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  1. I posted this on 2/22/24 when in the 25/26 Realignment thread. Completely do away with districts. Ohio has classes, but no districts and still have old school conferences. Let programs schedule how they see fit for what's best for them and their program. If you think you have a legitimate shot to make a run? Schedule tougher. If you have no business going to the playoffs outside of maybe getting past the first round (in the current set up)? Schedule lighter. The fact of the matter is, there are only eight teams at the most each year, in every class that have a legit chance at winning the whole thing as is and if we are being completely honest with ourselves, it's more like half of that, or yes, even less). Either way, do away with districts. Using the '25 calendar: 7/28- 1st Day of Practice (here is a shocker....that's also about the time that most all college levels begin their practices. "What? (not you @barrel, but those gasping at the first thought of this) you mean wait until then like they do?" (I know. I should be fit for a straight jacket with that crazy thought). 9/5- Week 1- Labor Day Weekend- (like 95% of the entire college football world & now I'm really starting to sound like some loony tune) 9/12- Week 2 (Guess who doesn't even start until this week? The highest playing level of the sport in the entire world. See, I'm really talking out of my skull now. Blasphemy, I know.) 9/19- Week 3 9/26- Week 4 10/3- Week 5 10/10- Week 6 10/17- Week 7 10/24- Week 9 10/31- Week 10 11/7- Week 11 11/14- Week 12 11/21- Round 1/Region Finals & for those that didn't make the playoffs? Let's say teams 9-16 based off RPI, CalPreps, whatever computer system, etc)? Those 8 for each class get to play in a "bowl" game. 11/28- Round 2/Semis 12/5-12/6- State Finals (and, before anybody starts talking about the State Finals needing to be on Thanksgiving Weekend as if that happened last year or recent memory? It's been since the late 80's that they stopped being played then, some 35 years ago or thereabouts) By doing this? 1) Even those that don't make the playoffs get 11 games, as most all do now & those in 5 or 6 team districts that don't make it in the current set up would get one more than they do now. 2) The "Y'all have a good squad, but you aren't winning the thing" get 12 games, which, going off the current set up is where the majority of their season(s) end as is. 3) The game becomes (wait for it, more crazy talk coming here) the fall sport it was intended to be, and for some odd reason(s), the way the collegiate levels and NFL have always chose to play it. 4) More kids will come out (start date). 5) Programs will also able to fill a full staff + less head coaching turnover due to not losing all of their sanity (start date + deep down knowing they aren't taking an '88 Dotson, no matter how much time, work and effort you put into it, to the Dayton 500).
  2. Woodford has been running the flexbone, not wishbone, and even with that, the last couple years they’ve slung it around plenty.
  3. Absolutely. I would think there would be some sort of suit towards slander/libel, depending on the manner in which this anonymous and completely bogus (as well as potentially career and life ruining) accusations were made.
  4. Precisely. Now it’s time for those two to take the whistleblowers to court. Whether they will or not, I don’t know.
  5. All based off an anonymous tip witch hunt (no pun intended). There is nothing to this & look for the both of them to be reinstated.
  6. Accurate & they aren't alone. I would be completely shocked if the average tenure across the state, with all programs factored in, is above 4-5 (at the most) years. If that isn't the overall average, I'd be willing to say that it is, however, the case for 75% of the programs across the state & more of those closer to the 4 (shade above, shade below) than the 5 year average tenure.
  7. Congrats to Coach Lopez. This has been a long time coming and very much earned and deserved!
  8. Nobody can argue this, and the same would be true for the rest of the classes. Absolutely wonderful @common_sense_eagle
  9. Completely do away with districts. Ohio has classes, but no districts and still have old school conferences. Let programs schedule how they see fit for what's best for them and their program. If you think you have a legitimate shot to make a run? Schedule tougher. If you have no business going to the playoffs outside of maybe getting past the first round (in the current set up)? Schedule lighter. The fact of the matter is, there are only eight teams at the most each year, in every class that have a legit chance at winning the whole thing as is and if we are being completely honest with ourselves, it's more like half of that, or yes, even less). Either way, do away with districts. Using the '25 calendar: 7/28- 1st Day of Practice (here is a shocker....that's also about the time that most all college levels begin their practices. "What? (not you @barrel, but those gasping at the first thought of this) you mean wait until then like they do?" (I know. I should be fit for a straight jacket with that crazy thought). 9/5- Labor Day Weekend- Week 1 (like 95% of the entire college football world & now I'm really starting to sound like some loony tune) 9/12- Week 2 (Guess who doesn't even start until this week? The highest playing level of the sport in the entire world. See, I'm really talking out of my skull now. Blasphemy, I know.) 9/19- Week 3 9/26- Week 4 10/3- Week 5 10/10- Week 6 10/17- Week 7 10/24- Week 9 10/31- Week 10 11/7- Week 11 11/14- Week 12 11/21- Round 1/Region Finals & for those that didn't make the playoffs? Let's say teams 9-16 based off RPI, CalPreps, whatever computer system, etc)? Those 8 for each class get to play in a "bowl" game. 11/28- Round 2/Semis 12/5-12/6- State Finals (and, before anybody starts talking about the State Finals needing to be on Thanksgiving Weekend as if that happened last year or recent memory? It's been since the late 80's that they stopped being played then, some 35 years ago or thereabouts) By doing this? 1) Even those that don't make the playoffs get 11 games, as most all do now & those in 5 or 6 team districts that don't make it in the current set up would get one more than they do now. 2) The "Y'all have a good squad, but you aren't winning the thing" get 12 games, which, going off the current set up is where the majority of their season(s) end as is. 3) The game becomes (wait for it, more crazy talk coming here) the fall sport it was intended to be, and for some odd reason(s), the way the collegiate levels and NFL have always chose to play it. 4) More kids will come out (start date). 5) Programs will also able to fill a full staff + less head coaching turnover due to not losing all of their sanity (start date + deep down knowing they aren't taking an '88 Dotson, no matter how much time, work and effort you put into it, to the Dayton 500).
  10. Not the most ideal, but sometimes unavoidable. That’s the case right now with both 2A D5 & D6 and 3A D5 & D6.
  11. Neither of these are the case. Jackson hasn’t turned it down. He and Josh are pretty tight. I could see a definite possibility of him going there to help Tyler or if he turned it down maybe then some interest, but Jackson hasn’t turned the job down.
  12. I don't disagree. With Daviess Co, I don't think it's an issue of making it work, but having to go about it maybe not as timely as some think, given those hurdles and potential "issues"....which could potentially work in their favor by not rushing things and instead, knowing what exactly they are going to have open and/or possibly created. If they were a one horse town school system and didn't have Apollo (or vice versa), then a position(s) could be created whenever they wanted....if needed....if they were serious about it. Pointing out the obvious here, but in the Daviess County School District (and, others), what they have to do for one high school, they have to do for the other (if it's not already in place).
  13. Over Christmas Break, I found a stack of old Sports Illustrated from the '90's. One of those "most random finds ever" type deals, and it was an issue of when Felipe Lopez had signed with St. John's. But, I agree with all of you....just a spot on list. Georgetown would definitely top mine, then Georgia Tech, Indiana, UNLV, DePaul, etc. Georgetown was like the "O.G" Oregon, but for basketball. The original "Jordan Brand" program. Nobody else in college basketball had the patent leather J's, but they sure did (I don't even think UNC had the hook ups that G'town did? Or so it didn't seem like that. I never could figure that out) Needless to say, I think it would be a great thing for college basketball to see those programs make a run back at some kind of prominence. It's great to see newer programs like the Gonzaga's of the world, once considered just to be a cinderella, not become an imposing figure in March. I wouldn't mind seeing a March Madness, again, though with the Hoyas, Runnin' Rebels, Hoosiers (ehh, maybe not on second thought), Blue Demons and the Red Storm, though. I'd welcome it. Make it feel like 1991, again. A little "Back to the Future": College Basketball Edition.
  14. It's a little more complicated than that. This time of year if there aren't any positions available for prospective coaches on the outside, then districts, especially those where there are more than one high school in the district, don't fully know their staffing allocations for the next school year. This is also the time of year where district letters of intent are also being sent out and signed. Now and the next couple weeks is when individual schools and districts as a whole have a better of idea of what will be available and what won't. If it's going to be an internal hire, then more times than not that's not even an issue (if in fact they are already teaching in the building and/or district somewhere). This time of year, depending on the flexibility given to those who are on the hiring committee, can be really tough with boys/girls basketball, wrestling, swimming, archery etc going on where AD's and other admin, along with parents who are representing members of the SBDM that may or may not be on the committee that have their own kids with their schedules (especially those in high school). Often times, hiring committees, if made up of 4-6 people usually try to have a SBDM at the high school that has some skin in the game. If the principal and AD can get a member that fills the role of a parent as well a a staff member? That's usually a go to move. In other instances, the hire is placed solely in the hands of the AD & if they have no teaching responsibilities (which, none of them should have to worry about teaching IMO), then they can typically move a lot faster bc they have their days wide open & evening athletic schedules don't come into play. With all of that said, I'm about 100% positive that the interview process has started (late last week) and/or is beginning this week.
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