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This is the part I wanted to add to my post but wasn't sure how to say it. Being AD & HFC together sometimes creates a tunnel focus only on football at the expense of the other sports. I've been in the coaching game long enough to have seen this happen. I also agree with the statement that "To be fair, their job will be on the line based on the success of the football team." However, success (or lack thereof) in other sports will also reflect on the AD because he/she is the director of the entire sports program at a school.

"Having an AD that does not understand the inner workings of what it takes to win in football is NOT a recipe for success." Not necessarily....if the AD is separate and worth their salt, it doesn't matter if they don't know much about football. All they have to do is bring the HFC in to tell the AD what they need staff wise and have the HFC sit in on interviews and perhaps take the lead on the football parts of the interview. After the interviews are over, the HFC and AD can get together and discuss the candidates and hire. Now, this may not exactly be the format that it would take but the separate HFC would need to obviously have a LOT of input on football hires so any separate AD would be smart enough to know that. Any AD who does not listen to his/her coaches is likely to fail.

I did see it on Facebook as well. I do not know the person who said it as the post was shared by a friend. Based on the content of the post, it was a resident of Liberty. It was a well reasoned post for the most part but you are right, it will be interesting to see how it plays out.

I did say it was my opinion (whether I was right or wrong) in my original post and I was very complimentary of his daughter. It is fact that many coaches have moved for their kids so I presented that as a theory about why he moved. Liberty82, I'm sorry you have a problem with me. I did nothing here to be called out by someone who obviously dislikes me or the Hardin program. You used to be part of the Hardin program once upon a time.

By that logic, the AD should coach every sport at that school. The previous AD was a boys coach at one time. As long as the sports have good coaches and the budget is managed well among the sports, what does it matter who the AD is? From what I hear, there is groundswell support for a separate AD (this person has never played or coached football) and head football coach at Liberty. Liberty is bigger than Hardin but still falls under the "small school" criteria you posited. What then? Anyway, Chad T has done a good job for us this past year as HFC and expect him to do well as AD.

Well, I was actually thinking correctly then. I only said 4a D-1 because an earlier poster made a post saying "Moved up to 4a D1 for a beat down" and I thought the poster was referring to Lackey moving to BH. I just misread it.

Not sure what he is going to do at BH but I would say (my opinion) that he moved on to increase the visibility of his daughter. She is one of the best athletes Liberty has/had and one of the best young basketball players in the area. She is a pretty good volleyball player too, but I think basketball is her best sport by far. What's odd is for some reason I thought BH was 5A, but they're 4a D-1? Have they ever been 5A or am I thinking incorrectly?

The previous AD has retired from AD duties, thus leading Hardin to name Taylor to be the new AD. Nothing more, nothing less.

Not necessarily but at the same time, yes. Haynes was really good in his time at Crosby but don't really see him at Dayton. Here, I really meant Prieto, but I don't discount Haynes applying for the job though.

Larry Haynes or Prieto?

A lot of the time it's to establish continuity, especially if a coach uses the school for a springboard to a bigger/better job. If a coach was HC/AD and only stayed 2 years then left, the school would have to run the risk of hiring another coach that might do the same thing plus there's no one to be the boss over the different program HCs (basketball, baseball, etc.). Having an AD in place keeps the various programs running, especially with finances or if they need something done.

I believe that. BH has VB talent oozing out their ears. Unfortunately, I'm not surprised at the outcomes of the superlative awards. Sometimes, ego and jealousy dominate when players should be rewarded for their hard work. I get that a player for a team can be deserving to be put up but if a another player is superior in all aspects of play, then the superior player should be voted in. Sometimes someone is better and should not be punished for being better.

If you're talking about BH having 7 girls on the all district team, it's because one is a libero who can play for anyone on back row regardless of rotation or position.

At the worst, dead ball and unnecessary delay on the team. If the violating team had no timeouts left, then point is awarded to the other team.

Regarding WOS, the girls program there is not top tier. They regularly play lower classifications and lose in most team sports. It could be coaching or not enough actual skilled athletes to play. Skill has a lot to do with winning, not just athleticism. WOS always has athletes, but some may not play for different reasons. Like THS99 said, the club presence is not that strong in the Triangle. To get on a truly good club team, you would have to be closer to Houston or other metro areas like SA or Austin. That said, I don't get the love for MaxPreps. It's a tool that is available to coaches and as such, it is optional. So what if a coach doesn't use it. It's slightly useful as a record of games played if they are entered. Even then it's flawed. I've seen games where a team won 3-2 but didn't even record the scores of the final two games. Even the stat part can be flawed....if a coach puts stats on there, great, but are they reliable? Coaches pad stats all of the time. A possible reason that coaches may not use MaxPreps is that they don't want other coaches to "scout" their games/scores/stats. I would bet not many college recruiters/scouts actually look at MaxPreps. These days, if a college scouts for volleyball players, they go to the club tournaments. More likely to see way more players to recruit & more likely to see players that actually play well and know the game. They very rarely go to the high school games anymore, if at all. I can't even remember the last time I ever saw a college coach at a HS volleyball game. 8-10 years ago, maybe?