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You spelled s**t stirrer wrong. 😀

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Does he give you good advice?

Yes and no. I apologize ahead of time for the lengthy response but this is a hill I am willing to die on. That thought process is contributing to the mass exodus in our profession right now. I don't speak for every coach but I can tell you the job of a high school coach isn't an easy one. I love football and truly believe it is the greatest game there is. It saved my life and I have seen it save many more. That is what drew me to this vocation; the opportunity to have an impact on young people and make the world a better place. Coaches give a lot and will continue to give of themselves but I think the public at large is failing to reciprocate. Rather, we continue to add more and more to the plate of our coaches. Coaches wear many hats: teacher, coach, advocate, counselor, administrator, nutritionist, recruiting coordinator, social media promoter, and etc. AND we answer to everyone...our assistant coaches, administration, school board, teachers, players, parents, media, personal trainers, college coaches, and etc. Many people demand our time and that comes with the territory. If our players are going to be successful and get where they want to be then we have to find that time to give. I have answered those emails for DT before and for many other social media sites because I appreciate anyone that is taking the time to promote our kids. To be honest I don't respond enough to them and I need to be better. I have met with over 30 college coaches this off season promoting our players. This includes driving players on 3 visits and attending a recruiting clinic. I will be driving players to college spring ball practices in the coming months and hosting a college day on our campus in May. I have prepared a recruitment sheet for all 18 players that expressed interest in playing ball in college. I will do everything in my power to get a player to the next level. To give you a view of a typical week for a coach here are the duties I performed in the last 7 days. This does not include any family or grad school duties. ran weights before and after school. At the school building from 6am-6pm. taught school - my day job that pays the bills and has it's own set of standards and expectations offensive staff meeting Tuesday - If you have coached before you know those meetings are never short attended 2 athletic events to support our athletes visited 3 elementary schools for our reading program visited a middle school to pass out spring and summer schedules during their lunch periods promoted accomplishments by our football and weight programs on multiple social media sites attended a football clinic in Cincy on last Friday - was only able to stay for 4 hours due to an obligation at home but wanted to meet the new Valpo coach in person and see the Pitt DL coach who was incredible! 2 media interviews concerning new transfer rule and another media interview concerning concussions I tell you all of that to tell you that I am consistently told via social media that I am not doing enough to promote my players. Some of my players are being told, outside forces and handlers who stand to make a profit off of them, that I am also not doing enough to promote them. Maintaining a "we" over "me" culture is beginning to feel insurmountable at times which I believe is due to landscape of college football and now the landscape of Indiana high school football where we just opened the floodgates to allow more bad actors into the recruiting arena. We face constant scrutiny and negativity, even when we are winning. In the end you are what you put your time to. At some point every coach has to decide what that will be. I am a husband and a father of 4 boys. I am in grad school to prepare for a life after football to ensure my family can be provided for. My wife is a teacher and a coach. My kids play youth sports and I coach them when I can be there. My 8 year old is going through 1st communion preparation right now. My 5 year old is pumped to learn to ride his bike when it gets warm. My 4 year old starts baseball this spring. I still have one in diapers who will be diving into potty training soon. A lot of positive things. Things I hope each one of my players and students get to experience some day because a life full of love is the greatest gift we can receive. Please do not read this as a complaint as I wake up every day with gratitude for the blessing of being an educator and coach; I am truly blessed. I have always felt personal stories have power and I thought sharing mine here could create some empathy for my peers. I will keep fighting the good fight for as long as I can...but some day I will get tired and will have to make that decision on whether fighting the negativity is still worth my time as well. In the end I guess my point is...where would you put responding to an email for social media gratification on your list if you were me? I appreciate you all and everything you give to the game of football, even if it only opinions. There are some great people on this site and this site does matter. You are a part of the Indiana Football Community and our community is better for having you in it. God Bless

"Passion" usually doesn't pay the bills. Cold, hard cash does. Thank you. So the time a head coach has to put forth is unchanged regardless of whether or not they have any assistant coaches or possibly administrative-type help. I don't believe you, basically based on what what stated earlier here regarding at least one high school coach and media requests. Stop talking out of both sides of your mouth. First you whine and cry about the "obscene" amount of time a high school head football coach's job supposedly takes. Then when questioned about that statement you say "but they do it for the passion so that makes such work OK" and bring up the money angle. I have plenty to do. Enjoyed yesterday hiking through the woods of southern Indiana, had a great time. Today I spent mostly on a home renovation project. I don't exactly what "hill" I am supposedly willing to die on here. Please, elaborate. ? Please revise what you are trying to say here. Looks like a typo.

Thank you.

“Lord I apologize for that.” @foxbat Probably LOL

Goalposts never moved goofball. Who implied these coaches were being forced? No, an obscene amount of time at the high school level doesn't "demand" a similar amount of compensation. High school coaches know what they're getting themselves into. They do it for the passion. I'm pretty sure most head coaches will tell you that assistant coaches help make teams better, not reduce the time a head coach has to put forth. Good grief, you're a lot of work. I feel like you're a prosecutor and I'm on the witness stand. Because I suggested a coach's pay doesn't justify their time. Do you seriously have nothing to do? You really wanna die on this hill? You're making a fool out of yourself. Certainly there's something else to debate? Wait, forget I said that. You hate young people. You cry every time taxpayers do something good them.

As an official. that TEMPERATURE is more of an issue for me. Damn...22? Thank goodness for Lucas Oil Stadium....

Ironic, I'd guess most people on this board think similarly of your antics here.

And you said it right to his face!

Politicians love stunts for brownie points...especially when they know these stunts will lead to no actual changes or anything meaningful.

One, I was hired by the athletic director to do it. Two, 28 years in professional media covering high school, college and professional sports in Indiana, 9 at newspapers, 19 in broadcasting. Former Indiana Sportscaster of the Year, Indiana Media Relations Director of the year, multi-time AP & Hoosier State Press Association award winner, former president of the Indiana Sportswriters & Sportscasters Association ... need any more qualifications? I have a pretty good handle on the media landscape in our state.

Illinois accomplishes 8 quite nicely.

They value academics AND athletics at HSE, good for them! They're in the most competitive conference in the State according to most people's feelings on this forum. Gotta do what ya gotta do to compete, and those that don't well... 🤷‍♂️ HSE is the 3rd largest school in their conference. Idk if they're the last that should be "going after kids" (my verbiage would be admitting out of district students) especially when their last football state championship appearance was 20 years ago and their last boys basketball appearance was prior to 1993, if ever. Sounds to me like they could use an athlete or two... I appreciate schools who value BOTH academics AND athletics (extra-curriculars), HSE gets no hate from me.

OG GID will understand this: RACK IT !!!!

So pretty much like the GID on a day to day basis.

Quite honestly, shouldn't we expect a History teacher to know what the First Amendment actually means? @Sparty must have missed Constitution Day.

Great to see all those views have resulted in a net profit adequate enough to buy a burrito and a Coke.

Why does @Muda69's spouse give you advice? Is it good advice? Or does this mean you are @Muda69's sockpuppet? You're answering a question I posed to him. So confusing. In any event, Muda and I are already boosters, no need for us to compete in your special booster olympics. I'd suggest getting in touch with your fanboi BTK. He boosted a few weeks ago, then went *poof*, so he's not using his. Maybe he'll share with you. You seem a little desperate.

Wow, the athletic department of a government high school the size of New Palestine has enough money for such an extravagance? I bet you feel lucky. Sounds like you could be doing better. Is this your retirement "gig"? Kind of like a Walmart greeter?