Mike Bartrum

[81dendmhs74]

Fanofsports is still getting them all excited isn't he, you go boy tell them like it is......

By the way your still a wind bag

[John Wooden]

Fanosports, instead of hiding on the Internet if you got a problem with Mike or Charlie why don't you tell them the next time you are in. I figured if they named a road after you, you must of done something right.

[FANOSPORTS]

Fanosports, instead of hiding on the Internet if you got a problem with Mike or Charlie why don't you tell them the next time you are in. I figured if they named a road after you, you must of done something right.

I don't hide behind the Internet for one thing and don't pretend to be different people with different screen names on here as some do. (If you want to PM me then you are certainly welcome to do so and I will answer back). I went to school at Meigs and Wahama and posted many comments in the Daily Sentinel years ago about these conference changes and what would happen as I said in previous posts above. I still hope both previously mentioned schools do well in everything from academics to sports. I don't have a problem with either one of the above mentioned men as both are great gentlemen and are a credit to their profession. I just think it's time for a change before it get's too late and Meigs starts finishing near the bottom in every sport, not just basketball as they do now. This is the TVC for god's sake, not the SEOAL. There is no other smaller league in SEO to run to later, this is the last stop. They did that year's ago just like Athen's did a couple year's ago. This is just my opinion written on this forum but there are a heckuva lot of people who feel the same way but don't have internet access, don't have a screen name, just view this forum (on this topic alone their have been 22 posts & 920 views so far) or just don't want to say anything in print so other people can dissect it and turn it into a hate fest and keep piling on. Anyway, I'll probably take in a Wahama game this year and a Meigs game at home so I can get in on some more debates later. Go Marauders and Go White Falcons and I hope everyone has a great day as it's only 57 days till the season starts.

[cobweb]

FANOSPORTS - you surely are what your moniker indicates and your opinions are always interesting and well written. Posters like you are what make this type of internet, entertaining. Thank you and keep it up.

One fact, just a tad incorrect was the year that Meigs started. The 67-68 school year was the first year for the Meigs Marauders. The history started with Coach Chancey (Charley) at the helm of an awesome football team and SEOAL champs. I was a member of that team as a sophomore practice dummy and "reserve" team member. I went on to enjoy three years of high school football as a Meigs Marauder and was privileged to be a captain as a senior.

Winning is so important to a program, the school and the alumni, but winning is not the whole experience for the young athletes. Now that I'm looking so closely at being sixty years old and am still able to look back in my life, one of my most fond experiences was playing high school football under the leadership of Mr. Charles Chancey! For my three years we were relatively successful in wins/loss playing in the SEOAL, but my memory is not made of the records, but the experience. The experience has all to do with Coach Chancey and his staff and was not, by any means, limited to "football" but included the real benefits of character building, responsibility, respect, team membership, pride and others. These aspects are where the endearing feelings about the experience come from and not the win/loss ratio.

I've known Mike Chancey for all of his life, but only as casual acquaintance, but if he can give just a portion of what his dad did to the student athlete, then the "real" benefit of playing high school football is alive and well at Meigs High School under his leadership.

Mike Bartrum and Mike Chancey are obviously good friends and I'm sure will be able to work together very well. Mike B. can do nothing but add to the high school football "experience" with his character, skills, football experience, love of the game and the kids who play it.

I am an old “SEOALer” and also did not like the league change for all the reasons that FANOSPORT made so eloquently clear. Be that what it may, I'm looking forward to enjoying more MHS football from the hill and hope to see more and more victories.
I wish the best of fortune to the team and its coaches.

From one of the 77s along the way after Roger in 1967!

[81dendmhs74]

I too played for Charlie in the 70's ,At that time I would have run through fire if the coach would have ask me to. I was not a star player, but one thing I can say for sure is that Coach Charlie was able to get 110 pecent out of everyone, to this day have all the respect in the world for him and still call him coach. That is why I think we were able to compeat in the SEOAL. I think if the kids of today would put forth the same effort Meigs football would be much better. Football is a game that requires 50 percent skill and 50 percent effort. Good luck Meigs hope you have a great season. You need to play the game with heart.

[FANOSPORTS]

FANOSPORTS - you surely are what your moniker indicates and your opinions are always interesting and well written. Posters like you are what make this type of internet, entertaining. Thank you and keep it up.

One fact, just a tad incorrect was the year that Meigs started. The 67-68 school year was the first year for the Meigs Marauders. The history started with Coach Chancey (Charley) at the helm of an awesome football team and SEOAL champs. I was a member of that team as a sophomore practice dummy and "reserve" team member. I went on to enjoy three years of high school football as a Meigs Marauder and was privileged to be a captain as a senior.

Winning is so important to a program, the school and the alumni, but winning is not the whole experience for the young athletes. Now that I'm looking so closely at being sixty years old and am still able to look back in my life, one of my most fond experiences was playing high school football under the leadership of Mr. Charles Chancey! For my three years we were relatively successful in wins/loss playing in the SEOAL, but my memory is not made of the records, but the experience. The experience has all to do with Coach Chancey and his staff and was not, by any means, limited to "football" but included the real benefits of character building, responsibility, respect, team membership, pride and others. These aspects are where the endearing feelings about the experience come from and not the win/loss ratio.

I've known Mike Chancey for all of his life, but only as casual acquaintance, but if he can give just a portion of what his dad did to the student athlete, then the "real" benefit of playing high school football is alive and well at Meigs High School under his leadership.

Mike Bartrum and Mike Chancey are obviously good friends and I'm sure will be able to work together very well. Mike B. can do nothing but add to the high school football "experience" with his character, skills, football experience, love of the game and the kids who play it.

I am an old “SEOALer” and also did not like the league change for all the reasons that FANOSPORT made so eloquently clear. Be that what it may, I'm looking forward to enjoying more MHS football from the hill and hope to see more and more victories.
I wish the best of fortune to the team and its coaches.

From one of the 77s along the way after Roger in 1967!

My bad, you are correct as it was the 1967-68 school year but the 1967 football season. The tackle you must be speaking of above was probably Roger Black from Rutland I take it? If that's the case then you were probably from Rutland also and maybe your initials are M.B ? By the way, great post "Cobweb"

[Steely Dan]

No dog in this fight but FANOSPORTS is a stand up guy and doesn't hide behind his user name on the internet. I had the pleasure to meet him face-to-face at Huntington Park this spring to watch Wheelersburg win that epic marathon game against Hamilton Badin. He does answer his PM's, that is how we met.

He tells it like it is, doesn't sugar coat it, and is thought provoking. Hell, I don't always agree with what he says, but he says it with conviction, and I admire that. The man knows sports and doesn't waiver on his point-of-view.

I agree wholeheartedly with cobweb, FOS is one of the guys that keeps things interesting on here. Go back and read some of his posts during basketball about Athens. Same with football season and Athens. A big dose of reality, and honesty, in what he said last fall.

[John Wooden]

Fanosports, out of those 920 views and 22 posts, I only saw one person posting anything negative about the Chanceys. This just goes to show you can dedicate a live time of work and there is always going to be someone to run you down. In this case it is someone who lives out of county. People are quick to put down what another person has done for a school, I would like to see what the people who are doing the putting down has done. I guess I'm old enough to remember about loyality and respect and in today's world that means nothing. Just look at Gallipolis, getting rid of Coach Osborne after 41 years of service.

[FANOSPORTS]

Fanosports, out of those 920 views and 22 posts, I only saw one person posting anything negative about the Chanceys. This just goes to show you can dedicate a live time of work and there is always going to be someone to run you down. In this case it is someone who lives out of county. People are quick to put down what another person has done for a school, I would like to see what the people who are doing the putting down has done. I guess I'm old enough to remember about loyality and respect and in today's world that means nothing. Just look at Gallipolis, getting rid of Coach Osborne after 41 years of service.

Call it a negative as you wish. This is just my opinion as to what "I" think should happen. As I stated before, Mr. C. Chancey coached in a totally different era against a lot better competition and did a fine job in my opinion for what he faced year in and year out. I respect everyone's opinion and that includes yours. I hope Meigs can win a few league titles with son at the helm but I just don't see it happening anytime soon. As far as Coach "Oz" at Gallipolis, I've also got a great respect for the man and he was a hell of a coach using Ozball for a great many years(great defense, screens, pick & rolls and the old Dean Smith "no shot clock" wait for an open shot North Carolina offense) and as I posted on the basketball forum after I heard the news of a change I thought that should have been done a couple of years before. Bobby Knight is my favorite college basketball coach of all time but I haven't thought for years he could win another national title because the kids today will not and can not put up with a strict disciplinarian that is not politically correct according to today's society. Even though he graduated his kids, taught them about life's lessons off the court and taught most of the kids he coached over the years a lot more than basketball. Heck, I'm planning on retiring at 60 here in a few years just so I can spend more time at sporting events. I'll probably be on here dissecting more things about sports than high school kids dissect in biology class. Have a great day "John Wooden" (maybe you should change your screen name in honor of the passing of the real John Wooden a couple weeks ago, another great man, teacher and coach).

[FANOSPORTS]

It's been almost 2 months since this was posted on but after the first game with Coal Grove last night (I listened to it for the first time via internet) I talked to a buddy of mine from down there this morning and heard that Mike Bartrum isn't helping coach Meigs this year, hmmmmm ? I guess during the Jackson scrimmage he and Mr. Chancey didn't see eye to eye on some things and he hasn't been back since. I didn't think this union would work out as my previous posts on here suggested but when I didn't here the announcers for Meigs mention his name all night I figured something was wrong. IMO he (Mike Bartrum) needs to be involved with the program to help reinstate some football savvy to the Marauders which are in dire need at this point of any and all help (especially from an alum who won in high school, college and in the pro ranks). JMO

[Screaming Eagle]

I don't know if he's involved with the program or not, but I was told that he was able to recruit three or four kids from Eastern that are in the seventh grade now. They are now enrolled at Meigs, and from what I've been hearing it was because of Mike.

[Tyler_Durden]

I don't know if he's involved with the program or not, but I was told that he was able to recruit three or four kids from Eastern that are in the seventh grade now. They are now enrolled at Meigs, and from what I've been hearing it was because of Mike.

I heard the same thing. Sounds like Meigs has gotten themselves a nice recruiter.

[FANOSPORTS]

I don't know if he's involved with the program or not, but I was told that he was able to recruit three or four kids from Eastern that are in the seventh grade now. They are now enrolled at Meigs, and from what I've been hearing it was because of Mike.

I heard the same thing. Sounds like Meigs has gotten themselves a nice recruiter.

Well, if what i mentioned above happened then it apparently wasn't a good parting of ways between the two so there won't be many more recruits coming any time in the near future.

[Tyler_Durden]

So does anyone actually know what exactly happened?

Lots of coaches and assistants have altercations. Happens all the time. But most are mature enough to move past it for the good of the team and the young men they are supposed to be coaching.

[FANOSPORTS]

So does anyone actually know what exactly happened?

Lots of coaches and assistants have altercations. Happens all the time. But most are mature enough to move past it for the good of the team and the young men they are supposed to be coaching.

That's what I'd of thought too but Mike B. apparently wasn't around last night, nothing was mentioned on the radio/internet about him. Some head coaches have the "my way or the highway" mentality so who knows. Stay tuned !!!

[Eagle82]

I don't know if he's involved with the program or not, but I was told that he was able to recruit three or four kids from Eastern that are in the seventh grade now. They are now enrolled at Meigs, and from what I've been hearing it was because of Mike.

I was told that Mike was down to Racine doing the same.

[MaraudingBobcat]

Mike Bartrum is absolutely still HELPING with the Meigs Football program. My understanding is that the agreement was from the beginning that he would assist during weekly practices and that he WOULD NOT be on the sidelines Friday night. His first and main priority is his family and working with his own boys first. No one can blame him for that. The Bartrum and Chancey families are very highly respected, and wonderful members of our community and there is no drama so please don't try to suggest or imply something otherwise.

[MaraudingBobcat]

BTW....Mike Bartum was at the game Friday night.

[Bravo3]

Bartrum was at the game, but he wasn't however officially standing with coaches on sidelines in a matching coaching shirt, but he is helping out. I would imagine knowing Bart that he wouldn't want any of that attention brought to himself as being a coach, it is Chanceys team. Mike Chancey is great to the kids and is very well respected by everyone. Mike Bartrum is by far the nicest and most positive influential person that you will ever meet in your life. Good things will be happening with Meigs football in the near future once kids in Bartrums flag football league get older. He has created the tools and interest for the young kids around the community. Problem with this years Meigs team is that there just isn't alot of talent there and most kids are fresh and sophs with very few seniors.

[Tyler_Durden]

Good things will be happening with Meigs football in the near future once kids in Bartrum's flag football league get older. He has created the tools and interest for the young kids around the community.

I would imagine so, especially if he is successful at getting kids from all over Meigs and surrounding counties to transfer there.