[School Admin.]

IMO people try to hard to protect coaches. It is a coaches job to put the best product on the field that he possibly can and if after a few seasons things aren't getting any better or maybe even worse then it's time to go. My biggest problem is that a lot of coaches know they are struggling and things are getting worse and they are hurting the program, but instead of just stepping down and admitting that they failed they stay around and run the program into the ground till they are run off. People act like every coach is a good coach and the right man for the job but this is the real world. Another excuse I see pop up a lot is, well the last coach didn't win here so no coach can do anything here. I will tell you right now that a good solid coach who knows what he is doing and has a good staff put together can go to any school that is struggling and make an immediate impact. Some are very good at X'S and 0'S but don't know how to lead and get kids interested and some are very good leaders and the kids love em but just can't figure the on the field stuff out. It takes a coach who is very good at both to be successful. People will say that no one can win at -------- school but yet the school in the next county with the same size and demographics can have a powerhouse, and why............because they have good coaching on and off the field. People need to remember that the head coach of your team get's paid for the job that he does(and we can argue all day on if it's enough), but that money is coming out of your's and the communities pocket in one way or the other and the coach knew what the job paid before he took it and he knew he would be in the spotlight before he took it. So do I think I have the right to judge the job a coach is doing..............you bet your ass I do and so does every other person who cares about the team in their community and pays their taxes.

Having a top notch program is so much more than coaching. It all starts at the top. If the Superintendent supports football and wants it to be Sucessful, then it's going to be, if they don't, you won't. I'm amazed that so many people don't get that. A good measuring stick is this. Look at the top programs around you and ask yourself HONESTLY, do you have what they have, are you doing what they are doing? If you don't have what they have or not doing what they are, then you aren't going to be as good as they are regardless of who the coach is.