I will agree, the situation at Rose Hill may have been too much to overcome. I have said I don't blame Ross for having second thoughts. But I have not said anything to any kids about Ross walking away. They saw that for themselves.

Has anyone else stepped up to take the Team? If the kids truely wanna play, then it should not matter who is Coaching them? What about the past Middle School Coaches, where did they go?

I think one of the coaches has already left for another school.

Was there an issue with getting basketball players or other sports out to play football? Without knowing, I suspect this may have played a role. There is a lot of pressure in some schools for coaches to try and hoard athletes from other sports. Rose Hill is too small for any of that to be going on, not that anyplace should be doing it.

Do you think Coach Ross might have jumped in too early, because he was excited to just get to Coach again. I seen him leave her at JC and I am sure that was not the way he wanted to be remembered as a Coach. I am sure he wanted another shot at Coaching. Maybe he should have just did a little research and put a little more thought into it.

You probably would not recognize Coach Ross if you saw him today. He has been religiously going to rehab. He has lost weight, he is walking on his own, but was going to use a golf cart at practice, because he has not build up his tolerance yet. He is in good enough shape to coach. I do think he was excited to just coach again, but he did not plan on the obstacles at Rose Hill. It would not surprise me to see him coaching somewhere else in the next year or two.

You probably would not recognize Coach Ross if you saw him today. He has been religiously going to rehab. He has lost weight, he is walking on his own, but was going to use a golf cart at practice, because he has not build up his tolerance yet. He is in good enough shape to coach. I do think he was excited to just coach again, but he did not plan on the obstacles at Rose Hill. It would not surprise me to see him coaching somewhere else in the next year or two.

 

Other than more kids, what obstacles were there?

You tell me and we all shall know.

 

I'm not a basher of any school, that is why I will not post the other reasons, but I will defend Coach Ross until I die, or am kicked off BGP.

I don't know, they had a practice field, equipment, kids eager to learn. What else could there be?

I don't know, they had a practice field, equipment, kids eager to learn. What else could there be?

There are a lot of variables in a school system. But, like I said, I am not going in to those specifics in the open forum or in PM's. This is something for parents, students, and administrators of the school to discuss, and I am not any of those people. Some topics I will keep confidential at the request of the person/people that told me.

 

If you are one of those people listed above, go fishing and see what you catch.

Maybe a few more players. The thought of trying to field a team with as few as 17 players is crazy. I have had the good fortune to know Coach Ross for over 30 years if was possible to have the team he would do it.

 

I assure you there was no one more disappointed about this then Coach Ross. This was something Coach Ross was wanting to succeed. He wanted to coach at a small Christian school, that is what he has wanted to do for years.

 

For someone to say that Coach Ross treated players unfairly is laughable. And apparently is coming from someone who does not know Coach Ross very well, if at all.

 

Aside from the numbers, Coach Ross knew this program was never going to get off of the ground, but I think he was using the numbers to justify his knowledge. Blame Coach Ross if you want, the man has carried more burden then you can put on him, but if you want to know why the program sunk, take a close look.

Very good post and comments Ram. :thumb: Absolutely correct, some of these people I am sure will not put any more critisizm on Coach Ross that he has not heard before, that is a coaches life. As for my feelings on the RH situation (and I am not close to it) it seems that the numbers were just not there and another thing that I have heard is that the support (from some that it needed to be) was not as well, just critisizm with no support. That is all that I will say on the subject.

I admire any man, any man, who has the perseverance to want to coach, after all the health problems he had. If the numbers aren't there, than it will be nothing but impossible to field a program.

 

Blame whomever, from the Coach to the neighbors but you can't make numbers were they aren't and if he is leaving, that is his choice. Perhaps now, this will give many who stand on the sidelines and criticize an opportunity to help, or then again perhaps they are comfortable with that spot.

Amen STIKE3. All of your post but especially the bolded.

Maybe a few more players. The thought of trying to field a team with as few as 17 players is crazy. I have had the good fortune to know Coach Ross for over 30 years if was possible to have the team he would do it.

 

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Maybe a few more players. The thought of trying to field a team with as few as 17 players is crazy. I have had the good fortune to know Coach Ross for over 30 years if was possible to have the team he would do it.

Exactly right, if there was a way, he would have definitely had the will.

So are they going to play this year and if so who is going to be the new coach.

So are they going to play this year and if so who is going to be the new coach.

 

No, they will not be playing football this year.