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By john

January 21, 2008 3:17 PM | Link to this

Pilgher left his senior players hung out. He made no attempt to help them get scholarships. He just walked away.

By 89viking

January 21, 2008 4:54 PM | Link to this

cant stand the heat? go to michigan!

By South Ga.

January 21, 2008 6:15 PM | Link to this

I think those who criticize coaching salaries need to take into account the hours spent on the job. If you divided hours spent on the job coaches make less than regular teachers. The hours ,the pressure, dealing with parents and boosters. I applaud any coach for his efforts.

By TCCjacketfan

January 21, 2008 7:37 PM | Link to this

John - I don’t see how you can state something so untrue. I have personally seen him discussing players with recruiters in person and via phone. Be careful what you say.

By flip

January 21, 2008 10:20 PM | Link to this

Coaching football is high profile in Georgia. High School Football Coaches deserve every penny they make because in any given year they may have to make a move and that is incredibly costly and most schools don’t cover the cost of moving. It will be incredibly costly for many coaches this year due to the housing crunch.

By Randell Owens

January 22, 2008 8:56 AM | Link to this

Being a head coach is kind of like getting married…you don’t do it because you like it a lot. You do it because you “love it” and just can’t live without it. If it’s not a calling that you feel from way down deep inside…you won’t last long. It’s a subject really not worth discussing because, 1. If you are not head coach material…it will never make sence no matter the explanation (even to our wives), 2. If you are head coach material, no explanation is nescessary.

By Pat

January 22, 2008 10:05 AM | Link to this

I’ve seen many head coaches operate. Just because they have the job does not mean they are “head coaching material.” Getting these jobs is very political. Many schools hire on the cheap and hope for the best, then are mad when it doesn’t work out. No two jobs are the same but none are easy.

By Don Hill

January 22, 2008 11:05 AM | Link to this

Coach Owens hit the nail on the head. (BTW, he is definitely “head coach material!”)

By woe

January 22, 2008 11:41 AM | Link to this

Coffee has came back down to earth by hiring a unknown coach that has never been a head coach before and he just started coaching.

By GA Buckeye

January 22, 2008 11:50 AM | Link to this

Since Owens said it’s not a subject worth discussing, there’s no need to comment. I didn’t know a subject needed to be measured by its worth in order to discuss.

By Across the Hall

January 22, 2008 12:07 PM | Link to this

Allatoona got lucky. Gary Varner is a fantastic, level-headed teacher and an energetic, experienced coach who has been around the block and knows exactly what will be expected of him at Allatoona. I’m not sure how coaches do it, but I am glad they do. The good ones, like Gary, are heaven sent. What a lucky new school!

By Raider4Life

January 22, 2008 12:30 PM | Link to this

McEachern (Jimmy Dorsey) Out of all the jobs this one is the best. The facilities are worth it alone. The word on the street is that Queen at North Cobb or our coach Reid will get the job. Reid is a great coach look at what he has done for East Paulding; he might be able to bring the Indians back. I really don’t know about Queen, he had one of the best teams I have ever seen and blew it in the first round. North Cobb had more speed and talent than the 5A state champs.

By Yo

January 22, 2008 1:01 PM | Link to this

The one rumor I have heard is Lassiter is loking at someone out of state. Texas or the like maybe? And with all the upgrades they are doing to the facilities (in the neighborhood of $10 mil)…

By Andre

January 22, 2008 2:53 PM | Link to this

This is horrible? Why does a school need facilities to draw a coach in. Especially if the team isn’t a winning team. First you need a coach that can win, then you get money and maybe you should add a couple of tackling dummies to the field. All you need is a field, dummies, pads, and a locker room.

By trojan 93

January 22, 2008 3:21 PM | Link to this

What are we thinking down at Coffee? It’s my understanding that there were some pretty impressive coaches that are proven, that wanted that job. What the heck are we doing? K.Eldridge where did he coach or play at? Did we not learn anything from Giddens,Keith etc. We have more qualified candidates in the county that are coaching on the current coaching staff,middle school,and recreation. Oh, I forgot it’s still Coffee and the GOOD OLE BOY SYSTEM!!!! Booster club parents getting their kids and favorites on the field instead of putting the best 22 or 11 on the field. BOO Coffee and shame on you!!!

By Will

January 22, 2008 3:48 PM | Link to this

I agree Raider4Life about Queen. Kind of ironic that when the cubbard began to get bare, he bailed from South Cobb to North Cobb that was loaded with talent. That wasn’t a mistake. Coach Reid would be the best option for the Indians.

By tardawg

January 22, 2008 3:52 PM | Link to this

I played HS ball in Ga its some of the best around but here in NC we got some good coaches, who would do great coaching in GA, especially around the east coast.

By coffee insider

January 22, 2008 3:54 PM | Link to this

NO COFFEE DON’T WANT TO WIN. THEY WILL GO 3-7 AND I’M SCARED TO SAY WHO THEM 3 WINS WILL COME FROM. the Coffee BOE don’t know anything about sports, that’s why they pick these corn bread head coaches.

By Mr. Trojan (LHS)

January 22, 2008 4:29 PM | Link to this

The word I’m getting is that Lassiter has already hired their coaches. Supposedly, they hired 5 assistants from Hoover High in Alabama and they start Feb 1st at Lassiter. This is pretty solid info.

By Yo

January 23, 2008 11:54 AM | Link to this

Well, I guess the rumors of Lassiter going “big” out of state were true. The football and basketball teams are really the only ones never in the playoffs, etc so…

By Hoover Coaches

January 23, 2008 11:57 AM | Link to this

I think it is awful that a school (principal) would want to win so badly that it would bring in coaches from a school that had a head coach that broke so many rules at the school. As part of the Lassiter community, I am sure this is going to be a big mistake for a great school.

By Hoover Coaches

January 23, 2008 11:57 AM | Link to this

I think it is awful that a school (principal) would want to win so badly that it would bring in coaches from a school that had a head coach that broke so many rules at the school. As part of the Lassiter community, I am sure this is going to be a big mistake for a great school.

By Todd Holcomb

January 23, 2008 10:31 PM | Link to this

I think it is awful that a school (principal) would want to win so badly that it would bring in coaches from a school that had a head coach that broke so many rules at the school.

Keep in mind that Chip Lindsey was at Hoover less than a year. He went there last spring and spent one season as the school’s offensive coordinator under Russ Propst. There was a grade-fixing scandal, but that was before Lindsey joined Hoover’s staff. I’m not aware of other rules being broken.

I agree Raider4Life about Queen. Kind of ironic that when the cubbard began to get bare, he bailed from South Cobb to North Cobb that was loaded with talent.

The cubboard wasn’t bare at South Cobb when Queen left. SC went 7-3 the next season, all three losses by 7 points or less. I don’t think Queen looked at North Cobb and figured he’d have more talent to work with the next two years. No way of knowing Matt Roark was going to be that good. NC had just gone 2-8 and graduated by far its best player in Eric Norwood. I think it worked out better than Queen could’ve imagined. Plus, talent is cyclical at schools like NC and SC. I don’t think you jump because of what you see 1-2 years down the road.

McEachern (Jimmy Dorsey) Out of all the jobs this one is the best. The facilities are worth it alone.

I’m sure it’s right up there, although the school district has been sliced up so much that it’s hurt stability. Could be wrong. I’ll miss Dorsey. Fun guy to talk football with. …

The basketball teams are smokin’ right now. Maybe that’s the future.

Being a head coach is kind of like getting married…you don’t do it because you like it a lot. You do it because you “love it” and just can’t live without it.

Well said.

By Yo

January 24, 2008 1:03 AM | Link to this

Just what I was going to say Mr. Holcomb in regards to Lassiter. Knowing a lot of people at Lassiter sicne I went there, I highly doubt they would hire someone who was “dirty”. I think that scandal there was the head coach, the AD and a couple specific teachers if I am not mistaken…

By tj

January 24, 2008 1:35 PM | Link to this

Colquitt County will be a good job not next year but the year after next they were real young last year and there young players got a lot of playing time, granted they got killed by everybody in our region except for Houston County that barely won a single game.

By HS Fan

January 24, 2008 3:37 PM | Link to this

Anyone hear anything about Bruce Cobleigh at Harrison? Some say he will retire now that his son is going to college to play soccer. Ohthers say he wants to stay and see the upcoming seniors thru their last year and then retire. Any thoughts?

By coachcory

January 25, 2008 9:06 AM | Link to this

Add Riverdale and North clayton to the list of job openings

By coachcory

January 25, 2008 9:07 AM | Link to this

Add Riverdale and North clayton to the list of job openings

By NSHS FAN

January 25, 2008 8:01 PM | Link to this

TO: YO, You are are staunch hard Lowndes Cty/5A/Region 1 fan according to your blogs during 2007 football season. Where did Lassiter HS become a part of your life? Did you finish HS there?

By Yo

January 26, 2008 2:53 AM | Link to this

I must be a different “yo” then. Went to Lassiter for 4 years and graduated in 05. Lived in East Cobb for 12+ years now.

By NSHS FAN

January 26, 2008 10:54 AM | Link to this

Okay Lassister Yo—I got it! If you decide to post during the football season on issues Todd Holcomb writes, you will see the other Yo. He gets real upset if you say anything counter to Lowdnes County. Check it out during the 2008 season.

By Yo

January 26, 2008 12:18 PM | Link to this

I think I remember reading some of his comments last year. Normally don’t have the time to post on stuiff during the fall with classes and work, but will eep an eye out thi coming fall.

Didn’t realize LAssiter had over 250 people interested/apply for the head coach job. Seems like a lot for a non-football power.

By SouthGARules

January 26, 2008 3:49 PM | Link to this

What was the story with Jerry Odom at Coffee? Did he go back to Florida to coach? I know his dad was a legendary coach at Merritt Island HS. I know certain programs put a lot of pressure on coaches to win. Ask Mike OBrien & Rick Darlington. They had the unenviable task of following Nick Hyder at Valdosta. Or the gentleman who had the misfortune to follow Wright Bazemore at Valdosta. He went 17-3 in 2 years & got run out of town. Valdosta did real good with his successor, Nick Hyder. I would say one way to go would hire an assistant off of a successful program such as Lowndes, Northside Warner Robins or someone who has worked for some of the legendary coaches in the state.

By OY

January 27, 2008 3:05 PM | Link to this

I think the Northgate job needs to be open. 3 years under Bill Luckie, 11-19. Mind you this is one year after the team went 8-3 and into the playoffs. You shouldnt lose when you have as many d-1 athletes as he has. 5-5,5-5,1-9 just aint gonna cut it anymore…

By Yo

January 29, 2008 3:31 PM | Link to this

So, it looks like Pope has gone out of state now too. Will Kell make it an east cobb trifecta and do the same or…?

By Yo

January 29, 2008 11:58 PM | Link to this

Wow… Propst went to Colquitt.

By Stafford>Tebow

January 30, 2008 3:35 AM | Link to this

Yep that means Colquitt County is gonna return to the glory days we had in the 90s…maybe we can play a national schedule too once we establish a couple good seasons

By SouthGARules

January 31, 2008 8:58 AM | Link to this

This is the biggest hire for Colquitt County since they convinced Jim Hughes to move from Thomasville. Stafford>Tebow: Slow your roll. Just try to get in the playoffs first. Glory days? I know they won a state championship in 1994, but 1 state championship does not make a dynasty (except in the minds of Brookwood fans). Who in Ga plays a national schedule except Valdosta & Buford playing an Ohio team last year. BTW Tebow: 1 Heisman, 1 SEC title, 1 National Championship Stafford: 0 Heisman, 0 National Championship, 1 SEC DIVISIONAL CO-CHAMPION (lost tiebreaker to UT)

By meandalex

February 3, 2008 12:14 PM | Link to this

I agree with all of you Coffee Fans, we’re back to the “good ole days” or “buddy-system”, AGAIN. Nothing against Mr. Eldrige and our posts are not directed to him but in the hiring/selection process(es)(if any at all) that was taken by the BOE. The job vacancy was not even posted at the state boe, not announced and not other application were taken. One thing we know for sure is that the local BOE doesn’t know the importance of winning region and state championship, and they do not know what it will bring about to oul local community and to the future of our kids.

These people are ‘one track mind’! They always think ‘inside the box’, so to speak.

By meandalex

February 3, 2008 12:30 PM | Link to this

According to Douglas Enterprise and Douglas Daily News, Jerry Odom accepted an assistant head coaching job for an arena football league in Philadelphia, while Gerry Odom, his dad retires.

Gerry Odom’s offensive play calling were really very effectve. He sure can put points on the board in a hurry. Wish he stayed.