If it is about hours worked, than teachers are deserving of the pay too.

 

Surely your joking when compared to a doctor?

Johnson County is a very good School. Academics are very important and they do it the right way at the High school. Next, this coach seems to do everything except cleaning windows. It seems to me this coach has a high drive to be and do all he can do. Until someone can post that he is making 100g's just for coaching I think all this is without merit. Why blast a man who is doing all that this coach does? A teacher with 27 years service and a rank one will make close to 60. Add in whatever his coaching pay is say 20 thousand and you are around 80. Add extended days for extra service pay and throw in his extra duties of coaching other sports and 100 g's isn't unrealistic. Teachers and coaches have many other duties that add to his or her pay. Don't blast him because he has a work ethic and a desire to work. I say good for Coach and even heard he might drive a bus next year but didn't want the other 10g's so people wouldn't talk. lol

Surely your joking when compared to a doctor?

 

Surely YOU'RE joking in that teachers don't put in many, many hours and would be very comparable to a doctor's hours.

If the vast majority of this $100,000 is his teacher's salary than I stand corrected. I took the tone of the article to mean it was for coaching football. If it is $80,000 for teaching and $20,000 for coaching. I have very little problem with it.

 

If it is $100,000 for coaching football and 0 for teaching, that is the problem I have.

 

If I have misread the thread and the way the pay is laid out, I apologize for it.

If it is about hours worked, than teachers are deserving of the pay too.

 

You are right in that coaches can change communities for a year with a good run.

 

Teachers though change lives.

 

Our society says that changing a community with a sports run is more important than changing student's lives through education.

 

Are you saying that Coaches don't change lives?

The lessons learned on a football field are lessons that you cannot always find in the classroom.

 

What about the Coach who keeps his star player out of trouble by giving him something to focus on and work at (football in this case) and shows him how to become a leader not only on the field but in the hallways and classroom? Then he teaches that young man discipline by coming to practice on time and being held accountable to his team and teammates. Then he shows that young man that it's okay to cry, it's okay to hug the guy next to you, it's okay to scream and yell in enjoyment, it's okay to invest everything you have into a game regardless if you win or not because you have to give your best effort all the time. Then he teaches him to call the guy next to him "brother" regardless of the color of his skin or how rich or poor his family is. He teaches that young man to look beyond the outer appearance of the man next to him.

Then he exposes that young man to ACT/SAT scores, Core GPA, the NCAA Clearinghouse, he gets colleges to come look at this young man, he takes him to campus visits, he takes him to combines, he takes him to college football games, he gets a college coach to offer that young man a scholarship, and all of a sudden he has changed that young man's life. He's afforded that young man an oppurtunity to go to college and better himself, all because he took an interest in him at a young age and got that kid into his football program and as a result has now changed his life forever due to the lessons and oppurtunities that young man learned and received as a result of being in the football program.

 

How is that not changing a kid's life?

 

I can give you names of coaches all over KY that have done that for young men. They have went above and beyond the requirements set forth by their job title to better the lives of their athletes.

 

To compare coaches and teachers and tell us that Coaches do not change lives like teachers do is ridiculous!!!!!!

 

I'm not saying whether or not it's right or wrong to pay a coach 100,000 for coaching football, BUT I am saying that they do change lives and I TOTALLY resent your statement.:madman:

Do coaches teach their players reading?

Do coaches teach their players writing?

Do coaches teach their players math?

Do coaches teach their players balancing a checkbook and staying away from credit card debt?

Do coaches teach their players history?

 

There are many, many students that go through school and are greatly prepared for life and never play a second of sports.

 

I am not sure I personally know of any students that do not know how to read, write or do math and are successful in life.

 

If you look at who is more important to the students in that school and the effect they have on their lives, teachers win that debate.

 

Now, if you look at 100 kids out of over 1,000 at the big schools and 30 kids out of about 300 at the small schools, coaches become more important. Not equal to what the teachers accomplish with them that will affect their lives. But on the small percentage of students, they do become more important.

Is this the same JCHS that just got smacked by the KHSAA for some sort of violation within their football program?? If so we really know the priority of the BOE down there.

Surely YOU'RE joking in that teachers don't put in many, many hours and would be very comparable to a doctor's hours.

 

Sorry for the misspelling.

 

I'm not sure, but I don't believe doctors get a 2-3 month Summer holiday, or get off for every federal holiday or get off every Saturday and Sunday. I could be wrong though.

 

Teachers are hard working people and are vastly underpaid, but to assert that they work as many hours as doctors is laughable and does a disservice to teachers.

Do coaches teach their players reading?

Do coaches teach their players writing?

Do coaches teach their players math?

Do coaches teach their players balancing a checkbook and staying away from credit card debt?

Do coaches teach their players history?

 

There are many, many students that go through school and are greatly prepared for life and never play a second of sports.

 

I am not sure I personally know of any students that do not know how to read, write or do math and are successful in life.

 

If you look at who is more important to the students in that school and the effect they have on their lives, teachers win that debate.

 

Now, if you look at 100 kids out of over 1,000 at the big schools and 30 kids out of about 300 at the small schools, coaches become more important. Not equal to what the teachers accomplish with them that will affect their lives. But on the small percentage of students, they do become more important.

 

 

Do Coaches teach kids goal setting?

Do coaches teach kids integrity?

Do coaches teach kids responsibility?

Do coaches teach kids pride?

Do coaches keep kids involved in school?

Do coaches teach kids mental toughness?

Do coaches teach....etc..etc....etc.....

 

Without any of the above kids learn or achieve nothing at a high level.

 

Coaches are teachers especially the good ones. And if there was ever a kid that needed some math, history, or english work he was not getting in school coaches would teach that too.

Do coaches teach their players reading?

Do coaches teach their players writing?

Do coaches teach their players math?

Do coaches teach their players balancing a checkbook and staying away from credit card debt?

Do coaches teach their players history?

 

Does one teacher teach all of this? You must be in a SMALL school. On the other hand, I do believe that one Head Coach DOES teach all of this:

 

Do Coaches teach kids goal setting?

Do coaches teach kids integrity?

Do coaches teach kids responsibility?

Do coaches teach kids pride?

Do coaches keep kids involved in school?

Do coaches teach kids mental toughness?

Do coaches teach....etc..etc....etc.....

 

Your own holistic ideology has defeated itself. The very criteria you have set for each individual’s value has proven your point moot.

Sorry for the misspelling.

 

I'm not sure, but I don't believe doctors get a 2-3 month Summer holiday, or get off for every federal holiday or get off every Saturday and Sunday. I could be wrong though.

 

Teachers are hard working people and are vastly underpaid, but to assert that they work as many hours as doctors is laughable and does a disservice to teachers.

 

Keep this in mind too. Some Dr.'s I know only work 2-3 days a week while some work 18 hours 6 days a week.

 

Teachers and Coaches are the backbone of our society and in many ways are taking the place of parent fiqures in the lives of many of our young people. They are the most important professionals we have today and should be paid like it.

 

Should Coach Matney be paid 100k probally not. But hey who are we to judge what the people of Johnson Co. do???

Do coaches teach their players reading?

Do coaches teach their players writing?

Do coaches teach their players math?

Do coaches teach their players balancing a checkbook and staying away from credit card debt?

Do coaches teach their players history?

 

There are many, many students that go through school and are greatly prepared for life and never play a second of sports.

 

I am not sure I personally know of any students that do not know how to read, write or do math and are successful in life.

 

If you look at who is more important to the students in that school and the effect they have on their lives, teachers win that debate.

 

Now, if you look at 100 kids out of over 1,000 at the big schools and 30 kids out of about 300 at the small schools, coaches become more important. Not equal to what the teachers accomplish with them that will affect their lives. But on the small percentage of students, they do become more important.

 

I'm not saying coaches are more important than teachers, but I will say they are just as important.

 

Do teachers teach open field tackling?

Do teachers teach zone blocking?

Do teachers teach tip drill?

Do teachers teach sprinting mechanics?

Do teachers teach 3 step or 5 step drop?

 

The answer to all of these is No. Do coaches teach the things "you" mentioned? The answer is also No. You can't compare the two, and your comparision only shows how narrow minded you are toward football coaches or maybe coaches in general.

 

Teachers are grossly underpaid, I think we would all agree on that. However I guess I have a difference of opinion with you in how important a coach is to a young man's life, school, and community, regardless of Wins or Losses. I am finished arguing with you on this topic.

Keep this in mind too. Some Dr.'s I know only work 2-3 days a week while some work 18 hours 6 days a week.

 

It's not even close. Teachers are great, underpaid, the backbone of society, parent figures etc., but do them a favor and stop trying to compare their workload to doctors.

Is this the same JCHS that just got smacked by the KHSAA for some sort of violation within their football program?? If so we really know the priority of the BOE down there.

 

Do a little research about the High school and you might eat some crow. They have one of the best schools in the state of Kentucky and have been recognized across the United States.

Maybe he gets a stipend as recruiting cooridinator:D