Derrick Davis resigns (Polk Co.)

[TheAmbassador]

2 hours ago, DumpyRhino12 said:

2. The only reason it has people riled up were because Charlie Murphy, that seems to be in your corner about this stuff, attacked DD on here about soccer so that's something you should talk to your soccer parents about.

From my understanding.. you mean this Heath Culpepper man as Roy would say.. attacked him. 

1 hour ago, Charlie Murphy said:

"want everything for nothing"... ? I think the soccer parents probably  pay taxes that support that high school and it's facilities, just like the football parents. derrick davis doesn't own that field. And why wouldn't you want each student athlete to have the best available, whether its equipment, facilities, etc. Why?

 

 

It seems to me the soccer people weren’t doing their share of field maintenance and sharing in the expenses. That could have been part of the problem. Regardless, you boys lost a solid coach. 

[PCPeasant]

You are right. I redact my statement about your intelligence. Those are some of the worst run on sentences I have seen in a while. Congrats. 

[DumpyRhino12]

30 minutes ago, PCPeasant said:

You are right. I redact my statement about your intelligence. Those are some of the worst run on sentences I have seen in a while. Congrats. 

And now we are attacking intelligence. Keep digging that hole buddy. I'm sorry my grammar on a message board is not up to your standards.

[BIGPURPLEMACHINE]

I am not a Polk Co. fan. I don’t know anything about your program. I just got on here to read. But one thing is clearly obvious after reading the last 9 pages. Lots of Pol fans on here and a ton of bickering and fighting. Very obvious to see why the coach left. It’s amazing what schools as a whole can accomplish when all stake holders are on the same page and work together. 

[6+4+3=2]

YOU people can’t let it go…Derrick is living rent free in your heads. 

Would you like to talk about a couple parents dancing on the P at midfield while lining off the football field laughing because they had achieved their goal of using the field, but you all claim to support all athletics. 

No one is talking bad about the girls everyone is proud of their accomplishments and it was a great season.

As for the small group of parents being an embarrassment that is 100% correct. I find it repulsive to see grown men and women screaming and yelling at opposing teams’ kids and in some instances making fun of their physical appearance and athletic performance on the field. I was there to see this happen numerous times and parents yelling at the opposing student body and fans who were there to support their team just like ours is nothing to be proud of yet some of these men would give each other high fives and laugh. I saw firsthand when an opposing player tried to kick a rolling ball and missed these same dads laughed and made fun of her. 

Charlie Murphy was thrown out of a game along with a member of the central office staff who was mentioned earlier in another post, and it was sickening! Our very own Charlie Murphy then asks the principal (game administrator) if he can go down to the field and have his say to the officials since he was being removed. I believe it was during this same game where these same parents were heckling a girl on the other team and Polk’s coach who was standing outside the fence with her two small children had to turn to some of the fans and tell them to not get personal. These are a small number of our fans, but it makes ALL of Polk athletics and fans look terrible. 

What narcissistic dad would go raise money for the soccer team that his daughter plays on then demand that his family’s hotel room be paid for out of these donations? Wonder if all the people that contributed would have done so if they knew some of their money was being spent on this guy’s hotel room. I won’t mention names, it was actually two different parents, but this is TRUE it happened sadly enough!!

PCPeasant, let’s clear up a false claim in your first ever post which gave me a headache trying to read. Last year’s soccer team had a great year, and everyone is very proud of them but they are not the most successful team since '83. In 1986 Polk baseball went to the final four and got beat by Unicoi County on a 7th inning home run at Cleveland State. Did they get a banner? I also don’t remember seeing one parent rush the field to celebrate making it to the final four they waited on Coach Dixon to meet with players and then congratulate the kids when they came out from the dugout and left the field. In 2011 no parents rushed the field when baseball went to the state.

I’m shocked that your referring to these girls as peasants and they were treated as second class citizens. This is a lie that you and others are trying to get people to believe. Even though these girls played on the practice field it was better than what football and baseball played on for many years. The football field was redone after the 1986 season and baseball played at the show barn and eventually in the early 90’s moved to the middle school field both of which is terrible. Rocks were everywhere, and the outfield had clumps of grass that players turned their ankles on and we can’t forget the Kudzu in right field where balls would get lost if it wasn’t mowed. Also, little league football used this field to practice and the fair was held there every year.

You say we should celebrate all sports success if so then why are some of these parents so happy to see football fail and make no mistake losing Coach Davis is not a win for our sports program or community and neither is hiring unqualified coaches to coach sports they don’t know anything about. 

Your bright candle looks more like a torch and Coach Davis was tied to the stake. He is gone now, and this small group of parents are still making up usernames on football forums to keep fanning the flames their torch lit!!

The only way we can be successful is to stand together for the future of all Polk athletics and demand that coaches are hired based on achievement and knowledge of the game they are coaching.

Congratulation to the 2018 PCHS girls soccer team and coaches you are all winners in my book!

Edited January 9, 2019 by 6+4+3=2

[elhosel]

Well said 6+, you totally nailed this subject. I know how much it cost to maintain both fields and the sweat equity provided by the football program. And it was not fair to demand use when no one bothered to put their work into this maintenance of the fields. Title IX is used so many times to try to get things that don't come under this requirement of equity it makes me sick. Congrats to the girls and their coach but not to few parents who had a sense of entitlement they didn't deserve. 

[tradertwo]

58 minutes ago, BIGPURPLEMACHINE said:

I am not a Polk Co. fan. I don’t know anything about your program. I just got on here to read. But one thing is clearly obvious after reading the last 9 pages. Lots of Pol fans on here and a ton of bickering and fighting. Very obvious to see why the coach left. It’s amazing what schools as a whole can accomplish when all stake holders are on the same page and work together. 

Bullseye! I'd like to add (because Title IX has been thrown like a grenade) that if the practice field can be lined off to meet the "standard dimensions" of TSSAA soccer fields, and the football field can't for whatever reason, they could be forced to use the practice field using Title IX against them (hint,hint).

   You hometowners need to follow BPM's advice and support the kids... all football programs in this area are funded by a collusion of sources, and boosters work alongside coaches for the betterment of facilities. I doubt that it would be readily accepted for another program to enjoy the fruits of football's labor without reciprocating upkeep at any school, and rightly so. You Title Nine'rs have a case, but it's not with football, it's with the central office.

Edit... 

For the "taxpayers fund all sports..." comment. Sports are not a requirement. Title IX ensures EQUAL opportunity for both sexes, nothing more or less, and the public portion (taxes) of financial support is determined solely by administration. If any soccer booster feels entitled to the use of another program's designated facility "just because it's there", you're wrong on every level.

Edited January 8, 2019 by tradertwo

[Polk04]

Just saying a soccer field is supposed to be level and the football field is not. The football field is crown and I could careless if they play on it. All I've diad is soccer isn't the reason he left and that we lost a great coach. And I'm always proud of any sport at Polk that does great and support them in the down years. But I can't stand anyone that will bash Coach Davis that man has done a lot for me and my family. 

[PaPaLegba]

Football makes money, Soccer doesn't. You want the field? Mow it and fertilize it. Polk County, get these Girls Soccer parents under control or no one will want to coach your Football Team....a sport people actually pay to watch. Snowflake Soccer Parents need to fund raise or hop on a mower and earn the right to play on a field built and maintained with Football Money. I used to think Polk was a great place for football. Wow 

[Roy Dillard]

I garuntee you it sounds like this Davis man had let these soccer skillet slingers get out of control.  These skillet slingers should have helped this Davis man keep up that Larry Davis mans field.  You think im joking but im not. 

[rlh]

On 1/8/2019 at 4:19 PM, tradertwo said:

Bullseye! I'd like to add (because Title IX has been thrown like a grenade) that if the practice field can be lined off to meet the "standard dimensions" of TSSAA soccer fields, and the football field can't for whatever reason, they could be forced to use the practice field using Title IX against them (hint,hint).

   You hometowners need to follow BPM's advice and support the kids... all football programs in this area are funded by a collusion of sources, and boosters work alongside coaches for the betterment of facilities. I doubt that it would be readily accepted for another program to enjoy the fruits of football's labor without reciprocating upkeep at any school, and rightly so. You Title Nine'rs have a case, but it's not with football, it's with the central office.

Edit... 

For the "taxpayers fund all sports..." comment. Sports are not a requirement. Title IX ensures EQUAL opportunity for both sexes, nothing more or less, and the public portion (taxes) of financial support is determined solely by administration. If any soccer booster feels entitled to the use of another program's designated facility "just because it's there", you're wrong on every level.

Excellent post!  Very accurate.

[workinprogress]

Outsider here just reading through the posts. Regardless of why the head coach left, good luck to Polk County getting a high quality football coach unless there is one already on staff that can deal with the ugly issues. No way any decent coach would touch this job without specifically drawing out plans for field use and upkeep.