[smoke1015]

I was told tonight at the ball game that Rogers the current DC at Southwestern may have applied for this job. If true I would think he would be at the top of this list. I hope this is false info because I’d like to see him stay where he’s at.

He has applied. I've heard good things about him. As Casey football fans you are wanting long-term stability. The talent you have in counties without a Wal-Mart (counties generally with less career opportunity) is what it is, homegrown mostly. Therefore it's more about long long term commitment to hold the program together. I just worry about coaching changes ever 2 or 3 years. That is the programs that stay at the bottom of the pile, year in and out. Whoever gets it, I want them to stay a minimum of an entire freshman until they graduate as seniors, span of coaching.

Good statement smoke, and the thing is, if the new coach comes in and has success, they wont be there long.  Thats just how it works, so the hope is it improves the program for the next coach, and the cycle continues.

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I was told tonight at the ball game that Rogers the current DC at Southwestern may have applied for this job. If true I would think he would be at the top of this list. I hope this is false info because I’d like to see him stay where he’s at.

He has applied. I've heard good things about him. As Casey football fans you are wanting long-term stability. The talent you have in counties without a Wal-Mart (counties generally with less career opportunity) is what it is, homegrown mostly. Therefore it's more about long long term commitment to hold the program together. I just worry about coaching changes ever 2 or 3 years. That is the programs that stay at the bottom of the pile, year in and out. Whoever gets it, I want them to stay a minimum of an entire freshman until they graduate as seniors, span of coaching.

Good statement smoke, and the thing is, if the new coach comes in and has success, they wont be there long.  Thats just how it works, so the hope is it improves the program for the next coach, and the cycle continues.

Actually I need to correct one thing smoke, the Walmart factor dont mean a thing, we have a Walmart here and very little talent, and very few players.

Man that sucks. I guess I thought if you had a Walmart it usually means a bigger town, much more jobs, etc.. But I guess not always. When Coach Marple was here (Taylor's current HC), he always said "It's hard to beat the Walmart counties". Lol. I always thought that was a pretty accurate statement but I guess not always. Hopefully your all's luck changes. Our youth league has a lot of hope, but our 6th and 7th grade numbers this past year in middle were terrible. Covid really hurt a lot of counties especially with youth league.