[Fly Like a Duck]

This might be the right situation to hire a young guy - maybe first head coaching gig. Worked for us with Coach Russell. Less concern about all the naysayers (fan expectations, talent level, declining population, and other excuses) and more energy to turn the tide?

I don't think energy was something that Mills was short on. He had/has plenty of energy and enthusiasm.

But, I agree with the fact that at this point.....with all of the big names shooting it down, finding somebody with no ties to the area (no political game to get caught up in) and an 'up and comer' (people get way too caught up in records of HS coaches. Look at IF they have won, who they've learned from, etc) might be the best and ONLY way to go at this stage of the game.

Chad Morris was the hottest coordinator in D1 last year. He goes to an SMU program this year and wins 1 (maybe two games). Think he forgot how to run an offense? He11 no. Because of that, and people knowing that, he was (and is) still a hot name in the college coaching ranks.

There are a bunch of great coaches out there who have had crappy years (plural is key there).

I saw where people were cracking on Woolum for not ever having won a playoff game, well, Mark Perry (HC at Lexington Catholic) was the head coach at Washington County for SEVEN years and never won a single playoff game.

Goes to 6A Central Hardin with more bodies, resources, etc? Gets them to a region final for the first time in almost 15 years.

Leaves Central Hardin for LexCath? 3A State Runners-Up in year two on the job this year.

Way too many of you on here and on other sites look at these things with blinders on (not saying you Football1).