Commentary Breakin’ eggs to make an omelet An era has come to an end at North Buncombe High
School as Carey Metts stepped down as head football coach of the varsity team this week. I can hear some saying, “It’s about time!” I, however, am not one of those. Tere have been
many rumors about Metts’s coaching style and I for one can not attest to those firsthand so I will not specu- late as to how his style may or may not have affected the team’s performance. I know Metts and his wife and
Clint Parker
like both of them, so I wish them all the best in their future plans. Te question is where the Hawks will go from here. After a season like the Hawks just had (2-9), up would
be a good direction, but how will that be achieved? Is just the act of Metts stepping aside magically going to make that happen? No, of course not. Are all the play- ers that have run off to other schools or quit the team going to come back? Te search for a new coach will take some time be-
cause there are no open teaching positions at the school currently. Whatever happens, there will have to be a time for
development and growth on and off the field before there will be satisfied parents and happy players. Fans shouldn’t get their hopes too high this coming season and start calling for the new coach’s or interim coach’s head. While all North Buncombe fans want a winning
team; remember, you have to break some eggs to make an omelet. Te key word will be patience.
Several thoughts on 5-K race, football
Several thoughts on some recent events: * Te Weaverville Town Council did the right
thing Monday (Jan. 24) in bringing the Firecracker 5-K back to downtown Weaverville. Te hosts at the high school the past two years did their best to make it a fine event for all, but the race had been in Weav- erville for more than a decade prior and it belongs downtown.
Matt Tate * Woodfin Town Administrator Jason Young said
during January’s aldermen meeting that the public works department missed just one garbage pickup day during the snow storm earlier this month. Small town or not, that is an impressive feat given the severity of
that storm. * Strategy, motivation and grit are great, but many
high school football games are won on sheer athleti- cism, strength and speed. When North Buncombe had it recently (2007 and 2008), they’ve won. When they haven’t, they’ve lost. Having a consistent win- ner in North Buncombe will take a community-wide commitment and time to build and maintain a talent pipeline. * Of all the types of questions we get here at the of-
fice, the most popular has to be, “When is Restaurant X opening?” And I don’t think any one restaurant has received the pre-opening attention as the one at the old fire station on South Main Street in Weaverville. At last check, a February opening was hopeful. Let’s hope the new eatery is able to deliver on all the hype.
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