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Amen, great article

has west orange ever played Liberty Hill?

This site is starting to become the national inquirer of sports sites. You have school bashing, coach bashing, player bashing. You might as well call this site smack atack. This site is starting to go down hill fast.

Thats not a article it is an opinion. Opinions are like butts, everybody has one and most of them stink

And what purpose was it intended for?  I don't think the FOI had one specific purpose.  Other than to keep public officials honest.

Smitty, what purpose does releasing the list serve the PNGISD.  It will not help there search, it will only hender it. I would like to know the names just as bad as you, but I respect them for not releasing it. It may be entertainment for us ,but it is more important for that school to get the best candidates for their players.

The FOI  act used for high school coaching searches is not a good thing. It was not intended for these purposes. I believe it keeps some people from applying for jobs. I applaud Port Neches for contesting it. Brownwood highschool is also contesting it in their search.

The FOI  act used for high school coaching searches is not a good thing. It was not intended for these purposes. I believe it keeps some people from applying for jobs. I applaud Port Neches for contesting it. Brownwood highschool is also contesting it in their search.

I was house searching in the Port Neches area, but have since changed my mind after reading this thread.  Jackhammer has hit the nail on the head.

I doubt any person with a fully functional brain would choose a community based on what he reads on a internet forum. I'm sure he just trying ti stir you up.

Gidion is a good tackler, he will end up being a top safety in Big 12. He just had a few bad plays that were in the major prime time spot light. True Freshmen usually do not start for top 5 teams.

few things the article left out.masters is required and the hire date set is feb 9th.

Requiring masters is a good thing, that should eliminate a bunch there.

Requiring a masters is stupid and ignorant.  Are you telling me that if there was a coach/AD without a masters that did a great job at another school as a coach/AD  and would be the best fit to come in and get PNG back on track that you think it's a good thing you don't hire him because he doesn't have a masters?  Get off your high horse.  That's ridiculous!

I'm fed up with this kind of talk.  Look, a school district has a right, as a representative of the people, to set requirements as they deem important to them at the time.  Does a masters make them a better coach?  Of course not.  But I bet a WHOLE BUNCH  of you folks are union members, that perform a craft.  Does being a union member make you a better craftsman?...NO it doesn't, regardless of what the union tells you.  What that means is that you bought a book, and now you can operate under the union label.  I know many very skilled craftsmen, including myself, who have turned down offers to join the union, but they aren't less of a craftsman because of it either.  With that being said, there are still companies that will ONLY HIRE UNION CRAFSTMEN...PERIOD.  Why?  Because it's part of their requirements...PERIOD.  So all you guys that are trying to portrait that PNG thinks they are holier than thou, just don't get it.  It's not because they think they are better than anyone else,  it's just a simple requirement.  If you folks can't get past that, I feel sorry for ya.  If ya'll were inteligent enought to understand all of this, you might be on a school board yourself...but you're not!

Didnt buy my book, earned my book through a five year apprenticeship program.

Your analogy makes no sense. Companies who hire Union craftsmen are under contracts that state they will hire union craftsmen and the union will supply those craftsmen to do the work.

PNG is writing the contract for this position and can put whatever kind of language and hiring stipulations they want in that contract.

Having a masters is like saying you are going to make all intelligent post on this board just because you are a moderator. You already proved that wrong.

one point taken away from PNG pround and two points awarded to roughrider...lol

LOL its funny how some of you have taken exception to your job being talked about yet have no problem talking about the qualifications of people who work in a field that you know nothing about.

I guess if I changed my screen name to "Vince Lombardi" then I would be an expert to talk about the subject bearbryant.

No maybe if you were a current or former high school football coach. 

Well Bear, I hope you get the PNG job. You got your masters?

3 hrs away from it .   I wasn't slamming you guys, just having a little laugh. 

you have no ideal how much any of us know about coaching? That was a very unintelligent remark for someone with a Masters!   Which proves my point, obviously having a masters doesnt make you any better at making an intelligent post any more than it would help them be a better coach

That is why you cant put to much stock into what you read on a public on a message board. It could be anybody saying anything. It could be the town drunk, or a twelve year old kid. With out a persons name attached , you can not check to see if that person has any creditability. We know Coop has creditability because we know who he is.News paper guys have creditability because there names go with there article. No offense to anybody. Hell my name not on here so I do not have credibility. But I do not critique or bash anybody. I believe if you critique some body you should put your name so we can see if you know what your talking about. Stepping off of soap box

Preferred , not required is the key word here.

You are joking, right?  You are attaching an awful lot abilities to these school board members.  Just because they can get elected this makes them qualified?  The most unqualified man in the history of the U.S. just got elected president.   I rest my case.  But thanks for the post.

The elected school board usually gets a qualified committee together composed of school administrators, teachers, and former coaches. They do not get message board commandos or pop warner dads to select a coach.

Smity, what makes you or me qualified to give the pros or cons of these coaches? And dont give me that tax payer crap i am tired of hearing that.Just because we watch football games doesn't make us qualified. The elected school boards are trained for this and it is their job. what we say here may be entertainment for you, but it could be any nut job with a computer writing these opinions

Great post.  Someone gets it. 

well sign your name tough guy

You are right on the money texan

I think that png1 is a parent with an ax to grind. I bet he did not play for the indians.  Is that you branden?