Antioch HC

[BoardHater71]

Some need to go back and read previous posts. Fork awakens mentioned the hire a while back. He was first if I'm not mistaken. I also mentioned that I was told it will go down as the worst hire in metro history. Not sure about that but it's saying a lot.

He can't do any worse than some of the recent head coaches in Metro. Some of those teams couldn't line up in a legal formation. It's not "what you know" it's "who you are/what's your race" that determines who lands a job in MNPS in 90+% of the cases. Coaches like Ron Aydelott, Scott Blade, and Jay Gore are the exceptions. Fact!

[workinprogress]

Ron is a metro guy. Went to Antioch. Gore started at LA and probably would have stayed if the pay was better. Blade was coming from out of town and had family in the area. Hillsboro was not the first metro job he interviewed for.

[fb247]

Taking a long time to make it official. Maybe howdoitknow can shed some light.

How long is it going to take. Most teams end spring ball this week.

[fb247]

How long is it going to take. Most teams end spring ball this week.

finally

[workinprogress]

Yep just a stones throw away, man from memorial of stone. Fork awakens was right on. Now, what kind of staff will he be able to put together for his dream job.

[hardtackle]

Will there be any practice this spring with new coach?

[fb247]

Will there be any practice this spring with new coach?

probably not going to happen. most have finished already.

[wingman10]

bump

[cbg]

Typical MNPS.  When they went to the larger comprehensive high schools and did away with smaller community high schools it totally ruined high school athletics and academics in Davidson County Public Schools. 

[Hoganknows]

Typical MNPS.  When they went to the larger comprehensive high schools and did away with smaller community high schools it totally ruined high school athletics and academics in Davidson County Public Schools. 

Just call it what it is...busing killed MNPS. 

[midtnmale]

Just call it what it is...busing killed MNPS. 

 

 

Typical MNPS.  When they went to the larger comprehensive high schools and did away with smaller community high schools it totally ruined high school athletics and academics in Davidson County Public Schools. 

I tend to lean more towards Hoganknows assertion that busing killed MNPS rather than size. Public high schools fin Metro range from 6A down to 3A ( as far as football classification). In other words, they all aren't "super-sized". But all of them bus students from outside of their local areas. This, to me, leads many people to care less about a school that's not really a part of their own neighborhood. A school becomes just a place to attend classes, not an intergral part of the local community.

[cbg]

I tend to lean more towards Hoganknows assertion that busing killed MNPS rather than size. Public high schools fin Metro range from 6A down to 3A ( as far as football classification). In other words, they all aren't "super-sized". But all of them bus students from outside of their local areas. This, to me, leads many people to care less about a school that's not really a part of their own neighborhood. A school becomes just a place to attend classes, not an intergral part of the local community.

 

Do you know why MNPS has so much bussing? 

 

History Lesson:  The federal government told MNPS to develop their own desegregation plan or they would do it for them.  It was an election year for the council and school board and they didn't want blood stains on their hands during an election year and made the decision to allow federal judge Wiseman to come up with the plan.  Over the years I have spoken with both older African American political leaders in Nashville at that time and older Caucasian political leaders and have yet to find one that agreed with the plan that the federal government put in place.  It just goes t show that you need to keep the federal government out of local politics/business when at all possible.  Yes, the plan that Judge Wiseman came up with was bad but the MNPS board and the Metro Council/Mayor had the opportunity to establish and implement their own plan and would not do so due to politics.  Politics are what truly ruined the public school system in Nashville because it forced both bussing and the elimination of local community schools.