West High School's next Head Coach

[Justask]

No not knocking Cleveland. Just wondering about Knox county.Some on here talking about how bad it is. Just simply looking for opinion on why Knox is not a good place to work.

[fooseball96]

No not knocking Cleveland. Just wondering about Knox county.Some on here talking about how bad it is. Just simply looking for opinion on why Knox is not a good place to work.

Well I say funding may be a problem. Having so many schools and only so much money. Plus as he said with the private schools getting kids. In Cleveland u have 3 large high schools with Cleveland being the only high school in the city school system in which every thing pretty much revolves around the high school.

Edited January 8, 2015 by fooseball96

[TNfballfan]

When do they expect an announcement for this hire?

[AdmiralDude]

I was shocked to see this in the paper a couple days ago. Cleveland must be dumping money in his lap. It will be interesting to see what comes of this job and who Knox West decides to hire. 

 

HTV, you seem to have an inside track, do you think it is possible that Partin, OC from Farragut, applies for this job? He was a finalist for the Powell job, but  Rodney Ellison from Clinton was who ended up getting the Powell job. I know Partin is a Powell alumni and coached there for several years, but West certainly seems like a much better job than Powell right now, so one would think that he would apply for this job.

[HTV]

I was shocked to see this in the paper a couple days ago. Cleveland must be dumping money in his lap. It will be interesting to see what comes of this job and who Knox West decides to hire. 

 

HTV, you seem to have an inside track, do you think it is possible that Partin, OC from Farragut, applies for this job? He was a finalist for the Powell job, but  Rodney Ellison from Clinton was who ended up getting the Powell job. I know Partin is a Powell alumni and coached there for several years, but West certainly seems like a much better job than Powell right now, so one would think that he would apply for this job.

 

Never say never, but I don't believe Coach Partin will apply for the West job, or any others that might come open.  As you say, Powell is his alma mater and he was an assistant there for a good while.  I think those ties were the primary reasons he was interested in that position. 

 

Be surprised if he's not Farragut's OC when Farragut goes to Powell (ironic, isn't it?) in Week 1 of the 2015 season.  

[SGHSAlum93]

Never say never, but I don't believe Coach Partin will apply for the West job, or any others that might come open.  As you say, Powell is his alma mater and he was an assistant there for a good while.  I think those ties were the primary reasons he was interested in that position. 

 

Be surprised if he's not Farragut's OC when Farragut goes to Powell (ironic, isn't it?) in Week 1 of the 2015 season.  

 

HTV, Don't you think that coming off a State Championship that there will be a flood of applicants from outside the system?

 

Also, 

 

I have had a couple people tell me that there may be a set of brothers outside the county that would be very interested in the position…. 

[HTV]

HTV, Don't you think that coming off a State Championship that there will be a flood of applicants from outside the system?

 

Also, 

 

I have had a couple people tell me that there may be a set of brothers outside the county that would be very interested in the position…. 

 

Because of the success the Price Brothers have had turning what was once a perennial  doormat in to a very solid football program their names are going to come up every time a traditionally good program is looking for a new coach. It would take a really good opportunity for them to leave Campbell County, from what I have been led to believe.  Obviously I can't speak for them and say one way or the other if this is that opportunity or not.  I really like Justin and Matt both personally and as coaches.  They both have really bright futures in the coaching profession.     

 

And, yes, I feel like the West job will draw a good pool of applicants, but I just don't see a big name coach wanting to come from out of Knox County to any Knox County school right now.  As has been talked about time and time again, the pay a head football coach gets in Knox County, the load of extra work a coach in Knox County has to deal with compared to many other "plum" jobs in and out of state, and the lack of true middle school football in Knox County will keep a lot of potentially good applicants away.  

[PassiveAggressive]

I THOUGHT THE SAYING WAS IF YOU CAN'T BEAT EM JOIN EM.....NOT BEAT EM AND THEN JOIN THEM...LOL

GOOD RIDDINS .....MOVE ON.....IT HAPPENS....

[OakRidgeKat]

good riddins?

[clevelandblueraiderfan]

good riddins?

lol, Ooltewah education

[HTV]

good riddins?

 

Yep.  That one left me just shaking my head, too.  

 

Our future leaders ..........................  

[Knoxvul]

good riddins?

Come on ORK, you know PA's brain is still scrambled from the beat down the Eagles of Rhea County put on "Dem Owls"! #FLOPFLOP