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New Caney is interviewing their top 5 tomorrow. 4 of them are coordinators from either their uil district or near by school.

New Caney Open

I've had some experience with Coach Hendrix. Great football mind. Organized and efficient at running an entire sports program. Zero and I mean Zero political savvy. Very blunt and speaks his mind. He has expectations and refuses to bend on any. I have no inside knowledge to the situation at West Hardin but I would venture a guess that he rubbed the wrong person the wrong way. He also may have found a better situation for himself. IDK

Sport specialization and CTE concerns are a huge part of it. However, the culture of living life through Social Media/Gaming has taken hold on the younger generations. Kids just don't love it the way they used to. Athletics are hard work and that just isn't what these kids are interested in. Also many of the goals have shifted towards obtaining offers (for posting purposes) over team success.

Interviews happening this week is what the board schedule says.

North side of Houston. No too far.

I know a coordinator from a relatively close school that has had some drastic improvements and success over the past couple of years has thrown his hat in. If Livingston wants to open up the offense they should look at him. Great guy!

Not sure how much community connections will matter in this hire since they are using a firm to do the hiring. Most likely the coach with the best resume will get the job. My money is on someone that has been a HC at multiple locations with some success. May workout or may not.

What programs in the area would you qualify as potential models to follow. I ask back to the question of high cost of relocating. You might get a HC to move but bringing his assistants is a problem. If you "steal" a vital member off of a successful nearby program you might be able to get some of the assistants to come to. No one man can turn a ship on his own. Gonna need a strong support system. Robinson in Shepherd has had some good years, Belt in Tarkington did well his first year, Woodville has been successful. Willis has been extremely good lately. I think a coach off of those staffs or the head guy himself would be a good target. Obviously some HCs on from those teams are not realistic but a member of the staff could be a big get.

The question now is does a coach with that kind of resume take a job in Livingston? Is Livingston a "Good Job"? A coach with a proven record of turning programs around and running them the right way will most likely be a top candidate for his pick of jobs. The other problem is guys like that probably have a few coaches that come with them. Does Livingston (legit asking) pay assistants well enough to have them move there? In today's housing (Interests rates) market it isn't as easy as it used to be to pick up and move. When I was high school our HC was fired and a new one was hired. There was like 8 new coaches that came. Does that happen anymore? In metro areas probably but in rural places probably not. Im sure they will have their fair share of candidates though. HC job is a HC job.

HF would fall into the category of need to just run slot t and yet they are opening things up from what I heard and are having a banner year. I think as long as the coach can get buy in from the players then it doesn’t matter but athletes get a ton more excited when you throw the ball around.

Is it allowed regardless of the reason?

A few years back one of the Hardin schools, maybe West Hardin, opted out of their UIL District and any chance of making the playoffs but still played football. They made their own schedule. I forget what it is called when a team does this but that should be the move for Cleveland. At 6 A they will never make the playoffs, so why not lower your competition and give yourself a chance to not get 70 scored on you everytime you play.

Young Coaches do it for numerous reasons. 1. Going from making 65K to 100K 2. Most desirable jobs want prior experience and often won't even consider you without it. Thats why the same usual names keep getting hired even after failing elsewhere. 3. They are young, energetic, and confident in their ability to right the ship (most likely overconfident) 4. Ambitious and Impatient

HC retired not fired. Pretty sure that job was his as long as he was willing to continue to work there. No coach is going to come in and win there at 6A. Best Cleveland can do is hire a coach that will come in and run a program that focuses on building up the players as good young men. Problem is they will only attract ambitious young coaches trying to climb the professional ladder (not gonna work at Cleveland) or older coach that is looking to boost their retirement ( might do a decent job if they care).

I don't remember Livingston ever really being a powerhouse but to possibly go 0-10 is alarming. I don't follow them tbh. Is it just a dry spell of talen that will swing back around or is this a dead/dying program? (ex: Cleveland)

Agreed. There's no way that can go unpunished. Also probably better monitoring of the handshake line as well will need to take place.

If Im not mistaken the HC for Cleveland was suspended from the game due to a post game incident with a parent from the previous week.

Absolutely BS! These kids will do absolutely anything they see on Tik Tok! My wife showed me a video of Little league kids doing this same thing a week or so ago. I honestly don't think this is a Willis or Cleveland issue, its a generation and social media thing. There you go got me sounding like my dad! Im sure kids will be punished as they should. Some Coaches will get their asses chewed as well but everyone calling for someone to be fired is a bit much. I would hate for the 10 second actions of 15-17 year olds affect my ability to provide for my family.

Guess Belt moved back to Tarkington. Last season he was at Anahuac. Anyways Tarkington has finally advertised a job. It was not for AD or HC. Instead it was for a Varsity assistant. POC was Joshua Bruce. So I guess you could assume he’s the guy.

That would be a very good hire for Tarkington. Would he want it with it possibly being split?

I do believe Mark would be the favorite. If he’s interested is a different story. Did he ever go after the job in the previous years it was open? Gonna be a late start for whoever they bring in.

There’s more than a few Cleveland/Splendora grads floating around the state coaching. Wonder if the possibility of a HC job might make some want to come back to the area? Here is a list of a few that come to mind: Brian Ricci- Cleveland Grad (former HC and current Middle School Coordinator in Humble ISD) Chase Reneau- Splendora Grad (Tomball assistant) Toby Belt- Cleveland Grad (former Tarkington assistant current anahuac assistant) Cody Inkster- Splendora grad (I think is a recent Tarkington assistant or current assistant) Coleman Butter- Cleveland grad (Chester ISD athletic director)

He announced this is his last year.

Not sure who the new superintendent is but they had a meeting today to name the lone finalists. Sure the movement on the AD/HC (if they don’t split them) will start soon. Wonder what schedule he inherits. Whoever picked the non district schedule probably wasn’t super motivated to put some winnable games on there.