So the ship lost it's captain????

[Appvol]

2 hours ago, PeabodyPride said:

To all my power P brothers I feel your pain and this is absolutely not acceptable ! I get it this douche wanted to move on but have a bit of class and don’t do this to these young men ! It’s the beginning of the darn season !I hope he get bed bugs and scurvy in no particular order !!! Sorry but this is a garbage human move !!!

Especially when he got hired he called it his dream job.

 

[pujo]

29 minutes ago, Appvol said:

Especially when he got hired he called it his dream job.

 

Must have had a Night Mare. 

[TheTruthHurts22]

11 minutes ago, pujo said:

Must have had a Night Mare. 

Oakland and Peabody is enough to scare a Single A coach to run to Canada. Go Toronto! 

[TheTruthHurts22]

https://www.tsn.ca/chris-jones-cfl-toronto-argonauts-1.1693076

[piratetom]

1 hour ago, PurpleGrad said:

The problem with dropping Oakland is that this was the first year of a two year contract. That means you would potentially drop them both years at $2,500-$5,000 per year. Depending on terms of the contract. Shelling out that kind of money after two COVID interrupted years will be tough for any team. 

Gotcha. Didn’t realize it was a 2 year contract . Maybe we can petition the Toronto Argonauts to buy out that contract. Heck it happens all the time with coach salaries. 

Edited September 14, 2021 by piratetom
Update

[tradertwo]

7 hours ago, orngnblk said:

If he has been on staff for 5 years (i think its 5) he can be a HC without teaching.Ryan was our HC and wasnt a teacher.

You can be grandfathered in with (I also believe) 5 years affiliation, or with a background check and approval.

[tradertwo]

6 hours ago, PiRaTe._.MiKe said:

He said in the beginning this was his dream job being an alumni from SP.  He said it has nothing to do with the money.  He just was happy to be back and had all these huge expectations and ideas for the community.  So I don’t think he left because of pay.  I think he realized how small of a program we really are and the funds to do things he wanted just weren’t there.  He or someone ran off our best fundraiser guy.  A program like ours can’t survive on just selling apparel and 1 raffle.  If you want to ride to away games in a nice charter bus, have pre-game and post-game meals, it’s gonna cost at least $3000-$5000 each away game and then probably near the same for home games because you gotta buy all the paint for the field.  And you all remember there were a lot of folks wanted Brad Waggoner, including Vic Grider, to get the job and not Chris.  If those folks were some of our biggest donators and volunteers, I’m willing to bet a lot of that extra help disappeared.  Not to mention Covid.  I’m mad, very mad, but I’m also the type to give a person the chance to explain their actions.  Just pray for these kids that whoever takes over will guide them, mentor them, and Coach them on and off the field.  

Many good points, but all are things that could have been considered before accepting the job at SP. Coaches change jobs all the time, but the ones with solid character do it the "right way" concerning the kids and their feelings. If a high school program is run like it should be, it's more like a family than a sports team, and a coach who bails at this point for anything other than his own family at home is akin to the "dad" who goes for ice cream and never comes back home. South Pittsburg has athletes, coaching, and community support enough to not miss a beat after this, I just hope that it doesn't affect the kids mentally and emotionally. Punk move by Jones to abandon his army in the middle of the war.

[crow]

1 hour ago, Appvol said:

Especially when he got hired he called it his dream job.

 

EVERYONE knew that was a lie. SP faithful hoped it was true but most of them have been around long enough to know better. I believe most felt deep down this would happen but I don’t think many thought it would be this soon. Either way better off without a person that thinks this was an OK move around IMO. 

[PurpleGrad]

49 minutes ago, piratetom said:

Gotcha. Didn’t realize it was a 2 year contract . Maybe we can petition the Toronto Argonauts to buy out that contract. Heck it happens all the time with coach salaries. 

That might work. Worth a shot. There is also a chance that both teams can mutually agree to cancel the games. But SP runs a risk of not being able to replace that game this season and you’ve not had any home gates. The coffers will be bare. I hate this for the players and for Paige & Heath. None of them deserve this. 

[piratetom]

8 minutes ago, PurpleGrad said:

That might work. Worth a shot. There is also a chance that both teams can mutually agree to cancel the games. But SP runs a risk of not being able to replace that game this season and you’ve not had any home gates. The coffers will be bare. I hate this for the players and for Paige & Heath. None of them deserve this. 

You are correct . 

[OriginalWishBone]

2 hours ago, piratetom said:

Gotcha. Didn’t realize it was a 2 year contract . Maybe we can petition the Toronto Argonauts to buy out that contract. Heck it happens all the time with coach salaries. 

How much did SP pay all the schools they canceled with? Marion Co. and Grundy Co.?

 

[CoyDillard]

https://historyofyesterday.com/why-scammers-sell-snake-oil-fcb0097df83c

Chicken Jones may be the best snake oil salesman in these parts. Talked a lot of talk and couldnt back any of it up. He didn't want to play those Jasper boys and now leaves before playing those Whitwell fellers. Just plain scared??? Idk