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I don't know coach Goolsby. However, I wish he and the rest of Macon county nothing but the best of luck in the future.

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Good Post. You can fix tomorrow, but yesterday will always be broken. Best of luck in the coaching search.

Leadership motivation, and work ethic no doubt are the most important. However, no coach can do it alone. You need dedicated, trustworthy assistants to be able to make it go. I can handle less knowledge with the intangibles. A good leader can "coach the coaches" and make it go. That is what coordinators are for. Pardon the analogy, but I think that staffs are like a science experiment. If you get too much of one thing and not enough of another the whole thing may blow up in your face. LOL

True, there are many different types of spread offense. Very true, many of the option type spreads that folks are talking about are derived from the veer. IMO the secret to successful spread is a balance between a viable rushing attack, vertical, and horizontal stretch. In the running game you can take advantage of angles that simply were not possible to use in conventional formations. The "spread" like the "veer" and the "wing-t" can be packaged as a singular effort, but IMO that is not the case. The imagination of the coaches will eventually determine the evolution of their offense or defense.

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I will submit my opinion on this position. First, I think that a belief in team, character, and heart enough to never waiver will absolutely lead kids into doing what is necesary to make themselves mentally and physically ready to play. To illustrate this point, did you as a player, do what was necessary to be successful because you were forced to do so? Or was it because you had the character and work ethic to do what you needed to in order to be the best teammate possible? For me it was so that I could pull my weight and take care of my business because I was sold by the program that my business would then in turn take care of the team. In the end, my character and models, dictated that it was the right thing to do. Technique, however, is the responsibility of the coaches on the staff. That is why coaches are trained teachers. So they can TEACH kids what they need to do in order to be a success both n and off the field. In doing so, and monitoring the things that come with running a program you model the heart, character, discipline, and concept of team the kids can emulate and take the lead and they will. Speaking from experience, if kids see that you work for them so they can be better they will emulate the way you work. You will get out what you put in. As for playing the daddies boys..... that is a matter of integrity on behalf of the coaching staff also. IF that is what (daddy ball) is what has led this particular program into the doldrums then the search for competent leadership is long overdue. Unfortunately, "selling the program" in this day and age has become a reality and is also the responsibility of the leadership of the program. Strong, appropriate community contact must be initiated and grown. Boundaries must be maintained. As a coach if things like these boundaries are not respected then it is a job not to take or not to keep if you plan on maintaining the integrity of the program. There are worse things than looking for a job, like not deserving to have one. Back to that modeling again, I would not sell my soul to keep any job. I owe it to my kids not to be a sell out. IMO that is why programs in trouble are rarely made better by hiring an insider. Usually it is time for a new sheet of music. Time for a complete unknown, which is more than a little scary to administration. Congrats to TC on the new Gold Ball. I also know from hard won experience accomplishments like that are never without a cost. I am very glad that your community and our nation has kids, and molders of young men(Coaches), with the heart, character, discipline, and belief in team to make victories such as these possible. Again, I know nothing about this particular situation. For me the debate is purely philosophical. In the end this was all just one mans opinion.

I hear you Biggame. IMO you have to be able to match a scheme to the talents and strengths of the individuals that you coach. Some are easier to adapt than others. I am personally a veer coach, it is fairly simple to run and hard to stop. Double teams at the point of attack all the time. It also lends itself well to minimizing the effects of your weaknesses and taking advantage of your strengths. That being said, if Graham Harrell walks out there and you have 4 good wideouts and multi talented backs you better "evaluate the specific talents and improvise to maximize success."

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Great post! Wrestling is as hard mentally and physically as anything athletics has to offer. I wrestled, was a head wrestling coach for the better part of a decade. I never heard a single college coach look at it as a negative. They know the kid will be tough and used to body to body contact. During my tenure we sent 6 wrestlers to college to play football, 4 front 7 D guys, 2 O linemen, one free safety who would flat chip your teeth. In general the wrestlers that I worked with in both settings were "forged" (tough and dependable) not excuse makers. In closing, show me a wrestler that can't tackle??? Wrestling is a great thing for the mental and physical conditioning of football players.

true, 10 playing. My mistake.

Just curious. Which of the jobs that are presently open is the one to have? What makes you think so? Just seems like a good discussion.

As a coach, I would gladly take the character kids and try to win with them. In the end, how many D1 players are anywhere outside a few locales? Team, Heart, and character can and will always win alot of high school football games. The game of life is what we in the profession are really preparing the kids for anyway. The cheers are fleeting for all of us that play or have played...the real victories will go to those with the character to fight the fight from whistle to whistle and from cradle to grave, accepting defeats and mistakes, learning and moving on. I read somewhere that 1 in every 10,000 high school football players ever makes it to the professional ranks. I will get off my soap box now. Just passionate about doing it for the right reasons..... Please, look at my topic I have started about which job is the best to have that is currently open.

Only 8 teams still playing so it seems like a good time to start this talk. Of the jobs that are currently open in the state, which one is the job to have? Why would you pick that one? Just seems like a good discussion.