never made a mistake or two before in his administrative role. I can understand a reprimand but not a dismissal over cooking out for players and maybe a couple other things that grown men can work out between themselves! I am very impressed with Coach Moore and wish him and the his former players the best of luck in the near future.

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this is absolutely out of this world. coach mo is a mcnair guy. he understand the lay of the land when it comes to the kids that walk through those doors at mcnair. he gets it. the program needs him, the community needs him at that school. D.C.B.O.E. needs to intervene and see that this is a travesty in its own right when it comes to the future and status of the kids in the program, especially the seniors. its not right.

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I don’t know this school or this coach. But I do know as a former school head, that there is always more to the story than the event that leads up to a dismissal such as this. And it always amuses me that it is the school head who bears the brunt of the criticsm – he or she just doesn’t know what is going on. Believe me, there are many times that it would be easier for a principal or athletic director to post on an electronic bulletin board out front of the school the reasons why an employee was terminated, or removed from certain responsibilities. Nowadays you can’t do that for political and legal reasons. But even in decades past, the principal or AD who was the real pro wouldn’t do that for professional reasons – wouldn’t even allow stories to leak out. Come on here folks – give your school administrators a break. No coach is let go, especially at this time of the year two days before the first game, for one issue like miscommunication or grills on campus. And aside from rumors and innuendos, we’ll never (and should never) hear the Paul Harvey summary, “and now you know the rest of the story.”

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Hey, snotty principal person, karma is real and you’ll have to live with the consequences one day.

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if you want to find out what is wrong with city of atlanta and dekalb county schools look who is running them. what do they have in common?? why have people fled to the north side of town the past 25 years??

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News to READER, This is the South and its been like that since before you moved here. It probably was what brought you here, the fact is racial tension will always be a part of the South because it still exsist today. They just find more subtle ways to do so, but this story has nothing to do with race. I know Coach Moore from coaching against him in baseball and most people didn’t know he was the baseball coach at McNair as well. As a fellow coach, I never heard nothing but good things about him on the diamond and the gridiron. That let’s me know it was something personal, regardless of what was said in the argument the kids will be the one that will suffer. That’s the bottom line and what make matters worse the demographics of the area are individuals that need positive males role models. Now the kids have to deal with fact that their beloved principal got rid of one of the more important role models in the school. Pride can be terrible thing

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BigMike: ‘A lot’ not ‘Alot’

Quote unquote.

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Power struggle b/w principal and coach. If in fact, all of his accomplishments are true in regard to the coach, then the principal was overshadowed (thru his own perception) and used this to reassert himself.

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HOW DUMB TO FIRE YOUR COACH 2 DAYS B4 OPENER OVER A FREAKING PICNIC.
SEEMS THE PRINCIPAL HAS SOME ISSUES OF HIS OWN.
THIS IS WRONG IF IT TRUE ITS JUST OVER A COOKOUT. COME ON.

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I always thought Mr. Moore had a well run football program. His team did not have many resources that other programs had, but he got the most out of those kids at McNair that any coach could have done. I will miss the football coach who always wore those leather boots on the sideline of the game. Good luck in you future endeavors Mr. Moore.

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Maybe the principal was ticked off becuase they didn’t save him a plate. What an idiot. We live in a time where the kids best interest doesn’t matter. I work in a school and I know that some principals can be hard to deal with. To me, it sounds like he had someone else in mind and was looking for a reason to get rid of his coach. Happens all the time where I’m from when it comes to personnel decisions.

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As a part of the coaching staff at McNair I can assure you that this was nothing more than miscommunication, there was nothing done so major that would warrant a firing during the first week of the season. If it was so you would be reading about it within this article. This is a complete and total injustice. But more importantly it is the kids that have put in all that work during the spring and summer who suffer b/c they have to deal with this distraction. I is not fair to the Kids, School or the Community. This is what happen when you have people in charge that are more concerned over how much power they can obtain than actually putting students best intrest in the forefront. This is an Outrage!

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To “DCB”, “Tbanks”, and “FrankTheFalcon”, and anyone else in this blog talking about the other side to this story.

If there was a problem before this incident it should have been dealt with prior to two days before the first Frickin’ game. Can you imagine the emotion and turmoil these kids are going through. I live in Clayton so I don’t know this coach or the pricipal. However, there have been at least a couple of persons in here who played for the guy singing his praises, so the story of how this man cares about “KIDS” sounds legit. And for that reason “Cooler” heads should have prevailed. Maybe they should have sat down with the President over a beer. My daughter teaches at a Dekalb County High School and yes from what I hear you all can’t brag about being better than Clayton County. I have served as a Football Commissioner for a youth football program in Clayton County as well as a Booster Club President for one of the local high schools, It has to always be about the “KIDS” and not this other BS. My wife teaches in APS. To much “CLIQUE” crap in both of these systems. CYA and looking out for your buddies as it seems with these administrators in DCSS.

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first off i want to say that i hav coached with mo for the past three years. he is a great and well respected person that is the heart and soul of mcnair middle and mcnair high. he was the first person to give me an oppurtunity to be a high school coach. im a mcnair alumni and i bleed red and silver .this situation is real foul and some people need to be put on blast. FIRST TO INTERIM COACH JOHN APRIL YOU HAVE WANTED COACH MOORES JOB SINCE U FIRST CAME TO MCNAIR ALSO THIS IS THE SAME COACH THAT COACHED A BASKETBALL TEAM THAT COULD ONLY WIN 4 GAMES OVER THE PAST TWO SEASONS, ALSO YOU HAVE NEVER COACHED FOOTBALL AN A HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL . THIS IS A COACH THAT IS NOT RESPECTED BY THEY STUDENTS AND HE HAS MAJOR HATE FOR OVER HALF OF THE PLAYERS ON THE FOOTBALL TEAM.HE ALSO HAS NEVER EVEN WATCHED THE TEAM PRACTICE . SECOND ON MY LIST IS THE ATHLETIC LIASON MR. HARRELL YOU AE A REAL BUSTER AND MR JONES DO BOY . ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS COACH MOORE CALLED, TEXTED,OR EMAILED U HIS PLANS FOR THE UPCOMING SEASON AND THE THINGS THAT HE WANTED TO DO FOR THE TEAM, BUT YOU DIDNT RELAY THE INFO TO MR JONES BECAUSE YOU WERE CONSPIRING TO GET RID OF MO THATS FOUL. NOW TO MR JONES THE PRINCIPAL THAT HAS NO CONTROL OF THE SCHOOL THAT HE IS RUNNING. YOU TOLD EVERYONE IN THE BUILDING THAT MO WAS FIRED B4 YOU TOLD HIM .NOW THATS FOUL, AND WHEN YOU MET THE COACHING STAFF YOU COULD NOT EVEN LOOK US IN THE EYES THATS A MAJOR SIGN OF BEING SHADY . THEN TO ADD INSULT TO INJURY IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS SPEECH TO THE COACHES HIS PHONE RANG AND HE LEFT THE ROOM ONLY B4 TELLING HIS MINIONS TO “HANDLE THEM” . THE IRONIC PART TO THE WHOLE THING IS THAT AFTER OUR GAME VS CARVER MS. SARA COPLEAND WOODS WHO IS ON THE BOARD OF EDU TOLD US THAT WE WERE DOING A GREAT JOB AT MCNAIR.

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I ALSO HAVE TO SAY THAT THE COACHES @ MCNAIR WERE MORE THAN COACHES WERE FATHERS,BROTHERS, FRIENDS, AND COUNSELORS TO THE BOYS THAT WE COACH. WE SPENT MORE TIME WITH THE BOYS THAN WE DID WITH OUR OWN FAMILIES. ALSO THE CRAZIEST THING ABOUT THIS IS WE HAD A TEAM THIS YEAR THAT COULD GO ALL THE WAY AND WIN A STATE TITLE. NOW IT IS LEFT IN THE HANDS OF SOME VERY INCOMPETENT PEOPLE. THIS CANNOT END LIKE THIS. THEY GOT RID OF NOT ONLY COACH MOORE BUT THE ENTIRE STAFF EXCEP 1 TURNCOAT OF A COACH JUAN TORRES AS THE SO CALLED OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR IT IS MY OPONION THAT HE IS THE ONE THAT SOLD MO DOWN THE RIVER AFTER MO GAVE HIM AN CHANCE TO COME BACK TO THE PROGRAM AFTER HE LEFT THE TEAM 2 YEARS AGO. WHAT MAKES IT EVEN WORSE IS THAT HE KNEW WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN ALL THE WHILE AND THATS FOUL.BUT U KNOW WHAT THEY SAY THAT GOD DONT LIKE UGLY.

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I can see some issues where there was a cookout on School Property. There is a lot of Red Tape involved there to get clearance to have this. The Principal is the TOP Administrator of the School and he should have been contacted by the Coach and speak to him personally prior to doing this. What is a player had gotten sick from eating something that he should not have eaten? The responsibility solely rest upon the School Principal.

Now on the other hand, terminating this Coach for a mistake was a bit harsh. I believe that this coach should be reinstated if that was the only reason he was discharged from the Head Coach Position. After all, I am a proud parent as well, and have we forgotten about the kids? This Coach according to reports, have a pretty good coaching record. I believe deep down that there is more to this that meets the eye.

I’m not from there and really don’t know much about the coach or the principal. However; I do keep up with the Football Teams in Georgia, mainly Class AAAAA. But if that is all this Coach had violated, the action taken is a bit too harsh.

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Well Mo, Look at it like this, you were a role model for this players in this community in all sports. You have done all you can and now its time for you to work on you. You will always be one of the best coaches at McNair High, but as we all know if you are not a a** kisser than you will not be there long. YOU HAVE DONE GREAT!!!! THANKS A LOT

Best Wishes

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THIS WAS A STUPID DECISION BEFORE THE FIRST GAME ! HOW HE THINK THAT GOIN TO EFFECT OUR SEASON TERMINATE OUR COACH BEFORE THE FIRST GAME BUT COACH WE GOT U!!! I GUESS HE DNT CARE ABOUT WHAT BEST FOR THE PLAYER !!! IT ALL GOOD WE STILL GONE BALL FOR “COACH MO”

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Sounds as if someone is on a Power Trip. Fire the Damn Principal that would be a better direction.

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Principal Jones exactly how big is your inflated EGO?????

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Will the REAL James Jones please stand up? This punishment obviously does not fit the crime. SERIOUSLY! Termination over a cookout? How absurd!!! I know there have been more serious violations of board policy than a cookout. Even so, a written or verbal reprimand would have been more sufficient, unless this was a recurring situation. Your first comment was that you (Jones) were going in a new direction (the generic comment from DCSS authority figures when they can’t or won’t face the person or have no real grounds for discipline or dismissal). This is not the way to treat anybody especially a professional, even though Dekalb is forever commenting about behaving professionally. This was indeed not PREMIER DEKALB. Look at all the negative press Dekalb School System is experiencing: out of 21 high schools only 6 made AYP; grade changing scandal; test changes scandal. Makes you want to say HMMMMMMMMM!!!!!! Remember, you reap what you sow, more than you sow and later than you sow. Obviously, you have forgotten how most of you got where you are. It certainly was not earned nor by merit. You have scratched, clawed, maneuvered and pushed people aside to make your way toward the top; remember what goes up MUST come down. What happened to helping the children? How does a cookout on school grounds violate any DCSS board policy? I’ve been told of cookouts with grills during school time. Who gave permission for them? Was it the cookout or you just wanted to put “your boy” in control, so that he can make more money and not just be in a clerical position as Athletic Director, certifying students’ eligibility? How can you possibly justify to the students you have their best interest at heart when you are clearly not functioning as a leader on whom they can depend?

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IT IS ALSO SAD THAT SOME OF THE PARENTS ON THE TEAM WERE AGINST COACH MO FOR SOME REASON. BUT WHEN YOUR KIDS DONT GET RECRUITED BLAME COACH APRIL AND MR JONES,AND MR HARRELL THEY ARE NOT MCNAIR GUYS. WE HAD A STAFF THAT WAS FULL OF MCNAIR ALUMNI AND SWD ALUMNI THAT COULD HAVE ONLY BEEN A ASSEMBLED BY COACH MO. WE TAUGHT THE KIDS THAT YOU MUST HAVE GOOD CHARACTER FIRST AND FOREMOST. COACH MO ESTABLISHED A YOUTH LEAGE CALLED THE DEKALB TROJANS THAT WAS A FEEDER PROGRAM FOR MCNAIR WITH OVER 150 KIDS FROM AGES 6-14 HE ALSO PARTNERED WITH THE SCHOLLS IN THE MCNAIR CLUSTER TO HAVE A FOOTBALL CAMP FOCUSING ON CHARACTER BUILDING FIRST AND FOOTBALL SKILLS SECOND. MY QUESTION IS WHAT ABOUT ALL THESE YOUNG KIDS THAT HAD ASPIRED TO BECOME A MUSTANG ? FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 5 YEARS WE HAD OVER 85 PLAYERS IN THE PROGRAM COULD HAVE HAD 100 BUT DIDNT HAVE ENOUGH HELMETS. BAD MOVE MR JONES I HOPE THAT AFTER THIS YOU CAN SLEEP GOOD AT NIGHT BECAUSE WHAT YOU DONE WAS DISRUPT A WHOLE COMMUNITY TO MAKE A EXAMPLE OUT OF ONE PERSON. HOPE THAT MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE A MAN!!!

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We’ll take him up here in Hall County any day!! I agree that there has to be something else going on here other than miscommunication over a pregame meal. But, Atlanta schools are becoming a joke, so it wouldn’t suprise me if that was all that happened.

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THE FIRST PART OF MY MESSAGE DIDN’T POST!!! IT WAS SIMILAR TO THIS…

ITS MESSED UP WHAT THEY DID TO MUSTANG FOOTBALL… Yall Mustang Alumn need to call the Superintendent’s office and go the heck off!! 678-676-2803 and the school board office for Sarah Copeland-Wood at 404-371-1490 or Ms Zepora Roberts… at 404-284-7314 how much MUSTANG PRIDE DO YOU HAVE??? Support Bigg Mo!!! EVERYONE READING THIS MESSAGE THAT KNOW HIM *OR* ME…SHOULD TAKE 5MINS, CALL AND DEMAND ANSWERS!
Also need to put pressure on the media to ask the tough questions on OUR behave. Contact the AJC Publisher – Michael Joseph, 404-526-5889.

Now the real part of the story: This actually began when Mr.Jones came to MHS a few years ago just before football camp. He met with Coach Mo and Me, (as I was second in charge) and discussed our program goals and what his expectations were. He soon saw that his goals and OUR goals were one and the same. He pledged that he was going to support the program and its Coaches. He asked us to make a list of things we needed and problems or concerns that we need addressed. Shortly after that, Coach Moore was informed that he would be removed from the High School and relocated to the Middle School. Coach Moore objected and tried his appeal to every source he could. After he exhausted his listening audience, I, as system-wide administrator, took up the cause placing my job at risk BECAUSE IT WAS THAT IMPORTANT TO ME THAT COACH MOORE STAYED IN THE BUILDING. Yes, the Head Football Coach was not in the building. Not only that, NOT A SINGLE PERSON ON STAFF HAD A POSITION AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. So the program was being run with NO COACHES in the school all day.
I rallied the parents together. I gave them the Board Policies that Governed teacher displacement and the use of “FTE points”. I showed them the LAW as it was written concerning teacher certification. I gave them the rules, the results, and the numbers to the people that mis-applied the rules for this situation.
The parent then called a meeting with Dr. Simpson, Area Superintendent, Ms. Wood, School Board Member, and James Jones, Principal. Of course, when these three tried to pull wool over the eyes of the parents and tell them lies about what the law is, the parents spoke up and showed that they knew exactly what the law and board policies were. The meeting got heated and ended with Dr. Simpson basically calling them ignorant parents and he and Ms. Wood walking out. Afterward, Coach Moore was called into the office and asked why he didn’t stop the parents from “attacking” them at the meeting. He was then “bullied” into asking the parents to call off any additional things they had planned to do. He told them it was, “In the best interest of the program”, that he accept their decision. This came only after they threatened to take serious disciplinary actions against any student that participated in the “walk-out” that was scheduled to happen that day as part of their protest.
Since then, Mr. Jones as been NOTHING IN THE WAY OF SUPPORTIVE. He has done everything to keep Coach Moore from returning to the building. He has made it virtually impossible to do anything positive for the program. We were even called into the office for sending our “recruiting guide” out to all of the colleges in the Country. Yes, we paid (out of OUR pockets) to send a full-color book and DVD highlight of EVERY Junior and Senior prospect in our program to OVER 150 schools). We did this EVERY YEAR since 2003, THAT’S WHY WE GET SO MANY KIDS IN SCHOOL!! But Mr. Jones felt like by sending out these materials TO COLLEGES, we showed them that our kids weren’t as smart as the rest of the schools. Nevermind the fact that this, each year, resulted in scholarships for these kids that might not have otherwise been made known to the school that offered them. HOW MANY OTHER COACHING STAFFS DO THIS??
Each and every time we did something that made the program stand out as “great” or “positive”, we got called into the office and asked “who authorized” us to be great basically.
Then, when we allowed him to “micro-manage” the team by flooding him with every little detail, he complained that we were not running the team if we needed his input on every little thing. That’s were his two flunkies, Mr. Harrell (not COACH Harrell), and Mr. April came in.

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Didn’t get permission to grill?

Gimme a break. No wonder people are so distrustful of those who run our schools.

Someone needs to look into this. On the surface, it appears McNair needs a new principal.

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For the past 10 years, Coach Moore has put his blood, sweat, and tears into the McNair football program. Under his watch, along with former head coach Johnny Gilbert. McNair football has come from the door mat of Dekalb County to a program known across the state. For example, my freshman year in the football program we were 3-7, sophomore year 0-10, junior year 8-3, senior year 10-3. After my career was done I went on to earn a full scholarship to a major D-1 school, I graduated with a Bachelor’s degree. Along with a host of other student-athletes that came through McNair. Not only did he send me to school, he sent over hundred kids to school and not just for athletics. Many of McNair alums went on to better there education as regular students. Coach Moore is a god-fearing, humble man. He taught us responsibility, accountability, and to always put god first in whatever you as a man decide to do. For the sake of the young men and women at McNair Sr. High School, I hope that Coach Moore is reinstated. Oh yeah, along with Coach Moore the entire coaching staff has been gutted. So who has the best interest of the kids at heart. You go and fire an established coach whom has proven that he can win and get kids out of South Dekalb cty on to better things. Then you hire a coach who took a prominent basketball program at McNair to the crapper. This coach went 2-23 with the basketball team. Whom couldnt handle 12 kids. What makes anyone think that he can handle 80 kids. Come on people lets be real. The decision that was made will be regreted after saturday. Also to the parents who really wanted to see this happen. Lets see how your kids benefit now!!!!!

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Yo peeps! Why yous rightin all in CAPS! Yous peeps shoutin or sumtin?

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Somewhere up the blog, I read a comment that Coach Moore was the best football coach McNair has ever seen. I don’t disagree. I grew up a stone throw away from old Walker High School, kept tabs on the football program since the first year of existence as McNair back in 87/88 (when Fleetwood, Big Joe, and the boys were doing their thing). I didn’t go to school there but always felt the connection since it was the neighborhood school and many of my friends and neighbors went there. I have been proud to see the Football Program doing so well despite many of the challenges.

There have been many negative comments about a Dekalb County Athletic Programs/Facilities and they are probably warranted. But remember the programs that are being compared against have money pouring in from the community, boosters, and in some instances former players. McNair is in a lower middle-class area, so there is no influx of funds coming in from the community and boosters. But despite all of this, Coach Moore obviously created a tight-knit football program that, in my opinion, beat the odds. He deserves better than this and justice will be served in some manner……if you don’t believe in KARMA…..keep watching his outcome.

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IF THE COUNTY SITS ON THEIR HANDS THEN WE MUST EXPOSE THOES ON THE BOARD OF EDU. MS SARA COPELAND WOODS WHO IS OVER THE DISTRICT APPROVED A LAND PURCHASE THAT WAS PRICED @ OVER 2 MILLION DOLLARS FOR A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT THAT IS GOING ON @ MCNAIR . THE LAND IN QUESTION SITS IN A FLOOD PLAIN AND CANT BE DEVELOPED WHICH THAT 2 MILLION DOLLARS OF THE DEKALB COUNTY TAXPAYERS MONEY WAS WASTED ON LAND THAT CANT BE DEVELOPED. THAT IS A LOT OF MONEY TO WASTE IN THESE TOUGH ECONOMIC TIMES. WE NEEDD TO MAKE THEM EXPLAIN THESE ACTIONS AS WELL AS THE ACTIONS TO FIRE COACH MO!!

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they need to bring coach mo back to our school….we miss him so much and they let him go for tryn to feed his players….thy should have fired our principal instead…he’s the one abusing his authority!!!!

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i am a former mcnair student not player and coach moore impacted my life also. first of all, let me expalin who he was to the mcnair community. 1st wed all know he was the football coach he was also the baseball coach, wrestling assistant coach, mc of the school pep rallys and he knew how to get everyone hyped bout being a mustang for that momment u forgot about what was goin on in the streets. this man did the morning anouncements i mean this guy really cared i heard this guy voice every day for four years man it is kinda like loosing skip carry. i remember when moore had the boys go help katrina victims in 2005 he sent countless guys to college. i remember coach moore riding through the hood like the police sweeping his players off the street corners i remember moore raiding house dangerous house parties andmaking his players leave saying making sure these guys stay out of trouble i remember moore calling his player and there parents to make sure thaT THEY RE DOING HOME WORK AND NOT SPENDING TOO MUCH TIME ON THE VIDEO GAME SOUNDS LIKE A FATHER HUH WELL MOST OF THESE KIDS DONT HAVE FATHERS AND HE ACTUALLY TOOK IT AMONG HIMSELF TO PLAY THIS ROLE. SOME OF THESE PLYS CAME FROM FAMILIES FULL OF DRUG USER AND DEALERS AND HE WAS THEIR ONLY POSTIVE MALE ROLE MODEL. I MET MOORE IN THE 9TH GRADE I HAd a mouth full of gold teeth and had onbaggy pants but moore did not judgeme and he stayed on me and talked to about choices like i was one of his players moore is mcnair we already lst gilbertand have not been the sam since now moore i just hope those mustangs still play hard for moore and give me some to chee bout because i amsad rite now it feel like i lost a family member i am so heart broken now . moore is respected by his peers if u dont belive me read the article after last years mlk game and the quote from coach jarvis. i hope every one mcnair fans, dekalb county fans atlanta cobb gwinett south georgia i dont care where u from rally aroundthese boys and this coach

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I am surprised to see a “leader” of to day using tranactional process such as what Principal Jones has used. Those type of leadership modes are so outdated. Transformation leadership principles should have been applied to ensure that Coach Moore continued to coach his team. I feel that very little thought was given to the impact and that much of this was do to a lack of strategic planning on how the impact would be on the school, team, community and with as less resistance. Dekalb County Board of Education needs to seriously look at how decisions are made of this magnitude and how they can impact the entire program. Every professionally trained leader knows that inorder to have buy in for change you must first make people feel included in the process. If Mr. Jones was truyly on the up and up with his decision he would have given other stakeholder a chance to buy in. I hope the school board quickly recognized the lack of importance that Mr. Jones have given to state and federal employment laws before he makes a decision of this magnitude again.
Yes, I have known Rod Moore since he was a young boy in he is a magnificent young man. He will continiue to florish.

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Coach Moore,

Ever thought about moving up North? I have friends, and Fraternity Brothers could definitely use your coaching talent, philosophy, and wisdom in coaching the kids up there.

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I bet they forgot to give the Principal a plate of BBQ!!

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This doesn’t make any since to take this action right before the season opener. I’m sure many of the players walked off the team when this happen because of their feelings towards the following years. Just don’t make since!

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MCNAIR AIN’T THE SAME WITHOUT U THE PEP RALLY WASN’T A PEP RALLY ALL THE STUDENTS VERY UPSET AND WE WANT HIM BACK

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The adults should have handled this in another way. Those kids bonded with that coach all summer and now you fire him about a team meal at the school. And you guys suppose to be the ones setting the examples and preparing this kids for life.

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This a fascinating story, but not very surprising. The DeKalb County School System may be worse than Clayton’s. The thing is: they haven’t gotten caught. Promotions are given in this county to the undeserving, while others are never offered an interview. Jobs are posted on PATS, but individuals are already designated for those positions prior to the posting. Individuals are giving promotions based upon who they know, ie, their mothers, fathers, uncles, aunts, girlfriend, or boyfriend has some big position in the county office or know someone in the county. Better yet, they are a friend of a board member. When you attempt to transfer to another school or county, administrators often send a negative reference or call the school or county that you are trying to go to-to block your transfer. Your job with DeKalb is decided after your interview when you are on 285 or 20 on your way home. And low and behold, if you ever disagree with an administrator, you name will be passed on throughout the county as a trouble-maker, unless you are the chosen few that I mentioned above. If have seen incompetent board members and administrators throughout my tenure in DeKalb. Although I retired some years ago, I still love students. Mr. Smith is merely doing what he’s seen and heard others do. I’m sure that there are several stories that others could share about how they were done it by an administrator in DeKalb. If Whistle Blower only knew. There are a lot of stories that could be shared about the DCSS. I’ve seen people get promotions when they didn’t have certification to become an administrator, and others received promotions immediatley after getting their leadership certification, while others have been waiting and waiting and had to go to other counties to get a position.

Coach Moore, you should have said nothing and let your parents and team speak for you. Now, I’m sorry to say that you name will be dirt in the DCSS. That’s how it works, especially with the people who are in charged. I wish you the best though. Oh and after this year, get the heck out of DeKalb cause your GTOI and GTDRI will probably be unsatisfactory this year…thanks to Mrs. Jones.

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atlanta/georgia schools are a joke… the testing scandal is a reminder. Everyone who works for the school board should be cleared out and bring in people who are competent and have more than a half a brain between them. They are all corrupt and sh*t people.

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[...] No further details were provided by the school; Moore said he was initially called to the principal’s office over “miscommunication” over having cooking grills on campus for a meal before a scrimmage, and then conversation “snowballed from there.” [Click here to see the previous blog on Moore's firing] [...]

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IT WAS A BIG MISTAKE.OVER PERSONAL REASONS.THEN YOU HAVE AFFECTED CHILDREN AND THERE WELL BEING.THE KIDS REALLY RESPECTED AND LOOKED UP TO COACH MOORE AND THEY LOOKED LIKE A TEAM THAT FELL APART ON 8-29-09 AGAINST STEPHENSON.THIS IS THE MOST SENSELESS THING I’VE EVER SEEN OR HEARD OF.YOU MEAN TO TELL ME THAT YOU WOULD RATHER HURT KIDS THAN TO WORK OUT YOUR DIFFRENCES WITH SOMEONE (COACH MOORE)LIKE A MAN MR. JONES AND BE ABOUT THE KIDS AND NOT YOURSELF AND LET THE PROGRAM MOVE TO TO BIGGER HEIGHTS.MAN GEY OVER IT AND YOURSELF.IT’S ABOUT THE TEAM AND THE KIDS AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT AS YOUNG MEN AND ATHLETES.VERY,VERY SELFISH OF THE PRINCIPAL AND SOUNDS LIKE SOMEONE WHO IS LESS THAN A MAN.

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COACH APRIL, STOP SPEADING LIES!!!

If Coach Moore was NOT a certified teacher, HOW THE HELL COULD HE HAVE SIGNED A CONTRACT TO BE A TEACHER THIS YEAR DUMBA$$?????

At least if you are going to spread lies, they should make since. He would NOT have been able to start the school year if he was NOT certified at that time…EVERYONE KNOWS THAT

Sarah Copeland-Wood is doing NOTHING. I am PERSONALLY going to run her out of office!!!

“Some folks see whats wrong and talk about it on blogs….HOW MANY WILL ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING?” Well I am, that is my pledge! And if anyone knows me, they know I might be more loyal to MO than most anyone else!!

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Its just football…sounds like a little miscommunication became a battle of testosterone.

If the players really want to do something about it…lose every game this year. Nothing else will work. School and sports “ain’t nothing but politics!”

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Apparently, after reading half of these comments, Coach Moore must have done a lot of changing since the time when I was there…..He had just begun as a coach and he used to try to terrorize people….. the guy was trying to jack up the smaller kids for reasons regarding a need to feed some kind of power trip he was on. I don’t know about these other people on here, but to me, Moore was definitely arrogant and obnoxious at times and I really didn’t deserve the treatment he gave me for the short time I was there. He may have been the sole reason I left the school. That is the honest truth………. But who knows what has happened over the past 10 years. Maybe he became a better person and coach once he began to realize that his position gave him the ability to impact people’s lives. I swear though…. he threw a wrench in mine….. and this is just a story from another perspective… since everyone else makes people out as saints. HOWEVER, the reason for being fired was bogus…. but it takes two people to tango…. And I’m sure both men played their parts to perfection to where it was a big mess when they spoke with each other over the situation. Either the decision gets reversed and they both work together or both should go.

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I feel that this was a huge mistake. It took away the entire school moral and spirit. He put alot of time in with the players. I feel its very unfair and unjustice.

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Juan Torres, you wet back, no spine, worthless sack of s-hit!!

KEEP MY NAME OUT OF YOUR MOUTH YOU LOSER!!!

How dare you come and call my name out on a blog site!! Anybody that knows me knows I’m not going to hide from ANYTHING, especially not your (a-s-s)! I am now, and always have been Mo boy. Anybody that even knows him, knows that I might be the most loyal person that is in his circle! Unlike you, you yella coward punk stupid f-ool!!
If you are going to post things, you need to be CLEAN when you do it! Your hands are dirty on this one dogg. You don’t deserve to Coach in this state or any other. NO ONE IS GOING TO RESPECT YOU!!

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You got fired from Tri-Cities where you were awful, ran out of Cobb where you flopped, almost single-handedly ruined McNair a few years ago. Now you want to call MY name out you weak hearted punk mutha…!!!

The next time I get a call about your A…. on here putting my name in something, I’m going to do what your swamp running, raft riding daddy should have done a long time ago and show you how to RESPECT greatness. You worthless sack of SH…..

Why don’t you go and find a high bridge with a short gate and take a long walk of the side of it! The world (let alone McNair) will be a better place that way.

Now, if you wanna act like an A….. why don’t you link this post to your bull-sh…. Principal and let him know what his spineless wet back sperm sack you really are…I’M LINKING IT TO HIM. So if Mo can get called in because a Grill/DJ, surly your wet back A.s… will be in there for posting on this vent, things that the school system has taken the stance that they are not issuing statements on or commenting about. Maybe THEY TO will see what happens when you let a monkey stray too far from the rope…
KEEP MY NAME OUT OF YOUR MOUTH, REV TORRES!

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WELL IF YOU REALLY WANT TO BE SERIOUS…. COACH MOORE HASN’T DONE MUCH OF ANYTHING FOR ANYBODY UNTIL HE GETS MOST OF THOSE PLAYERS TUTORS!!! IMAGINE HOW MANY DIVISION 1 SCHOOLS ARE TURNED OFF BY THE GRADES THEY SEE FROM DEKALB SCHOOLS…. OK I SEE THAT YOU WANNA SHOW THE SCHOOLS THAT THEY CAN PLAY BALL BY SENDING THEM A HIGHLIGHT TAPE… BUT CAN YOU SHOW THE SCHOOLS THAT THE PLAYERS CAN SURVIVE A COLLEGE CLASSROOM?! LET’S TALK ABOUT HOW MANY OF THOSE FORMER PLAYERS ACTUALLY FINISHED COLLEGE……….

I remember one time…… at football camp…. Coach Moore decided it was a great idea to wake us up for hell night in the trailer using firecrackers…….No he didn’t throw the firecrackers outside on the ground so they would pop and scare everyone…. he actually threw them INTO the trailer where people were actually sleeping!! YES!! He really cared for the kids…. especially the one who woke up with a big patch of hair missing from the side of his head because the firecrackers burned his hair off…. I believe i saw MO heartlessly shrug about it……..
THAT’S THE COACH MO I REMEMBER………. and trust, i have plenty of memories just like the one mentioned above…..

But….. people change….. apparently MO changed…..Let you all tell it……
Check this…… If i came in and led the team to a 10-3 record……how many of my players do you think would get recruited…….. a lot right? Success breeds success….. Stop acting like one guy is determining your future…..Do what he did for you on your own……. win with the next coach….work harder…. DO YOUR SCHOOLWORK!!! BELIEVE IN YOURSELVES!!! Stop sitting around and crying like your lives are over……. WHAT IF I TOLD YOU THAT YOU STILL WOULD HAVE LOST TO STEPHENSON 42-0 EVEN IF MOORE WAS STILL THERE?!?!?!?! WHAT IF YOU ALL WENT 3-7 FOR THE YEAR?!?! WHAT IF MOORE GOT FIRED FOR GOING 3-7?! HOW MANY OF YOU WOULD GET SCHOLARSHIPS THEN?! Pick yourselves up and move on! Or else you won’t go anywhere!!! AND THEN WHAT!!! YOU’RE GONNA SIT AT HOME AND BLAME MR. JONES OR WHOMEVER FOR YOU….. I REPEAT……. YOU…… NOT GETTING INTO COLLEGE??? TIME TO BE REAL…. BETTER DIG DEEP OR READ MORE BOOKS……

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RE: Statement of Support for Coach Roderick Moore

To Whom this May Concern:

I, Anita King, am writing this letter of concern for the, what I feel, is an unethical dismissal of Coach Moore.

On Tuesday, August 25, 2009 there was a meeting called by Mr. James Jones, McNair Sr. High School Principal. This meeting was called together for the booster club cabinet, Selena Hamilton (president), Victor Sheppard (VP), Anita King (Secretary), Cowanna Davis (Treasurer), school Principal, Mr. Jones, Administrator of Athletics, Mr. L. Harrell, and Coach Moore. This meeting was to inform us as a whole what was going on with some actions of our Head Coach, Coach Moore, that took place over the weekend of August 22, 2009.
There was an overseen communication between the Coach, Mr. Moore, and the Principal, Mr. Jones about the activities that needed to take place at the school for the purpose of feeding the team, and a DJ playing music at the game that night. After only being asked 3 questions by Mr. Jones, question #1) Who authorized the grilling at the school on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2009? Coach answered, “I did, and I will take full responsibility for that.” #2) Who authorized the DJ at the game? Again, Coach answered, “I did, I will take full responsibility for that, but I did receive the ok from Mr. Cammat. I didn’t know I had to also get the ok from the school because it wasn’t on the school property. I used the DJ that the school uses for every event given by the school, like the proms. Since it was jus a Jamboree game, I just wanted to add a lil’ flavor for the kids. ” #3) Have you gotten your paper work done for your certification? Coach answered “I have contacted my school, and I am waiting for them to fax my results over.”
With the things that needed to be discussed about the mishaps and the actions of Coach, I was very shocked that Coach Moore was asked to leave the meeting, seeing how it was concerning him (Coach Moore) and his wellbeing. After Coach Moore left the room, Mr. Jones told us this will now began our “Executive Session, of our meeting.” Mr. Jones had the remaining of us to sign an Executive Cabinet Session Guidelines form. (Please See Attached Copy). After so Mr. Jones immediately began to tell us of some things that coach had being doing that has brought him, Mr. Jones, to considering going in a different direction in the coaching staff. Mr. Jones also stated that he had given Coach Moore a dead line of August 28, 2009, to have everything he needed in order to stay employed with the school. At this point there has not been any decision made as to weather or not Coach will be dismissed. Again there was a dead line given, Aug. 28, 2009.

So, as of Wed. Aug. 26, 2009, we have come to this line of actions: not Friday Aug. 29, 2009 that was told to us as the deadline given, Mr. Jones called a meeting with all football players to inform them that there’s a new Head Coach of the team. Then on Friday August 29, 2009 another meeting was called for a question and
answering session on the decision of dismissing Coach Moore. In attendance; Parents of Players, Coach Moore & supporters, and to answer the questions, Mr. Jones. We left the meeting still with NO answers. To every question we asked, we were told, by Mr. Jones, to speak with, Dale Davis and/or his Attorneys. It was very obvious that Principal Jones has been given advice to not say much from his advisors, but if this is a fact then the information that he voluntary gave up to the booster cabinet and administrator of athletics on the night of Aug. 25, 2009, in the meeting was unethical on his behave. There was personal information told to us about Coach Moore, like an isolated incident of a weapon found in the equipment bag of the football team, still no write up on Coach Moore. There was an incident of a child getting a staff infection, for which Coach was being blamed for, saying that Coach was not keeping the equipment clean enough. Once again no write up. It was also heard at this meeting about Mr. Jones took money from an account, coach account, to pay for the 2008 football banquet. If Principal Jones is advised not to speak on the situation at hand, then why was he so willing to give up SO MUCH information behind closed doors and without Coach present? After to many unanswered questions, we asked Mr. Jones if he can not answer the questions, for what ever reason advised to him by his advisers, would it be possible to have the coach himself come up and speak. There was a question that I, Anita King, feel was one of the most important questions. “If such or so many said insubordination was done by Coach Moore, then as with any given organization before firing an individual there should be or has to be a paper trail of written warnings, write ups, and possibly suspensions that leads up to the termination of the individual, is there a paper trail on Coach Moore, or was this one weekend the cause for dismissing him?” At this point Coach Moore to the floor and answered, what we feel, was as truthfully as he could. He told us that he had never been wrote up or suspended for any said insubordination. Coach Moore has always stood for and teaches all students that has ever comes his way, especially the football players (his sons), “you stand up and be a man, if you did it you fess up to and take the consequences!!!!!!! “
My opinion of Coach, by dealing with him for the last 5 going on 6 years, he stands for the truth, doing what’s right, teaching how to take the high road & not the easy road, he stands for FATHER in all that it stands for when one is missing from the family, keeping it REAL when most will only say what they think you need to hear so that they can move on to the next thing on there agenda, he is the true meaning of I CAN and I WILL, Coach Moore is the one who steps up to the plate when you cant even see a way to make that son, of a single mother, sit up straight, stand tall, walk a straight line, pull up them pants, tuck in that shirt, mow that loan, take out that trash, DO THAT WORK and PULL UP THOSE GRADES so that you CAN AND WILL BE SOMEONE in life!!!!!!!!!!!

In closing I would like to say, to take a MAN like this away from well deserving kids that need, love, want and most of all RESPECT him, for reasons at this point what has become a very openly seen personal vendetta against Coach, will be a very devastating plow to many lives. I will say that we also respect the authority of the Principal, Mr. Jones, and the Administration at McNair High School, and will also respect there decision, if there has been treatment, and the proper procedures be taken to assure the respect and well being of a person that has foreseen the safety and well being of our kids for the pass several years, the one and only COACH RODERICK MOORE.
This statement is written to you with an open mind and broken heart. I ask and I thank you for your time and proper handling of this matter at hand.

Sincerely,

Anita R King
(6year Football MOM)
(Booster Club Secretary)

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To Coach Moore
mo my heart is very sadden when i heard of the news you have been dismissed because of the job you were chosen to do. It takes a special person chosen by god for the job you have done for our kids. The 1st hat that god gave you he instilled in you his spirit. From that spirit many branches
grew. Love for other, respecting others, reaching out for others, standing srtong before others, and letting other young men know you have a choice in life. You taught them to make the right decision.
Not only were you a coach, you were there minister, to some you were fathers, for some you were big brothers, some you made it possible they could eat, you made sure that every child that came in contact with you shoes on there feet, and a man of your stature, many demonic spirits will come against you but none of them will hold you fast. Your steps are ordered by the lord and there is nothing man can do against you. Stay strong and continue doing what god has called you to do. Success will always follow you, the booster club are still working on thing for you….LOVE YOU VAN AND TRAVIS (TWO BIG ONES)(MUSTANG, PRIDE, MUSTANG, PRIDE)

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he not a head coach ,but he would be good asst people dont know that 20% of the football players had kids before they came out high school a think the kids need know about life first before football they grades are terbbile half are failing, so if the coach cares he work on them first! good luck coach i think u felt untouchable so u took every thing for granite!

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Yea “hot” you are right Coach Mo is responsible for football players having babies. B/C we all know that when a student plays football that all responsibilities of the parent is handed over to the Head Coach. Let’s be real!!!!!

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Wow! What have we become? We wonder why our kids are lost and don’t show us the respect that we showed our parents. Our parents were the ones that boycotted buses, organized sittins, desegregated schools,were attacked by dogs for diminstrating, lynched,beat,raped among many other injustices, because they refused to leave it alone. To anybody out there who think this should be left alone, I hope you understand that the very computer that you are blogging from would not be at your fingertips if somebody had left it alone. Because great people didn’t leave it alone we have the opportunities we have. And to continue to watch injustices happen in our communities make the ones that sacrificed their lives so that we may succeed died in vein. Dr.King would have been a millionaire 50 times over had he taken the money offered to him to just merely “leave it alone”. That’s what wrong with our community now . We leave it alone. The drug dealer move in our neighborhood, we leave it alone. The criminals know that in our community there is safe haven because we leave it alone. And when the chicken come home to roost we wonder how our kid got on drugs or begin a life of crime. We left it alone and allowed it to manifest in our communities. And when it manifest it don’t stop at the low level of street crimes such as drug dealing and other criminal acts. It spread to the level of attacking our children in the school system. Satan has no bounderies and if we don’t fight back we are doomed. Talk about this issue, don’t just leave it alone. Go to your church and talk to your pastors,deacons,co-workers,relatives,friends and who ever else that will listen. God works in mysterious ways. This started out about a coach but he was just gods pon. Now exposure is being brought to the people thats leading our children. In situations like this we can’t be afraid. Everyone who is on the side of justice is important. We must organize in unity because the more voices the better chance of being heard. We must not be afraid to call names that is responsible for the injustices not just at Mcnair but through out the county especially south dekalb. Starting with Crawford Lewis who never seems to show his self when it concerns black school issues but on the north side of the county when our white brothers and sisters speak he moves. It is not our white neighbors fault that he is that way, they just make sure he do his job on their side of town because they understand their rights and they know that their tax dollars pay his salary. We could learn something from their unity. Let’s call him out to Mcnair High School to address the parents in this matter. Not his assistant but him. He’s not that busy, this is why we pay him. If he can’t come address a serious issue dealing with our kids then we should ask him to resign. By the way , to all the parents a Mcnair, My son attends Miller grove High. But I want you to know that I love you all and stand with you 100%.

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