Atherton football

[EastSideJunkie]

OK just for fun!

 

The previous coach tried and tried but just couldn't get anything going at the school. I don't remember the last time they won three games?

 

1. Anybody know who would want the job?

 

or

 

2. How about what coach you would like to see take a stab and try and turn it around. I mean if you win at Atherton you might go down as the best coach in the history of Kentucky football!

[thepeopleschamp]

Now that they have dropped down to 3A they at least have a chance, albeit a very small one to compete. They have virtually no fan or community support, but a winner could change that. I believe that if a coach came in with a pass orientd attack they could possibly win some games. this would offeset their lack of numbers and allow them to bring some initial excitement to the program like Mumme did at UK. Personally, I think a man who could do the job is Mike Harmon at Lafayette. Even though he would most likely never leave the Lex. he is the progressive minded exciting coach who could possibly bring some life to the program. I mean he basically did the same thing at Lafayette, who before he came around had been an also ran for a decade.

[Tigertalker]

I have a friend who's dad coached at Atherton during the 1970's (Dan Goble). He likes to talk about it was like coaching at Atherton back in the day. At one time Atherton used to be competitive with the elite teams in Louisville even beat ST.X one year and had 10-1 record. Goble talked about one year he had 18 starters back from a pretty decent team and one day latter after bussing was ruled in jefferson county he had only had 4 back because on the kids last name began with a certain letter. He left a year latter because of the bussing issues and won the 4a title 3 years latter at Christian County. Dan loves to talk about how much fun it was to coach at Atherton and at one time Atherton probably had one of the better facilities in the Louisville area.

[Xgrad-JAGdad]

I was wondering why they don't move to 8 man football like some other local schools. That seems like it would be a good deal.

[QB42]

All I know about Atherton football is I hate their field when it rains. In my day, we should have beaten Atherton on a cold raining night, but instead they beat us. It was a mud bowl.

[TonyDanza]

I was wondering why they don't move to 8 man football like some other local schools. That seems like it would be a good deal.

 

I agree they should have done this or move down to 2A.

[thomam]

Their enrollment is too high to be 2A

[freshstart]

Looks like a great community there. Very nice neighborhood. Drove thru there once and was really amazed at things. Don't know much about the football program except it never wins. Don't know why. Are there athletes in the school? How are the other sports programs? Who does the football program compete with?

[GR8BigBull]

Coach Satori actually tried at one time to work a non district schedule but could not work it out. A move to 3A was not as easy as one might think with Central, Bullitt East, Waggener, and others that are consistently strong and could compete with 4A. The administration needs to show a little interest in improving the situation before it can get better. Could be a bad career move unitl the administration decides that football can be better at Atherton. Facilities (Stadium) is not bad, practice fields are plentiful and the overall campus at Atherton is beautiful, college-like. More interest in the school in skateboarding and partying, they also have alot of foreign students and soccer players. A few more wins consistently would help recruit students already in the school to come out for the team. Coach Satori did as good as one could considering the climate AND attitude in the school.

[freshstart]

Is the coaches salary inviting enough to draw a good coach? Do all the Jefferson Co schools pay the same for their coaching staffs?

[RowdyRedRam]

OK just for fun!

 

The previous coach tried and tried but just couldn't get anything going at the school. I don't remember the last time they won three games?

 

1. Anybody know who would want the job?

 

or

 

2. How about what coach you would like to see take a stab and try and turn it around. I mean if you win at Atherton you might go down as the best coach in the history of Kentucky football!

If I wanted to be a head coach I would jump at the oppritunity.

If I were the coach I would push on three angles.

First in recruitment, no not illegal recruitment but recruiting as many boys to come out to play as possible. Sit in the cafeteria everyday and ask every boy you come across to come out, build the numbers.

The second angle would be to focus on retainment. After losing seasons (and the first seasons will be losing seasons) many will want to quit, this would be the biggest down fall, keep the numbers high in the 60's to 70's if possible.

The third thing is to schedual softly. Get the boys some wins and bring in some respectability, losing stinks and it stinks hard. It is much easier to play on a winning program than a losing program, each win makes things easier.

[Charger1]

If I wanted to be a head coach I would jump at the oppritunity.

If I were the coach I would push on three angles.

First in recruitment, no not illegal recruitment but recruiting as many boys to come out to play as possible. Sit in the cafeteria everyday and ask every boy you come across to come out, build the numbers.

The second angle would be to focus on retainment. After losing seasons (and the first seasons will be losing seasons) many will want to quit, this would be the biggest down fall, keep the numbers high in the 60's to 70's if possible.

The third thing is to schedual softly. Get the boys some wins and bring in some respectability, losing stinks and it stinks hard. It is much easier to play on a winning program than a losing program, each win makes things easier.

 

It is hard to schedule softly in their district. They play 8 district games, that leaves room for only 2 "soft" teams.

[RowdyRedRam]

It is hard to schedule softly in their district. They play 8 district games, that leaves room for only 2 "soft" teams.

Than make those the two softest teams you can possibly find and play them both first.

[Charger1]

That would be the best option, but the program has fallen so far it is going to take time to even be moderately succesful. The first thing they need is some stablility in the coaching staff. They will never get anywhere if they keep starting over every couple of years. They need to think long term, a coach needs atleast 5 years there to even begin turning the program around. If at the end of that time no progress is being made then a change can be made. One thing is certain, the program can only do 2 things, improve or stay the same, it can't get worse.

[GR8BigBull]

If I wanted to be a head coach I would jump at the oppritunity.

If I were the coach I would push on three angles.

First in recruitment, no not illegal recruitment but recruiting as many boys to come out to play as possible. Sit in the cafeteria everyday and ask every boy you come across to come out, build the numbers.

The second angle would be to focus on retainment. After losing seasons (and the first seasons will be losing seasons) many will want to quit, this would be the biggest down fall, keep the numbers high in the 60's to 70's if possible.

The third thing is to schedual softly. Get the boys some wins and bring in some respectability, losing stinks and it stinks hard. It is much easier to play on a winning program than a losing program, each win makes things easier.

Satori was there for 5 seasons, started off with a good group of seniors with alot of promise. Season did not go as well as expected, probably should have won 5-6 games that year against a schedule with Iroquois, Waggener, Bullitt East, North Bullitt, Breckenridge County, Central, Henry County to name a few. Numbers were decent to start but dwindled after the first loss and grades affected others later in the season, a few injuries and so on. Regardless, when the kids do come out, they very seldom are the experienced variety. The mentality of that area where the kids are exposed to some very liberal aspects of competitive (?) athletics is differnet to say the least. There is HYR (Highland Youth Recreation) that runs a non- competitive youth organization. A whole lot of kids involved, they do not keep score and focus a lot of attention to not dwell on "beating" another team but focus on being involved in a "nobody loses" concept. Good idea for 4-5 year olds, maybe the older kids should start thinking about winning a little more. There are actual clubs in the school focused on alternative lifestyles and other questionable clubs that probably should be left outside the confines of a public learning facility. IMHO. Again, I have seen the attitude first hand, it is not an environment that is conducive to winning. Satori spent a lot of time and energy in his first year creating a weight room in the basement of the school, a pretty nice weight room, and improving the locker room. Had a lot of nice things going on but again, until the kids start believing they have a chance to succeed, they have a "we can't win" attitude. A lot of things that are not working in favor of the program over there. Could be a good start for a coach or carreer suicide, I honestly think Satori left at the right time and will be coaching somewhere this year as an assistant or even possibly HC.