MMosley07

[quote name="samsung" post="1033548" timestamp="1313030140"] Except for PNG's football stadium and the Butch, Nederland's facilities are as good as all other schools in 20-4A.  And by the way, Bulldog stadium is more than adequate. [/quote] Let's rewind a second... Who said anything about football stadiums? Nederland's SCHOOLS are a farce compared to local school districts. I'm not on here advocating turf and a shiny jumbotron. And by the way, there is basically a hole in bulldog stadium pressbox. If that's considered more than adequate then we have serious issues in the mindset and direction Nederland is headed.

[quote name="Honest Abe" post="1033545" timestamp="1313029771"] Great post, except that when there is a much better option who has wanted this position for three years, why not put him in that role? Our concern is not Walker, BTW. Our concern is our kids not having the best possible opportunity to improve themselves. [/quote] What is the "better" option's teaching credentials? What is he certified in? What holes would open up if he were to move? Do other coaches have to be shuffled around if he were to move? I can keep going.... You have to consider multiple obstacles and variables before you just plug in a coach to satisfy a hole.  If your concern is giving the kids the best possible opportunity to succeed then let's fund our school district to provide specialized coaches on each and every coaching level. Coach Neumann is giving the kids the best possible opportunity and district to succeed by filling a needed science teaching position with a coach for 3 separate sports.

Walker will be fine. Everybody just take a step back and look at the overall Nederland picture. We aren't capable of having multiple, specialized coaches that only coach one thing. Most of the time our coaches are required to also be teachers in roles that need to be filled. More importantly, Walker is teaching in the science department to fill an open teaching position. Walker is not a football coach. Walker played baseball at Nederland and Lamar. He is however filling an assistant freshman football coaching position. If it were up to Neumann he would hire strictly to fulfill a coaching position with the best coaching candidate available. That's simply not the case. Its almost a puzzle. Teaching roles are open, assistant coaching positions are open, head coaching positions are open, teaching certificates are required for the teaching roles at different levels, etc. Putting all that together has to result in what's best for our school district to minimize excess personnel. Bottom line is there is more to factor in than coaching credentials. Coach English is an excellent coach because he's a [u]leader[/u]. Walker is no more qualified to coach football than he is basketball and I can bet that Coach English will do a fine job in molding Walker into the assistant he needs. I think its sad yall would be willing to storm the school board meeting because an assistant basketball, football, baseball, coach and science teacher didn't meet your approval yet we sit back and watch our facilities deteriorate, teacher's pay freeze, and on the brink of having to cut teachers from our schools. If yall want to go to the school board and complain then I say we do. I say we go and complain and demand our students, athletes, and teachers get what they need. New facilities and more funding.