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Wednesday, September 9, 1998
MHS parent on football story about Chiefs: 'Boylan, don't call it Notes; call it Opinion'

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[Re: Sports Notes on the McIntosh Chiefs (Oct. 14) by Sports Editor Michael Boylan]

Mr. Boylan, when you write about the McIntosh Chiefs' next football game, please change your paragraph heading from Notes to Opinions.

I did not see any notes about the game. Not one football player was mentioned and not one statistic was given in the Notes.

Out of the four sentences, two were very weak opinions. "This game was probably over before it even started."

Mr. Boylan, It ain't over until it's over. You couldn't even give a solid opinion but had to qualify it with "probably." Your career as a sports writer should probably be over.

"The Chiefs were outclassed during warm-ups.....and the Chiefs had their sights on the bus that would take them home."

Mr. Boylan, what do you know about how a coach should get his team ready for a game against a fine team as the Indians? Sure our players knew that they were the underdogs, but they go out their every week thinking that they will come back with a win.

My son plays on the team and I know quite a few Chiefs. They all can't wait to get in the game and the only time they enjoy the bus ride home is after a win.

I am sending a picture of Ronnie Melton that I think exemplifies the effort that all these players are expending. It doesn't appear that he is sighting in on the bus.

Mr. Boylan, on the phone you said that you were at the whole game.

Why do the write-ups on other teams have statistics and players' names? Do you watch the game? Obviously someone else must go to the other games and you only summarize them. Do us a favor and get someone who cares to cover our games.

By the way, if you were at the whole game, how could you get the one fact that you used in the notes wrong?

"McIntosh's offensive inefficiency put only six points on the board ...."

It was the special teams that scored.

Paul Wagner
Peachtree City


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