22 minutes ago, theguru said:

Jamie Reed South Oldham Head Football Coach

Stephen Lickert Newport Central Catholic Head Football Coach

Chris Wolfe Male Head Football Coach

Bert Bathiany Tiffin University Assistant Football Coach

Unknown High School Football Coach from Evansville Indiana

David Fulcher Former Bengal and Former Cincinnati Christian Head Football Coach

Who else?

Does the unknown football coach wear a brown paper bag over his head like the Unknown Comic??

1 minute ago, 9068 said:

Does the unknown football coach wear a brown paper bag over his head like the Unknown Comic??

It is unknown at this time. 

On tangent here, I have also heard from multiple sources that Highlands has been proactive reaching out to coaches and with that in mind if they didn't reach out to Coach Wolfe they are incompetent. 

36 minutes ago, theguru said:

Jamie Reed South Oldham Head Football Coach

Stephen Lickert Newport Central Catholic Head Football Coach

Chris Wolfe Male Head Football Coach

Bert Bathiany Tiffin University Assistant Football Coach

Unknown High School Football Coach from Evansville Indiana

David Fulcher Former Bengal and Former Cincinnati Christian Head Football Coach

Who else?

Why is Wolfe on this list?  Did he apply?

5 minutes ago, theguru said:

On tangent here, I have also heard from multiple sources that Highlands has been proactive reaching out to coaches and with that in mind if they didn't reach out to Coach Wolfe they are incompetent. 

Isn’t this what most programs do?  

Just now, Jack of all Trades said:

Why is Wolfe on this list?  Did he apply?

You tell me?  

Also for you or anyone, Coach Wolfe is obviously someone that says what is on his mind which we witnessed with his many criticisms of the Jefferson County Public Schools this fall.  With that in mind, has Coach Wolfe made any public statements about his coaching career for 2021 and beyond?

5 minutes ago, Jack of all Trades said:

Isn’t this what most programs do?  

I honestly don't know.  In the Pros I think they call it tampering but again I don't know. 

1 hour ago, theguru said:

I honestly don't know.  In the Pros I think they call it tampering but again I don't know. 

Not sure it would be tampering if done when season is over, but that is just my opinion.

2 hours ago, theguru said:

I am told we can add Eddie James Franklin County Head Football Coach to the list, can anyone confirm or deny Coach James?

Now that would be an excellent hire. 

46 minutes ago, Jack of all Trades said:

Not sure it would be tampering if done when season is over, but that is just my opinion.

I would think anytime one high school goes after another high school's coach it is a form of tampering but it may be totally acceptable in Kentucky.

Anyone?

27 minutes ago, TheDeuce said:

Now that would be an excellent hire. 

Would you please tell us a little about Coach James?

3 hours ago, theguru said:

I am told we can add Eddie James Franklin County Head Football Coach to the list, can anyone confirm or deny Coach James?

I don't have any information on whether or not he has applied or interviewed, but this one interests me somewhat. Eddie is an '05 Franklin County grad, which puts him around 31 years old. He has experience on the middle school level in his resume. He spent time on Chuck Smith's staff at Boyle County coaching quarterbacks, and was the OC at Franklin County for a year or two before becoming their head coach in 2017.

Franklin County was down in '16 when he was OC under interim coach Nick Sheridan, and went 4-7 that year. Then Eddie took over in '17 and they finished 5-6. They were 10-3 in '18, then 11-1 in '19, and 9-2 this past season, losing to Central by 2, and losing to Boyle by 3 in OT in the state finals. That's a solid resume for success.

Pros:
- Middle school experience would assumedly check a box at Highlands for a coach who has firsthand knowledge of how to create involvement and manufacture excitement in the kids from their middle schools and the FTJFL
- Time served coaching under Chuck Smith can't be seen as anything but a resume builder for any coach.
- Successful track record at a school that's relatively comparable in size to Highlands.
- Coach James seems to do a good job of catering his offensive look to compliment the players he has. Work with what you got. Sometimes the original plan or the "system" you thought you had in place just won't work, and you have to be willing to scrap it and move on to figuring out a Plan B, Plan C, or Plan D.
- Program success under the coach.

Cons:
- Has only been head coach at one school.
- For better or worse, Franklin County has been a program with 7 different head coaches in the last 20 years. Even with that much coaching turnover, the majority of their seasons have had at least 7 or more wins. Franklin County is a program that recent history shows has a tendency to succeed, regardless of who their coach is. That's not to say that Coach James hasn't been anything short of a major asset, but it's still true.
- Eddie has had some serious talent the last couple of seasons at Franklin County. There's bound to be someone who will look at Coach James' record in the last couple of years as a largely being product of talent. I have to hope that the people calling the shots at Highlands know that there's more that goes into a couple of deep playoff runs that include an overtime appearance in the state title game than just having talent on your roster.
- He doesn't have a state championship. He has a runners up from one of the most competitive games played against Boyle County in the last 2 or 3 seasons, but no state championship.


I think the other thing some folks may or may not ask about Coach James (if he applied or interviews) is whether or not he is prepared for the NKY environment and the insular and highly critical - but supportive - Highlands community. Fort Thomas is different from Frankfort, although it's probably fairly comparable to Boyle County and the Danville area.

All in all, I think hiring Coach James would have a kind of a Duffy feel to it - albeit a little more likely not to have a coach who walks in the door at his new job telling the school and parents that they probably won't like him, and that he couldn't care less whether they do or don't like him.

One of the biggest questions is whether or not Eddie James is even interested in Highlands, though. I think we would all have to assume the Highlands job is a pay raise over the Franklin County job, but Eddie is currently the head coach at his alma mater, he's having some real success their as the head coach, and he still more than likely has some personal initiative to try to get a state championship at his alma mater.

19 minutes ago, theguru said:

Would you please tell us a little about Coach James?

I don’t think a lot of Highlands fans would be happy with him, especially The Mafia, but he could coach my team any day. Dude is young and hungry. 

17 minutes ago, Colonels_Wear_Blue said:

I don't have any information on whether or not he has applied or interviewed, but this one interests me somewhat. Eddie is an '05 Franklin County grad, which puts him around 31 years old. He has experience on the middle school level in his resume. He spent time on Chuck Smith's staff at Boyle County coaching quarterbacks, and was the OC at Franklin County for a year or two before becoming their head coach in 2017.

Franklin County was down in '16 when he was OC under interim coach Nick Sheridan, and went 4-7 that year. Then Eddie took over in '17 and they finished 5-6. They were 10-3 in '18, then 11-1 in '19, and 9-2 this past season, losing to Central by 2, and losing to Boyle by 3 in OT in the state finals. That's a solid resume for success.

Pros:
- Middle school experience would assumedly check a box at Highlands for a coach who has firsthand knowledge of how to create involvement and manufacture excitement in the kids from their middle schools and the FTJFL
- Time served coaching under Chuck Smith can't be seen as anything but a resume builder for any coach.
- Successful track record at a school that's relatively comparable in size to Highlands.
- Coach James seems to do a good job of catering his offensive look to compliment the players he has. Work with what you got. Sometimes the original plan or the "system" you thought you had in place just won't work, and you have to be willing to scrap it and move on to figuring out a Plan B, Plan C, or Plan D.
- Program success under the coach.

Cons:
- Has only been head coach at one school.
- For better or worse, Franklin County has been a program with 7 different head coaches in the last 20 years. Even with that much coaching turnover, the majority of their seasons have had at least 7 or more wins. Franklin County is a program that recent history shows has a tendency to succeed, regardless of who their coach is. That's not to say that Coach James hasn't been anything short of a major asset, but it's still true.
- Eddie has had some serious talent the last couple of seasons at Franklin County. There's bound to be someone who will look at Coach James' record in the last couple of years as a largely being product of talent. I have to hope that the people calling the shots at Highlands know that there's more that goes into a couple of deep playoff runs that include an overtime appearance in the state title game than just having talent on your roster.
- He doesn't have a state championship. He has a runners up from one of the most competitive games played against Boyle County in the last 2 or 3 seasons, but no state championship.


I think the other thing some folks may or may not ask about Coach James (if he applied or interviews) is whether or not he is prepared for the NKY environment and the insular and highly critical - but supportive - Highlands community. Fort Thomas is different from Frankfort, although it's probably fairly comparable to Boyle County and the Danville area.

All in all, I think hiring Coach James would have a kind of a Duffy feel to it - albeit a little more likely not to have a coach who walks in the door at his new job telling the school and parents that they probably won't like him, and that he couldn't care less whether they do or don't like him.

One of the biggest questions is whether or not Eddie James is even interested in Highlands, though. I think we would all have to assume the Highlands job is a pay raise over the Franklin County job, but Eddie is currently the head coach at his alma mater, he's having some real success their as the head coach, and he still more than likely has some personal initiative to try to get a state championship at his alma mater.

You are a machine CWB, thanks!

3 hours ago, theguru said:

Jamie Reed South Oldham Head Football Coach

Stephen Lickert Newport Central Catholic Head Football Coach

Chris Wolfe Male Head Football Coach

Bert Bathiany Tiffin University Assistant Football Coach

Unknown High School Football Coach from Evansville Indiana

David Fulcher Former Bengal and Former Cincinnati Christian Head Football Coach

Who else?

I'm highly suspicious that the matters addressed in this press conference could heavily impact any consideration Chris Wolfe gives to moving back to Ft. Thomas. If Coach Beatty is officially retiring, as is the suspicion, this could be a chance for Wolfe to keep his family in Louisville, and make what would assumedly be quite the bump up in pay.