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Heads up: Rush to judgment

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After months of speculation and rumor mongering, Hoover High football coach Rush Propst bared his soul to Fox 6 in a lengthy interview. You may remember him from an MTV reality show called “Two-a-Days” (so yesterday!).

Among the tidbits:

  • When asked about the possibility of a second secret family in Alabama, he said he wouldn’t discuss, but did not deny the allegation outright.
  • He denied any responsibility for changing athletes’ grades.
  • “Two-a-Days” may have been good for high school football, but not for Hoover. (Unless you count untold profits in merchandising and recruiting.)
  • And, he’s cussing less, so there’s that.

He’s been awfully chatty lately, complaining that “Two-a-Days” was manipulated and too focused on the negative aspects of the football program.

And he’s been awfully busy tending to legal matters, whether trying to quash a subpoena in fired principal Richard Bishop’s lawsuit against the school board or playing offense in the court of public opinion before tonight’s meeting at 6. What on the agenda? The school board finally takes up an attorney’s $78,949 report investigating the grade-fixing allegation. Sounds like it’d make a good reality series …

• Fox 6: Rush Propst Ends His Silence

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