RevRoundball78

Well, it appears DA has its coach. Congratulations to Coach Kevin Harper who takes the program back after the abrupt departure of Coach Shaw (best of luck at GCU). Saw quite a few likes on Twitter regarding this. Without question, the logical and right guy for the job.

This has taken ENTIRELY too long. Area schools have announced departures/firings, etc., held interviews and hired coaches - in some cases in less than two weeks per Bruin1 and it appears DA is no closer to a hire than they were when Coach Shaw said he was leaving at the first part of April. Two months? Are you kidding me? I wouldn't blame anyone who left the team/school over this. Same thing happened with their girls' program when the current coach came in. They had him pegged, but dragged the whole thing out just to make some fake "splash" announcement with the hire. Disaster for that side of their program. Who are the players who are supposedly leaving the boys' program? Practices should start up soon. What are they going to do without a coach in place?

Love all all this hearsay. Just points to bigger issue of lack of confidentiality. How does anyone know Coach Harper will not be coaching next year, especially if interviews are still happening? If Coach Harper wants the job, it should be his. End of discussion. Program needs stability. And, because he IS a stand-up guy, he would likely take the job back. He has taken a team to the state final four and he just won District Coach of the Year in 2018-19. How soon we forget!

Goodpasture lost a post player during volleyball that will hurt their numbers. Not a ton of help after Welfel, who was a Miss Basketball finalist last year. That side of that Middle Region is weak after Goodpasture and Clarksville Academy. I could see those teams splitting the regular season, but Goodpasture’s wins on that side will be inflated based on competition. CPA and FRA should both be good and will be helped because they have good coaches.

Any early predictions for DII-A Girls?

Any early predictions for DII-A Boys?

Heard they were trying to go after the coach at Davidson Academy, but don't think that happened.