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I agree that they're a joke.. but it still stands true that each teacher in the district is more than likely not the only person putting a paycheck into the bank. A female teacher making 40K so she can work at the school her kids go to with a husband that might work in a chemical plant making.. I dunno.. $30/hr can probably provide a pretty good life for their family. Even if they have a husband/wife combo working at the school... $80K/year between the two of them is enough to not starve. I personally know guys that make that much and their wife doesn't work.. what's the difference? There isn't a way to persuade someone with genuine experience to go there and work. I'm sure they get a lot of young coaches, coaches at the end of their career, or maybe someone having a hard time finding a coaching job anywhere else.

Are you assuming that these teachers are supporting their family on their teacher salary alone? There is a likelihood that they also have a working spouse.

Thanks for clearing it up. That ETC is a little subjective, though. Might be better clarified to specifically say "coach, referee, or any person(s) tied to any particular school/town." I got you though.

I don't have a dog in this fight.. but.. it kind of does matter. Which rule is being broken?.. and what coach, player, referee, or other member was called a name? The only reason I bring it up is that I post some things every once in a while that people probably don't like but I still don't break the forum rules. Like if I said some school was a blazing dumpster fire.. probably offensive but not against the rules. This isn't against the rules either.

For a school with that few kids, it actually isn't terrible.

Sorry, my man.. I thought I was on the West Hardin thread.

What are you considering "in the area"? The greater Batson area? Or are you talking about Hardin County.. (because Hardin county schools pay peanuts)?

-Great kids -High rating -Hardworking These are usually code words (when stated alone) for "we are absolutely awful but I need to find a compliment because saying things like "we are beyond terrible" would probably get me in trouble".

Maybe so..but from the perspective of a prospective Athletic Director / Head Football Coach, it is certainly a bad school. The only saving grace could be if the school decided to use their low numbers to their advantage and drop to 6 man to try to be competitive. If the community doesn't want that to happen..maybe it's a bad community as well. From the perspective of an AD/HFC I mean.

Sounds about West Hardin to me.

I'm not implying that you're for "everyone getting a trophy" just stating that it HAS to have a limit and in my opinion, this is a good one to have. I know there are several teams in the area but remember that up until very recently there were only 10 kids on the 1st Team All-State for each class and 10 2nd teamers (according to TABC). Now they just do 20 All-State kids. That's out of hundreds of teams and it usually always includes the 4 or 5 kids that were on the State Tournament All-tournament team (which I don't agree with). I'll agree with you that there are probably enough teams in the area to expand it some and still not be considered watered down.. It's just refreshing (like I said) to see it done this way as it makes it more prestigious for those chosen since it's so few. You're 100% correct about All-District awards these days... way out of hand is a much more politically correct description than I would have used.

Without a doubt. Most likely won't be anyone experienced, though.

Yeah, that's usually not a good formula... In this case, the Assistant principal is not only the AD but the head basketball coach. That's an even worse formula.

Agree 100%. At a school 4A or smaller if your head football coach isn't your athletic director then good luck getting an experienced winning coach. Nobody wants to go to West Hardin to do head football and teach history half of the day. They would've had a hard enough time finding a quality guy anyway because of the money...or the fact that they're usually terrible.

No offense...but that's exactly how it starts. That's exactly how you end up with an MVP, two Co-OFF MVPs, two Co-DEF MVPs, 9 1st teamers and 11 2nd teamers in a district of fewer than 8 teams (example). Personally, it's refreshing to me to see it actually done right. 5 starters on a basketball team...5 kids on a 1ST TEAM anything basketball related. These 5 kids that were chosen were done so for a reason and that's just how it is. 1st Team basketball = 5 kids. 1st Team football = 11 kids. 1st Team baseball = 9 kids. Period. Well done, Beaumont Super Gold committee. Congratulations to all players involved and/or considered.

Not if AD isn't attached to it. Hardin County schools pay garbage, to begin with... I'd be really surprised if they gave a $10K stipend for head football.

Not denying that at all... but there's a difference between reloading and replacing senior D1 commits with freshmen.

It shouldn't be an option. Any school that fails to honor the district schedule given to them by UIL should have no choice but to do this ^.

Didn't Newton just lose several kids to division one football schools? If you think they'll be the same caliber team without them that they were with them... it might be a disappointing year for you. Local coach or not.

Maybe they should just cancel football altogether. I've actually suggested that before...of course, it didn't go over well.

That's Sabine Pass's district and those games are automatically on the schedule as long as SP fields a team. I'm sure they're looking for preseason games... as the ones they had previously either bailed or found someone else to play. Or both.

Even more difficult when the list of schools that one would actually play is so small. They aren't looking for games... more like hoping one of the area's small schools has an opening. Or that a local 3A/4A school has a sub varsity group that'll play.

You’re all wrong. It’s because DFW teams have larger enrollments.

Jalin Conyers = stud

Only thing I hate for SeTx schools. Smaller (relatively) schools I mean. It seems like there is an ingrained idea that you can just fly around and scare the other team into turning it over (Kountze, HJ, Silsbee, EC). That may have definitely been the case in the past but now eventually you'll run into just a sound basketball team. When forced into a halfcourt basketball game with a good basketball team it usually doesn't end well. I know people will say that Silsbee had great success with it, and that's true, but with that amount of talent it probably didn't matter.