Take a chill pill. It's barely October.
With only 2 regular season games and then districts, there’s a chance some could get the ax in a little over 3 weeks.
Honestly that can be said about alot of schools today. There was a time when all high schools no matter the size had a Freshmen JV and Varsity team. Today many school can barely field a decent Varsity and JV forget about the freshmen.
Kinda what happens when you let the nerds run the schools. Meanwhile, the product academically hasn't changed a whole lot. It's such a strange thing to see happen though.
I might venture to say academically we might be worse... If it was not for letting kids now days turn in homework late take test multilabel times so they can pass. I just shake my head sometimes. I understand we want to hold kids accountable... but some kids need that team atmosphere and the coaches leadership more than the team needs them especially coming from so many broken homes. To take all of that away and make it harder for kids who don't have parents who will work to get them to practices just makes no since to me.
For the record, I was speaking mostly of the finished product. Test scores and the measuring sticks. But totally agreed, the process now is severely flawed. When elementary retention and ability grouping in subject areas became bad, we lost the ability to individualize content in larger settings. It's been going on long enough that it's prevalent now in the upper grades. It's an absolute mess.
I was definitely going to add - how long are the fine citizens of Ozark going to continue to accept the results of Tiger Varsity Football… it’s honestly the worst play I’ve seen in many years now. I know there are talented and experienced coaches there who would get better results given the opportunity to run that program.
Technically you aren't losing your job - your job is a teacher. Just losing the side hustle.
Back in the day I was guilty of this to some degree especially here at KTown. Chalk it up to being SPOILED by success and forgetting what all of this entails. HOPEFULLY since 2017 I have been better...............but very much invite any of you to call me out if/when I ever go there again.
A very solid point they aren't all great AND I've met (never naming so don't even ask) a few big time jerks in my lifetime. Being great at anything doesn't make one a great person BUT respecting the profession is paramount so, again, hopefully I don't ever come across the wrong way when critiquing anything. HUGE difference from calling for someone's job.
I agree with your statements but you and I have both known some (and I don't limit it to just school based programs) who had no business attempting to coach. I always maintained that to be a good coach you have to be a good teacher and to be a great coach (won/loss record does not necessarily correspond) you have to be a great teacher. There are some who are just not good teachers even though their other attributes are acceptable. JMO
Oh come on. You and I know, if a group won some games in PeeWee Football they should automatically be State Champ contenders or it has to be the Coach's fault.
I like you take on this. I agree. I remember many of my teachers and admin who were once coaches, and they got it. I always correlate athletic success to academic success. Schools make it harder and mshsaa makes it harder on coaches to spend the time with their athletes outside of season. Specializing is also a major contributor to lack of participation in multiple sports.
No set formula that is for sure! You touched on the major part the KIDS. They will tell you on and off the field how well they are being coached/taught. As one who hires, trains and has coached/mentored adults in Industry I can tell you having particularly a team athletics background seems to be a winner. No absolutes but those young men/women tend to be more reliable, have better attitudes and see the "bigger picture" and tend to stick around longer.
Like to get the ol Mightymite coach to weight in on this one.
Generational/societal changes play a part, too. This has morphed into a great thread.............
Wrong. It is much, much easier to do things in the "off season" now than it has ever been.
