UK fball fan Posted November 26, 2014 Posted November 26, 2014 Has anyone heard anything on the Head Coach opening? Any new names circulating?
MSU-70 Posted November 27, 2014 Posted November 27, 2014 Allen Harmon...OC there? Seems like a good choice...already in the system...knows the players.
MCMustangs Posted November 27, 2014 Posted November 27, 2014 Allen Harmon...OC there? Seems like a good choice...already in the system...knows the players. Highly unlikely.
UK fball fan Posted November 27, 2014 Author Posted November 27, 2014 I think they should go for a proven coach who can best utilize all that talent and have enough backbone to keep the interfering parents at bay. So much politics involved over there, a lot like Graves Co. in that regard. If McCracken puts its best players on the field and doesn't play favorites to the money boosters, they've got a chance to be an elite program sooner than later.
groundattack Posted November 27, 2014 Posted November 27, 2014 Highly unlikely. Don't be so sure! I would not discount it! Highly thought of, coaching pedigree, young and energetic. Will be a successful head coach!
MCMustangs Posted November 27, 2014 Posted November 27, 2014 I think they should go for a proven coach who can best utilize all that talent and have enough backbone to keep the interfering parents at bay. So much politics involved over there, a lot like Graves Co. in that regard. If McCracken puts its best players on the field and doesn't play favorites to the money boosters, they've got a chance to be an elite program sooner than later. I think the Mustangs need to find a proven coach from outside the existing system. I'm afraid that the issues that currently exist will only compound if an inside hire is made. Harmon may get the job but I and many others feel that a culture change is needed.
PurpleFlash Posted November 27, 2014 Posted November 27, 2014 I would like to know who thinks highly of Harmon. I have yet to meet anyone at the games who speaks glowingly of him. His play calling is very predictable. My wife's aunt, who doesn't know much about the game, can tell you what play is coming simply by formation. His offensive philosophy eliminates the middle of the field on pass plays. Harmon believes only bad things happen on crossing routes. When slants have been executed, those plays are very effective. Opposing coaches aren't prepared for them because Harmon calls outs and screens. I have seen too many times a pass across the middle get tipped, overthrown and nearly intercepted and Harmon will then abandon the middle of the field regardless of time remaining....first quarter or fourth. Undisciplined football is unlikely to change with Harmon at the helm. I really don't see the culture changing under his leadership. Someone from outside the system needs to be coach. Not that this is a indictment in any way of Harmon, here is a prime example of inmates running the asylum. In a JV game this season, a player took off his equipment on the sidelines, literally down to his skivvies, and went to sit up in the stands with his mother. After missing almost half of game time, he returned to sideline, re-dressed, and was sent back into the game by the JV coaches. I am curious to know how many big-time high school coaches would kowtow to the players as much as this staff has. Granted, there are exceptions, notably the freshman coach whom the kids clearly respect as do I. When the freshman coach is on the sideline during a varsity game, the kids will seek him out for encouragement and coaching. I have yet to see a player do that with any of the assistants, including Harmon when he was on the sidelines the past several years at McCracken and at Lone Oak. Hiring within the system made sense when the new school opened, but I would like to see a hire come from somewhere else.
groundattack Posted November 28, 2014 Posted November 28, 2014 Well, I guess I should have clarified highly thought of within the coaching community. But hey maybe they should poll the fans and let them select the coach!
MCMustangs Posted November 28, 2014 Posted November 28, 2014 Well, I guess I should have clarified highly thought of within the coaching community. But hey maybe they should poll the fans and let them select the coach! I realize that Cousin Neal brings Harmon instant credibility and he is supposed to be an offensive genius, but often times my 7 year old son could've devised a more coherent and sophisticated offensive strategy than Harmon. Maybe Haskins was simply holding him back?
villecoach Posted November 28, 2014 Posted November 28, 2014 Harmon from McCracken gets no respect from me, and I don't say that about too many fellow coaches. Not a great offensive mind, easy to game plan against, but beyond that one of the most arrogant and disrespectful coaches, and for what reason?
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