Goodman out at Navasota

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[WOSgrad]

Is it me?  Or did anybody else hear laughter coming out of somewhere in the College Station ISD?

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15 minutes ago, WOSgrad said:

Is it me?  Or did anybody else hear laughter coming out of somewhere in the College Station ISD?

I think you can spin many ways; but, Fedora is where he always wanted to be, back at A&M Consolidated.

In my opinion, Goodman was handed the job probably at the recommendation of Fedora. The same thing happened when Goodman was promoted to the head basketball job without any real prior head coaching experience. He was not a good fit. It was a slap in the face for many of Rattler Naton when the district didn’t put much “effort” in hiring of a more qualified coach. After wining two championship in three years and 7-8 consecutive years of making at least the quarterfinals, Navasota deserved better.

I know some good coaches who will be applying. Hopefully we’ll be back playing late November early December football very soon. 

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[CardinalBacker]

D'oh!

Be careful what you wish for.  The downside is that it might be a little tougher to lure in a top candidate after the way that the board treated Fedora.  I mean, if they'll run off a coach with Fedora's after such immense success, it just seems like a really hard place to be successful whether you win or not.  

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32 minutes ago, CardinalBacker said:

D'oh!

Be careful what you wish for.  The downside is that it might be a little tougher to lure in a top candidate after the way that the board treated Fedora.  I mean, if they'll run off a coach with Fedora's after such immense success, it just seems like a really hard place to be successful whether you win or not.  

I chuckle every time someone mentions running off Fedora.  

Fedora had one more year on his contract. Meanwhile, other educators’ contracts were ending at the end of the school year. Was it wrong to handle the more pressing contracts? 

Meanwhile, I get it. Fedora was successful... Could the school board have handled the situation differently? Probably. 

Again, Fedora is where he always wanted to be.

[Tiger33]

At least Navasota school board is in pursuit of getting back to finding a winning coach. I wish other school boards would take notice.

[LOUD and Proud]

1 hour ago, CardinalBacker said:

D'oh!

Be careful what you wish for.  The downside is that it might be a little tougher to lure in a top candidate after the way that the board treated Fedora.  I mean, if they'll run off a coach with Fedora's after such immense success, it just seems like a really hard place to be successful whether you win or not.  

Because of those circumstances this will become a stepping stone job instead of a destination job.

39 minutes ago, RattlerBlue said:

I chuckle every time someone mentions running off Fedora.  

Fedora had one more year on his contract. Meanwhile, other educators’ contracts were ending at the end of the school year. Was it wrong to handle the more pressing contracts? 

Meanwhile, I get it. Fedora was successful... Could the school board have handled the situation differently? Probably. 

Again, Fedora is where he always wanted to be.

Yes, but it should have been a rubber stamp on Fedora based on the success he had there.

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7 minutes ago, LOUD and Proud said:

Because of those circumstances this will become a stepping stone job instead of a destination job.

Yes, but it should have been a rubber stamp on Fedora based on the success he had there.

Jerry Jones said it best when he said that "500 guys could coach this team to a super bowl."  Then he fired Jimmie Johnson and the rest is history.  Uneventful history.  

Not only did the Rattlers lose a proven championship coach, they have probably poisoned the well as far as attracting another coach of Fedora's caliber.   

[WOSgrad]

I offer the following as to how Fedora himself felt about Navasota school board's decision:

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7 hours ago, CardinalBacker said:

Jerry Jones said it best when he said that "500 guys could coach this team to a super bowl."  Then he fired Jimmie Johnson and the rest is history.  Uneventful history.  

Um, then he prooved himself correct when Barry Switzer got a Super Bowl ring while woofing down hot dogs on the sidelines!

[BMTSoulja1]

Navasota administration are a 'special' bunch, I tell you.  They fire this guy that brought the team from being one of the most horrible teams I've seen last year to this year, being co-district champs.  What is their problem?

[EnjoyLife]

This is just highschool sports. How do you fire a guy after two seasons as hc when he increased the win total by 3 and was district co-champs?

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45 minutes ago, EnjoyLife said:

This is just highschool sports. How do you fire a guy after two seasons as hc when he increased the win total by 3 and was district co-champs?

The same school district that held up the renewal of the contract of the previous coach of 10 years and 2 state championships.

[BMTSoulja1]

I would really like to know why he was fired.  Did he rub high profile parent with ties to the booster club the wrong way or something?

[bullets13]

Gotta love small town politics.

[BMTSoulja1]

Sounds more like small brain politics...

[EAGLEFOREVER]

On 12/22/2017 at 9:55 PM, badndn said:

Um, then he prooved himself correct when Barry Switzer got a Super Bowl ring while woofing down hot dogs on the sidelines!

Jimmy Johnson’s team could have won it without a coach, he put it together 

[EnjoyLife]

Coach Goodman probably made the wrong people mad. Few years ago Henderson ran off a coach that was 98-45-3 with four 10+ win seasons. I like small town life...but sometimes in small towns you have people that think they are big fish when they are really just in a small pond.

[bronco pride]

On 12/21/2017 at 11:09 AM, RattlerBlue said:

On 12/21/2017 at 1:58 PM, Bears in Hibernation said:

At least Navasota school board is in pursuit of getting back to finding a winning coach. I wish other school boards would take notice.

 

Great question. Heck we're keeping a coach that's racked up 7 total wins his first 2 seasons and broke a 20 year playoff streak. He did continue his streak of not making the playoffs this year though and followed up a 4 win season last year with 3 wins this year. Dude from Navasota must not know the right people.

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28 minutes ago, bronco pride said:

Great question. Heck we're keeping a coach that's racked up 7 total wins his first 2 seasons and broke a 20 year playoff streak. He did continue his streak of not making the playoffs this year though and followed up a 4 win season last year with 3 wins this year. Dude from Navasota must not know the right people.

Yeah I hear ya. I’m pretty sure our coach is under 500 but he’s 4th highest paid in the area.