Troy Davis out as Louisville Leopards Head Coach

hitme said:
My take on the Demarco episode: John is a nice man and integrity was not in question. However, he never changed his offense, no matter the personnel. Won a lot of NBC games until some coaches figured him out, then couldn't even win the league his last 3-4 years. His dc was in over his head and John did nothing about it. Team discipline was an issue. Won 1 playoff game in 10 years. Can't name a game he won he shouldn't have. Was successful as long as he had more athletes than his opponent. Was given an opportunity to make some changes and didn't. Changed the entire culture and not in a competitive way. Just my opinion.
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This could be all true and yet your applicants may still look at Demarco's record and wonder what is true
 
doubtme said:
Honestly, hypothetical leagues are fun and this to me could be the start of something interesting
Fb only even!
Canfield
Louisville
Dover
Alliance
NP
Don't know who else you add but that would be the start of a nice league
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FB only
Canfield, Dover, Howland, Louisville, NP
All sports but football:
Canfield, Howland, Dover, Louisville, Massillon, Fitch, Boardman, NP
 
Rich Kotite said:
I wish the best for Louisville but how do you find the right league situation for them? You need some exceptional sales people there. I can't speak for the issues with little league programs but finding the right league for Louisville is critical. The EBC schools ditched them. The Fed has played 4-5 games a year vs Louisville and how has that worked out? This is a challenging situation. Creative minds need to fix this. Would the Suburban League listen? Ohio Cardinal Conference far eastern school? ECOL? Anything near Youngstown? Would the EBC get backed into a corner and want them back? Hell the OVAC or Metro from Akron area? I don't think the Fed is the answer unless dramatic changes happen at the youth levels. Good luck Leps.
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I wonder if Louisville applied to the NE8? They are at 7 teams.
 
Red-Lep said:
FB only
Canfield, Dover, Howland, Louisville, NP
All sports but football:
Canfield, Howland, Dover, Louisville, Massillon, Fitch, Boardman, NP
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Leave Massillon out all together. If your not playing them in football it isn't worth messing with them. For Volleyball, Boys/Gilrs Cross Country, Boys/Girls Soccer, Wrestling, Boys/Gilrs Track, Boys/Girls Lacross, Basbeball, and Softball it would be a waste of an evening or afternoon to even have them on the schedule.
But really whatever.... everyone has been talking about forming a new league for years....I just don't think it will happen. Many of those other teams are fine where where they are at.
 
Stark county said:
Leave Massillon out all together. If your not playing them in football it isn't worth messing with them. For Volleyball, Boys/Gilrs Cross Country, Boys/Girls Soccer, Wrestling, Boys/Gilrs Track, Boys/Girls Lacross, Basbeball, and Softball it would be a waste of an evening or afternoon to even have them on the schedule.
But really whatever.... everyone has been talking about forming a new league for years....I just don't think it will happen. Many of those other teams are fine where where they are at.
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Massillon is on this to give equal 4 teams from the east (Y-Town area) and 4 to the west. The competition for league titles would be good for the kids. A league is not happening because everyone is trying to get a perfect set up for their school. No league is going to be perfect. Coaching in high school without a league makes their jobs even harder.
 
Louisville may already have their "favorite" and I'm not sure if this head coach would even consider it, but it would be a mistake for Louisville to not check if there's any interest from Broc Dial at Dalton. He may be comfortable staying at Dalton, but it would be negligence to not gauge his interest level.

I don't know Dial personally (never even met the guy), but I have a relative that is a Chippewa grad and we've talked about the WCAL many times. Every time he brings up Dalton, he has had nothing but great things to say about Broc Dial and Dalton. And looking at his resume, I believe he could turn the program around at Louisville. I believe he's a Northwest grad, so maybe a return to Stark County might be intriguing to him?
 
Not passing the levy might make some think about applying but heck let’s keep both a AD and a Assistant AD, basketball coach, two individuals not to many like.
 
The Infidel said:
I mean those guys seem to know what they're doing and talking about..Why not? Ballard is quite the QB trainer in the off-season. Sarachman has HC experience
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Hey I agree that would be a heck of a tandem, and I’m for all the applicants we can get, the more that apply the better the chances of landing the right fit for the job. I don’t want a short term solution to what is becoming a long term problem.
 
Saw in yesterday’s Rep that the PAC-7 was looking for a new member to replace CVCA. Louisville should jump on that
 
chito said:
Why? That seems like a perfect fit.
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Louisville is too big for the PAC, too good, and the PAC schools just wouldn't go for it. No way Tuslaw, Fairless or Manchester are voting Louisville into the PAC and that's just a start.

As far as EBC schools interested in the PAC, I would guess Minerva would beg to be in the PAC and, if I ran the PAC, I'd quietly ask Marlington. The Dukes bring a bit of tuffness from Maximo and Marlboro.
 
chito said:
Why? That seems like a perfect fit.
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Louisville got the boot from the NBC for being “too big” and “too good” among schools that are D3-4

You really think Manchester, Tuslaw, Fairless, Triway, and Orrville would accept Louisville in their league?
The Only member that would probably be “ok” but still not 100% with them is Northwest. Even then, NW had issues joining the PAC and they are right in the geographic heart of the league.

Louisville would probably have a better chance of joining the EBC the league that booted them 6 years ago versus the PAC. The Pac is a great league but it’s a bunch of D5 schools with a couple of 4’s thrown in
 
The Infidel said:
Louisville got the boot from the NBC for being “too big” and “too good” among schools that are D3-4

You really think Manchester, Tuslaw, Fairless, Triway, and Orrville would accept Louisville in their league?
The Only member that would probably be “ok” but still not 100% with them is Northwest. Even then, NW had issues joining the PAC and they are right in the geographic heart of the league.

Louisville would probably have a better chance of joining the EBC the league that booted them 6 years ago versus the PAC. The Pac is a great league but it’s a bunch of D5 schools with a couple of 4’s thrown in
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That’s not true. You obviously don’t know two things about football . Probably never played/coached a down in your life . Typical keyboard know it all/tough guy.
 
neofb2021 said:
That’s not true. You obviously don’t know two things about football . Probably never played/coached a down in your life . Typical keyboard know it all/tough guy.
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What do you find untrue about his post?

Do you not believe the NBC teams pulled out from under Louisville because Louisville was winning too much? I was told by someone who was in the room back when the decision was made by the other schools to leave the NBC that "when 1 school is winning 75% of all of the league titles on a yearly basis, then the other schools feel they have to do something." Size was not the issue as said person told me that the future enrollment projections for all of the schools in the league indicated that Alliance was going to be the largest school a few years after the 7 schools left Louisville behind.

Do you think the PAC members would accept Louisville into the league if they applied?
Louisville's current 9-11 enrollment numbers are 357 boys and 346 girls. Northwest is the current largest school in the PAC with 250 boys and 225 girls. No other school in the league currently has more than 200 girls in grades 9-11, not even CVCA. CVCA and South are the only 2 other schools with male enrollments above 200 for grades 9-11.
 
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Mr. Slippery said:
What do you find untrue about his post?

Do you not believe the NBC teams pulled out from under Louisville because Louisville was winning too much? I was told by someone who was in the room back when the decision was made by the other schools to leave the NBC that "when 1 school is winning 75% of all of the league titles on a yearly basis, then the other schools feel they have to do something." Size was not the issue as said person told me that the enrollment projection numbers for all of the schools in the league indicated that Alliance was going to be the largest school in the league a few years after the 7 schools left Louisville behind.

Do you think the PAC members would accept Louisville into the league if they applied?
Louisville's current 9-11 enrollment numbers are 357 boys and 346 girls. Northwest is the current largest school in the PAC with 250 boys and 225 girls. No other school in the league currently has more than 200 girls in grades 9-11, not even CVCA. CVCA and South are the only 2 other schools with male enrollments above 200 for grades 9-11.
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Mr.Slippery...this is one great post to neofb2021. I like how you and The Butler are a wealth of information!
 
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I'm much more interested in who the candidates possibly could be than which fictional league could be built or who will invite the Leppies to their league (don't see that happening anytime soon).
 
neofb2021 said:
That’s not true. You obviously don’t know two things about football . Probably never played/coached a down in your life . Typical keyboard know it all/tough guy.
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You are correct I don’t know much about football. But I do have common sense. Typically when a school has twice the enrollment then half the league they are trying to join. It’s probably not a good fit.
 
Lynus24 said:
Hell with our schedule it would be like being in the fed. 😂
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lol, agree with that but he has a good thing going where he presently is coaching, probably next year he can win 7-8 games again, make some noise in the playoffs, and depending how some fed teams play next year he probably would be the leading candidate at those schools if a coaching change is warranted, as a side note he was the leading candidate at stow and told them no, so his name is definitely out there in the coaching ranks around Ohio
 
Rich Kotite said:
Louisville is too big for the PAC, too good, and the PAC schools just wouldn't go for it. No way Tuslaw, Fairless or Manchester are voting Louisville into the PAC and that's just a start.

As far as EBC schools interested in the PAC, I would guess Minerva would beg to be in the PAC and, if I ran the PAC, I'd quietly ask Marlington. The Dukes bring a bit of tuffness from Maximo and Marlboro.
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What if Minerva or Carrollton leave for the PAC? Would that reopen the door for the EBC for Louisville? They would have probably lost to WB and Alliance this year, Salem is really good and Carrollton would have challenged them too.
 
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