I guess we have confirmation

**SBG** · February 27th, 2010, 03:36 PM

Sorry, starbuck, but Pound ≠ Burton. Pound should've shut down the program years ago.

**starbuck** · February 27th, 2010, 04:38 PM

Burton of the 80's was very much the same as Pound is now. My 4 years palying we won a total of 11 games. losses to St. Paul , Rye Cove, Ervinton and even Pound was not an upset. Coaches had to hold tackling dummies because we didn't have enough players to practice 11 on 11.

**Biggin** · February 27th, 2010, 05:03 PM

hey, if pound needs new blood and an assistant coach, id coach for free.

if i coached offense, all Ill say is that Pound would no longer be predictable.
on defense, i would make those kids learn so many different looks their football homework would be more than their school homework haha

so IF ANYONE FROM PHS is reading this, ill work for free!

**simple man** · February 27th, 2010, 11:19 PM

Originally Posted by imported_elp6n

Actually I was a little disappointed when I read the reason for resigning.

He knew he was going to, sooner than later, be focusing full time on his son's activities and wouldn't be available to continue coaching. Yet he took the job anyhow.

Personally I don't think that's fair to the kids on the football team - any sports team needs a leader that has intentions of staying with it and staying committed. A person that only intends on keeping a coaching job for a brief while before they have to meet other obligations is doing the school no favors.

Just my opinion.

Aren't you in favor of closing Pound ,Appy and St Paul? The budget is only going let this go on for one more year(or less) , so why get all upset now? More classes, more AP classes, who cares about the football team. I got to laugh at you wanting to be fair to the kids on the football team now. We should be worring about how we are going to get the kids to college, since the HS buses won't run there anymore, after the funding cuts and graduation.

**imported_elp6n** · February 28th, 2010, 12:06 AM

Who said I got all upset? You're making more out of it than it really is.

I had an opinion on the circumstances around accepting and resigning a job. That's all there is to it. The opinion likely would have been the same had the circumstances revolved around any other school (including a shiny new consolidated Wise Co school) or with any other activity/sport.

This was not an "oh no my poor PHS football team" lament. What I was saying was you dont take on that kind of responsibility knowing full well you have no intention of following through long term. This is the type of job that should be entered into with intentions of making it work long term.

**SBG** · February 28th, 2010, 12:15 AM

This Pound we're talking about. Everybody, including Crabtree I'm sure, knew there was no "long term" when it came to Pound.

**SBG** · February 28th, 2010, 12:18 AM

Originally Posted by starbuck

Burton of the 80's was very much the same as Pound is now. My 4 years palying we won a total of 11 games.

I'm sorry, but even it had been 11 wins from 1742 - 1989 I would still find it VERY unfair to Burton to compare them to Pound.

**simple man** · February 28th, 2010, 01:19 PM

Originally Posted by imported_elp6n

Who said I got all upset? You're making more out of it than it really is.

I had an opinion on the circumstances around accepting and resigning a job. That's all there is to it. The opinion likely would have been the same had the circumstances revolved around any other school (including a shiny new consolidated Wise Co school) or with any other activity/sport.

This was not an "oh no my poor PHS football team" lament. What I was saying was you dont take on that kind of responsibility knowing full well you have no intention of following through long term. This is the type of job that should be entered into with intentions of making it work long term.

How long have the area FB coaches been where they are?