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Families are seeking out Aledo. Aledo is not out seeking out families. Personally I wish they never sold the Walsh ranch and never started all the housing developments these last last 15 years. 

He is Gary Joseph's son.  Head Coach for Katy.   That is my guess as to what they like about him.  Otherwise, replacing Faircloth with a special teams coordinator will be a tough one to explain by the supt.  and by TD himself.  

I may be asking for info you don’t have, but any idea what they like him for? As in, what’s the reason to be excited about this guy? He has a shorter resume than Faircloth did coming in. Which isn’t to say I am unhappy with this pick. But if we’re going to run Faircloth out of town I’d hope it was for an obviously better choice, at least. If the board won’t keep him, we can at least give him the respect of getting someone better than him. 

Sulphur Springs?

I respect your opinion but I don't share it at all. The program seem to regressing at the end. Shiny new buildings and lots of money for him and his family didn't translate into wins for BH. Playoff wins were few. I think he had only three wins in 5 years.  Yes, I realize some see it differently but I am glad we moved on. 
As for PNG, BF and SS, I think its all going to work out for everybody in the end. BF might have been inwardly relieved to get away from all the drama, and TD will find PNG a great coach I am sure.  
 

To Aledo's credit, whatever they're doing out there is obviously legal since I'm sure the UIL has checked. Yes, the qb this past year was a transfer from California. Got to see him up close last year in Dallas. They also had an offensive lineman come from California a couple years earlier, he was a 6'6"/315lbs 4* that ended up signing with Michigan. I'm sure it's all a coincidence though.  

The recruiting coordinator at Aledo is second to none.  So is the strength and conditioning/nutrition coach.  It is amazing that every year Aledo has an outstanding RB and a few OL kids standing 6'4" or 6'5" and weighing 275+ lbs.  It must be something in the water out there in SW Fort Worth, plus the population growth?  Didn't the last QB move in from California?  Was that last year or the year before?  COVID move in because California paused sports?

Yeah, they just showed up at Aledo. I watched Aledo's 1998 title game against Cuero and I didn't see one black kid on the team. Not that that part matters but somehow all of a sudden with the same 2% black population in their school you get Johnathan Gray, Jase McClellan, Jojo Earle, the Allen brothers, Jeff Carter, etc. ALL in recent years when they never had them before. Throw that in with their population explosion and Aledo is a total anomaly in the sense that their recruiting numbers look more like Arlington Martin's versus Southlake Carroll's like they should. 
CE King is good now. Is it because the new coach is that much better or is it because their enrollment grew by 1500 kids since they were in the district with Crosby 6 years ago? 1500 additional North Shore type kids is going to make it easier on any coach. Jon Kay has won 4 state titles in 8 years at North Shore. He might end up as the greatest high school coach ever but he's not beating Dodge, Samples, Carter and Joseph with Summer Creek's talent the way he's basically owned them while at North Shore going 11-3 in those contest. Meanwhile he's 3-5 against the Meekins brothers at Westfield. I know you don't consider them great coaches due to not having titles though. 
There's a huge difference between "low" expectations and realistic expectations which is where I think you're getting confused. I watched PNG play Montgomery and I would've given Montgomery a slight advantage athletically yet PNG still beat them. If PNG played Montgomery 10 times it would probably be 5-5. I watched them play Texas High the next week and the gap in athletes was more like a chasm. They could play that game 10 times and TH would probably win 9 of them. If PNG's administration can't can't objectively watch their team play and come to that conclusion then that's more on them than it is on BF. 

WOW!  Name calling!  Shows your immaturity!  Thanks for proving it!

My expectations are never lower than when responding to trolls, but here goes.
With respect to Aledo, the answer to your rhetorical question couldn't be more different than the one you provided. The City of Aledo more than doubled in size from 2010 to 2020. It grew by nearly 60% over the ten years prior to that, and by nearly 50% over the ten years prior to that. Aledo ISD's enrollment growth has been even faster than the city's population growth. Like the Austin suburbs, a lot of Aledo's biggest subdivision developments have cropped up outside city limits, where developers have elected to use a combination of MUDs and HOAs to establish basic services and governing structures instead of traditional, municipal options. Not to mention that the bulk of the population growth in and around Aledo has been comprised of young families; the median age in Aledo has dropped like a sinking stone. It also helps that Aledo's median household income is multiples of the state average.
The community's growing like a weed because the Fort Worth suburbs keep lurching west, and the influx of talent couldn't be more clear on the field. Aledo's own local leadership will tell you their success on the gridiron is owed in large part to their explosive population growth.

Where did I say Buchanan had nothing to do with it, smitty? Don’t put words in my mouth.
Of course Buchanan had something to do with it. All the population growth in the world won’t help a football program if there isn’t a good coach in charge. But the quality of the coaching is just one part of a larger equation. Take the massive influx of talent entering Aledo over the last twenty years away, and Aledo wouldn’t be nearly as successful as it’s been, Buchanan or no Buchanan.
Your extra examples aren’t helping your case. Celina grew more than 150% from 2010 to 2020. Celina’s median household income is even higher than Aledo’s. Stephenville hasn’t grown as quickly, but its population is still up roughly 50% since 2000. And where Stephenville, Carthage and Brownwood all differ from Aledo (and the Mid-County schools, for that matter) is that they’re all 4A-DI or below. Those classifications aren’t utterly dominated by fast growing, upscale suburban schools in the way that everything from 5A-DII up is. The disparity in talent, funding, resources, socioeconomic backgrounds and so on isn’t nearly as severe.

Not as eloquent as Bamatex, but it's easy for a person with a good job in the western side of the Metroplex (Ft. Worth, Arlington, Grapevine, Lewisville, The H-B-E districts) to move to Aledo for football purposes and and keep the job.  Not easy for a family living in Houston area to move to PN-G and continue working there.   That may change in the future with work-from-home.

Bingo..lol But it does make a good headline.

On the one hand I see this as a great CYA move by the Board.  On the other hand, no doubt TD has inside scoop on many good Coaches in Texas.  I hope it’s not just CYA, but that Dodge will pick a great Coach to return PNG to statewide prominence.  Only time will tell.

I would just like to point out that PN-G packed the Dell Diamond for the state championship in baseball in 2017. Grapevine appeared visibly rattled by the size and rowdiness of the PN-G crowd. Attending that was one of my proudest moments as a PN-G Indian.

That pretty much sums it up.
Phone call consultant.

They got TD to cover their arse. Lol. I can't hate it. Lets Play. 

Could do much worse.  Westlake has won its last 40 games and 3 consecutive 6A state championships.

Seems to me PNG just hired Todd to COACH, mentor a team deep in playoff's????

Someone trying to cover their ass because they couldn’t get who they wanted. One of the names people have mentioned is not an applicant anymore! Blame social media for that! If I had a head coaching job somewhere I wouldn’t want my name thrown around like a couple have. So what happens if they apply and dont get it? I don’t think the names should be released especially if that coach is a head coach somewhere else. All that could do is cause issues with his current job. Personally if I was getting rid of BF I’d have had my candidate locked up and they didn’t and now they are scrambling so they won’t be blamed for the new hire. The PNG faithful can just blame Todd Dodge. And this article is not exactly as it appears. You will not see TD at PNG in person. Like others have said this is just a PR move. TD has been in Dallas and Austin and is going to come back here after retiring. Yeah right! I’m sure he can refer some good guys.

Talks with the prime candidates probably fell through. They may hire a scrub or promote from within. After a year, Dodge may be the new coach and AD.

Stephenville wins that game with Smitty/Reagan coaching against Burnett.  They were clearly the better team, and that was for all intents and purposes a home game for PNG (shoutout to Indian Nation who is second to none - well maybe second to 20th century MOJO).   As I recall, Stephenville won by double digits, even after fumbling not once, but twice on the Indian 1 yard line.  Just wasn’t that close.  To be fair, that was one fine Yellowjacket team. 

To be fair Briles son was probably the best QB I’ve seen at the HS level. PNG QB is good, but not Briles good. His son single handed beat PNG for state. Lol

As I recall, the big play of the game was a Brenham FG just before the half.  Without it the score would have 21-24 late in the 4th.  PN-G had wind at its back and could have attempted a tying FG.

Yes, BF wanted to run a passing offense and did not have an experienced QB.  He identified rising jr. B. Doty in spring practice, developed him,  and won the first 11 games.  PN-G was throwing into the end zone on the last play of a 21-27 loss to an absolutely loaded with talent state finalist Brenham team. 
Think about Crippen's experience and talent AND the experience on both sides of the ball.