CALLER 1: Hi, I
’m calling in regards to the article on Live Oak football and
(head coach) Glen Webb. I think it’s outrageous. It was a letter to
an editor it was a First Amendment Rights issue and I think the
ACLU should get involved in this because it had nothing to do with
recruiting. Furthermore, I think th
is is an actual effect of the school board and having two high
schools in a small community and that this is only the tip of the
iceberg and the beginning of the disputes between the two schools.
It’s a disservice to the community and a disservice to the students
to cause uprisings like this withi
n the community.
CALLER 1: Hi, I’m calling in regards to the article on Live Oak football and (head coach) Glen Webb. I think it’s outrageous. It was a letter to an editor it was a First Amendment Rights issue and I think the ACLU should get involved in this because it had nothing to do with recruiting. Furthermore, I think this is an actual effect of the school board and having two high schools in a small community and that this is only the tip of the iceberg and the beginning of the disputes between the two schools. It’s a disservice to the community and a disservice to the students to cause uprisings like this within the community. It’s (white) collar/blue collar issue. Furthermore, I think the CCS board, there’s people on there that should have excluded themselves (in the decision) because their children attend Live Oak or Sobrato … and they should not have been involved in the decision making process. This is not a recruiting violation. Every team has spring football. Every school is entitled and has the right to advertise its spring football program. It’s a First Amendment right to advertise their spring football programs … I think your paper should stand up for these rights and protect freedom of speech, like you all say you do, and protect the right to advertise your spring football seasons. Everybody does it … It’s unbelievable, unacceptable to put Live Oak in this position. Thank you for your time.
GREEN PHONE: Caller 1, you’re not alone. Read on …
CALLER 2: I’m calling about the (Live Oak football) eligibility. I’m a Live Oak parent of some football players and I think what Sobrato did was force Live Oak into a harder schedule that the parents are going to have to pay thousands of dollars for and travel far distances . I think it would have been nice to have same choices that Sobrato demanded for themselves, but were denied to us. I think they were unsportsmanlike and I think Coach Webb calling them that was a fair and accurate statement and I don’t see how it recruited anybody.
GREEN PHONE: And another …
CALLER 3: I’m a Live Oak parent … calling regarding Coach Webb. I don’t necessarily think he was treated fairly . I think his letter was in response to some of the nonsense going on with Sobrato in particular. Take, for example, the (letter to the editor) printed by their school nurse who stated that Webb didn’t care about kids’ safety. If that isn’t something that a parent or child in town could read and construe that the Live Oak program was unsafe and chose to go to Sobrato (instead), I don’t know was. And I believe the nurse is a school official so why isn’t Sobrato being put on probation?
GREEN PHONE: And, finally …
CALLER 4: I moved to (Utah) a year ago. I lived in Morgan Hill for 27 years. I was just reading the Morgan Hill Times on the computer and I wanted to comment that I think (Coach Webb) at Live Oak is an outstanding coach. What he was doing trying to do is improve his team, improve the program and he’s definitely is taking the hit as the scapegoat here. I support him 100 percent and think the school and the fans should support him 100 percent and Live Oak in fine tradition should continue with him as head coach. Thank you very much.
GREEN PHONE: Callers, we’ll continue to monitor this situation and report the news as it develops. Green Phone is of the opinion that the CCS treated Coach Webb far too harshly by placing the Live Oak High football program on probation for recruiting. First, we think this was a sportsmanship violation rather than recruiting. And, we believe a warning and an admonition to both Webb and the school would have been sufficient punishment, especially given that this was a first-time offense. Given Sobrato’s recent blunders with regards to its football program – pulling out of the TCAL and leaving other schools in the lurch, then receiving a reprimand of its own from CCS – the situation must seem doubly bitter for Live Oak.
