Worst Kept Secret

I got a call from a Rocky Mount Academy supported at least three weeks ago to let me know the the Academy had offered their football coaching job to B W Holt.  The rumor was that knowing of him when he coached six years at Rocky Mount High was all they needed and offer him the job without an interview.

If you have ever had any reason to be around Holt at all then you know when ever you become his friend  you are his friend for life.  If you are one of his ball players he is your coach for life. In his three years since is departure from Rocky Mount High School he has been in and out of Rocky Mount more than Greyhounds buses have.  He comes back to visit his friends and come to funerals.

If you were one of the 500 or so people who attended Rocky Mount's Sports Banquet Thursday night there was one person missing  and it was Dickie Schock.  He may have had a great excuse but for those who were there it was the ultimate insult to a program that he never embraced.  B W Holt has more feeling for those players there now and he  he only knew of the freshman in Holt's last year.

Rocky Mount Academy is getting a man who understands friendships and dedication to others.  He is dedicated to his friends and they return that dedication to him.  If you read my blog the day after Jason Battle was named the Rocky Mount High coach I told you then Holt would be coaching somewhere next football season because it was in his blood and his three years away from it has shown him he needs to be a coach for the rest of his healthy life.

Yes, this is eight man football but if you have ever watched Holt look at  film and break it down then you know it doesn't matter how many men you put on the field  it is all the same.  He has a job to put together a football program that was win less last season but still hurting from a tragic injury to one of their players two years ago.

I think the Rocky Mount Academy area will see that this is a win win for all.  Rocky Mount Academy football will be competitive with who ever goes out for football.  Those of you players at RMA who don't know B W he is a salesman.  He will get players to go out that have never even thought about it before.  Then he will make them football players. Then, if you desire to try football in college he will have a highlight film on you and he will get you into a college somewhere and then go watch you on Saturdays.

He is just that way.  If you dedicate to him on the football field he will dedicate the rest of his life to you.