Kegger

Wow! I thought New Waverly starting pay at $32K was low. How do they even get teachers?

I'm sure this guy has forgotten more football than most will ever know. However I just don't see someone at the end of their career as a guy that you want establishing a program for years to come. I know the coaching profession is prone to turnover but that shouldn't be the goal. The goal in my mind would to hire someone that is enthusiastic about the prospect of coaching more the 3-4 years at your high school. I know that older coaches have a wealth of knowledge and experience, but I see many of them late in their career take a job and then retire 2-3 years later. There's something to be said about consistency.

His last year in Cleveland both the baseball and Softball team won a playoff game. That never happens in Cleveland. Not that he coached them but he was the AD and supported them.

From what I heard Rowe purchased them without Board Approval and then took the Nimitz Job. Bubba was told not to wear them because black was not a school color. Arledge used them one time as a motivator in the first round of the playoffs. Which was their first playoff win in 15 years and their 2nd ever. I've heard there was some other stuff that he did that pissed off the Supt. But from what I heard it sounded like the Supt and Board were on a witch hunt trying to get rid of him. He was an amazing AD! Cared about the other sports as well. Look at the success he's having with the track program at Crockett. I'm not saying that he's the greatest coach ever but he would be the type of coach that could improve the program at Livingston.

I always hear judge a coach by if they take a team and make them better. Bubba took a Cleveland team that was 11-20 the 3 seasons before he was the HC and then went 27-10. Until Tullos got there, Arledge was the winningest HC Cleveland ever had. Now Cleveland fired both of them so that tells you how smart Cleveland has been with keeping quality Coaches.

Pretty sure Keel got hired as the OC at Splendora this offseason. Not that he wouldn’t leave for a head job.

Drove by the stadium today and saw that the visitor stands were torn down. I hope the home stands will get revamped or torn down and built new. I can only imagine this is due to the school going up to 5A next year. Still can't believe this growth happening around here.

I'll keep banging the Bubba Arledge drum. He could come in and bring in numerous assistants with his connections from his years of coaching. He grew up right down the road in Cleveland. The kids and town are familiar with him too.

Judging a coach purely on wins and losses is the reason some schools miss out on quality coaches. Clear Brook was 1-19 the 2 seasons before Arledge got there and he gets them into the playoffs in his second year.

3 straight undefeated district championships. Back to Back State Quarter finalist. Yeah guess that qualifies as one good year.

If Bubba Arledge feels like being a head coach again, I think the Lions would be lucky to have him. He knows the town & he was pretty successful at Cleveland as the Head Coach.

Cleveland's QB/SS Jett Hendrix signed this week to play for Tulsa. Congrats to him and his family.

Jesse Woods ( if he’s the one I’m thinking of) was the OC of some pretty good Cleveland teams before they landed in the district with Silsbee. I’m pretty sure he followed Maple to KPark.

These are not the girls from the past. The District MVP is left to play at a Beaumont school. 2 other returning starters moved to Hardin Jefferson. Another starter tore her ACL a few weeks back. They have only 1 returning starter from last years team. 2 of the starting 5 are Freshmen. Still expect them to be competitive, but this team is young and inexperienced.

Many teachers do have “Real Degrees” that are capable of achieving them more money. However at some point in their life they realized that their lives were positively impacted by a teacher and decided that they would like to do the same. They do this at the expense of financial security that is available for them. Yes there are long periods where teachers are off. However they are not paid for that time. Those checks during the summer are their salary spread out over the year. Yes if their salary is not enough then they are more than welcomed to get a “Real Job.” Which btw many are doing. Do you know why teacher salaries are going up every year for first time teachers. Because teachers are not lasting. So the children of America are being taught by new teachers more and more. Lower quality teachers for more money than ever. That doesn’t hurt society at all. So don’t worry about the pension of teachers, many won’t teach long enough to get it.

College degree required, hours of grading and lesson planning that are to be done on own time, educate children, professional development training in summers, year by year employment, corporal punishment has basically been removed from schools so they have some awesome kids to deal with. Oh not to mention that the average college grad leaves college $25,000 in debt. Yep they are overpaid. Take a read on this link and then tell me teachers are overpaid. [Hidden Content]

We do dictate what we pay coaches and teachers. We elect a school board and they approve these contracts. If the public felt as you did then they would elect someone that would say no to these salaries. You would also loose quality coaches and instead have people using your school as a springboard to a better paying job or a coach waiting on retirement. Either way your athletic program will go down the crapper. I believe people working in education are generally good hearted people that want to improve the lives of their students. But if you remove incentive to strive for success, you will stop seeing success achieved.

I knew quite a few guys on my team in high school that got diplomas because of having to remain eligible to play high school sports. Our coaches constantly checked our grades and stayed on us. Even out of season we were expected to pass. Those Coaches that can motivate the "Bad" kid to do his work when the rest of the teachers have made up their mind that this kid is not worth their time deserve ever cent and more. I know their are plenty of teachers that are doing their best and are in it for the right reasons. They try and reach every kid they can. However, some kids need that tough love of a coach to push the harder to reach kids. Beside we live in a Capitalist country. You want everyone to make the same? Move to a communist country.

If Boling doesn’t come out and score on opening drive this score is gonna get ugly fast.

Newton scores and fails to convert the 2pt attempt. 21-20 Boling

4&1 Boling goes for it and takes it 45 yds to make it 21-14 Boling. For Newton’s speed I’m surprised that Boling has had as many long runs.

That early momentum is wearing off.

First time watching Boling this year. Not enough people talked about their shifty change of pace back #28. Newton is keying #6 and that 28 is hurting them. 14-0 Boling 4:50 1st Qt

Boling drives 98 yards then recovers onside

They will if HISD opts all of their schools up to 4A D1 like last go around. The Districts will likely remain very similar to last time in that scenario.