Wayne County - 200K+ We are many . The entrenched blue hairs are few. From the ashes the ghosts will rise

[ManCoverage]

1 minute ago, slicklizard said:

 

When is he not available ? I seen him and teddy dyess riding together gassing up at Buckys Tuesday.

 

 

I really wouldn’t have a problem if it is Tracey. He’s not too hard headed to listen and would have access to people. People that would help him and d want WC to succeed. 
Our kids don’t think they can win anymore against good competition. That has to be fixed first .

 

From the outside looking in, It looks like if someone came in with a different system that the kids could get excited about it would help.  WC is still a sleeping giant that just needs someone to wake them up. 

[Wareaglefan1us]

20 hours ago, Archer said:

 

Lampley would be a huge mistake based on what I know about his lack of involvement in the OS operation.

Tell me more about this and why you believe this. I actually believe he could turn the program around and get the players back out and the community back involved. He been under to many great coaches not to have picked up something from each of them. He’s young and energetic and I believe the kids would feed off of that. Tracy and my daughter graduated together great guy I’ve been around him since he was in Jr High.

[slicklizard]

When i get time later on today I’m going to pull back the curtain on what led up to all of this. They created the frankenstein that is having to be put down by the next generation while they are in hiding .

He better give it up . Not talking about coach Hankins either 

[Archer]

9 hours ago, Wareaglefan1us said:

Tell me more about this and why you believe this. I actually believe he could turn the program around and get the players back out and the community back involved. He been under to many great coaches not to have picked up something from each of them. He’s young and energetic and I believe the kids would feed off of that. Tracy and my daughter graduated together great guy I’ve been around him since he was in Jr High.

My nephew played at OS.  He said Lampley was merely a figurehead who was barely noticeable at practice.  Bramlett runs the show on offense.

[slicklizard]

You know I have been sitting here and thinking about what happened today. How I should handle it . 
I told people ten years ago that Bubba Hathorne would destroy Wayne County football. I caugjt a lot of flack over it Even the so called mods on here. It’s almost done.  Honestly I feel vindicated and ashamed at the same time. I probably care about it too much anyway. It’s still a sad day .You guys won’t believe it. It will be on the news.

KEVIN LINDSEY I lost your info. DM me on here 

I am going to drink a modelo and reflect a little while . 

[JRoss1958]

12 minutes ago, slicklizard said:

You know I have been sitting here and thinking about what happened today. How I should handle it . 
I told people ten years ago that Bubba Hathorne would destroy Wayne County football. I caugjt a lot of flack over it Even the so called mods on here. It’s almost done.  Honestly I feel vindicated and ashamed at the same time. I probably care about it too much anyway. It’s still a sad day .You guys won’t believe it. It will be on the news.

KEVIN LINDSEY I lost your info. DM me on here 

I am going to drink a modelo and reflect a little while . 

Don’t leave us hanging… saw on another thread Hankins decided to stay

[slicklizard]

Basically yes He’s trying to stay. When nobody wants him too after he told the team he was leaving. 
I will give it a rundown it’s really really dirty. My brain is mush after the last few hours 

[Ghost of Howard Cosell]

The 9 lives of Pappy Buttermilk! 

[Rebel Bert]

Beginning to sound like the Grinch stole his other job opportunity and then stole it again.

[Merlin]

Ya’lls school board needs to terminate Hathorn as soon as possible.  I’m pretty sure insubordination is possible if the social media posts are correct in their describing what he supposedly did. Or is the school board split on the whole matter? 

[JRoss1958]

37 minutes ago, Merlin said:

Ya’lls school board needs to terminate Hathorn as soon as possible.  I’m pretty sure insubordination is possible if the social media posts are correct in their describing what he supposedly did. Or is the school board split on the whole matter? 

What did he do

[Merlin]

Apparently the school board voted or had meeting to release Hankins.  Looks like maybe a “resign or be fired” type deal. Looks better on the coaches to resign vs having potential questions as to what hey were fired lingering for future job prospects.  The principle, Hathorn, angrily busted into the meeting and took the coach to find a lawyer.  Then at some point a few days later while the school board meeting to accept resignation the principle and coach hit the school board with potential lawsuit and the coach withdrew his resignation.  The principle also in committee at the MHSAA and apparently threatening to use that influence to do something to Wayne county athletics.  

That’s what I’m piecing together from what I’m seeing online. 
 

In my opinion his actions warrant firing for insubordination and they should nail his butt to the wall over it.  
 

I don’t know how contracts work in WC, but my daughter and wife are year to year.  I u detests d most school teachers and employees are.  They have to sign new contract every spring for the next year if offered or they jobless once school out for summer.  I would assume coaches are the same way.  If so, the board can just refuse to renew the coaches contract in summer and there’s nothing he can do.  The issue is that then they will have to find a coach in the summer and they won’t have much time with the kids before the upcoming season.  I am curious if the principle is also year to year and if they could let his contract expire the same way. .  
 

 

Edited December 20, 2025 by Merlin

[slicklizard]

That’s a pretty accurate run down Merlin.  It’s common knowledge in waynesboro now. 
I am like you Hathorne has to be fired. The prior administration created a frankenstein by giving Hathorne the hiring  and firing power with the board always there to back him. He burnt them earlier this year  firing the basketball coach and they rubber stamped it . The coach sued and won. Now hankins is doing it .
Speaking of that who’s the dam lawyer up there and who’s heading the board now that reynolds mom is not there?

Wouldnt it make sense to have a attorney present when you bring a high dollar employee in to go over something like that ? Whoever told the young wareagle ito go ahead with the evaluation should be looked at hard. Mainly the one they have on retainer. He sounds like a snake or an incompetent.

Jack Hankins wanted to do the right thing and said he would hand in his resignation . He told the team he was coming back the next season. Hathorne the horrible got red faced when he was caught off guard and went to his go to move of trying to buffalo people. It’s true he called his buddies at the MHSAA to try to get them involved.

I have known this walking pork chop since he was at a weight where he could run from getting his loud mouth beat closed  He has left everything he’s ever been involved with in ruins . I guess the ashes aren’t like the ones he left NEJ  in just yet so he’s putting in the effort.

Fire him. He should have never been allowed to barge into that meeting. He thinks they are scared now because of that other suit. If you don’t know how tell the young man to sit down with me and I can tell him how for free. He will fold up like a cheap suitcase in the rain 

[Rebel Bert]

I thought you had to be on the agenda before you speak. And yes the board attorney should be present. I feel like they board can non renew both contracts.

[Wildcats1980]

For clarity, under Mississippi law and most district policies, a school board cannot legally fire or discipline a coach on its own without a recommendation from the superintendent. Personnel supervision and disciplinary recommendations are administrative functions, not board-level, day-to-day operations.

The board’s role is to approve or reject personnel actions that are properly recommended by the superintendent. When a board initiates or directs personnel action without that recommendation, it risks violating its own policies and exceeding its legal authority, which can expose the district to legal action.

[slicklizard]

1 hour ago, Wildcats1980 said:

For clarity, under Mississippi law and most district policies, a school board cannot legally fire or discipline a coach on its own without a recommendation from the superintendent. Personnel supervision and disciplinary recommendations are administrative functions, not board-level, day-to-day operations.

The board’s role is to approve or reject personnel actions that are properly recommended by the superintendent. When a board initiates or directs personnel action without that recommendation, it risks violating its own policies and exceeding its legal authority, which can expose the district to legal action.

That’s a good post I like it. Im not asking for any credentials but do you know a lot about laws when it comes to school districts ?

 

 

This part is more for clarity on where the process is at than a question for you

He got talked to , got mad because someone challenged his answer, resigned told the team he resigned and came back two days later. to say he was forced to resign under threat of termination. He just admitted to resigning. The question becomes was he forced. Which should be easily confirmed through the minutes of the meeting.

 

I feel confident they will roll over and let him stay because that’s what they do up there to keep anyone from digging to deep on where the money comes from and goes to . He’s screwed himself though if he has anything beyond June in mind .  Time will take care of him. It’s the other one I want to see strung up. Why do things descend to this everywhere he works at  ? After this stunt there is no way anybody besides one of his old buddies coming to work at the same school as this slimeball . Which he is probably licking his greasy lips over anyway .

[Rebel Bert]

Sounds like the new superintendent wants the coach gone. If Hawthorne told him to hire a lawyer is one thing. If Hawthorne physically called a lawyer, physically took him to lawyer, a, b, c, etc then Hawthorne should be fired. As for MHSAA goes they probably told Hawthorne NO. Perhaps MAC may have recommended a lawyer.

[Rebel Bert]

5 minutes ago, slicklizard said:

That’s a good post I like it. Im not asking for any credentials but do you know a lot about laws when it comes to school districts ?

 

 

This part is more for clarity on where the process is at than a question for you

He got talked to , got mad because someone challenged his answer, resigned told the team he resigned and came back two days later. to say he was forced to resign under threat of termination. He just admitted to resigning. The question becomes was he forced. Which should be easily confirmed through the minutes of the meeting.

 

I feel confident they will roll over and let him stay because that’s what they do up there to keep anyone from digging to deep on where the money comes from and goes to . He’s screwed himself though if he has anything beyond June in mind .  Time will take care of him. It’s the other one I want to see strung up. Why do things descend to this everywhere he works at  ? After this stunt there is no way anybody besides one of his old buddies coming to work at the same school as this slimeball . Which he is probably licking his greasy lips over anyway .

I thought you turn your resignation in to your principal. Principal is his boss correct.  

[slicklizard]

You know all about who the resignation is supposed to go to but  don’t know the superintendent situation in Wayne County ? 
Get out of my thread you lying hack 

[Wildcats1980]

1 hour ago, slicklizard said:

That’s a good post I like it. Im not asking for any credentials but do you know a lot about laws when it comes to school districts ?

 

 

This part is more for clarity on where the process is at than a question for you

He got talked to , got mad because someone challenged his answer, resigned told the team he resigned and came back two days later. to say he was forced to resign under threat of termination. He just admitted to resigning. The question becomes was he forced. Which should be easily confirmed through the minutes of the meeting.

 

I feel confident they will roll over and let him stay because that’s what they do up there to keep anyone from digging to deep on where the money comes from and goes to . He’s screwed himself though if he has anything beyond June in mind .  Time will take care of him. It’s the other one I want to see strung up. Why do things descend to this everywhere he works at  ? After this stunt there is no way anybody besides one of his old buddies coming to work at the same school as this slimeball . Which he is probably licking his greasy lips over anyway .

 

If there is no documentation showing that a threat of termination or an ultimatum was made at the time he resigned, then the resignation would generally be considered voluntary. Statements made after the fact, on their own, do not establish that he was forced to resign.

At this point, the issue is less about differing interpretations and more about confirming what actually took place during the meeting. The documentation and meeting records should clarify that.

 

[Merlin]

2 hours ago, Rebel Bert said:

Sounds like the new superintendent wants the coach gone. If Hawthorne told him to hire a lawyer is one thing. If Hawthorne physically called a lawyer, physically took him to lawyer, a, b, c, etc then Hawthorne should be fired. As for MHSAA goes they probably told Hawthorne NO. Perhaps MAC may have recommended a lawyer.

I don’t think they have a Sup.  The old one resigned a month or two back and they have an interim till the board votes in a full time replacement.  I do not know the status of interim sup as far as stance in any of this or if he’s a placeholder with no ability. 

[Wareaglefan1us]

The interim was the Deputy Superintendent. She’s very good and IMO should be our new Superintendent. But like Merlin I don’t know how much power she would have as interim. 

[slicklizard]

On 12/18/2025 at 9:35 PM, Bender20 said:

Gone be hard cause don't nobody want that job cause Wabo done got so bad

This is probably the best dam comment in this whole thread. Well done.

 

WC people are so mad right now they may not be able to field a team. All this is pathetic and all it does is hurt our kids in the end. They deserve better than all the unnecessary beat tings they endure. Screw these people seriously.

[Ghost of Howard Cosell]

How’s the coaching search going at Wayne County!

[slicklizard]

3 hours ago, Ghost of Howard Cosell said:

How’s the coaching search going at Wayne County!