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I can get on board with that. There needs to be somebody in the room with coaching experience who knows the right people to call to get an honest judgement on how good of a coach the person is. Trust me good recommendations are given to get bad coaches to leave places lol.

I was told by a head coach that when a school does a big hiring committee it is a red flag. If you have a committee made up of parents and community members then whoever gets the job may not be who two of the members wanted so before you have coached a game two influential people of the program already don't like you. I say influential because if they weren't then they wouldn't serve on the committee. Personally I believe that the only people who should conduct the interviews are the school Superintend, Principal, and AD. You can form a committee to gather names of candidates but that should be the only involvement.

Without the transfer of Biggers I would have put them at the top of the class. Now I don't know exactly what Beechwood brings back or who LCA will get enrolling next year but I do know that Mayfield returns a lot and with Biggers moving in it adds another weapon to replace what they lost.

I don't know anybody who coaches just for the money. If they only coach for the money then they probably aren't a good coach. Everybody that I know coaches because they love the game and understand the impact that it can have on young student athletes later on in life. There aren't many lessons I remember from the high school classroom but I sure do remember what I learned on the football field, weight room, and locker room. To build a successful program you have to have support from top to bottom in a school system and the community has to buy into the program as well. There are so few schools that have that type of support that if you can get it I believe you can win 7-8 games a year because there might only be 1 team on your schedule that has it.

Ok so that takes care of one side of the ball. There is still defense and special teams. So take the $12K and your DC gets $5K and you have $7K to spend on the rest of the staff. That isn't going to go very far.

Well just looking at this job and the stipends the head coaching pay is $8K which is respectable to me for a 3A school but the assistant coaching stipend total is set at $12K. This quite simply is not enough to build a staff that is going to be successful. I would say that stipend fund needs to increase by at least $10K in order to go get an OC and DC if not double it. You would need to be able to pay OC/DC positions $5-6K a piece and then have 4 assistants making $4K a piece. If the head coach can call the offense or defense then it gives you more money to go get quality assistant coaches.

Most jobs like Adair your are going to have up and downs years but you hope to build the program up to a level that the down years are still 6-7 win season and making the playoffs. The bigger issue is a head coach is only 1 coach. You are only as good as your assistants are and if you don't have stipends to attract coordinators/assistants to come help you then its tough to build a program to that level. That is where administrators come in on getting stipends raised and giving coaches jobs in the building that are favorable to a coaches schedule.

This one seems to be really quiet. It has been posted for a while with no names being thrown around. Have they even started interviews?

Well if they were forced out after Haddix had that program competing for titles, move their family, and she had to change jobs I wouldn't be mad at anything she said I would be mad at the Administration that made them feel forced out and for having to watch the guy that was forced out win 3 titles in a row.

What did she do that was so horrible?

I believe there may be more than 1 school in 5A petition to play up so South Warren and Apollo could come down. If that happens then you could put Apollo in D2 with Owensboro and move one of those teams into D1. The kicker is Warren Central because I know they will jump at moving down which they should so if they get that opportunity what happens next. As jobs start to come open many coaches are going to know what district they are playing in before accepting a job and as teams are trying to schedule games.

Yes the strength coach would just be a PE teacher for the school district so they can receive a good salary and honestly give them a stipend as well for the athletes who are not able to be in the in school weights class to get there lifts in either before or after school. I agree that not all school districts have the resources to make this happen but there are ways to move things around to support athletics if your administration is truly supporting athletics. More school districts need to understand that all extra curricular sports do is bring in additional enrollment for the district. The places that truly invest in ALL Extracurriculars are always at the top and generally have excellent school cultures.

Those Admin are paid with a stipend and extended days so they are compensated for working extra hours with a stipend and for working days in the summer time. There are plenty of coaches who have earned Rank 2 and Rank 1 changes that are certified to become admin but they love to coach sports. This also rings true why you see a lot of coaches get out of coaching to move to admin because your working the same amount of time if not more and making less money. I believe a head coach should be paid no less than $10,000 stipend and the bottom assistant should make no less than $3,000 to $4,000. Head coaches and assistants should all be given extended days as well for their work in the summer. Now if a school district wants to do it correctly to keep all sports coaches from being burned out they should have in school weight programs with a full time strength and conditioning coach to work the players out. Make sure the head coach and a few assistants have planning period during that in school weight class.

I agree I think there will be a lot of movement in far Western KY. This end of the state is not seeing a population increase like many other areas in KY.

I would say if you talked to coaches on each staff they would tell you that nobody has an advantage. This game will come down to who has the fewest penalties and turnovers. Who has the better kicking game? When you have these types of teams which coaching staffs like this the team that has the ability to knock one in from 30 yards can be huge. Also field position is key. If you can pin somebody back and make them go 80-75 each possession then you have a massive advantage. I fully expect this to be one of the best games of the weekend.

To the fans and players of Mayfield if 1 person picks against them they take it personal lol. Of the games this weekend I feel like this one has potential to be a great one. Might not be what most people these days want to see which is tons of points put up on the board but you will get to see really good football being played.

What I am getting a sense of here is that people are making Mayfield the underdog which is never a good idea. I think both of these teams are extremely similar in the fact that they are well coached and the kids play as hard as they can on every play. I believe this game comes down to who makes the mistake with a turnover. If Beechwood still had their starting RB I would give them the nod to win the game no doubt. This will be a low scoring game 21-14 or 17-14 but I just have this feeling that Mayfield pulls this one out.

Does Carbon hold any offers to play at the next level? I have seen him play and he 100% can play at the next level and I mean much higher than NAIA.

Biggest issue with jobs at schools like Adair is the assistant coaching pay. I looked it up on their school website and the head coaching stipend is $8,000 which isn't bad for a 3A job but the assistant coaching stipends is $12K for 4 coaches. That simply is not enough money to go out and hire guys who are all in on building a program. You can have athletes and facilities all you want but it take more that 4 paid coaching positions to run a successful football program.

William Howard has done a tremendous job at Greenwood since he took over. They are extremely physical and play sound defense. Teams like them are not who you want to play in the playoffs when the weather gets cold.

Well I just know what I have seen in person, see online on the roster, and what I have been told. Either way the offensive play calling has cost them multiple wins this season and it is apparent that outside influence is what is driving the ship. That we can all agree on.

https://khsaa.org/roster_view/new.php?school_id=213&sport=fb&level=varsity The roster says otherwise as well.

Not from what I have been told from people on the staff. If he is the one calling plays then he might need to hire somebody.

Ok well I may have read into the whole "humble" statement.

I don't think that at any point @gcbleedblue was saying that Graves is going to win this game or even keep it that close because lets face it they shouldn't if Owensboro is as good as they are supposed to be. Heck I believe most of Graves County starting offense doesn't even have a driving license. Graves is a young team who has improved over the weeks and is developing nicely for yet again a young roster.