6AAA Basketball - DejaVu Commando Coach

[Trusayer]

Hendersonville boys basketball team have some of the best talent in the region yet they continue to get out coached. This has been a constant for this coach as he once was the girls coach back in 2010. He killed the program then and is doing the same today to the boys. Time for new leadership. Current coaching effort is inept. I hear he is a great classroom teacher and that is great.

Reason for post, I’ve been following a few of the players for several years thru middle school and AAU. This is the only coach in the Sumner county area to not benefit from the available talent pool. He has multiple guys on the team that should be recognized weekly but nothing to report under his guidance. Check the coach’s record, talk with the parents, and ask alumni that played for him. It is a Losing program. The community is not proud and HHS should make a change for the sake of the current players and future of the program.

If it were a winning program beyond the wins & losses, I would not be making this call. The kids deserve better. The community deserves better.

[MLREB]

On 1/29/2021 at 7:12 AM, Trusayer said:

Hendersonville boys basketball team have some of the best talent in the region yet they continue to get out coached. This has been a constant for this coach as he once was the girls coach back in 2010. He killed the program then and is doing the same today to the boys. Time for new leadership. Current coaching effort is inept. I hear he is a great classroom teacher and that is great.

Reason for post, I’ve been following a few of the players for several years thru middle school and AAU. This is the only coach in the Sumner county area to not benefit from the available talent pool. He has multiple guys on the team that should be recognized weekly but nothing to report under his guidance. Check the coach’s record, talk with the parents, and ask alumni that played for him. It is a Losing program. The community is not proud and HHS should make a change for the sake of the current players and future of the program.

If it were a winning program beyond the wins & losses, I would not be making this call. The kids deserve better. The community deserves better.
 

So...in conclusion your son is not playing enough minutes?

[Trusayer]

Absolutely nothing to do with playtime and everything to do with being a good leader / mentor. The boys do not respect him because he lacks respect towards them. If Commandos keep him, the program will continue to be a disappointment for all involved.
 

Since 2014 joining the Varsity Boys coaching staff, the team has had a losing record every year. Since becoming the head coach (2017-18), the district record is 12 - 28. 

When  rehired as a head coach after a dismal first go as the girls head coach, he stated in the Hendersonville Standard that he will be judged by his district record. 

Look at the girls record during his tenure 2005 - 2011. He had a losing record every year. Google Clancy Hall to see comments from that period and you will find multiple folks feel the same way every parent feels today. 

He might be a great classroom teacher but he offers no athletic team chemistry. The kids deserve better. We can do better.