John Jensen removed as Putnam City West's football coach

I graduated from West in 08 and i can actually say I really didnt care for the Jensens at all. I was an Athletic Trainer and i was always around them so i seen and heard stuff i didnt want to see. And Mrs Jensen did not like the trainers and wanted to get rid of the program. I mean who would really do that. They favored who they wanted to favor and that was not fair. The team sucks and it is time for new and real coaches. The team has always had great players!! But the coaching staff sucks

Yes, Jensen is a good coach but, everyone only sees what he does for the boys sports. I'm a current student and i play on the girls team and we don't get anything for the girls teams. I see your side but I also see Mr. Meeks side.

Marie I will challenge you to get other Alumni and existing students to write in this column to give opions on the matter. People need to know about the uper level of administration and other things.

I completely agree with Moser and James. I was a 2011 graduate from PCW so I got to see all the crap that the Jensens pulled and if only half of you actually truly saw how the Jensens really were. They only act like wonderful caring people when theres publicity involved. Coach Jensen always let his certain favorite football players get away with whatever they damn well pleased and Mrs Jensen was one of those power hungry nazis that if you even dared to cross just once she would make sure the rest of your time at that school was a terrible one. I remember because Malcom had close ties with the Jensens when he failed his English final he still got chosen as Mr Patriot Senior year when there was plenty of other students who actually qualified for the position. I know for a fact that Im not the only student who truly hated the Jensens and Im not one to throw the word hate around like its absolutely nothing. I will agree that Coach Jensen can be a great person at times but they are far and few between moments. But before all you people start sticking up for this guy please actually consider hearing the students who went to school with these people dailys opinions. Putnam City West is NOT a bunch of starving little hoodlums which is exactly what they tried to portray most of us as. Just like James had said every school has those few kids that clearly cant afford to feed themselves and thats fine but that doesnt mean PCW is just a school full of poor people. I just hope to see that they actually get a good coach who will know what hes doing.

James your right, if these people met with the majority of these kids they would see what you are saying. I know a few kids that were reprimanded for hitting to hard in practice. tHERE DOES NEED TO BE CHANGES MADE AT THE TOP OF ADMINISTRATION TOO.

To tell you the truth the numbers were down and there was alot of favoritism on the team on kids that John thought he should be close to. Some of these kids ended up being in troublw iwth the police. This is best for the program and maybe get some real coaching done now.

whoa whoa whoa, living in the past? how far in the past do you want to go? Does anyone realize that the basketball team has been good for 4 straight years, and even went to state 2 years ago?! Basketball sure is winning with "poor and starved" kids. Why can't football? You guys are making PC West out to be a terribly poor school when it's not! EVERY school has hungry kids, EVERY school has poor kids, it's a way of life! Go south of the river, where you'll find Capitol Hill and Southeast, those kids need food! Not PC West! He was hired as football coach and was is a football coach suppose to do? WIN GAMES! He wasn't hired to feed his kids and then want the whole state to know what good things your doing. I can name countless coaches that have done the same for their players, but they don't brag about it and make excuses for going 3-47! If only some of you knew what really goes on at PC West.... No one wants to talk about Jensen throwing that basketball coach under the bus and getting him fired for actually WINNING and going to state! No one wants to talk about Tammy Jensen calling the pom squad sluts for their dance routine at an assembly! Some of you all are clueless....and it's sad that you're drinking the Jensen koolaid

X Factor, You obviously have some bitter resentment towards the Jensens because you or your child did not get their way, or you are a former employee that was let go. Either way, you are bitter moron that has NO IDEA what they are talking about! Someone who truly knew the Jensens would not say the statements you did and something is seriously wrong with you!

X-Factor has no idea what he/she is talking about. John didn't "resign" or "step down" as football coach. He was given the option of staying on as AD and, needing a job, he took that. John Jensen is far from "a fake". You sound like a bitter moron. You can't "fake" what John has done his entire life. He works awfully hard to "fake" it, don't you think? The things they have done w/Malcolm are not "untrue". Is Malcolm in on the big facade? Does he know it's not true? He seems to love them quite a bit. How much money have you raised for PCW? How many kids have you helped get food for? Also, to the poster above, the administration at PCW is doing everything they can to keep from falling to 5A. I think that is a mistake. Why would they want to compete against Jenks, Union, etc? I guess it's a stature thing.

This has nothing to do with competitiveness or blaming any one. Obviously there is one very bitter person above in regards to Jensen and Meeks who would like to put the blame on these two for everything and still has some growing up to do in regards to what ever issue happened. But in regards to football and PC West, the honest truth is nothing is going to happen at the bottom of 6A. Just like Jim Traber, Sports Animal, said the other day. Enrollment numbers are the key to PC West Success. When a school the size of West competes with schools two and three sometimes 4 times the size, it is hard to compete. There is a bigger differentce in the numbers in the top and bottom 6A schools than there is between 2A and 5A schools. This is the true problem and until someone addresses this problem, winning is going to be difficult at PC West. (all said on the Sports Animal last week). I just looked at the schedule for PC West next year and there is a chance to win a few games. One because it is Western Heights and it is the first game of the year, eligibility, injuries will not be an issue and they are a 5A school.

---