FRA hires...

[fredjones]

Justin Geisenger from Pope John Paul II as next head coach.

[Football101101]

What a home run hire!!!!! WOW

[cbg]

The real question is why would he leave JP2 for FRA

[JRB]

9 hours ago, cbg said:

The real question is why would he leave JP2 for FRA

There were several reasons including a lot more money and his wife is now working at FRA.  He is a really good person that did a great job building the football program to respectability in DI-AAA. 

[PurplePanther]

2 hours ago, JRB said:

There were several reasons including a lot more money and his wife is now working at FRA.  He is a really good person that did a great job building the football program to respectability in DI-AAA. 

Definitely a good coach and program builder.  I also think it was a great time for him to move on….you have the trio of QB, RB, and WR….but no one returning up front to block.  
 

it will be interesting to see how he does and wish him the best, but he now has FRHS, LA, and BA a stone’s throw away.  That’s a much different situation than PJP2

[cbg]

3 hours ago, JRB said:

There were several reasons including a lot more money and his wife is now working at FRA.  He is a really good person that did a great job building the football program to respectability in DI-AAA. 

Jeff Brothers really did a great job of building the program at JP2 and for whatever reason they refused to pay him the market rate.  

[MichaelMyers76]

1 hour ago, PurplePanther said:

Definitely a good coach and program builder.  I also think it was a great time for him to move on….you have the trio of QB, RB, and WR….but no one returning up front to block.  
 

it will be interesting to see how he does and wish him the best, but he now has FRHS, LA, and BA a stone’s throw away.  That’s a much different situation than PJP2

He is fixing to find out the hard way both how close those as well as CPA are and also how the culture at FRA is not exactly about athletics. Not that it should be.

[Navy21412]

He's an excellent football coach.  That's a big get for FRA.  Have always been impressed with him.  Kind of fun to watch him coach--he stands alone almost in the end zone, as far down the sideline as he can get to call plays.

One thing about FRA--the school is full of current and former Titans, as well as other NFL players that have moved here.  GM Jon Robinson's kids go there.  I suspect they are looking to build up the athletics there.  I heard the school is now full with a waiting list, and that wasn't the case 10 years ago.  Their leadership has done a good job. 

[JRB]

16 hours ago, Navy21412 said:

He's an excellent football coach.  That's a big get for FRA.  Have always been impressed with him.  Kind of fun to watch him coach--he stands alone almost in the end zone, as far down the sideline as he can get to call plays.

One thing about FRA--the school is full of current and former Titans, as well as other NFL players that have moved here.  GM Jon Robinson's kids go there.  I suspect they are looking to build up the athletics there.  I heard the school is now full with a waiting list, and that wasn't the case 10 years ago.  Their leadership has done a good job. 

My understanding is there are a few former NFL players looking to join his staff.  I suppose they have kids that play football.

[JRB]

19 hours ago, MichaelMyers76 said:

He is fixing to find out the hard way both how close those as well as CPA are and also how the culture at FRA is not exactly about athletics. Not that it should be.

Perhaps the culture at FRA is changing, similar to LA, where they are willing to pay a coach ONLY a boat load of money to build a football program. 

[JRB]

21 hours ago, PurplePanther said:

Definitely a good coach and program builder.  I also think it was a great time for him to move on….you have the trio of QB, RB, and WR….but no one returning up front to block.  
 

it will be interesting to see how he does and wish him the best, but he now has FRHS, LA, and BA a stone’s throw away.  That’s a much different situation than PJP2

I see both sides of “attracting” players on either side of town.  Definitely more competition on your side of town with the aforementioned mentioned schools however there is not nearly population in Sumner County in which to draw.  Plus if CPA and LA eventually move to DII-AAA then Geis only needs to find 1/3 of the players to be competitive as he will not be playing BA, FRHS, Ensworth, MBA, McCallie, Knox Catholic, etc on a weekly basis.

[BobbyB]

Stated they were going build the program organically , I wish him luck with the schools nearby!