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[dirtywave]

Thanks workinprogress. well said. Well, how it all plays out may show what all of it is about. I hope the next coach gets more of a chance than Woodward received. What I know right now is that Woodward is a good coach and that the reason for dismissal is not telated to his performance as a coach. I hope we all find out the real reason (maybe what Golden Ticket said who knows) to clear the air for all coaches and admin going forward.

 

High school has always been the last vestige of pure competition and I see that slowly eroded.

[workinprogress]

Golden you are right always multiple sides of the story. I wonder if you're in house source was there when Woodward went over the boss' head to the school board member. Or is that just a one sided story. I went to multiple sources at that is the first I've heard of that.

[workinprogress]

Dirtywave my guess is we may not find out the reasoning behind all of this. In order to find out why the admin would actually have to speak first as to why she wants to go in a different direction. Now if a former coach gets the job back, I think we will all know.

[workinprogress]

Just the opposite it is clever just wanted to make sure others didn't think you were being serious.

[GoldenTicket10]

I hate it for him but like we all said it's many stories. If the previous coach gets it back then that would be the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard honestly.... Woodward is not a back coach but the previous guy was a joke

[workinprogress]

Golden your last part is pretty funny. Sad if it happens but funny right now. The other part, my hunch in that most coaches don't even know who the school board members are. Most coaches focus on the kids and don't care about all of the politics.

[WhiteShadow]

I guess the next coach will have to win more the three games or lose the job as well....?  

[WhiteShadow]

Calvin Hall will forever be a state record holder. Only coach to ever go 0-11 in one season. No denying that kind of record!

[fb247]

coach hall did not lose his job because he was 0-11, many other reasons. now, is he a good coach? answer,no. still not why he lost his job. previous principal was told to let him go by central office. new director comes in and names new principal. she hears of dismissal of hall and in return fires woodward. do not be surprised if hall gets job back. not any gray is this explanation.

[workinprogress]

I couldn't believe Woodward or any other coach would know the school board members so I went back to a few of my sources.

Principal informed Mrs. Woodward after a pep rally that she would immediately be moved to freshmen academy world geography. She would still be responsible for her leadership classes until a replacement could be found. A concerned teacher notified a former Antioch admin that is now at the board. That person informed principal that she could not make that change.

That makes more sense. Coached don't have time to go to school board members. And in his case it was a concerned teacher going to the board not a board member.

[bleacher]

Alot of the decline in Antioch football has to do with the addition of cane ridge .... He wasn't fired cause he was white it wasn't even football related from what I was told by an in house employee.. you can't continue to go over your boss head to a board member when she tells you no and not think that would roll over well. It's always two sides of the story ....

 

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[dirtywave]

To FB's comments, I don't know the reasons Coach Hall was let go BUT he should not have been let go for a first-year 0-11 season. Any coach deserves sometime to establish a program and at the end of the day, if the coach is running a clean program, helping kids and preparing them for on and off the field, then in my opinion a 500 record ought to be good enough at least without the opportunity have shortcomings called out and given time to improve.

 

At the pro level and to a lesser extent, a W/L record can be a principal factor. At the high school level, it should just be one of several factors. When the W/L is the determinative factor, cheating, recruiting, grade fixing, parents shopping kids, and development academies will be everywhere. Yea, I know. Seems we are there already.