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Or if you go 4/12 from the free throw line, you’re unemployed…

Well my grandpa always said never say never but there are many many variables to life and career (no matter what the job). From reading your posts over the years, I understand that you kind of take the position that for a young coach...the next bigger "thing" should be the main focus. For some perhaps but many times it is not, in fact in the Teaching and Coaching profession in our fine state you might be able to say that even MOST of the time it is not. Coaching in HS has a very complex set of variables maybe more than many other careers. I have laid these out multiple times and won't bore folks here with it again. Long story short, I think Coach Hart has found a great place to raise a young family and he isn't the first professional to make that decision about the South Gibson area.

I will wear a Castle hat for 1 week and an MD hat for another if Rode gets cleared.

I agree to an existent. But just put this into perspective, a school that has 3,000 students has 1,500 boys to choose from for football. A school that has 2,600 students has 1,300 students to choose from. That’s 200 more potentially good football players to choose from. You take a school like Carmel or BD, and they are doubling the amount of potential good football players another school might have. Take your best players on your team, and Carmel has 2 of that best player. Yes in can be overcome obviously I’m not stupid, but it sure does help having more boys to choose from.

The AD's I know would tell you to take a flying leap.

You & I have disagreed on the topic but not because I don't acknowledge the advantage. My point is that a coach and a team can't do anything about it so quitcherbitchin about it. Enrollment disadvantages can be overcome.

BD and Carmel are the only two remaining 6A schools that have a significant enrollment advantage. Warren Central, while still a very big school, isn't as big as it once was in comparison to the rest of 6A. There's now 13 schools within 1,000 students of Warren Central and many are closing the gap rather quickly. They don't have a talent advantage over anybody right now. 10-20 years ago they would frequently line up 3-4 legit D1 prospects on either side of the ball and the game would be over by kick off against all but one or two opponents. That isn't the case anymore and I'm guessing will never be the case again going forward.

The #1 byproduct of social media and I dislike it. So @HHFis this player-driven or bro-coach driven? (Of which Luke Fickell would be a prime example.)

Oh it does. I’ve gone on record as stating it’s the #1 reason BD and Warren remain “contenders.” Take 1500-2000 students out of either and you have Arsenal Tech.

Top 4. There is a reason Warren Central (9), Ben Davis (9), and Carmel (9) have 27 state championships between them. Coincidence? I think not. Enrollment? Highly probable. Carmel and Warren Central rank 1 & 2 in enrollment. Ben Davis was 3 or 4 during their run of 9 championships. Let's not pretend that enrollment doesn't play and ENORMOUS factor.

It's pushing these kids to be type of player they don't want them to be down the line....just dumb.

Screams ME before WE.

I think the competition is more about equal opportunity than anything being pushed. I obviously have opinions but at the end of the day only one opinion matters.

They did win their Sectional. They also won their Regional as underdogs. But, there's no doubt, it was a watered down Sectional. I know that. I'm not stupid. Also, Coach Simmons motto the last couple of years has been "the standard is the standard." He knows the nine State Championships on the wall under the scoreboard is the standard.

There are now 26 separate lawsuits pending.

so why is the LP board so disfunctional? sounds more and more like South Bend

https://www.opec.org/opec_web/en/about_us/25.htm From the website- Can't get out of an organization you aren't a part of. Again, Tesla shareholder, high gas prices incentivizes the purchase of electric cars.

As I see it, the D’s have a HUGE problem in the near term, if poor Terry has to choose between new tires for the wheel chair and fireworks…..oh lawt!

Why do school members get a say in this? Shouldn’t the athletic director have final decision? In the real world a direct supervisor would decide hiring decisions.