I thought Orrville juat got new bleachers??? Was that just the visitors side?

The home side just got a face lift and had The actual Bleachers replaced with the structure staying the same.....the visitor side had new everything put in in 2007.

1_beast;1012461 wrote: juat

That's what I said when I was looking for you. Where "ju-at''?

OMG! About 5 years ago, our visitor's bleachers were so bad. A large person could have literally fallen through some of the rotting planks on the main walk ways. It was pointed out to BRF on the old DR sports message board. BRF personally checked it out and took action by reporting it, and the groundwork was laid to put in the new visitor bleachers.

Series62;1005015 wrote:What really did Orrville High School do for him? Allow him to be a student at a public high school? Allow him to participate in athletics?

Oh, I know one thing that helped. Letting him skip his entire 8th grade year so that he would still be eligible for his senior year.

Hope this helps.

BRF...part of my lunch yesterday. I took this picture for you.

Good stuff. Mix it up and chow down!

Good stuff. Mix it up and chow down! TY!

BRF;1012739 wrote:That's what I said when I was looking for you. Where "ju-at''?

LOL Well played

BRF;1012739 wrote:OMG! About 5 years ago, our visitor's bleachers were so bad. A large person could have literally fallen through some of the rotting planks on the main walk ways. It was pointed out to BRF on the old DR sports message board. BRF personally checked it out and took action by reporting it, and the groundwork was laid to put in the new visitor bleachers.

I remember that now...the good ol DR sports message board jive...it was fun while it lasted

BRF;1012746 wrote:Oh, I know one thing that helped. Letting him skip his entire 8th grade year so that he would still be eligible for his senior year.

Hope this helps.

bada bing!!!

BRF;1012746 wrote:Oh, I know one thing that helped. Letting him skip his entire 8th grade year so that he would still be eligible for his senior year.

Hope this helps.

Isn't education the primary goal of the school, rather than cheating/robbing a student for wins?

Sounds like another dis-service to me!

Series62;1014076 wrote:Isn't eucation the primary goal of the school, rather than cheating/robbing a student for wins?

Sounds like another dis-service to me!

It seemed to work out well for both parties concerned, imo.

Its a disgrace to both parties.

Old Rider;1014090 wrote:Its a disgrace to both parties.

Amen!

Take the case of the father of our current center on the basketball team. Same situation. Some ''einstein'' felt that holding a kid back until they ''got it right'' would be the best thing. By Junior High, it was realized what great potential this young fellow had on the basketball court. He went from 7th grade out to the high school and made an immediate impact. He went on to star at Indiana St. He did not graduate from college, BUT will tell you that the experiences he had along the way were invaluable to his life and he DID NOT feel then, nor does he feel now, used by the system. However, there are people who like to put words in his mouth and infer that he was used for wins and nobody cared about what happened to him later. I wish those people could tell that to Smitty's face.

BRF;1014084 wrote:It seemed to work out well for both parties concerned, imo.

From what I'm told by students, your class and "teaching", if that's what you call it, is a joke and a dis-service to the students also!

And your opinion matters little!

Old Rider;1014090 wrote:Its a disgrace to both parties.

Are you serious?

Series62;1014097 wrote:From what I'm told by students, your class and "teaching", if that's what you call it, is a joke and a dis-service to the students also!

And your opinion matters little!

Maybe your little puppets think that teaching involves handing out worksheets everyday.

And my opinion matters little? Ha ha!

The school was wrong in both instances, but noboby was man enough to stand up to Coach Smith. I love Orrville schools and Coach Smith, but what they did for both of those athletes was not right!

Make a young man earn it or sit and watch your buddies from the stands!

BRF;1014098 wrote:Are you serious?

100%. At no point should a kid get a free pass when it comes to earning their grades...then and now!

Series62;1014097 wrote:From what I'm told by students, your class and "teaching", if that's what you call it, is a joke and a dis-service to the students also!

And your opinion matters little!

Yet, amazingly, he's entitled to it...much the same as you are.

BRF;1014094 wrote:Take the case of the father of our current center on the basketball team. Same situation. Some ''einstein'' felt that holding a kid back until they ''got it right'' would be the best thing. By Junior High, it was realized what great potential this young fellow had on the basketball court. He went from 7th grade out to the high school and made an immediate impact. He went on to star at Indiana St. He did not graduate from college, BUT will tell you that the experiences he had along the way were invaluable to his life and he DID NOT feel then, nor does he feel now, used by the system. However, there are people who like to put words in his mouth and infer that he was used for wins and nobody cared about what happened to him later. I wish those people could tell that to Smitty's face.

So, what you're saying is that, since he was able to go from 7th grade directly to the high school to play basketball, it's concievable that his academics wasn't important because they could "make him eligible" as long as he could play basketball.

And so, if he was 5'-8" and his basketball skills were average, the school and Smitty would have left him there until he "got it right" or flunked out!

Perhaps someone should have told him, and you too, "teacher"!

BRF;1014101 wrote:Maybe your little puppets think that teaching involves handing out worksheets everyday.

And my opinion matters little? Ha ha!

Your opinion matters little because as a teacher you should have more honor for your profession than to pass a student for the sake of the sport and bolstering the school's or the coaches W/L record. That you have the audacity to support that is a sure indication of your lack of professionalism or care.

RedRider1;1014122 wrote:Yet, amazingly, he's entitled to it...much the same as you are.

Yes, he's entitled to his opinion, yet his is an opinion of little value.

I get it. Because you don't like me, whatever I say doesn't matter and will be picked apart. So I'm not even going to bother to explain my point. IMO, though, you reached a new low with your jabs at my job performance.

BRF;1014137 wrote:I get it. Because you don't like me, whatever I say doesn't matter and will be picked apart. So I'm not even going to bother to explain my point. IMO, though, you reached a new low with your jabs at my job performance.

NO, you don't get it!

Whether I like you or not has no bearing on the fact that as a teacher, you would suggest that it is the right thing to do to pass a student so that he/she can participate in sports! What you're saying is being picked apart because it is wrong and flies in the face of the ethics of a teacher.

And my "jabs" at your job performance is a result from someone that should know, that being former students of yours, and not just my sons!

Perhaps you should consider the "new low", allowing students to pass and skip grades to play sports without real regard to their academic abilities.

YOU don't get it.....imo, of course.