89Falcon

Yep, the coach they planned to hire from the beginning told them to “pound sand” when he got all the information on the district. They will need to find someone who is naive and knows nothing about how schools run or what is needed to build a program. Whomever they end up with is likely to have a new Supt and school board shortly after he is hired. A new coordinator from one of the school types that you mentioned is probably the best bet.

PC

Can’t pin point the exact cause. Like most situations it is a combination of factors. However, the ultimate responsibility of financial and staff mismanagement lies with the superintendent and school board. All of whom will be dismissed by the state in short order and replaced by a state board.

The current situation in Coldspring is unprecedented for Coldspring.

A fairly naive question understanding that you failed to read the question (or at least lost track of what was stated). Barbay has not been there in 11 years. Several coaches "made it work" in the past including Ken Stanley. What is happening right now has never happened in the district before. That is why TEA will be taking control in a few weeks and burning the district down. Did that happen when Barbay was there? Also, do you suppose that Barbay had an athletic budget?

Probably trying to get the first train out. Found out what Ken Stanley was dealing with. Coldspring might be the single greatest dumpster fire in SETX. District in the red with no athletic budget, community will not pass a bond for terrible facilities, TEA taking over after this year and will be subsequently burning the district down while implementing the new "HISD" pay plan that no decent teacher in the state will touch.

Well acquainted with both. Newton has better players.

Kountze should be another team who will struggle to win a game. Having Tarkington and Kountze could save CS from being 0-10.

That would be the other possibility. I believe Buna will be a bit too much for CS and Tarkington. I think CS scheduled Kelly again. That could be a win also.

No chance to be competitive. Coldspring would have exited the Battle of San Jacinto if admin had let them. I imagine the BOSJ will end up like the "Rice Bowl" with EC and HF.

Got a chance to beat Coldspring. Could be the only win for either team. Shepherd will be non-competitive. I doubt Shepherd would have been on the schedule if the HC was staying.

Believe whatever you want to believe. Newton would beat the brakes of Yoakum.

There has been no “area growth”. Enrollment declined and will do so again at next alignment. Will be 3A again next time. The current success in athletics is driven by the talent in the JR class. Going to be a struggle when they graduate.

There has been no “big step forward” on facilities in Shepherd. Better than Tarkington but no one else.

I am aware of some of the candidates. Tarkington will have an opportunity to make a quality hire. It is likely that they will sabotage any new coach and end in the same, but they do at least have an opportunity to make a good hire.

Yet, the enrollment in the school is declining. There are kids in the area right now that go to other schools because of the district, program, and facilities.

Several of the main ones didn’t play against HF and Silsbee. Had several JV playing their first varsity snaps as starters against Silsbee. I would not read too much into those games.

Shepherd bringing back 18 Jr starters with potentially 3 D1 players on the DL. Shepherd going to be a tough out for everyone. Going to be rough in 2027 after they all graduate. I do expect Jasper to be better and to round back into normal Jasper form next year.

No chance. 2027 probably, 2026 zero chance.

Might be the worst place I can recall. Seems hell bent on remaining terrible. They reject every possible step to improve. I feel bad for the kids.

Pretty certain that everyone has said that SS is the greatest high school coach in Texas history. Still doesn't mean that he did not have some things go his way with a confluence of factors.

Everyone competes to win championships and the best team at the end of the season is declared the "champion". That means that if you want to declare someone to be the best coach you would start with championships and then go to "wins". SS can be declared the greatest high school coach of all-time without qualification. However, that does not mean that he has not been in "the right place at the right time" and also been the beneficiary of outside factors such as the fact that there are many more championships available on a yearly basis than what was available before all of the division splits. There are many GREAT coaches in schools that never have the talent level that SS walked into in Carthage and deal with community dynamics that hinder maximum optimization of the talent available. Those coaches may appear mediocre to those not "in the know". It was mentioned previously that a good coach "gets the most out of what he has available" and this is a likely good way to view caliber of coaching. However, the only folks who know what the "most out of what is available" is typically the coaches on the staff. Those who do not spend the hours with the kids when they are out of their comfort zones can only speculate as to what they believe to be "real".

Got it. So, we can disregard Cignetti as an analogy. How do "you" know if the coach "got the most out of his players"? Seen a lot of "enthusiastic" players who would "run through a wall" get de-cleated while watching a superior athlete run away for a score.

What mean by “pick his own players” is was he able “recruit”? I bet he looks for players with “talent”. What do you think? In high school you have to play with the kids in your school.

That's why they don't give trophies at half time.