My Murphy Fair book

[BoardHater71]

I just purchased my magazine and skimmed through it.  84 schools did not complete their surveys.  That's an absolute shame.  A 10-20 minute process at most and that many schools did not fill out the survey.  I know it to be a fact that the TSSAA penalizes schools with a fine if their head coaches do not attend a rules meeting prior to a particular sports season.  Perhaps the TSSAA should require coaches to return their surveys for Murphy Fair's magazine.  

[ItsAlwaysSunnyInAtwood]

27 minutes ago, howdoitknow said:

I just purchased my magazine and skimmed through it.  84 schools did not complete their surveys.  That's an absolute shame.  A 10-20 minute process at most and that many schools did not fill out the survey.  I know it to be a fact that the TSSAA penalizes schools with a fine if their head coaches do not attend a rules meeting prior to a particular sports season.  Perhaps the TSSAA should require coaches to return their surveys for Murphy Fair's magazine.  

I really hope you're joking

[BoardHater71]

23 minutes ago, WarEagleCartman said:

I really hope you're joking

If a school changes coaches or is about to enter their inaugural season then I can see those as valid excuses.  Other than that I don't think it's asking too much for a school to submit a survey that takes all of 15 minutes to complete.  That's just my opinion.  

[Governm]

It's my understanding that Murphy faxes his surveys to the schools in most cases. So, I would hope most of the time its just a case of the surveys not making it to a coach's desk when they dont turn them in. Maybe, the secretaries get them from the fax machines and they get lost in other paperwork? Who knows. Although, there are a few coaches like Hambone at Heritage who NEVER turn in a survey.  I think those guys are just jerks.

Edited July 20, 2017 by TheGuvna
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[ItsAlwaysSunnyInAtwood]

42 minutes ago, howdoitknow said:

If a school changes coaches or is about to enter their inaugural season then I can see those as valid excuses.  Other than that I don't think it's asking too much for a school to submit a survey that takes all of 15 minutes to complete.  That's just my opinion.  

No I agree. But to think it should be a TSSAA requirement to take Murphy's survey is a little much. 

[TheAmbassador]

I have to agree. How hard is it to return the survey?

[FridayMainEvent]

6 hours ago, howdoitknow said:

Murphy Fair sends out a survey every year in late March-early April.  Donovan Stewart sends out a survey every year in May.

I think that Murphy Fair is and deserves the title of "The Guru" as it relates to high school football in the state of Tennessee.  He envisioned a product when it didn't exist and made something special out of it.  It has to be if it's 30 years old and people are still eager to want it.  The only thing that Murphy doesn't do as good of a job at nowadays is to keep his website up to date from the start of football season, every week throughout the season, and all throughout the offseason.  This is where people refer to CoachT.com and the message boards much more so than his website.  

Donovan Stewart does a better job today of staying on top of the latest news and coaching headlines all year long.  It doesn't matter if it's George Quarles leaving Maryville in December or Orenthus Taylor leaving Trezevant in June.  He stays up to date with everything.  

Good post.

 

[Roy Dillard]

2 hours ago, TheGuvna said:

It's my understanding that Murphy faxes his surveys to the schools in most cases. So, I would hope most of the time its just a case of the surveys not making it to a coach's desk when they dont turn them in. Maybe, the secretaries get them from the fax machines and they get lost in other paperwork? Who knows. Although, there are a few coaches like Hambone at Heritage who NEVER turn in a survey.  I think those guys are just jerks.

I garuntee you this is a bunch of mess. Me and Murphy have hand delivered a few of these durn surveys and they didnt get sent back to Murphy.  It makes Murphy real mad when these coaches are just lazy.  You think im joking but im not. 

[BoardHater71]

2 hours ago, TheGuvna said:

It's my understanding that Murphy faxes his surveys to the schools in most cases. So, I would hope most of the time its just a case of the surveys not making it to a coach's desk when they dont turn them in. Maybe, the secretaries get them from the fax machines and they get lost in other paperwork? Who knows. Although, there are a few coaches like Hambone at Heritage who NEVER turn in a survey.  I think those guys are just jerks.

He also sends them as an email to every school's head coach's school email address which are always listed online.  Every coach should check his (or in other sports her) e-mail daily.  

 

I think its an injustice to your kids to not turn in a survey on their behalf.  

[Roy Dillard]

10 minutes ago, howdoitknow said:

He also sends them as an email to every school's head coach's school email address which are always listed online.  Every coach should check his (or in other sports her) e-mail daily.  

 

I think its an injustice to your kids to not turn in a survey on their behalf.  

I garuntee you some of these boys might could play in the SEC if their durn coach would turn in their survey to Murphy. These college coaches read Murphys book and see who is on his pole. You think im joking but im not. 

[TheAmbassador]

43 minutes ago, Roy Dillard said:

I garuntee you some of these boys might could play in the SEC if their durn coach would turn in their survey to Murphy. These college coaches read Murphys book and see who is on his pole. You think im joking but im not. 

Tell em Roy!

[Southtowner]

Successful coaches fill out their survey.