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Have they considered the coach at Clear Falls? He's a really good football mind, who is familiar with the rigor of 6A. No state championships, but everyone I've ever talked to who has known him speaks of how great he is. I think he would be interested.

He would be wise to give up the basketball dream and lock in with Football.

Geez.....

Boy, this has gone extra quiet. Guess it'll be that way until next week. Can't wait to see what they've pulled off this time.

This is a pretty sensitive response. We have all said they'd still land a good candidate and even gave them the leeway to make a major hire and have all of this go away. To ignore the messiness of this situation is a homer take and doesn't reflect objectivity in the discussion.

Grumbling about work hours from guys who have never worked at a State Championship level before. Everyone always wants the glory until it's time to put in the work.

This is the problem, Poole at BH has a massive ego and typically gets what he wants when he wants it. Kids don't want to cut their hair, well that is not an issue because he can expel them with impunity because he has the absolute 100% support of the community, especially the old guard "we can, we will we're Barbers Hill" folks. Even with the media crawling all over the district on the issue, he continues to operate the way he always has because of that support. I actually like that aspect of this community. Poole very rarely misses when he swings, so that breeds the confidence to make controversial moves whenever they may arise. It may even play into the willingness to force out a damn good football coach simply because his son isn't playing as much as Poole would like. He's done this same thing at least 3 times before and each time it has worked out beautifully because the candidate he brought in after the previous was disposed of was considered a big enough fish make the community forget about the last guy. This actually may be the first time he has run up against a chance that it won't end up that way. Trust and believe, if he were to land a coach with the last name 'Dodge' this offseason, none of us would ever talk about this situation again. The only conversation would be that BH somehow hired Todd/Reily Dodge, and they were on a Rocketship to the moon. It will be interesting to see how this one plays out because if it ends with a relatively unknown coach who doesn't produce the football success those in town expect, it could go sideways for Poole. I guess we will all be sitting around with our popcorn to see if he can pull another rabbit out of his hat.

Unfortunately, this is the situation that has been created by the admin at BH. No one wants to uproot their family, move them to BH, just to be removed in a few years for not doing what they are told. Especially with the move to 6A pending, this job is at its absolute least degree of desirability at this very moment. Abseck would've stayed and continued to build for years to come, but alas, that ship has sailed. They were in the same boat many years back when they ran Don Price off but then began the inflated salary technique to lure in big time candidates. Gauge, Westerberg and Abseck later, they find themselves in the same boat with very few chips left to play to lure in a big fish. I have no doubt they'll get a great coach, but the days of hand picking their guy are probably over.

Joseph Vandergrift Snelson Is the fourth guy Surratt?

Joseph Vandergrift Snelson Is the fourth guy Surratt?

This is probably the right answer. I wonder if that would be an interview question?

Considering they've already offered the job to two others, I'd assume they're not looking for a consulting companies help. My money is on a coach from South of the area who is real familiar with Gators.

Wing T on deck for BH!!! May be the only thing those folks would run Poole out of town for.

This is WILD by the way. Were they shopping the job behind Abseck's back?

Nevermind, I found him. The first roster I found had him left off.