Mr. Thornton Melon

LCMs coach is a high calibre coach. They weren't going to get better even if they posted it and they knew it. Vidor didn't post out of fear that a good coach may apply

They still should of had the job posted somewhere other than just the VISD website

Unless they don't open the job and hire the very best available applicant. Then more should be said

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He graduated From Bridge City High School in 1986. Assuming he graduated at 17 yrs old he would be around 54 yrs old

This was Vidors chance to turn the corner but instead they chose to think inside the box. You can think outside the box or be stuck in the box. Mathews had to remain in control of the programs future even though he is leaving and hand the job over to his buddies. Politics has always been his strong suit , thats how he kept his job for 24 years with a losing record. I mean to not even post the job on the THSCA.com to attract more outsiders. Who knows, might of got some good candidates. His stranglehold on the program will remain tight for years after hes gone.

Heck no. Mathews would never hire a great coach , it would kill his legacy of mediocrity . Plus a good coach would want to bring in their own staff and that would break up the lumberton/vidor coaching familia (AKA the sub 500 club). Which would mean more workload for Vidor Supt. Jay Kilgo

Only because they don't know how to coach anything else. If they would have invested the same amount of time they invested into the slot-t into any other offense they could've had success in that offense as well . If you consider sub 500 successful. The slot-t will only develop slot-t type athletes because it is designed for non athletes , the drills and every within the system is non athletic.

Mathews has the entire community brainwashed into thinking that the Slot-T is the only offense that can be ran. Just because it's the only thing he knows how to coach doesn't mean its the only thing the kids can run Just another way of keeping the Viduh/ Lumberton coaching familia together . Dude thinks he's Jerry Vance and has something worthy of passing down 😂🤣😅😆

Trahan the Ex girls softball coach turned OC ? That dude has no idea how to run that offense, he simply emulated what Crueder was doing when he was OC ! Crueders the one that forever changed the offense from methodical to unmethodical. At least DuBois could actually fix what Crueder and Trahan broke !

Won't be Creuder. It will be sub 500 DuBois hired by sub 500 Mathews. The tradition continues. Grow a set Jay Kilgo

West Brook and Central were different animals before Ozen came into existence and the BISD talent was split three ways Instead of two ways. Can't compare them! Vidor was larger in enrollment than png and equal in enrollment with Nederland during the time Mathews played them. They weren't bigger schools then us until after a few storms had people moving out of Vidor

Vidor was in 22-5A with Beaumont Central , Westbrook, LaPorte, Deer Park, Lee & Sterling up until 1998. They dropped in 1999 , the same year Mathews took over. Its a variable one must consider when comparing before and after.

Vidor actually played a lot harder when they were in 5A. They lost their grit after the drop

It's not INTERSTATE 10 - VIDOR 0 anymore. Now it's INTERSTATE 10 - VIDOR 5 (and the fans are content with that)

Zero playoff wins after the drop.

Mathews was going to leave a few years back and DuBois was set to take over. That year Vidor found out they were dropping down to 4A so Mathews decided to stay because he thought he could make noise in a lower classification. Sadly DuBois gets handed the job

They aren't seeking an outsider then. LOL

[Hidden Content] Is the VISD website the only place this job is posted ? If so, then it's definitely an inside hire. Does anyone know if it's posted on the thsca.com ?

NO WAY Crueder is even being considered. He got booted from the OC position because he screwed up the offense soOoo bad and it still hasn't recovered. He did some good things at Lumberton for a couple years but he had some great players with Hannah , Beard & company. After those players graduated he was never successful again. DuBois had two good years in Vidor but he had some great players (EX: Montana Quirante & Company). He also had a few good years at HJ but he had some really good players and never emulated the success after they graduated. Mathews having a losing record and recommending other coaches with losing records is preposterous He's sabotaging the process if this is the case. He shouldn't have a say.

These would be perfect hires for Mathews. If he hired a good coach that had instant success with this program using a different offensive strategy ,then that would prove his philosophy was wrong all along. He knows what he's doing plus all the homeboy assistants get to keep their jobs. He was below .500 doing it his way. It's time for him let it go man, he had his chance and it didn't work.

I just wish Vidor would show the ability to think outside of the box for a change. They should at least try to see what outsiders they may attract.

DuBois ran the offense better but he also had Quirante

Why would you want someone in on the hiring process that doesn't believe in the kids ? I wish he would just stay out of it

Normally you wouldn't but this is Vidor we're talking about here