To MatRat
Re: Official and Basehor coaches.

I wanted to wait until the season was over before I addressed this issue, so that things would calm down a little.
I know that emotions are high and tempers flare in the course of a close match, but before you make any accusations about me, you should probably get your facts straight! Yes, one of the officials did attend the the seeding meeting and this is not unusual for a regional seeding meeting. I have been to several meetings where an official would sit in on the meeting or even run the meeting. And yes, I did talk to the official, but that doesn't mean I negotiated any deals with him or any other officials. Get real. If I had, then I need to work on my negotiating skills because my team finish fourth in the regional, not first. Just so you know neither of the officials for the match in question were from Basehor as some have stated, one was from Effingham, and the other official was from Topeka. So much for the home-town official conspiracy theory.
Crazy things happen in high school wrestling, we see it every year, and the match in question was one of them. I think that there was mistake in the scoring of the match also, I thought the match should have been tied myself. The official made the ruling and that is the way it stood. If you are questioning the the ability of the two wrestlers (145 lbs. Hayden---Basehor) then you need to look at their State Tournament finishes, enough said on that. As for you questioning my ethics or integrity, think again about the comments that you made. Ask anyone who knows me and they will tell you that I have never operated unethically. Maybe you need to question your own integrity after the comments that you have made. My advice is that before you question the character of another coach, maybe you should question your own character. The comments that were made were pretty immature.

Sincerely
Scott Neil
Head Wrestling Coach
Basehor-Linwood High School