Headhunter42

So what all teaching vacancies within the school do they have open or will be coming open?  So by what your saying the pool to choose from is going to be very small if they only have one of two spots that need to be filled, usually if a school wants you they can juggle some things around within reason to get the best coach and not just a coach that teaches x,y, z.  

I guess Vic disagrees with your assessment, since he has posted for a DC on the TSSAA website.  So that leads me to believe that he has no confidence in any of your current coaches on the staff for that role.  I don't believe I know any of them so I wouldn't know how sharp any of those fellows are but if I were an assistant on that staff looking to move up, it would sure be a slap in the face not to be promoted from within.  Now, I suppose its possible none of them would have any desire to be in that high profile position with the scrutiny that comes with it, but to me if you don't have guys on staff that desire to move up, then you want to cut some fat all the way around.  Just my opinion.   I suspect with a program such as South Pitt with all the success they have had he had someone lined up and it fell through, that would be the only reason a place so successful would every post on a job board, usually the coach would have a short list of possibles when these types of situations arise and the general public usually never even see it anywhere until they hear someone already got the job.  

So are you indicating that Ol' Sammy boy is in the mix?  I don't know if he would want to deal with a complete rebuild.  Had their two best players not transferred to South Pitt, this job would had been a lot more attractive, because those two are special.  With that being said, Hamilton County probably pays more than those county schools over in the valley so that would be one benefit I guess.  Hixson needs to be more disciplined and from what I know of him, he would certainly change the culture in respect to discipline.  Be curious to see if he is in the mix.  If he is a candidate, he may also be interested in the Marion job since hes from over that way and would be a lot less rebuild for sure. 

Some other names I could see possibly showing interest would be Carter Cardwell(Former Boyd Head Coach) he may be ready to try his hand at being a Head Coach again, Kraig Campbell(Former Ezell Harding Head Coach) maybe in the same boat and would like another shot now that he is back in the area.  Another name that we haven't heard much about in recent years would be Bill Price, no idea if he would have any desire to get back into coaching but boy could he bring some energy and excitement back to the Hixson community.  Probably every Coordinator looking for their shot at being a head coach has probably applied.  Whose some other names as possibilities?  

If the Warriors can play mistake free football they may be able to hang around till after halftime.  I can see the Ram Train pulling away late in this one.  Rams by at least a couple scores. 

I could see this game being a blowout.  Although, not great the Indians shoe to shoe Wing T confines everyone to a box and they have just enough speed and power to keep the chains moving.  Throughout the Course of the game, I think East Ridge will get tired of being beat on by the Indians front and it could get ugly late.  

Howard will more than likely be bigger across the board than AC and more athletic. For anyone wondering if they can hold this years Tyner Team in check with all those studs they can sure hold AC in check considering that AC lost about 80% of their offense from last year to graduation.  AC best chance this year will be to continue to play sound and play within the system that has been installed by their great coaching staff.  The biggest concern for Howard this week is not AC its within their own heads!!! The let down factor after maybe one of the biggest wins in school history has a tendency to take its toll on you the following week as we have all seen from past big games.  Howard in a close one. 

Coach Murray picks up his 1st win as a Head Football Coach this week.  Book It!  Sequoyah lost literally everyone from last years team that was decent and Hixson has just about everybody back and appears to be improving.  The spread looks to be much better suited to the current athletes that they have available.  If Hixson's linemen can read up to the second level consistently creating a little extra room for the backs to wiggle through not only will Hixson get their first win in 3 years they may even get their first running clock in who knows how long.  Cant wait to see if it turns out like I'm predicting it. 

So were roughly a couple months removed from Coach Gatewood resigning  and one of the best Football Jobs in our area (potentially) and they have narrowed it down to a "Good Coach" who has won several games over the last couple years and a "seasoned better than average coach" who from what I have heard through the vine(no confirmation) isn't even a certified teacher.  Really?  I personally think that either of these fellows from what little I know about either would do as good any anyone, because lets be honest its going to be a complete rebuild for the Hurricanes.  Their two best athletes are leaving or have already left and unless they have some transfers its going take a year or two to get things going again.  I am just a little surprised that some bigger names haven't  been mentioned.  Thoughts?

This job will draw interest from everyone looking for a job or wanting a change.  I will throw a couple names out to keep an eye on as this thing plays out. 

In no particular order:

Carter Cardwell-Most recently Head Coach at Boyd Buchanan in 2017, stepped away from Coaching this   past year to size his next opportunity up, College Coaching background.  

Courtney Braswell-Current Ridgeland, GA. Head Coach, could be a good landing spot if the politics and pressures from the fallout in Happy Valley continue to fester.

Ted Gatewood-Most recently resigned from East Hamilton, where he started the program from scratch about 10 years or so ago, long standing coaching career as an assistant and Head Coach. He may want to give it one more shot in a new setting.

Chris Brown- Current Red Bank Head Coach, although he inherited a ton of talent at Red Bank has done a great job of finishing the drill as a first time head coach, was an asst. coach at Cleveland and has ties to the program.  This might be one of the few jobs in this area that he would leave all those athletes at Red Bank for.

To many others to list but any of these 4 I would think would get serious consideration before an outsider got a shot. Thoughts?

To go full circle if Red Bank coach left to go back to Cleveland, then the Walker Valley guy would immediately want to return to Red Bank and no one would blame him. 

Little surprised that Coach Gatewood exiting the program hasn't been discussed yet.  Thoughts on where the program goes from here?  Who might be some favorites to lead the Hurricanes in 2019. 

SO with Hargis putting it out that Fant is staying and others saying that Akins would be the next option then why is this not been finalized?  I suspect that the powers to be at Boyd got ahold of the info from that railroad job that transpired over at Red Bank when the last Head Coach got who dooed and thought better of having someone like that in their program.  Thoughts? 

Also, who are other possible candidates?  I would assume the admin would want this rapped up prior to the Holidays so that everyone can hit the ground running after the holidays. 

So other than the obvious Gatewood and Green who are some other possible names with any sort of ties to the program that might have a shot and are there any highly thought of assistant's that have paid their dues that might find favor from the decision makers? I'm thinking the answer might be from right down the road at Central, That fellow has done a wonderful job in the short time he's been there, but that's only if he's not jetted off to Ridgeland to lead the Panthers. 

It appears depending on what side your on that Red Bank has backed them selves into a big hole.  They almost have to hire one of the Cutthroaters from within because any new coach coming in surely will not keep any of this group of backstabbers on his staff, that would be suicide on his part, how would anyone be able to trust these fellows. So with that being said what happens if these asst. coaches stay on as teachers taking teaching spots that you need for a few new assistants.  Surely, the administration has thought all this through but by firing the Head Coach to save a couple asst coaches from not coaching to turn around and hire a new head coach who would not want to keep these same assistants sure seems they have taken the long way around things.   Thoughts ???

Sounds like the Principle fired the wrong guy if the Asst. Coaches are this shady. If the Principal really is saying this is the reason she fired this guy she should be fired for sounding so ridiculous.   Who cares if "ASSISTANT COACHES" do not plan to continue as coaches?  Sounds like they need to let those guys go and hire some loyal ones anyway. 

I am curious to see if one of the current asst. coaches get promoted to Head Coach, then this will all be vey clear as to what has happened.  Who would want to work with a guy that would display this kind of cutthroat behavior.   

So have they filled the coaching spots vacated by several staff member? Probably hard to coach 80 kids with 2 or 3 coaches.

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Any chance Cardwell leaves his OC job at Boyd to return home? His oldest son has graduated could be good timing?

News on coaching staff? Any additions or defections?

First off congrats to CCS they hit a home run adding Mark as an assistant. He's perfect for this program and and the program will be much better as a result of the hire! He a great leader, mentor and coach and for those of us that have the pleasure of knowing him know how big of addition this is for the Chargers. I would suspect that with Marks background on the defensive side of the ball that more than likely he will coordinate that side of things with Spense still heading up the offense. Should be an exciting time in Charger land they just got a lot better.

Well assuming that The new coach stays put as I assume he will who all is on his coaching staff? Did he bring any staffers with him? What kind of offense and defense will he be running?

I seen where coach Ross name continues to be mentioned on the GA Vent for the Ridgeland job. Interviews were done yesterday and today. Is he still a candidate? Any news?

So at this point is Brasswell and Carter still planning on staying and coaching under the middle school coach? Has any coaches left or taken other jobs?

I would say that Chad sees an opportunity to get closer to home and realizes that it's gonna take years to get the Creek to be a contender in the region they are in down in GA. All those good players go to Dalton and Calhoun and would probably be run out of town after another year or two of loosing. So this is a stability consideration for him and his family and if Grundy's administration feels he's the best qualified then it would be a good move for all involved.

Will all the existing staff be retained? Or will some leave do to hurt feeling, scheme change, or better opportunities?