Well they were known for openly recruiting players from other schools at SPS, hence the whole Mabins situation.
They use their QB camps to try to recruit kids from other districts and have been told by multiple sources that they already started doing that this past summer in the Big 8.
From a pure coaching standpoint, they’re great, from a recruiting standpoint, oh wait, this is HS football, shouldn’t be a thing.
There’s a reason none of the coaches in the OC or the Springfield area liked them, and there’s a reason the Mauks were given I believe 3 or 4 different warnings by SPS in regards to openly asking athletes to leave their schools and transfer to Glendale. It was an ongoing issue at SPS and there were formal complaints being made every year.
I like Monett, but can’t respect the Mauks. Develop the talent you’ve got in your program.
I was posting on a HS football forum in Ohio years ago when the Mauks came to Missouri for the first time, and I wondered why most of the posters on there weren’t fans of the Mike Mauk, now, however many years later, I get it.