Don't know the details. Just know that is the quick blurb to describe why.

 

It might describe what, it certainly doesn't describe why.

It might describe what, it certainly doesn't describe why.

 

Very fair statement.

So an aspiring young basketball coach gets what has traditionally been a great head coaching job and she is giving up the job after one year and seeking a different teaching job?

 

That makes no sense at all...

 

We can all speculate as much as we want but this was a tough position for any potential coach to step into. Thought the coach did a fine job with the team last year as a young first year coach. Let's be realistic this was a traditionally great job but not anymore. If a better teaching position came along and the decision was to explore it, Good for her. Why does it need to be more than that?

We can all speculate as much as we want but this was a tough position for any potential coach to step into. Thought the coach did a fine job with the team last year as a young first year coach. Let's be realistic this was a traditionally great job but not anymore. If a better teaching position came along and the decision was to explore it, Good for her. Why does it need to be more than that?

 

Please tell us more?

Please tell us more?

I assume he's referring to the fact that players like Moss or Sandlin are no longer roaming the halls.

Please tell us more?

 

If you follow AAU girls basketball you can see that there's very little in the pipeline coming up through Boone. This seems the same in several sports not just girls basketball. Other than a couple decent boys players? I think Boone girls basketball is at least 6-7 years away from ever even playing in a district final regardless of who coaches.

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So are we confirmed that the job is open here?

So an aspiring young basketball coach gets what has traditionally been a great head coaching job and she is giving up the job after one year and seeking a different teaching job?

 

That makes no sense at all...

 

Day job comes first. If they tolder her she had to teach something she didnt want to tou would look elsewhere too.

So are we confirmed that the job is open here?

 

Schools don't share much but yes, everyone I have talked to told me the job is open.

Job is open.

 

Boone has been hit hard the last 20 years by the rise of Ryle then Cooper. Feeders aren't producing that much talent for Boone. Both boys and girls have fallen squarely in the basement at the moment in that district.

Please tell us more?

 

If you follow AAU girls basketball you can see that there's very little in the pipeline coming up through Boone. This seems the same in several sports not just girls basketball. Other than a couple decent boys players? I think Boone girls basketball is at least 6-7 years away from ever even playing in a district final regardless of who coaches.

 

Job is open.

 

Boone has been hit hard the last 20 years by the rise of Ryle then Cooper. Feeders aren't producing that much talent for Boone. Both boys and girls have fallen squarely in the basement at the moment in that district.

 

Hydra / Seven - Agree completely with both of you in your summations of the difficulty of this traditionally great job. As a HOF Coach Fookes with her experience brought the best out of players and maybe out coached the other teams in the district. This is going to be a tough district Conner, Ryle on the rise Cooper has 3 potential College Players in their starting 5 next year, all of these schools getting more kids with new housing going up that Boone is not drawing from.

Hydra / Seven - Agree completely with both of you in your summations of the difficulty of this traditionally great job. As a HOF Coach Fookes with her experience brought the best out of players and maybe out coached the other teams in the district. This is going to be a tough district Conner, Ryle on the rise Cooper has 3 potential College Players in their starting 5 next year, all of these schools getting more kids with new housing going up that Boone is not drawing from.

 

I thought I heard whispers of Boone expanding its district west of Hopeful/Weaver to address capacity issues at Cooper and Ryle?

If you follow AAU girls basketball you can see that there's very little in the pipeline coming up through Boone. This seems the same in several sports not just girls basketball. Other than a couple decent boys players? I think Boone girls basketball is at least 6-7 years away from ever even playing in a district final regardless of who coaches.

 

Hard to even fathom. Seems like all sports at Boone are really struggling. I guess Nell knew what was up before calling it quits.

I'm going to leave this one going to continue the discussion about what is - or perhaps more appropriately, what isn't going on at Boone County right now.

 

Here is a thread for the discussion of the hunt for a new coach at Boone: Open Job: Boone County