StingEmALTO Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trueblue82 Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 Hate that for Coach Ward. He’s one of the nicest guys in the business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valhalla Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 That seems quick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StingEmALTO Posted April 24, 2021 Author Share Posted April 24, 2021 This was very surprising to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destry Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 Never know, really nice guy. He didn’t do well at Harleton after his first year, maybe the administration got cautious when they went down this year, stupid reason for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachChunkyPunter43 Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 #swaimtrain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centex1 Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 17 hours ago, CoachChunkyPunter43 said: #swaimtrain Man you are even beating me to putting you up for jobs now. Glad to see you got on the program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachChunkyPunter43 Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 4 minutes ago, centex1 said: Man you are even beating me to putting you up for jobs now. Glad to see you got on the program. Just trying to be proactive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nationalpastime Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 Head coaching experience is required on their job description. I remember about a decade ago they had a basketball AD and ran him out for not winning the state championship. It's also odd to me that they go ahead and reassign someone with May being this weekend. Doesn't leave a whole lot of time for the new guy to get there unless they already have the guy and just need that 10 day window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilkyJohnson Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 Yeah the timing of this is very strange. Also, tons of turnaround at Grapeland. Makes you wonder what it is like over there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach0001 Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 What a joke to do this in May! 16-8 in two years 10-3 and 6-5 As AD they made the playoffs in every sport both years he has been the AD. Some small school politics I am going to guess involved  2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slickarick Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 success is not the only thing that matters I guess. I mean ask Fedora. Won state and was let go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach0001 Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 1 hour ago, Slickarick said: success is not the only thing that matters I guess. I mean ask Fedora. Won state and was let go. True one must have success playing the correct student athletes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slickarick Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 Just now, Coach0001 said: True one must have success playing the correct student athletes lol yup.. and if you play them and lose. A.) you weren't good enough or B.) should have played the right people. So either way your fault. Double edged sword there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIMRIGGINS Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 They should get some interest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topher805 Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 On 4/26/2021 at 8:41 AM, Coach0001 said: What a joke to do this in May! 16-8 in two years 10-3 and 6-5 As AD they made the playoffs in every sport both years he has been the AD. Some small school politics I am going to guess involved  That's what I gathered up there over the weekend. People I talked to seemed pretty split about it. One was very upset about the whole ordeal and how things shook out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topher805 Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 On 4/26/2021 at 7:57 AM, nationalpastime said: Head coaching experience is required on their job description. I remember about a decade ago they had a basketball AD and ran him out for not winning the state championship. It's also odd to me that they go ahead and reassign someone with May being this weekend. Doesn't leave a whole lot of time for the new guy to get there unless they already have the guy and just need that 10 day window. That basketball position is a blessing and a curse, especially with the Superintendent being a former basketball coach. That school revolves around that basketball program. Whether it was Coach Johnson, Clifton, Earp, or now Doughty, they are under an unbelievable microscope. It is kind of amazing the amount of turnover that program has had, and they continue to make deep playoff runs. The town has a "Title-or-bust" mentality, but the thing is the program has just one state title and that came in 1985. Even the beloved Superintendent failed to win one with some STACKED teams. That is what the football coach will have to deal with. You have to win, but gotta keep the basketball boys healthy. This is going to be the state title winning year, and a football injury better not be the reason we lose it.  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chubbychecker Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 On 4/26/2021 at 8:41 AM, Coach0001 said: What a joke to do this in May! 16-8 in two years 10-3 and 6-5 As AD they made the playoffs in every sport both years he has been the AD. Some small school politics I am going to guess involved  It could be ANY number of things..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centex1 Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 22 hours ago, chubbychecker said: It could be ANY number of things..... Like Daniel Swaim hauling cows on down to Crockett. Stopping to for a meet pie and boudan at the Krispy Krunchy Chicken a board member seeing him and knowing he was in the sight of greatness and boom here we are. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chubbychecker Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 1 minute ago, centex1 said: Like Daniel Swaim hauling cows on down to Crockett. Stopping to for a meet pie and boudan at the Krispy Krunchy Chicken a board member seeing him and knowing he was in the sight of greatness and boom here we are. I mean it HAS happened before like that with Swaim....that dude, smh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destry Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 Just a comment about the offense, interviewed guy one time for head job and he would run the true spread without ever seeing the kids, his philosophy was that the spread could be run with any kind of kid. Needless to say he did not get a second interview, closed minded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWolf Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 4 hours ago, Destry said: Just a comment about the offense, interviewed guy one time for head job and he would run the true spread without ever seeing the kids, his philosophy was that the spread could be run with any kind of kid. Needless to say he did not get a second interview, closed minded. Why didn’t you coach?  You obviously wanted him to run a offense you didn’t want him to.  I think it’s pretty closed minded to not give a guy a job because he wanted to run the spread. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topher805 Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 4 hours ago, Destry said: Just a comment about the offense, interviewed guy one time for head job and he would run the true spread without ever seeing the kids, his philosophy was that the spread could be run with any kind of kid. Needless to say he did not get a second interview, closed minded. What offense do you suggest for Grapeland? I feel like the spread is a good fit for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destry Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 Have no clue about Grapeland kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destry Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 3 hours ago, TheWolf said: Why didn’t you coach?  You obviously wanted him to run a offense you didn’t want him to.  I think it’s pretty closed minded to not give a guy a job because he wanted to run the spread. My point was that he said he would run the spread regardless of the abilities of the kids, not meaning anything rude, that is just how set he was on running the spread. Personally if the spread fit our kids , then go for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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