Big time hire by Highlands High School!

7 hours ago, New Heights said:

Big time hire by Highlands High School!

Welcome to BGP @New Heights!

Can anyone confirm that there was a Frosh Football meeting for current 8th graders yesterday at Highlands? 

3 hours ago, Lions Paw said:

Can anyone confirm that there was a Frosh Football meeting for current 8th graders yesterday at Highlands? 

Yes.

So, if the Franklin Co coach backed out because Highlands insisted he keep certain coaches on staff, does that mean Sphire agreed to do so?  And which coaches were foisted upon him?

4 minutes ago, GottaLuvFootball said:

So, if the Franklin Co coach backed out because Highlands insisted he keep certain coaches on staff, does that mean Sphire agreed to do so?  And which coaches were foisted upon him?

That is 100% not why Eddie James backed out of coming to Highlands. I know for a fact that Highlands did not insist that any coach be kept; I heard that straight from the horses mouth. It was made very clear to all of the coaches from the former staff that they would have to reapply and be interviewed by whoever the new coach would be. This exact process is actually going on right now as I know coaches from the former staff have, or are in the process of, applying and I also know of coaches who were not on the previous staff who have applied and hope to interview with Coach Sphire. HHS was at zero fault for Eddie James backing out. Don't get it twisted and try to make HHS look like they bad guy. 

Also, if what everyone says about Coach Sphire is true, I think he is going to hire whoever he wants to coach and if people don't like it, so be it. 

There must be two horse mouths.  Seems like a logical explanation.  We’ll have to watch the staff to see what happens I guess.  

17 minutes ago, GottaLuvFootball said:

There must be two horse mouths.  Seems like a logical explanation.  We’ll have to watch the staff to see what happens I guess.  

Perhaps James wanted to bring coaches for whom there were not openings at the school?  Honestly does not matter at this point because that ship has sailed.  Just hope Franklin County does not suck Highlands when the next round of scheduling is completed.  KP is correct in what he said about the prior staff.  Some have chosen to move on to other programs and others I would assume are applying and going through the process.

No offense to Coach James but I believe Bob Sphire is a better hire for the Bluebirds so it worked out.

On 2/17/2021 at 9:31 AM, Kenny Powers said:

That is 100% not why Eddie James backed out of coming to Highlands. I know for a fact that Highlands did not insist that any coach be kept; I heard that straight from the horses mouth. It was made very clear to all of the coaches from the former staff that they would have to reapply and be interviewed by whoever the new coach would be. This exact process is actually going on right now as I know coaches from the former staff have, or are in the process of, applying and I also know of coaches who were not on the previous staff who have applied and hope to interview with Coach Sphire. HHS was at zero fault for Eddie James backing out. Don't get it twisted and try to make HHS look like they bad guy. 

Also, if what everyone says about Coach Sphire is true, I think he is going to hire whoever he wants to coach and if people don't like it, so be it. 

My understanding is that Highlands did have a 'lil something to do with it. Promised some school district positions to be available for James' wife and an assistant or two and then walked back on their promise.

3 hours ago, The Oracle said:

My understanding is that Highlands did have a 'lil something to do with it. Promised some school district positions to be available for James' wife and an assistant or two and then walked back on their promise.

If that is the case then why are those positions “mysteriously” being given to coaches that Coach Sphire asked to come with him. For example, his son filling the middle school PE opening. 
 

As happy as I am that Coach Sphire is the coach at HHS and think it is a better hire than Coach James... we need to be real clear here and admit that the only thing that was keeping Coach James from being the next coach at HHS was Coach James. Period. 

8 minutes ago, Kenny Powers said:

If that is the case then why are those positions “mysteriously” being given to coaches that Coach Sphire asked to come with him. For example, his son filling the middle school PE opening. 
 

As happy as I am that Coach Sphire is the coach at HHS and think it is a better hire than Coach James... we need to be real clear here and admit that the only thing that was keeping Coach James from being the next coach at HHS was Coach James. Period. 

Who said anything about "mysteriously"? Almost two months have passed between James heading back to Franklin County and now. Is it possible that some of the former HHS football staff members have found gainful employ elsewhere when they got jobs elsewhere? Pretty sure the coach who went to Newport was a middle school PE teacher. No idea if he's headed for a Newport day job or not, but is it completely out of the realm of possibility that his job, or some other jobs have opened up in two months time? Or is is entirely impossible that HHS realized "Oh crap, we screwed up there" and decided when they hired the next guy, they would make for damn sure that they could manufacture teaching jobs for some necessary football staff members to start working in their schools? I mean, all of this talk about "they're trying to dig up money for Wolfe" in January, could they have possibly dug up some money to at least try to catch a Wolfe by offering some teaching jobs available to his staffers? And is it possible that perhaps after they struck out with Wolfe, they still decided to offer those jobs to the staffers for the next man up?

Situations change, Kenny.

I don't mean to talk crazy or anything here...but momma always told me an intelligent person tries to learn from their mistakes. Would a wise person not try to handle things differently after they realize they've screwed up?

4 minutes ago, theguru said:

That's good stuff, right there!

Behymer was not a middle school PE teacher.  He is an elementary gym teacher.  The middle school position is open from retirement of a teacher.