Maybe we could use her as an assistant. Her record is pretty impressive.
-Zeb On Mar 11, 2009, at 8:48 AM, Shane Ford wrote: > By John Patton > Gainesville Sun Staff writer > > Published: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 at 5:00 p.m. > Last Modified: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 at 5:00 p.m. > > > Ash'lea Moore, the P.K. Yonge girls basketball coach whose firing > was revealed on Monday despite leading the Blue Wave to a 28-1 > record and a Class 3A state runner-up finish in 2008-09, is > considering legal action, but not for monetary gain. > > > > Click to enlarge > P. K. Yonge High School women's head basketball coach, Ash'lea > Moore, talks with one of her players on the court during a game > against the Eastside Rams. > Brad McClenny /Special to the Sun > > According to a source close to the situation, Moore has retained an > out-of-town attorney with the sole intention of getting her job back. > > "That's all she wants," the source said. "Ash'lea's a lifer, she > loves P.K. Yonge." > > On Monday, The Sun made attempts to reach P.K. Yonge director Fran > Vandiver, who fired Moore in a meeting last Friday. However, calls > to the school and Vandiver's home went unreturned. When a reporter > visited P.K. Yonge in an attempt to talk with her Tuesday morning, > he was told by Vandiver's secretary that she was home sick. > > Blue Wave athletic director John Clifford was not in the meeting > last Friday and said he has not had the opportunity to speak with > Vandiver, yet. He did offer a comment about Moore, whom he has > known since she was a child. > > "I think the reason Ash'lea was fired had nothing to do with > coaching," Clifford said. "She did nothing immoral or unethical. > She's a great basketball coach." > > Moore is a 2000 graduate of the school, where she served as student > body president and was The Sun's player of the year after leading > her team to a 22-5 record and the final four as a senior. After > that, she was a walk-on guard for Florida. Prior to being promoted > to head coach, she was an assistant under former Blue Wave girls > coach Willie Powers. Following P.K. Yonge's 2008 state semifinal > loss to Fort Myers Dunbar in Lakeland, Powers announced he was > stepping down and named Moore as his hand-picked replacement. > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
