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Who will be the next coach to lead the Indians? Do you think the resignation of Vowell was do to new rezoning in Jackson?

 

 

There won't be much traffic on this one. Only one northside poster and he hasn't commented.

 

I don't get on CoachT a lot now because 1. I'm not a big basketball fan. 2. I was going to wait until somebody says something because I really don't have anything to say. But I am the North Side poster that Mizzou is referring about.

 

Honestly, this is not surprising to me. Coach Vowell has been wanting out for quite some time. And I believe if Coach Morris announced retirement at Milan, Coach Vowell will go ahead and clean out his office because that will be the type of schools that Vowell will go to. I don't believe Vowell will move to a school that is consider "downgrading" if that make sense.

 

I do believe the rezoing has some to do with it, but very little. It will absurd to say that rezoing is the reason why Vowell is leaving. North Side is in different classifications as Liberty and Southside are in, but I won't be surprised if the Crusaders and the Hawks will jump up to 4A when the new classifications and the yadi yadi ya comes out.

 

Players and parents took advantage of Coach Vowell. Asking for car rides to (during the summer) and home from practices. It doesn't matter where you live, whether if it's at the very north part of Madison County or blocks away from JCM, Coach Vowell will make sure you can find a way to get to practice. And if he has to pick you up, he will. That goes for every kid on the team. Doesn't matter where that kid is listed on the depth chart.

 

North Side does not have a big booster club. For around 90+ kids playing football at North Side, only about 5 parents show up to booster club meetings. How does that make you feel as a coach?

 

North Side and JMCSS does not really support their football team. Sounds weird right? But if you attended a football game at North Side in 2015, that gate money went to the athletic fund, and if you spent money on concessions, that money went to the band. North Side football gets 0% of money on Friday night. I don't know what your school does, nor should I care, but what happens here. You may wonder where does NS football get there money? Fundraising.

 

So if I'm Coach Vowell I don't blame him. Stadium is in terrible shape. Promised new stands by the school board  but that probably won't happen. Unusual field goal post, scoreboard is way back in the trees, attendance was down dramatically in 2015.

 

Honestly, North Side High School is a comic show. I commented a few days ago about how much of a joke McNairy Central is, but NS is not far from that. As of right now, only 1 person is on the golf team. Girls basketball is winless so far, boys basketball is okay this year but will struggle next season. Girls Soccer is decent. Boys soccer is not what they used to be. Girls softball has been pathetic for years. And the baseball team only has 3 good players in 2016 who will all be graduating in May. Volleyball team is bad as well. So who is there to blame? I think have of it goes to coaching and have of it goes to talent, especially for all the female sports. That's my input on how our athletic teams are. All we have is football and ROTC (which I can careless). Band never plays during the games, and if they do play, they only play like 3 songs. We aren't a traditional band like other schools. North Side is a dumpster waiting to happen, and now since Coach Vowell is leaving, that may have started the fire. And what you see now is probably gasoline pouring onto that fire.

 

So wherever Coach Vowell goes to next, I wish him nothing but the best of luck. If he goes to a school in Middle TN like Ravenwood, Riverdale, or Father Ryan, I will probably be the biggest fan of that team. He went 41-9 (62-22 career) over the last 4 seasons, which is ranked 4th in West Tennessee (excluding Shelby Co. schools). That's hard to do. I hope Mr. Robinson and Bridgeman does not screw this up. North Side football is still an attractive place to coach, they can't afford to buddy buddy and hire an assistant that has no comparison to an outsider that has a strong resume.

 

Sorry for the long post.

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TennesseeVol you feel there are no assistants ready for the job? Who are some outsiders you may suggest would be a good fit there?

 

I will be an idiot to say that zero of our assistants are ready for the job because I am talking about Jason McCauley as well. I don't know if Coach McCauley will get the job, so I won't put all of my eggs in the basket just yet. Other than Coach McCauley, no assistants are ready for the job. That's my opinion. In far as outsiders, I would like to see them make an attempt for Coach Swenson at Huntingdon, just to see what he says. That's my homerun person. Adam Yates (Lexington's OC, NS grad) would be 2nd. Obviously we will have to open our checkbook a little bit. If nothing pans out, we could go after Coach Hodum at Chester County and see if he is interested. Compare resumes and who knows what will happen.

 

I don't want Bridgeman or Robinson to feel any pressure in terms of time. Yes, we would like to get a coach before Spring Practice, but if we enter spring practice without a head coach, the world isn't coming to an end. Don't take too much time, but don't want to feel like they need to make a hire by the end of this month.

 

Another bad thing for North Side is the juniors have an option to leave NS and go to their new school (if they are affected by this rezoning saga). So you could see some very valuable pieces who are upcoming seniors transferring to Liberty and help them out. They have an option to stay. The Sophomores and Freshmen are the ones that are leaving if affected. They have no choice.

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Had no idea that "circumstances" were that bad at NS. Hope he gets an offer someplace that will back him, as I hear nothing but good things about his character and coaching ability.

 

The circumstances are not as bad as I am saying. North Side is still a good with good students, faculty, and a pretty good administrative staff. I think Vowell did too much. If you ask him to borrow $8 dollars for lunch, he will probably give you the $8 dollars. Nothing wrong with that, just got used. (Please don't ask him for the $8 dollars haha)

 

Coach Vowell is passionate about the games. He cares about the game but also respects the game. Pull starters out if winning at 35-0 in the 3rd quarter instead of leaving them in there and run up the score. Reminds me a little like Gregg Popovich because he will chew his "star" players if they do something wrong. There are coaches that will sacrifice winning for what they call "relationships that will matter 5 years down the road." There are coaches that cares about winning and not about the relationships with players. Coach Vowell did both, and I'm appreciative for that.

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As an interested R'dale booster, can you tell me what kinds of offense/defense did Coach Vowell run?

Can't really give you much other then he is a secondary coach that runs a 4-3 or a 3-4 defense. Just depends on the athletes Riverdale has. He doesn't run the offense.

 

That's practically all the information I can give you.

 

2012: 17.7 PPG (Riverdale 16.3 PPG)

2013: 21.1 PPG (Riverdale 29.1 PPG)

2014: 15.6 PPG (Riverdale 21.8 PPG)

2015: 13.5 PPG (Riverdale 28 PPG)

 

That's the amount of points we have given up on defense over the last 4 seasons compared to what Riverdale's defense is giving up over the past 4 seasons (average).

 

Just hope you guys don't have a parent or two that gets butt-hurt and tells the principal because her/his kid came home from practice getting chewed out (if Vowell just suddens becomes the coach for Riverdale). Make sure you have a good support from both parents and administration. I think it is worth a shot if you ask me.

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