Coaches Opening
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CJ hired a coach who has developed a pipeline. He ran the Webb youth leagues, then started and ran them in Seneca. He is a good coach, but his program development should improve the incoming talent too. Having a group of good kids when you walk in the door will definitely attract coaches to any school, and some guys just want to coach what's in front of them, but it's nice to see some public school coaches who want to develop talent too.
Has there been confirmation of this? I know she seemed to have the Lady Wolves getting better going in to the end of the season!
Osage hired David Volkart, former Russellville head coach current Osage middle school assistant
Versailles hired Andy Moon, former Stover assistant. Alumni of Versailles
Macks Creek open. I think Ron retired or just wanted to enjoy daughter's senior year.
Versailles hired Andy Moon, former Stover assistant. Alumni of Versailles
Macks Creek open. I think Ron retired or just wanted to enjoy daughter's senior year.
They have Aldridge, who will be a junior, and Ward, who will be a sophomore. If they have 3-5 other girls who are just average, they will be very good.
Boys coach has a really good daughter. But he’s certifiably insane. One of the reasons the old coach left.
Sounds like a lot of small towns. Bad administration or a bad school board not standing up to parents for their teachers and coaches. Leeton, Richland, and Steelville come to my mind at the moment, but there are a lot more out there. They have hidden agendas and the kids are the ones that suffer.
Steelville hired Josh Pritchett I saw. He will be a great young coach. Hopefully they keep him around.
That and the boys underachieved. They should’ve supported the previous boys coach better. Most of the time the grass is not greener on the other side. Parents are becoming a huge problem in HS sports, especially if they are in administration or on the school board. If their son or daughter isn’t playing enough or “getting coached too hard” they want another coach.
Parents are becoming a problem??? Parents have been a problem for at least 40 years. This is nothing new. The small town politics have been a problem for at least 40 years too. It comes with the territory and of course some places are worse than others.
Scenario. A good team - not great - wins districts. The week of the quarterfinal game the 5 seniors tell the coach they didn't expect to make it to state, so a few months back they booked a trip for spring break - which just happens to be the week of the final 4. They play well and get the quarterfinal win on Friday night, and after the game tell the coach they decided they are still going on the trip (leaving Saturday and coming back Wednesday night). The coach is shocked. Reminds them per team rules, if they miss the week of practices before the state games, they won't get to start at state (of the 5, 3 are starters, 1 is first off the bench and the other doesn't play much). Basically, they say it was booked and they didn't think they would get to state, and it is special thing for them to go on this trip.
They go. The team practices with the other 6 kids all week. At state they don't start - only sitting the first 3 minutes of the game before being subbed in (per what the team had done when anyone missed during the year for any reason). They weren't going to win anyway, but the parents of these kids feel the coach disrespected the kids because they were seniors and deserved the right to start regardless of missing the week of practice to go on the spring break getaway - they had put their time in over the years. The AD supports the decision, so they go to the principal who is not an athletic person at all.
What do you think should happen? What do you think did happen? This is why coaches don't want to coach.
They go. The team practices with the other 6 kids all week. At state they don't start - only sitting the first 3 minutes of the game before being subbed in (per what the team had done when anyone missed during the year for any reason). They weren't going to win anyway, but the parents of these kids feel the coach disrespected the kids because they were seniors and deserved the right to start regardless of missing the week of practice to go on the spring break getaway - they had put their time in over the years. The AD supports the decision, so they go to the principal who is not an athletic person at all.
What do you think should happen? What do you think did happen? This is why coaches don't want to coach.
Which team did this happen to. I think the coach would have been in the right not to play them at all, to me the players got off easy.
It was a large school final 4 team this year. Agree they got off easy, and even one of the senior starters told the administration that the coaches told them upfront, and they knew the rules but made their decision anyway - so she told them the coaches were right and even though she wanted to start, she feels the punishment was deserved and there are consequences to actions.
I am not involved in this nightmare, just was told by someone who is very close to the situation. Just a shame this the reality of things today - and the coach will not be back after leading an average talented team to a great season. And it sounds like it is happening a lot of places when parents feel entitled and are over-involved. Administrations are clueless, or gutless and afraid to upset anyone that may have a negative impact on their job. We are teaching the kids nothing about accountability, self-discipline, being part of team, and a lot of other important life lessons.
And the coach chose to leave because of this whole thing right? Coach is completely in the right and the players are lucky it was just 3 minutes and not quarters, half, or the game. All depends on what the expectations and rules were at the beginning of the year.
Crazy world the HS coaching world has become! Had a former player tell me that he didn't realize how crazy coaching was until a few years after HS, he started coaching the youth teams in town. He said the parents turned on him so fast because their kids were not playing enough minutes.
The kids will regret their decision in the long run. You can literally go on vacation anytime. No more chances to play in a Final 4.
