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10 minutes ago, BIGPURPLEMACHINE said:

Yes sir. Coming in loud and clear. 

Thanks for the help brother! 

9 minutes ago, BIGPURPLEMACHINE said:

You make a yearly donation in an amount of your choosing to the website. It will expire after a year. I usually have one but mine expired a few days ago and I haven’t renewed it yet. 

Am I getting out now?

4 hours ago, SpottedGoat said:

So Wes Johnson has landed a gig at Westview as an assistant while McNairy is still searching for answers? Hhmmmmm....

Exactly!

3 hours ago, Bkbfan4ever said:

Apparently they can’t get anyone to take it 

I haven't heard any names . Have you.?I was told March 1st they'd have a coach. Don't know if that's true or not. 

7 hours ago, tradertwo said:

That's what I mean as well. Perfect opportunity to "go big" and try to get a splash hire, but as we all know, going back to my youth HC has made two hires in house for football...baseball the same...and I don't know (haven't followed) basketball as much, but suspect that's pretty well been kept in the "family" too. 

  Kind of get the feeling that maybe only some titles have been reassigned, and the pecking order remains the same.

I just believe they were in a position to not have to settle for mediocrity. Just my opinion. But I hope he does a great job.

22 hours ago, tradertwo said:

Mildly surprised.

Same, but honestly don't know why I am. Hope it works work.

2 hours ago, Southtowner said:

I'll take the K.C. Chiefs.  30-27.

Who ya got? 

The Cowboys by fiddy! Seriously I figure the Chiefs will prevail. Mahomes is a gamer. But I'll be pulling for the 49rs

1 hour ago, STARSNBARS said:

MC speekin' ov strangin' grean beens,,,,,,,

(tha OG low jeans man)....

 

 

That'll make you want to break out pappys corn squeezings rite there

2 hours ago, FBfan26 said:

I wonder why he didn’t just take the AD and still be the football coach. Seems like he’s doing a good job at HC. I’m amazed how they always got a nice QB/WR connection going on every year.

He was already AD. I'm just thinking he was just ready to quit coaching. IMO some coach is stepping into a great job.

5 hours ago, tradertwo said:

Tricky answer, and I'm not being evasive. Has lots to do with pay scale for teaching positions such as tenure and degree, as well as additional supplements for field maintenance. I'm also hearing that the current coaches stipend here can/will be increased. Without getting into anyone's personal information I can tell you that some former McNairy Co. employees who have come to Henderson Co. have told me that they had gotten well into a five figure raise for the same job equivalent. I did look at Hardin's stipend when your job came open, and if I remember correctly just the pay for coaching (before the additional supplements) was not too far off.

Gotcha. I knew several had left McNairy county for Chester and heard it was better teacher pay . It's a shame educators don't make more than they do.

1 hour ago, tradertwo said:

Lots of similarities to both, but also different. Hardin has good facilities and generally has talent, but looks to be a little shy of the normal talent pool. Westview feels more different than Hardin...Nice facilities, but different classification and have another Simpson coming along which will almost guarantee talent to be there.

  Lexington facilities should be finished by the beginning of this season and will rival some of the nicer ones locally. Add that they traditionally have homegrown talent, and the pay scale should entice some that maybe would hesitate to apply at Hardin Co. unless they raise the supplement quite a bit.

  With the new facilities and the potential to hire a "name drop" caliber coach, some kids could come in to play there from Carroll, Decatur, Chester, and Madison Counties, which has not been the case for the last several years. I don't think that there'll be a control issue either, especially if they land their "big fish" coach.

Just out of curiosity do you know off hand the difference in pay between Henderson County and Hardin County?

5 hours ago, tradertwo said:

School system is the largest employer in lots of county systems, ours included. Adamsville is in the same boat as McNairy (maybe worse) and have had a great run for years up until recently. Get the kids you SHOULD get, get two or three that should be someplace else, and you may never get a gold ball, but winning seasons are within reach...isn't that what we all want for our small rural schools?

That's exactly what Adamsville did during their good years. 

34 minutes ago, tradertwo said:

Glad that someone gets the fact that things change when folks change them, and change doesn't happen when folks sit by, do nothing, and expect nothing to be done differently. 

 Adamsville would have been hard to beat out to draw the "either way" kids six or eight years ago, but not now. Get one or two "starter" type kids that would normally be there, one or two from each of the three swing schools, one or two from the west (nothing in Hardeman Co. to attract football kids), and one or two from south of the state line, and you've doubled your talent/depth without playing a down of football. Pay someone to come in and teach kids how to play while making football "interesting" for the kids already there, and the job gets easier from there. 

  Bottom line is; get kids to come out for football, build your numbers, put butts in the seats, and the public will pay the program's way far more than the cost of raising the stipend to coach football at McNairy... all you have to do is care enough to try.

Good post. 

40 minutes ago, Bobcats83 said:

Good man ran off by people who have no clue what they are doing.  Tough job , very little talent and the pay is not close to other districts.  Good luck finding the next coach 

Where do you think they go from here? Probably not to attractive of a job for sure. I was really hoping he was gonna be coach for the long term. 

38 minutes ago, team69 said:

Tom Landry learned he was fired listening to the radio on his way back from  playing golf. Jerry didn’t even have the decency to tell him to his face. When this went down he lost the community and the Cowboys have gone down hill since. Jerry Jones has always been at fault.

Agree 100%

3 hours ago, Southtowner said:

@powerp,  Da Boyz let me down again.

I wish Jerry would just sell the team or hire a General manager.   Good grief.  

Jerry will never relinquish control enough. Been telling a friend of mine for years that the biggest problem the cowboys have is JERRY JONES! I give up on them a few years ago now. All they are now is Stephen A Smiths punching bag.

Wes Johnson has resigned as HC of McNairy Central. 

4 hours ago, tradertwo said:

It could be a great job, with some "if's" clarified... talent will ebb and surge, but will mostly be pretty good even in the leaner years. They're surrounded with prospective athletes from Selmer and Adamsville, and could draw a few from Chester Co, Wayne Co, and even out of state IF a coach can manage to attract them. Hardin Co. needs to step up their game for coaches' salary... not terrible, but not enough to draw the "that guy" type of hire. IF HC can just be competitive in salary, the positives could land them their home run guy. Control. Red flag is the old coach retaining the AD position. Who has the final word on assistants, offense, defense, players, ect... IF the AD agrees that the new coach runs the program, maybe nothing but "letting go" isn't easy and if I were interviewing for the job it would have to be understood up front.

  The great thing is that everything the Tigers need to do to really up their game depends only on them and how much it matters to them to get better. Ego's will have to be put aside and money will need to be spent, but not that much of either in the big picture. All that's left is to wait and see IF it matters.

Spot on as usual Trader. Agree 100% with this post. If control is not relinquished completely they'll not get the best coach they can get. I will also add that if I'm being totally honest I hope they don't stay In house here. 

1 hour ago, ItsAlwaysSunnyInAtwood said:

Yes. Whether they get him or not idk. But heck I can't blame them for wanting Frostie

Agree. He's done a great job at DCRS!

17 hours ago, ItsAlwaysSunnyInAtwood said:

Seems the fans at least on the social medias you don't use are clamoring for a certain state championship coach. 

Who are they clamoring for? Frost?

37 minutes ago, Bulldog89 said:

Could they stay in house and go with Coach Seaton?

He has been made interim head coach while the search starts for a new head coach. I would assume it would be a possibility but I really hope they look at all possible candidates and get this hire right. Staying in house is not always the way to go imo and that's not a knock against any coach currently on staff. I believe there should and will be a lot of interest in this job. Some coach wil be inheriting a solid football program in Savannah.

44 minutes ago, ItsAlwaysSunnyInAtwood said:

I saw it on the Hardin county sports HOF Twitter I think on Christmas Eve. Apparently Smith will be staying on as AD. 

Thanks. I'm usually late to the party. I don't do Twitter or FB. 

5 hours ago, HarrisFootball said:

HC is going to attract a lot of candidates. From OC / DC to Head Coaches this one should have no shortage of quality applicants.  HC has always been a really solid team, I do however think they are in for a tough year next year (compared to where they have been the past few). 

They definitely got a lot of shoes to fill. Losing 20 plus seniors for the third year in a row and a lot of talent. Anytime you know you'll have a new QB taking his first meaningful snaps in a HS game you can't fully know what to expect.

6 hours ago, tradertwo said:

It sort of came out slowly...I think maybe the 23'rd was when he stated it publicly, but I could be wrong. You folks should attract some top notch applicants with the facilities available and your recent talent level. With good financial compensation and "control" of football operations at the level of someone's satisfaction, I'd expect HC to land a coach that would move the expectations even higher for the program.

Agree with all of this.especially the control part. Want a good coach got to completely turn the program over to him.

5 hours ago, ItsAlwaysSunnyInAtwood said:

Hardin County is open 

I heard this was possibly gonna happen but was hoping it wouldn't TBH. Should be a lot of interest in this job imo. Had not heard this yet. Did this come out today?