[TheHotSnakes]

You all get caught up records, and losing records at that, way to much.

Do some research and you'll be blown away at what you find out on people.

Did you know:

-Kevin Wallace at BG had a 15-20 games BELOW .500 losing record as the HC at Warren East over a 10 or so span? He then went to BG as an assistant, where the job more or less fell into his lap (hired Coach Haley's replacement in the winter of '96, who then stepped down in June before coaching a game. Offered it to TWO other very successful at the early stages of their career HC's who turned it down due to it being so late and not wanting to leave their current teams hanging). 20 years later? This then assistant coach, with a 15-20 game below .500 HC at his first gig, takes a good program and has has taken it to absolute greatness (they'd only won ONE title before him and have won FOUR with him).

-Ty Scroggins at Central was hired from Doss with a 10 game or so below .500 losing record while coaching the Dragons over a few years.

-Art Briles (yes, that Art Briles) was fired either after his FIRST HS HC gig or 2nd, either way..his record there was 2-18 (maybe 4-16 at best) before getting the axe.

-Mack Brown (yes, that Mack Brown) had THREE one win seasons at TWO different universities in his first FIVE years as a college HC (Tulane and UNC).

The lis could go on and on. Point is, records aren't everything...as I can promise you (as you can see and the same applies to HS) that there are some very, very good coaching minds in our state and others that might not have the flashiest records out of the gate. It's way beyond just Xs and Os (scheduling, players, etc etc) in determining your success or lack of.

Out of all the coaches that I know, some of the ones I consider to be the best and brightest have all had points in time where their record was/is below .500

Simply put, the higher the level of play, the more record in an indicator of ability. But even in college or the NFL, there are plenty of guys who are great coaches currently who were considered to be bad early in their career.

I mean, wasn't Pete Carroll fired from his first head job about going 6-10? Worked out well for him. Bill Belichick was well below .500 in his first HC position.

And between them they have what, roughly 10 different championships?

To focus on the overall record of a coach is too simple, and doesn't really take any real effort when discussing them. There are some programs in this state where it would be impossible to be above .500 for a career. Heck, there are places where I'd be surprised if even the "best" coaches would win more than 25% of their games.

If Bell fans can't get behind whoever the new guy is, because they don't like his record, then they need a serious reality check and history lesson.