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Manchester High School is looking for coaches.

Need: 

Varsity defensive coordinator 

Varsity position coach (can also be lower level coordinator if interested in getting play calling experience) 

Jr High Coach 

Teaching and Classified Openings are listed on our website

Feel free to email, text or call me if you are interested 

Eddie Fields

eddie_fields@mcs.k12.in.us 

260-615-7487

Here's to that 4.13% Whitko has. Go Big Blue!

On 5/5/2021 at 9:15 PM, DT said:

Here are some better choices :

HC Wildcats

HC Lakers

HC Steelheads

HC Spartans

I'm not familiar with the history of Hammond. Is there a lot of Greek soldiers in their past? Or is there another reason why wolves don't fit their history and Spartans do? 

I am genuinely curious. 

On 5/15/2019 at 7:22 PM, DT said:

By just about any measure, this program would be considered an abysmal failure.  

Has the school ever considered contraction?

Or has a move to a less competitive conference been considered?

If the kids are just choosing football to stay in shape and kill time before basketball season, there are many other more cost effective options

Maybe the new assistant AD will lead he program in the direction of potential contraction given the extreme challenges they face year in and year out

 

 

I think one of the things that I always wonder about when you go on a contraction rant is that there will always be a worst team. 

Do you think as teams contract that there will be parity among the group as to eliminate lower level teams? 

What would the final result of contraction look like?

A conference finish with 1 or 2 clear front runners and the rest somewhere around .500?

A realignment with teams following a bell curve-ish win loss total with high win teams at the top, most teams in the middle, and low win teams at the bottom with just less teams overall? 

I am sure some schools could and should contract but I don't think that decision should be based solely on win-loss record. 

As a Whitko grad I think it's a good hire. If you read the Times Union article, it talks about him intentionally balancing life as a coach and father. That's a trend that seems to be appearing more in the profession and I will be rooting for Coach Jensen even more because of it. 

13 hours ago, HoopsCoach said:

I understand the opposition to discussing rumors.  I have no problem with discussions like “I think Coach .... would be a great hire for that job.”  However, if a coach is really that concerned about their current employer finding out if they’ve applied for another job, they might want to be honest with their employer or consider whether they really want to jeopardize their current job if their employer would be upset to learn that they have applied somewhere else.  If they are applying and don’t want their employer to find out, I think they have chosen to put themselves in that vulnerable position by doing so.  If they apply and it gets back to their current employer, that is their own fault.  They chose to apply without having the courtesy to tell their current employer that they have an interest in another position.  Be honest and tell the admin where you currently work what you’re doing, and in most cases from my own experience, they will generally be supportive when a coach does what they think is best for their family and their own career.  If they aren’t supportive, is that really a place a coach would want to stay?  We can disagree, but in my opinion, I don’t see any reason why it would be wrong to discuss candidates if they have applied for a coaching position.  If you are really that concerned about people finding out, maybe you shouldn’t apply.

Part of the risk is also false information. If a coach hasn't applied, but someone makes that implication and it picks up steam, the coach could be at risk of having a relationship in jeopardy for something he had nothing to do with. 

I appreciate the site's policy on keeping unsubstantiated claims to a minimum. 

I think there needs to be a standardized mercy rule. When I was in Florida it kicked in with a 35 point lead and went back out to standard timing if the lead dropped below 35. Everyone knew how the clock was going to play out and there was no debate nor arguments about . 

I am in South Carolina now. We had a team ask for it last year when we were up 21. They got the ball after the half and scored on the first drive. Their head coach still wanted the running clock, the officials wanted the clock to go back to normal timing rules, our head coach just wanted to know what the heck was going on. 

When I was in Indiana, we played a team and won 74-6. It was an away game three hours away so we only dressed 30 players. The other team's coach refused the running clock and we ran dive every single play with our worst skill player and it still got out of hand. Without a rule you are asking a head coach to agree to what many feel like is giving up. A lot of guys won't do it because they don't want to quit on the kids or they don't want their community to feel like they gave up on the kids. 

I would be open to many different solutions, but I think there needs to be a standard that everyone understands and I think the solution takes has automatic indicators so it's not left to human judgement.