Question for the Oakland folks...

[wingman10]

Pats need a good coach who will be a leader for the kids

[wingman10]

A few names that I have heard that have been seen at OHS- Crawford from Brentwood, Fields from Riverdale, Perry from MJ, Gaddis from Henry County. Who knows.....I just wish Joslin had come.

 

Gaddis coached one of our kids yrs ago. He is about as good as they get.

[olandpats]

Last I checked, Randy has won more than 25% of his games in the last 5 years as well. So upsets arent allowed anymore? Its unfortunate what happened in baseball, but when you look at the body of work and the body of his tenure, your stretching it.

 

Point is, the losing with dignity schtick is getting old. If we have to hire a less reputable coach in order to be successful, so be it.

 

OK, so Rankin went on a losing note, I would kill for Oakland to just be at that point right now, much less where Smyrna is. Oakland as a program got complacent, and its gotten us to where we are now.

 

 

king has had enough chances 2 get it done wit all kinds of talent ova the yrs.

winnin the district or region aint enough.

he gets transfers from otha schools & still cant get the gold.

hawks aint won a gold ball since 00.

had all kinds of talent 2 wit all kinds ofzone exempts.

time 2 go wit sum new blood if u ask me in both sports.

i am tired of losin when it counts wit all that talent.

time 4 u 2 cut the double standard 4 ur boys, op.

 

nobody that eva played football @ ohs wants dirtydog rankin on our sidelines.

he won wit playas zoned 4 us that he stole .

[riverdaleman]

excuse me...i will take rankin back if he stays we won the state last year and we might have been there this year..but that is my opinion..Rankin doenst have charecture issues his disipline on the team is greatly missed according to some of the post on the off season thread...In fact 2P if you really knew the issues that was causing problem in alcoa i think that you would be very surprised i will not discuss it on here because it is inappropriate...the biggest fault that Rankin has is he is brutally blunt with the players and parents and a lot of times the truth gets you in trouble....I think oaklnad was smart to try and get him as yall are getting the athletes over there and it is a good opportunity for someone

[runninreb]

No, he turned it down.

 

Know this is a technicality, but Coach Joslin was not offered the job, he officially withdrew...but I agree that he is a good coach, and see these other names as fine options as well.

[MidTennFootball]

king has had enough chances 2 get it done wit all kinds of talent ova the yrs.

winnin the district or region aint enough.

he gets transfers from otha schools & still cant get the gold.

hawks aint won a gold ball since 00.

had all kinds of talent 2 wit all kinds ofzone exempts.

time 2 go wit sum new blood if u ask me in both sports.

i am tired of losin when it counts wit all that talent.

time 4 u 2 cut the double standard 4 ur boys, op.

 

nobody that eva played football @ ohs wants dirtydog rankin on our sidelines.

he won wit playas zoned 4 us that he stole .

 

 

Im not too hard to please, all i ask is for us to competitive. Ive never subscribed or have wanted to subscribe to the state championship or bust theory, but if Oakland can just make the playoffs every year and contend once in a while for a championship thats fine by me.

 

As for Mack and Randy, thats the opinion that your entitled to, no matter how wrong it may be.

 

As for your statement that no former players wanted Rankin at Oakland, Ill just say that I know a few that would make your proclaimation a lie.

[Lost Old Dad]

Is it just my senality taking over or does this thread seem to have some pieces missing?

 

Second thing is 'if' the Hoover job was actually offered to Rankin, (which I seriously doubt) he would have taken it in a second! Could have started drawing his Tn retirement and still would have had time to get vested in the Ala retirement system.

 

Main thing is NOW to actually find a good Coach for Oakland and get them in place quickly for the kids sake so they can actually enjoy Christmas in peace knowing what their future holds.

[o-linefury]

Now that everybody's season is over is there any new news on the search?

[mynameis]

I'm a little surprised how this search has gone, but I really shouldn't be. More often than not these things tend to be lenghty and go through multple candidate. I do hope it is over fairly soon though.

[warhawks]

Oakland will find a great coach who will be the right fit, everyone needs to be patient! Some of the names being braught up on here are excellent coaches! One in particular is coach Gary Rankin! I would take coach Rankin in a heart beat because I know for a fact he is not only a great coach but he's a great person! JJ is also another class act as a coach and person! Oakland will find a great coach just hang in there! I can't believe grown men are on here still crying about Gary Rankin!

[bugaboo]

Wow this thread has died, after so many names being thrown out at the begining no one has any ideas anymore? /dry.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="

[o-linefury]

Is there any news at all? I know that one coach has already turned it down, so who are the front runners now? does anyone have a clue as to waht is going on with this opening?