scbuckeye99
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Heard on the radio this morning (WIMA) that there is to be a special BOE meeting tonight at 5:30 pm to announce the new HFC at Lima Senior.
Good well respected coach who is already familiar with the kids and school. The fact that you don't know who he is demonstrates your bias for Smith.
Good well respected coach who is already familiar with the kids and school. The fact that you don't know who he is demonstrates your bias for Smith.
Looks like he coached under Fell and Griffin right? Griffin's X's and O's were not bad. He just did not have the same talent Fell experienced and once you start rolling in a negative direction sometimes the wheels fall off.
Best of luck to Townsend.
He'll probably go get a beer.Which brings me to my next question: What does Toby Smith do now?
Which brings me to my next question: What does Toby Smith do now?
He'll probably go get a beer.StateChampion2012 said:
Which brings me to my next question: What does Toby Smith do now?
If that happened to me, I would tooHe'll probably go get a beer.
If that happened to me, I would too
Nah.If I recall correctly, that's why it happened to him. Hence the funny in the reply.
Nah.
That is not why he did not get the job. That may be the reason the BOE wants people to believe, but the real reason i will not restate as you can find it on other threads regarding this situation.
It was a real screw job and if it had happened in reverse it would make national news.
I thought Coach Smith would be a good higher, and I was a huge advocate for him, but the more I think about it the more I feel like Townsend or anybody from Lima will be a good coach for them. Lima hasn’t changed much in the past 20 years, and Townsend knows the lives of the kids and his heart is in Lima. Coach Griffin brought charisma but he didn’t know Lima like Townsend does. Maybe he can turn this ship around. Or at least make them somewhat competitive
I'll agree that the hiring process from the outside looking in could've been handled differently (meaning better) BUT as I mentioned on a previous thread regarding this matter as someone who has sat on hiring committees including HFC you have to be cognizant of not just their W's and L's but also who they are as a person. I have zero doubt that coach Smith is a great person and coach but in this litigious day and age as a BOE or an AD or a building admin you have to take into consideration things off the field that that person may have done that could come back and ultimately make you the employer look foolish.
I won't say that Coach Townsend is a good pick nor a bad pick. He is however a "safe pick". He is from the community. To my knowledge has not coached anywhere else which can be both good and bad IMO. He played under Rush, coached under Fell so he has solid experiences both as a player and coach to fall back on. He knows the kids and community, is extremely loyal and dedicated to the school and kids.
I graduated from Senior High 20 years ago. To say it hasn't changed much in those 2 decades is well debatable depending on who you ask. If you ask me, it has changed a lot. Clearly from an enrollment stand point for starters. When I graduated we had about 1,400 students in the high school and now LSH struggles to stay above 1,000. That's a lot of missed bodies over 20 years. I won't go into the demographic changes in Lima or at Senior High since the late 90s b/c I'm positive that's the direction some want this to go.
All i'll say is are there still athletes there? Sure. Can you win in football? Yes. Is Coach Townsend the guy who can make that happen I sure hope so and am pulling for him.
Really? Where is this information coming from?Toby Smith is an assistant at Lima Senior???
If indeed true, just the HC in the waiting.........SO they wouldn't hire him as a HC, but they are OK with him him being a DC on staff? Thats weird.
Also weird that he would take a job there after they did him wrong in the hiring process.
Very Weird, but good luck to him.