I was had

I’m feeling a wee bit jilted today and a little melancholy too.
I took former North Baltimore football coach Ryan Hite at his word when he told me he was resigning because of personal issues that were family related. He said he wanted to put his family first in a story I wrote on his resignation in Tuesday’s Courier.
I guess I was a little naiive. A little? OK very naiive. He did tell me the uncertainty of the whole situation was a factor but in his letter of resignation to the North Baltimore Board of Education he laid it all out there.
We had an additional story you can read here.
Here’s Hite’s resignation letter.

"It has become overwhelmingly clear that the goals and expectations of myself and my staff differ from the goals and expectations of the majority of the football team," Hite wrote in his letter of resignation, which is dated Feb. 26.
"I believe that a successful team must have leaders and players that share a similar vision. Since the conclusion of the season, members of the program have decided to pursue a vision that differs with that of its leadership.
"Therefore, I feel it is within the best interests of myself and the program to respectfully resign from the position of head football coach and strength coach at North Baltimore High School."

OK, this tells me he doesn’t think the kids weren’t living up to their end of the bargain. He has high goals for the football program but the football players weren’t putting in the effort to get there.
Am I wrong? How does everyone else read those remarks?
Hey like I said I took him at his word. He’s a young, enthusiastic guy and I think he did some nice things at NB and has been a good member of the community. I think he might have bitten off more than he can chew with the job but he is young and idealistic.
On a side note, I’m amazed sometimes how some school administrators or coaches will tell you no comment or sometimes even lie when they don’t want something unpleasant out there in print. The truth is always better than a lie because they eventually come to light and then it makes everyone look bad. Not that I was necessarily lied to when he told me family concerns were an issue, but there were other reasons for his resignation and he didn’t want to see them in print…for him not sharing those reasons when he knew they were in his letter of resignation, I am a little disappointed. But he’s young and still learning.

Anyway whether or not the May 8 levy try passes or not kids that want to play sports will have to pony up. If the levy passes students will be charged $25 and $50 respectively for junior high school sports and if the levy fails the fees will rise to $250 for high school sports.
The entire plan is in Joy Brown’s story here.


TUESDAY’S BASEBALL SCORES
Ada 12, Hardin Northern 0
Archbold 15, Edgerton 1
Ashland Crestview 5, Bucyrus 3
Bluffton 13, Carey 10
Bryan 3, Napoleon 2
Clyde 5, Norwalk 0
Cory-Rawson 15, Pandora-Gilboa 12
Coldwater 2, Fort Loramie 1
Defiance 8, Wayne Trace 2
Edison 11, New London 8
Elida 13, Columbus Grove 4
Elmwood 10, North Baltimore 0
Fairview 7, Paulding 2
Fremont Ross 7, Delta 3
Galion 7, Cardington 4
Galion Northmor 10, Ontario 2
Genoa 10, Fremont St. Joseph 9
Kenton 9, Upper Scioto Valley 6
Leipsic 12, Holgate 2
Lexington 11, Wooster 7
Mansfield Madison 7, Ashland 5
Margaretta 5, Bellevue 1
Miller City 3, Continental 1
Mohawk 8, Lakota 6
New London 7, Buckeye Central 1
New Riegel 12, Upper Sandusky 6
Northwood 5, Otsego 1
Oregon Clay 3, Sylvania Southview 1
Orrville 9, Clear Fork 2
Ottawa-Glandorf 3, Ottoville 0
Perrysburg 12, Lake 11
Sandusky 4, Huron 1
Seneca East 10, Crestline 8
Shelby 5, Marion Harding 2
South Central 14, Danbury 2
Swanton 11, Rossford 8
Tinora 6, Antwerp 5
Toledo Libbey 13, Toledo Rogers 4
Toledo Whitmer 9, Maumee 7
Willard 14, Colonel Crawford 1
Wynford 6, Plymouth 1
Woodmore 13, Fostoria St. Wendelin 5

TUESDAY SOFTBALL SCORES
Antwerp 13, Hicksville 3
Ayersville 7, Liberty Center 2
Archbold 9, Edon 0
Ashland 9, Mansfield Madison 1
Bellevue 2, Margaretta 0
Bryan 4, Paulding 0
Bucyrus 9, Ashland Crestview 2
Carey 7, Bluffton 3
Celina 16, Minster 0
Clear Fork 4, Orrville 1
Clyde 6, Norwalk 5
Colonel Crawford 5, Willard 1
Cory-Rawson 11, Allen East 5
Danville 3, Lucas 0
Defiance 4, Napoleon 3
Delphos Jefferson 7, Van Wert 2
Eastwood 6, Delta 1
Evergreen 9, Hilltop 0
Findlay 6, Maumee 2
Fremont Ross 3, Port Clinton 2
Genoa 10, Fremont St. Joseph 0
Hardin Northern 6, Liberty-Benton 2
Kenton 9,Upper Scioto Valley 4
Lake 14, Toledo Rogers 0
Leipsic 6, Continental 4
Lima Shawnee 8, Sidney 2
Mohawk 14, Ridgedale 0
New London 5, Buckeye Central 0
New Riegel 3, Upper Sandusky 0
Perrysburg 3, Toledo Whitmer 2
Plymouth 11, Wynford 7
Rossford 10, Northwood 0
St. Marys Memorial 4, Parkway 0
Sandusky 10, Huron 0
Sandusky St. Mary’s 4, Norwalk St. Paul 2
Seneca East 3, Crestline 0
South Central 5, Danbury 1
Springfield 5, Oregon Clay 1
Wauseon 10, Pettisville 4
Wayne Trace 3, Ottoville 1
West Holmes 20, Mansfield Senior 1
Woodmore 2, Fostoria St. Wendelin 0

ADDITIONAL MONDAY BASEBALL SCORES
Ayersville 13, Hilltop 4
Fort Recovery 11 Celina 2
Pettisville 4, Edgerton 2
Upper Sandusky 12, Kenton 2
Margaretta 4, Norwalk St Paul 3

ADDITIONAL MONDAY SOFTBALL SCORES
Antwerp 5, Edon 4
Bryan 7, Fairview 1
Napoleon 7, Delta 2