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Shawnee posted per JCPS website. So another Lou area job

Stacy Pendelton named coach. Pendleton named head coach at Brown | | USA Today High School Sports

They didn't end the year with a team - should be interesting to see who takes over and how they plan on addressing having enough kids to field a team. Amazing that Iroquios won a state championship 8 years ago and now can't finish a season.

I always told me players - you'll know where you stand by the end of summer. If at the end of the summer we don't know our top 8-10 kids, we've wasted a summer. Obviously things can change from July to October - but for the most part - it's very useful to coaches and teams.

I don't know to be 100% honest because these handful of officials could have been wrong. I was coaching at a school in KY that didn't have a lot of basketballs when I got the job (or money to buy more). I called in some favors from coaches and an affluent school gave me like 15 of their "old" balls (which were much nicer than anything we had). The problem was this school was in Ohio. And they had the OHSAA logo on them. We used them most games and didn't have any issue, but a handful of times we were told we had to use balls that had the KHSAA branding on them. They were the same exact ball (Rawlings) as the KHSAA one. So not sure exactly what the rule is, but some officials out there are under the impression they have to be the KHSAA basketball.

Most schools SHOULD know their openings, yes. I think the number of openings still available reflect the number of people wanting to be coaches... Unruly parents, lack of administrative support, lack of commitment from kids, etc. are reasons people aren't interested in, or are leaving, coaching.

Because the online records weren't available and I wasn't following Louisville area girls hoops before then. I agree with what you're saying - compared to the rest of the region/Louisville they're a solid program. But like I said before - compared to the other schools in the area those students have to pick from - PRP has significantly more program history than the others.

Their 289 wins since 1998 far exceeds anything the other JCPS schools in that area have accomplished (outside of Butler). .580 winning percentage isn't too bad either. Compared to the other JCPS schools in that area (Western, Doss, Iroquois, Valley) - they have tradition. Compared to schools across the state or even the rest of Louisville - I would agree with you.

Not only the playing year round thing - but the getting kids to your school. In a system where kids can pick from a number of schools - if you can get a lot of the better players to pick the same school - that's clearly a recipe for a winning team. Schools that lack tradition have a difficult time getting kids to go there. Kids would rather go to PRP and be a role player their junior or senior year than go to one of the other schools on in the Shively area (Butler not included) and potentially start as a freshman. Now if you're AAU coach is at one of those schools - that may change their minds. Central doesn't necessarily need someone with AAU ties. It would be helpful - but the school and tradition sells itself to a lot of good players.

I think I follow what you're saying. Jobs with less pedigree than Central... Will be interesting to see who they go with. I still think Maurice Ponder would be a good fit there.

Meaning at...less desirable jobs? Or at lower level (MS, 9th, JV)?

If you're an out of state transfer into Ohio - just have to document your new residence (with mortgage, lease, bills, etc.) - and then transcripts from the old school will clear all the other things the school needs (academic eligibility, grade level, etc.). Those get submitted to the state - and boom, eligible. As I stated before - if you go to a new school in Ohio - 99% of the time your family has to have moved. Transfers and eligibility are a lot more clear cut when there is a legitimate change of residency involved.

Would agree that Ponder would be logical hire. He kind of got a raw deal at Waggener from what I hear...

Ohio is a little different as we don't have county school districts up here. You live in Bowling Green, OH - you go to Bowling Green High School. You live in Mason, OH - you go to Mason High School. No exceptions. Most school districts have 1 high school. And most of those who have a more than 1 high school - there are geographical boundaries that are set that dictate which school you go to. General rule is - if a kid transfers they have to sit out 50% of the contests in whatever sports they participated in at their previous school. The are ineligible for the remainder of that season (if it's in the middle of the season). Example A: Tom lives in Mason, OH and plays golf and basketball at Mason High School as a freshman. His family moves to Fairfield, OH AFTER his freshman year. If he chooses to play golf and basketball at Fairfield HS - he has to sit out 9 golf matches (permitted 18 contests) and 11 basketball games (permitted 22 contests). If Tom chooses to play football at Fairfield - since he did not play football at Mason he would be eligible to play football right away. Example B: Tom's family moves to Fairfield in the MIDDLE of the basketball season - he is automatically ineligible for the remainder of the current basketball season AND has to sit out 11 contests next year. There are waivers if you can prove a BONA FIDE move has been made with BOTH PARENTS (unless there is a divorce happening). So Dad can't say "Hey I'm renting an apartment in Fairfield - now my kid can go to school there and play there". You have to document why you moved, provide a lease/mortgage/bills, etc. This waiver can permit you to not have to sit out 50% of contests the following year - but in example B - no waivers will make him eligible right away. So in most cases for a kid to transfer to a new school - you have to move. And as I said - if you move you have to go to a new school - so there's no choice to remain a student at Mason High School and play there if your family doesn't live in Mason. It gets a little murkier in bigger cities with many high schools (Cleveland Public Schools - for example). They have open enrollment - but the same rules apply. If Johnny is at East Tech as a freshman and decides he wants to go to Glenville as a sophomore - you have to document you moved - and even then you have to sit out 50% of contests the following year. If you can't document that you moved and just want Johnny to go to Glenville - I believe he is ineligible for 1 calendar year form his enrollment at Glenville. The bylaws explicitly outline transferring schools within the same school district. It gets hazy and fuzzy and I'm not 100% versed in how it works in the big cities. I'm sure there are ways around it. The difference between up here with the big city districts is that kids usually go to one place based on their sport - and stay there. If you're a elite football player - you're going to Glenville. If you're a top notch girls basketball player - you're going to East Tech. If you're a top female track star - you go to Collinwood. Most of the other teams are not competitive. In JCPS - there are a LOT of competitive programs that are fighting one another for the same kids - in Cleveland - Glenville has all the football kids - and they aren't leaving Ted Ginn and his program. There is 1 really good program throughout the entire city for each sport. Kids know where to go based on their sport and the other schools aren't really options... As far as transferring from Private to Public - you are permitted 1 transfer back to your home school without having to sit out 50% of contests. So if you live in Lakewood, OH (suburb of Cleveland) and go to Cleveland St. Ignatius as a freshman and decide it isn't for you - you can transfer to Lakewood High School as a sophomore and be eligible right away. One time only. If you choose to transfer back to Ignatius - you have to sit out 50% of contests the following season. There are roughly 1,200 high schools in Ohio (799 of which field boys basketball teams - the largest number in terms of participation in the state - the other ~400 are small charter schools, or small private schools who are not members of the OHSAA if they even have athletics and therefore have no rules and restrictions - but those are few and far between). There are 611 school districts. Roughly 75% of them are single high school districts. If you live in that city/township/village, etc. you go to that school. No way around it. No choice to go elsewhere (in terms of public schooling). There are loop holes for everything - but I will say that transferring in Ohio is not as much of an issue as it is in KY.

Should be one of the better jobs in Louisville outside of your traditional schools.