And everyone says.........

**swvacsas** · February 12th, 2007, 09:49 AM

I have been told that one of- if not the- main reasons the move took place was the coaching situation. There seems to be widespread discontent amongst both the players and parents with some of the coaches. Jason Mullins is personally popular- but there is no question difficulties exist with some other coaches.

**imported_juggernaut28** · February 13th, 2007, 01:51 AM

I personally have talked with Dakota's parents and the coaching at Pound is not the reason for the move at all. Doors have opened for them to buy a home and his dad has work there as well. There are several reasons for the move, but I guarantee it is not over the coaching at Pound.
I was told that Dakota had no say in the move, it was what is best for the family as a whole.

Best of luck to Dakota with the Vikings, he is a great athlete and will do well with the team. Pound has small numbers as it is and to lose one of their best players is not good for us.

**mm70** · February 13th, 2007, 02:28 PM

I have to correct you on the comment about Tre' Mullins transferring because of "bad coaching" or whatever. I think that's kinda funny considering his coach has been his Dad up until this point. Since baseball was his only sport last year it is most definetly not a factor in the decision to move him to another school. The new varsity basball coach is his cousin's husband who he thinks alot of. Tre' didn't play football or basketball so not any problem with coaching there either. I know because I'm his mother. The real reason we decided to sell our home and look for another school was Tre's sister was being harrassed by a so called volunteer at the school. Administration last year pretty much told us nothing could be done about it until they saw her being harmed physically. That was not the chance we wanted to take and got real tired of her coming home crying over a gutless person who had nothing better to do but pick on a child. At first his sister was going to go to another school and Tre' was going to stay at Pound. When the same volunteer started harrasing him the last weeks of school he changed his mind. I think it's real sad that the situation couldn't be resolved and we weren't helped any more than what we were. Restraining orders, court appearances, nothing would stop this person from tormenting our family. Some might think this is too much information, and to be honest we have been embarrassed by the whole thing but anyone who knows me knows I would step in front of a moving train for my children. Leaving our home has been one of the scariest things we have ever done, and it would have never happened if it weren't for this miserable situation. The coaching might be a problem for some but it was not a problem for us or the reason we left. We wish Tre's former playmates and everyone at Pound the best. The people at P.V. have been very welcoming and my kids are happy just because they can go to class and not have to worry about someone coming in and out of their classes and waiting for us in the parking lot trying to start something. Those who know Tre' know he loves baseball so much he has always been willing to play with whoever and wear what ever colors as long as he got to play. My prayer for Tre' is that he stays healthy and is able to play the sport he loves so well as long as he wants. if he excels than that is just a bonus. I also would like to address the comment that was made to my husband about our move. Someone asked him if we thought "Tre' was too good to play with the boys in Pound". There is some awesome talent left at Pound, alot of players who are as good or better than Tre' and I don't consider my children to be better than anyone else and I am proud of them no matter what, but I do feel every child deserves to be in an atmosphere where they can feel safe and happy. That is what we hoped to achieve with our move. Being a Powell Valley Viking has been nothing but a positive experience for him and his sister. But I think my kids were ready to go anywhere but where they were being harrassed. Again, I wish everyone in "the Pound" the best.

**mm70** · February 13th, 2007, 02:51 PM

My son has never acted like he didn't get what he wants. He has played whereever he was told or where noone else wanted to play because his Dad was the coach. His Dad was alot harder on him than he was the other players. We always had to listen to comments being made right where we could hear them that the only reason Tre' was pitching or starting because his Dad was the coach. I'm so glad that we don't have to hear that anymore and that Tre' will have the opportunity to excel or fail based on his talent or lack thereof and drive and not because he's the "coaches son". What my kids wanted was to not be harrassed by one person who wouldn't leave them alone, that's what they wanted. As far as I know the person who caused them so much trouble is still there "camping out at the school". We also realize Tre' might sit on the bench and never get to play at a larger school, but that was the chance we were willing to take. We even considered staying in Pound and homeschooling, the situation was so bad with the volunteer at school, but we realized Tre' not having sports would be like asking him to cut off his right arm. Again, our move had nothing to do with the coaching at Pound. I would have loved for him to have had the opportunity to play the only sport he plays for Chris Wilson.

**imported_six4three** · February 13th, 2007, 03:32 PM

why choose pv for baseball???

**mm70** · February 13th, 2007, 03:37 PM

If you're asking me, as I have already mentioned in my prior post, we moved because of a situation occurring in the school. We sold our house and found another in BSG, we didn't care where we went as long as it was away from the person harrassing our children. We considered Wise and the Christian school but they weren't far enough away from the problem and we found a house in BSG we liked, it was also closer to work. Tre' will actually be playing for the travel ball team, the Rockhounds. A program we didn't even know existed until moving. It was suggested he try out for that and he took a chance and made it. That's what he will be doing this year...

**R0cketer** · February 13th, 2007, 07:00 PM

Thanks for the information and sorry about the situation that helped contribute to the move.

**retiredteach** · February 13th, 2007, 07:18 PM

Welcome to Big Stone Gap.

**centennialdawg** · February 13th, 2007, 07:20 PM

Seems to me that something more harsh could be done with this person than just a restraining order. One question though, if a restraining order is in effect, then wouldn't this person be violating it by even being at the school and be arrested?

**mm70** · February 13th, 2007, 08:00 PM

We got tired of going to court to keep them in affect. In my opinion, restraining orders are not much good. With a restraining order you have to stay within a certain distance or you yourself will violate it. It was more of a hassel to deal with the courts. Long story...We just got tired of fighting and dealing with it so we decided rather than have to keep seeing this person everywhere we went we would put some distance between us. It wasn't just at school that we had problems with them. I did think about getting a new restraining order but this person has the school convinced they have to stay there every day all day because their child needs them there. We are not the only people who had problems with them over the years and we fully expected to get some support because the person is a known trouble maker, but it just wasn't there. They just acted like there was nothing they could do. Everyone knew there was a problem but they didn't want to deal with it.