Can some of you familiar with the Ozark conference tell me what has happened to the Waynesville program that used to be fairly competitive year in and year out? Do they miss coach Vernon that much?
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its hard to say, I mean you have to look at coaching but its hard to say really. They still have good athletes but have lost the edge we used to see from them.
Brad Drehle went 97-22 in the 10 years prior to coming to Waynesville, so I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say it's probably not coaching.
Coaching at BO and coaching at Waynesville is a bit of a different game. Not the same type of kid or athlete, or parent for that matter. But to say their athletes are just as good as they were 10 (or even five) years ago wouldn't be accurate either. There's not just one singular reason a program like this takes a nose dive like they have.
When Joplin played at Waynesville last year I asked that question of some of the press box guys and they said that when Drehle came in he was a lot tougher and demanding than the previous coach. Had hard practices....evidently something they were not used to. Practically the entire senior class quit. Not sure if this is what happened but that is what I was told.
Can't speak of the reasons because I have no idea. But their upperclassmen numbers have been down for a couple years.
It is true that numerous players quit or didn't come out at all. Some would say that is due to more demanding coaches. Some would say it began last year when a controversial decision was made about who would start at a key position.
The results speak for themselves.
The results speak for themselves.
A lot of truth to that I suppose. Sometimes there's more that goes into it than record though. But I think they won four games his first year, and none the last two. That's tough, no matter how you look at it. Especially at a place that's accustomed to winning quite a bit more than that.
I think that's a big problem there. Kids move in & out every year or two when their parents get transferred. If you have a stud player who's a sophomore, he probably won't be there as a senior. Makes it hard to build a program from grade school up.
Yes, they have had that problem for ever, so have other schools around there, that is something a person should know going in.
Have heard other coaches say you'd have to keep schemes pretty simple there because of this. No clue if true, because I just don't know football that well. But it sounds reasonable. FWIW, I have no clue how simple or complicated their scheme is now.
I checked out their online roster (reliability unknown). It showed 23 seniors and 12 juniors Not good numbers for class 5.
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