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#12 in the nation isn't good? Sheesh GTFO
 

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Everyone has known that Shug can BALL for a VERY long time. He will show out wherever he can help and however it gets him on film.
 
Ballers ball

Everyone has known that Shug can BALL for a VERY long time. He will show out wherever he can help and however it gets him on film.
 
Ballers ball

Everyone has known that Shug can BALL for a VERY long time. He will show out wherever he can help and however it gets him on film.
 
Ballers ball

From what I've read is that he wants to play and they need him. He ask the coaches to move him there so he could play. They have had crucial injuries in the running back position.  His future as QB is still there and they are working on his mechanics, but gotta respect a kid who is a team player. They have him weighing in at 223 right now which is good size. 

#12 in the nation isn't good? Sheesh GTFO
 

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that's funny since I know alot of the Newton fans and never heard anyone differ..

ok Mike maybe a little homer in that opinion but no doubt hes had success as a play caller at both programs.  Anahuac will be fun to watch and see if it grows. 

No doubt Anahuac getting Greg Neece is a big upgrade. Best play caller in all of 3A is a bit over the top.

Very true, got the Oilers back to the playoffs.

That’s right; had a pretty dang good year for West Hardin standards huh? Not dogging the Oilers just saying..

Their is always some nice talent at this school. Hopefully the politics will stay out of the mans job. They have had very good coaches in the past Alex Davis and his crew. ED  Trotter etc.  If this coaching staff   leaves early it will be time to shop for a new school.

When he took over the program their it was in really bad shape and the base of his team the first 2 years were freshman and soph. He had done alot of good over there and is on his way to being a top tier HC one day once he gets some talent around him. 

Gotcha ya .  read some of it....a few posters ain’t got a clue about teaching or coaching or how salaries work. I’m not gonna even entertain that subject which I know first hand.
Back to the “impatience”  
i was just referring to it cause it’s west Hardin.   Has west Hardin been a powerhouse in the past?  Playoffs?  If not “impatience” doesn’t really fit to get rid of a guy especially if he s an alum and as long as he has good character.  It s west Hardin... you ain’t getting a top tier coach.
 

Ha ha.  Me and him use to be assistants at Legacy years ago before I changed professions.  Good young fiery guy and will make the most of what he has to work with.  West Hardin is where he graduated from and he started to show progress in that 3rd year but I guess the people there were too impatient...

Colmesneil hires Cody Day for AD& head football coach

And BINGO was his name-o.  I didn't and a 2-8 season proves you and me right.  The group of kids were better than 2-8 so you tell me where the problem lies...

Well Forest Park was located in the same "affluent" area that the current Westbrook is located. When the forces that be combined (Hebert and Forest Park) schools and hired a never duplicated Alex Durley a player's coach.Then and only then did the winning begin. Top student-athletes from Beaumon'ts middle schools will definitely seek to go to Westbrook a winning program with a better coaching staff no matter what zone they live in. I agree with you in part however on affluent areas having better coaches and success. It'll take a proven winning coach to turn United program into something special. The hiring reputation BISD currently has want attract what's needed. The swamp will have to be drained completely  to give these deserving kids a chance to win regularly on and off the field and that "aint" happening. Politics and back room deals that take care of friends will continue to prevail. jmo... 

I COMPLETELY  agree.  They really do.  Peevey did an EXCELLENT  job after Flannigan left.

To the extent students/families have some choice as to which school to attend, I think there is something to be said for past successes providing an incentive for students to go to one school over another, which leads to that school being better in the future, which leads to more success later. I don't think this is the whole explanation, but I think it is a part of it.
If kids know that Westbrook tends to be more stable, organized, funded, supported, and has tended to win more games in the past, kids are more likely to (1) want to go, and (2) buy into whatever system Westbrook has that lead to that success, and then Westbrook has success, which cycles into students wanting to be there and buying into Westbrook's programs. If a school isn't like that, it's the same cycle, just in reverse. Though, I should add: This theory only makes sense to the extent students/families are choosing where to live based on what school they want to attend. There are definitely other things that go into what makes one school more consistently competitive than other schools, but this is one big one that I think helps explain part of it. 
 

well i guess we will never know now.

His former assistant weasled his way into AD to reassign Bennett to jh forcing him to leave a program he built. Now that guy is reaping the benefits.
interested to see what community does if he loses this round... being it’s as far as Bennett got...! 

I think we all just need Football to hurry up and begin...
This thread is ridiculous! 
 

Most people do not know that salaries are around 80% of an ISD’s budget...Most small, rural schools are not sitting on piles of money..There is only so much $$ to go around...If there is no industry in their district then they live and die by their daily attendance ..Say for example you demand your district raise salaries 3% to 83% of budget, your money for books, cafeteria, buses, paper, field trips, extra curricular activities (ie..everything else) goes from 20% down to 17% so what do you cut?? A district pays what it can afford...At any rate I don’t know the specifics with West Hardin about whether or not they have a bad board or good board or if their parents are meddling or not...I just hope for the kids they got a good person to lead their programs..Best of luck to the Oilers..

Cardinal Backer you seem to have some deep seeded frustrations going on.  I don't understand that because I am sure you were one of those guys in school who was a jock - who had a coach that was like a father to you.   Some of your argument makes sense.  The community size and effort.  However, as someone with 4 family members who teach I think I should shed a little light on your thoughts.
First, teachers contracts are for a MINIMUM of 187 days, not 182.  That will cause some adjustment to your daily rate.  I do not know of a single teacher that works an 8:00 - 3:30 day.  In fact, at Bridge City the day officially starts at 7:45 and ends at 3:45.  That is unless there is a faculty meeting or a certification meeting that is held - mandatorily.  The teacher does not make overtime for the extra hour(s).  Nor does the teacher get paid to take home the papers/projects/assignments he or she has to grade.  Nor does the teacher get compensated for all of the paper and pencils they are required to provide for the Larry's and Joe's that will not bring one from home.  Teachers are not compensated for the time they MUST spend in summer conferences.
For a coach it is so much better! I know a coach who kept a log of his schedule during football season.  This is what that looks like...
Monday 7:00 staff meeting.  Football practice from 3:30 - 5:45.  Get kids out of the building and in cars to go home - watch the practice video - plan tomorrow practice.  Go home at 7:15.  (12 hours)
Tuesday (laundry day) 7:00 to put out the laundry for the team.  Same practice schedule -- (12 hours)
Wednesday - 7:45 school.  After planning tomorrow practice - stay and watch about 30 minutes of film for the next opponent. Go home - 8:00 average --  (12 hours)
Thursday - JV game day.  Arrive at 7:00 to pass out uniforms.  School.  Load busses etc...  play a game or two (9th and JV) back home - start the laundry, clean the locker room.  Go home about 9:30 average.  (14.5 hours)
Friday - GAME DAY -- 7:00 arrive (laundry and uniforms), Taping, Film Prep, Meetings, Travel ? - Game. After game duties - Game review with the staff, start laundry, load video into the computer- Go HOME - average 11:30. (17.5 hours)
Saturday - 7:00 arrive.  Grade film. Watch film with the team.  Exercise the team. Send them home and then watch 3 games worth of video of the next opponent.  Staff meeting to generalize game plan.  Go home - 3:00 (8 hours)
Sunday - arrive 2:00.  Game plan.  Authorize game plan as a staff - Go HOME - 6:30 (4.5 hours)
So let's add that up ---  12 + 12 + 12 + 14.5 + 17.5 + 8 + 4.5 = 80.5 hours per week.
Here is the kicker!  Schools pay coaches for all of that time!  Take a look -- BISD football is $3500.  They do not pay the extra 10 days that are required to start in July.  So in BISD - an assistant football coach will make $3500/80.5 hrs per week X 12 weeks minimum.  That is 996 hours minimum for 3500 =  $3.51 per hour.   Wait $3.51 per hour???  For a part time job.  Spring ISD is thought to be one of the better paying stipend schools -- for football they $6500.  Assuming the same schedule --- The better paying schools pay $6.52/hour.  That should make you turn over in your sleep!
Oh yea - you don't get to choose your teacher?  Well, you can change school?  You can go to private school?  You can home school?  And these days -- you can tell your kid to act up in class and report the bad behavior of the teacher to the school board and they will re-assign the teacher.
Fact of the matter is - that all jobs matter.