Zach Bass leaving Tarkington

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Becomes o line and associate head coach at west brook

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BREAKING Cleveland Tarkington HC Zach Bass has resigned his post to join the staff at Beaumont West Brook Tarkington is open

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[scat_trap]

Interesting.  I know the supt reached out to get him from PAM.  I wonder what direction they're going to go?

[PlayActionPass]

36 minutes ago, scat_trap said:

Interesting.  I know the supt reached out to get him from PAM.  I wonder what direction they're going to go?

Very interesting, because he was the chosen one. Former PN-G offensive line coach that was hand picked by the Superintendent two years ago.

They have had some success, I thought he had them trending in the right direction.

[dayton]

That stinks for Tarkington. Good things were happening on the prairie.

[scat_trap]

26 minutes ago, PlayActionPass said:

Very interesting, because he was the chosen one. Former PN-G offensive line coach that was hand picked by the Superintendent two years ago.

They have had some success, I thought he had them trending in the right direction.

My sources say that if 7 on 7 is any indication of what's to come it might be an uphill battle.

[navydawg31]

Probably another reason why is facilities.... 

[scat_trap]

That's one of the darkest football stadiums I've ever seen.  I remember playing on the Prairie in the late 90s and early 2000s and thinking the field was a POS.  I think the only thing they've fixed was more clover on the field to try and fix the pot holes.

[whodat22]

The number one issue in Tarkington will be facilities!!!!  The admin and community have to make sure they have necessary equipment and training facilities. They also need to locate someone who is not looking for a stepping stone job....and support that guy!!!  They have been terrible not trending upward at all....even after dropping.

[The Icon]

Facilities upgrades are always a plus. Seems they had a good thing going there, hopefully they get someone of quality in there soon.

[scat_trap]

1 hour ago, whodat22 said:

The number one issue in Tarkington will be facilities!!!!  The admin and community have to make sure they have necessary equipment and training facilities. They also need to locate someone who is not looking for a stepping stone job....and support that guy!!!  They have been terrible not trending upward at all....even after dropping.

I'm going to say the number one issue in Tarkington is the people of the Prairie then the things you speak of.

The only people that are more entitled than the community there is the community in Splendora.

[Uncle Pig]

On 5/18/2021 at 10:07 AM, navydawg31 said:

Probably another reason why is facilities.... 

100% the reason 

[Cougar14.2]

Kind of a slap in the face/wake-up call when your head coach voluntarily leaves to go be an assistant at another school? That's pretty much code for "I don't think I can win here and don't want to hurt my other potential opportunities down the road." 

[PdaddyBball]

Who’s next up at Tarkington? Any ideas?

[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

Surprised I haven't seen a Larry Haynes post on taking over Tarkington. 

[WOSgrad]

25 minutes ago, Mr. Buddy Garrity said:

Surprised I haven't seen a Larry Haynes post on taking over Tarkington. 

Or Toby Foreman.

Que @The Icon. LOL

[The Icon]

14 minutes ago, WOSgrad said:

Or Toby Foreman.

Que @The Icon. LOL

Toby Foreman - book it!

[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

1 hour ago, The Icon said:

Toby Foreman - book it!

Would think Splendora would back up the Brinks truck for him. 😁

[setxathlete14]

Think he's on here? Ask him "the dude" iirc?

[WOSgrad]

3 minutes ago, setxathlete14 said:

Think he's on here? Ask him "the dude" iirc?

On here? No. 

[bullets13]

19 hours ago, whodat22 said:

The number one issue in Tarkington will be facilities!!!!  The admin and community have to make sure they have necessary equipment and training facilities. They also need to locate someone who is not looking for a stepping stone job....and support that guy!!!  They have been terrible not trending upward at all....even after dropping.

Just about every 4A and under job in the state is a stepping stone, with a very small amount of exceptions.  You might get a rare instance of someone finding success at a small school and staying because the talent is so good there, or being loyal to where they grew up, but 99/100 coaches are going to keep trying to go to bigger schools and make more money or gain more rep.    When you're talking about a school with Tarkington's talent, facilities, and pay, what coach is going to come work there and then stay if they're offered a job at a better place?  It's just the reality of it.  

[waltersobchak]

19 minutes ago, bullets13 said:

Just about every 4A and under job in the state is a stepping stone, with a very small amount of exceptions.  You might get a rare instance of someone finding success at a small school and staying because the talent is so good there, or being loyal to where they grew up, but 99/100 coaches are going to keep trying to go to bigger schools and make more money.    When you're talking about a school with Tarkington's talent, facilities, and pay, what coach is going to come work there and then stay if they're offered a job at a better place?  It's just the reality of it.  

exactly

the job will always be a stepping stone job until facilities are upgraded and even then, schulz just left splendora after all of the facility upgrades theyve made over there along with the commitment to quality pay

[Go-rilla]

Quality pay???? Splendora??

Splendora is in the worst 4a district in state. He did all he could do in Splendora. It was time to move on.

[Go-rilla]

Zach ain’t leaving because T town has bad facilities. He’s a 409 guy and he got a 409 job. It’s that simple. If you could get a plant, sales, service, custodial job that paid about the same as your current job and it was an hour less travel time daily would you?

Time to move on for everyone.

[Guest mrtomcat]

20 hours ago, Mr. Buddy Garrity said:

Surprised I haven't seen a Larry Haynes post on taking over Tarkington. 

That guy lives in Lumberton and is the OC at Kirbyville in a retire/rehire scenario probably bringing home 85-90k a year with no classroom and no other obligation than to call play on friday night -he's got a cake job now according some friends of mine in the land of kirbyville