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Offsides
11-16-07, 10:08 AM
Have the Highlanders found Wallace to lead them?
Have the Highlanders found Wallace to lead them?They are going thru the process now so I have heard.
cincysports4
11-22-07, 04:44 PM
Paul Rockwood has been the prime candidate that they have been interviewing. He coached at Oak Hills before Ausman did and is currently with CUP. Another great trainer/coach.
soccerkid13
11-22-07, 07:31 PM
Wallace who? ANy idea if they are getting rid of the whole coacking staff or just bringing in a new head coach?
Paul Rockwood has been the prime candidate that they have been interviewing. He coached at Oak Hills before Ausman did and is currently with CUP. Another great trainer/coach.
What a mistake. If they hire Paul Rockwood they should have kept Chuck Ausman, they are both Dinosars that cannot connect with or motivate todays kids.
cincysports4
11-23-07, 12:52 PM
What a mistake. If they hire Paul Rockwood they should have kept Chuck Ausman, they are both Dinosars that cannot connect with or motivate todays kids.
Actually I sort of like this move and then I dont.
I LIKE: He has good success and won't make his players play a certain style like chuck ausman does. In highschool you have to adjust to the types of players you have and change your style up based on that.
I DONT LIKE: I think it is time for new blood and a young coach at Oak Hills. Players like a young coach who can motivate them and seem to listen to the younger coach. I think John Mirizzi should get the job, personally. He is young, has alot of experience and knows whats best for this team. He knows all of the players and trust me is not loyal to Ausmans style and play system.
Princeton1
11-23-07, 06:40 PM
I see what you're saying about a new, younger coach sometimes being easier to connect with. I played for Ausman at CUP and we clashed because of the style he wanted us to play. However I really respect Rockwood for his coaching and teaching. He has probably been one of the top influences on me at CUP and I think he can connect better with high schoolers while still being a great coach.
cincysports4
11-24-07, 01:36 AM
I see what you're saying about a new, younger coach sometimes being easier to connect with. I played for Ausman at CUP and we clashed because of the style he wanted us to play. However I really respect Rockwood for his coaching and teaching. He has probably been one of the top influences on me at CUP and I think he can connect better with high schoolers while still being a great coach.
Trust me I played for Oak Hills and he clashed with everyone because we were forced to play a certain style. Rockwood is one of the best coaches/trainers in the Midwest. He is well known and is a great trainer. The guy wins games. I think if he gets the Oak Hills job, Oak Hills will be in way better hands.
Offsides
11-26-07, 10:35 AM
Would Rockwood leave CUP? How can he fit everything in?
sportsguy99
11-26-07, 05:01 PM
Rockwood is out at CUP.
Princeton1
11-26-07, 07:34 PM
Is Rockwood really out at CUP to take Oak HIlls job? When did this happen, he was working with us at training just last week? I guess this kind of makes sense, as he stepped down from director of boy's program at CUP last year to Mcginely.
msnsoccer05
11-26-07, 08:43 PM
wow rockwood is a good coach/trainer but that school will not be good for awhile.
sportsguy99
11-26-07, 09:50 PM
He isn't completely out yet, but he is slowly pulling away more and more for family reasons i have heard. Which makes me believe he won't be coaching Oak Hills either.
cincysports4
11-27-07, 01:13 AM
He isn't completely out yet, but he is slowly pulling away more and more for family reasons i have heard. Which makes me believe he won't be coaching Oak Hills either.
CUP training facilities aren't exactly a convenient drive for him. He actually resides in the Oak Hills district, so the Oak Hills job is actually a good fit. It gives him more family time and more of a convienence.
Offsides
11-27-07, 05:58 AM
LaSalle's coach is also in the running. Good fit?
soccerkid13
12-02-07, 09:22 PM
Who Is The New Coach???
cincysports4
12-03-07, 12:24 AM
Has not been announced yet.
Offsides
12-03-07, 10:41 AM
Were they suppose to announce it early to begin moving forward? It is only December.
OHSoccer07
12-03-07, 12:35 PM
They are going through interviews and are looking for a decision by february
floridafutboler08
12-03-07, 01:37 PM
s he stepped down from director of boy's program at CUP last year to Mcginely.
that's a very, very nice way to put it
soccerkid13
12-03-07, 08:35 PM
o sorry.. i was told they were making a decision sometime this week
Offsides
12-04-07, 08:49 AM
Oak Hills has made a decision, anyone know who?
OHSoccer07
12-06-07, 12:31 PM
they are down to 3 people...no decision yet
cincysports4
12-07-07, 01:59 AM
they are down to 3 people...no decision yet
I am guessing it is between:
1. Paul Rockwood
2. John Mirizzi (Oak Hills Asst.)
3. Lasalles coach
OHSoccer07
12-07-07, 12:21 PM
John Mirizzi got the job
cincysports4
12-07-07, 12:52 PM
John Mirizzi got the job
Thats great news. As a oak hills soccer grad thats the best person for the job.
Offsides
12-07-07, 12:59 PM
Has he ever been a head coach before? The GMC can be brutal. Is this what Oak Hills needed to bounce back, or did they just want someone in the building?
cincysports4
12-07-07, 02:49 PM
Has he ever been a head coach before? The GMC can be brutal. Is this what Oak Hills needed to bounce back, or did they just want someone in the building?
He has been an assistant to Colerain and Oak Hills. I personally, think Mirizzi was the right choice and can bounce this team back. Are they going to win the GMC? NO. But I think he will get them back up to the middle of the pack and a top 4 or 5 team in the GMC in a few years.
Because he was an assistant to Ausman did not mean he supported Ausmans ideas, because he didnt. Which is a good thing. This guy will adjust his style and let the guys just play.
Great hire for Oak Hills.
John Mirizzi got the job
If you have watched him coach his girls team,that by the way is terrible you have to be saying, what the heck did Jan just do. Oak Hills soccer has just been set back 10years.Did anyone do thier home work on this guy. Oh well Elder soccer fans will be loving this. He coaches a very low C level girls team for club,and has been a assistant at Oak Hills:shrug: :shrug: :hello: :hello: :stirthepot:
cincysports4
12-07-07, 04:19 PM
If you have watched him coach his girls team,that by the way is terrible you have to be saying, what the heck did Jan just do. Oak Hills soccer has just been set back 10years.Did anyone do thier home work on this guy. Oh well Elder soccer fans will be loving this. He coaches a very low C level girls team for club,and has been a assistant at Oak Hills:shrug: :shrug: :hello: :hello: :stirthepot:
You cant really compare the two teams. His girls team is probably bad because he has no talent on that team. BTW, it is actually his wife's team. He just helps out. Nobody cares what elder soccer fans think about this job. What does his duty as assistant at Oak Hills have to do with anything? HE WAS NOT LOYAL TO AUSMANS SYSTEM!!!! HE WAS AGAINST IT! :wallbang:
FUTBOOOL
12-07-07, 05:41 PM
wow I can't believe everyone dissing Rockwood, who IMO is definitly one of the best CLUB coaches in ohio. People are saying that, oh he's too old? Any good player wants a coach that will make them a better player, i mean yeah it's cool if they're younger, but saying you wouldn't want Rockwood as a coach is a ridiculous statement. I can't stand ignorant comments, i've been trained by him and he's helped me develop my game numerous times. If he applied for that job, that is a disgrace he didn't get it.
cincysports4
12-07-07, 06:05 PM
wow I can't believe everyone dissing Rockwood, who IMO is definitly one of the best CLUB coaches in ohio. People are saying that, oh he's too old? Any good player wants a coach that will make them a better player, i mean yeah it's cool if they're younger, but saying you wouldn't want Rockwood as a coach is a ridiculous statement. I can't stand ignorant comments, i've been trained by him and he's helped me develop my game numerous times. If he applied for that job, that is a disgrace he didn't get it.
I agree he is a excellent coach and trainer, best I ever had. But we dont know what happened in the interview process. Money could of been an issue, maybe they wanted to give the job to someone in the building? We dont know.
If Rockwood still wants to coach in high school, Mt Healthy is looking for a coach.
Statechamps02
12-09-07, 07:31 PM
I know Elder and Oak Hills is a huge rivalry, but I don't see why Elder fans would care who got the coaching job. The players win that matchup, not the coaches. I think coaching is mostly thrown out the window when the whistle blows. It's just a brutal game every year.
I know nothing about Mirizzi, but I do hope he puts oak hills back on the map because they always have great players on area club teams that do nothing for the high school team.
Offsides
12-10-07, 09:36 AM
I wish Oak Hills would have chosen new blood, someone with head coaching experience, again the GMC is brutal.
I wish Oak Hills would have chosen new blood, someone with head coaching experience, again the GMC is brutal.
Well said.
I know Elder and Oak Hills is a huge rivalry, but I don't see why Elder fans would care who got the coaching job. The players win that matchup, not the coaches. I think coaching is mostly thrown out the window when the whistle blows. It's just a brutal game every year.
I know nothing about Mirizzi, but I do hope he puts oak hills back on the map because they always have great players on area club teams that do nothing for the high school team. Wrong, it is always a combination of good players playing and good coaches coaching. You have to have both to win. For example, if you constantly choose the wrong players, or put them in the wrong position, players will underachieve. Oak Hills has had plenty of good players, they always have and they always will. If this coach cannot pull them together and motivate them, we will have more of the same. I hope he can do it, time will tell if they made the right choice.I have heard they passed over a great candidate, in favor of thier Buddy. Buddies dont win city or state titles. The best players and coaches do. good luck Mirizzi.
Offsides
12-10-07, 03:03 PM
I heard the same. I think Mirizzi was already teaching in the district. But I wish him well, I hope they get things turned around.
OakHills_Scots11
12-10-07, 08:54 PM
I'm no soccer player but all I know is that the ol' Scots have some good young talent coming up. Our Freshman and Sophmore class is outstanding.
PantherDad
12-12-07, 08:58 AM
I'm no soccer player but all I know is that the ol' Scots have some good young talent coming up. Our Freshman and Sophmore class is outstanding.
Not dissing the talent at OH, but your JV and Freshman teams won about 5 games combined this past year.
Not dissing the talent at OH, but your JV and Freshman teams won about 5 games combined this past year.
well said Panther Dad, that is exactly why they needed someone that has a proven track record as a Varsity Head coach and I hear the guy they did not hire was a proven winner, I just dont know who it was , but I will find out eventually.We hired a very unproven guy, with zero track record at the Varsity Level.I think they took the easy route and hired someone that is already a teacher in the system, and a friend. They did not hire the best Candidate.Big Disappointment. But I will support the new coach I am still a Highlander Go Highlanders!
cincysports4
12-12-07, 02:40 PM
well said Panther Dad, that is exactly why they needed someone that has a proven track record as a Varsity Head coach and I hear the guy they did not hire was a proven winner, I just dont know who it was , but I will find out eventually.We hired a very unproven guy, with zero track record at the Varsity Level.I think they took the easy route and hired someone that is already a teacher in the system, and a friend. They did not hire the best Candidate.Big Disappointment. But I will support the new coach I am still a Highlander Go Highlanders!
Paul Rockwood. He is a proven winner. He was the coach before Ausman. He has had alot of success at Lakota and CUP.
Offsides
12-12-07, 02:42 PM
Other two finalists were proven winners, one public school and one GCL school. Unfortunate, but GO HIGHLANDERS!
Other two finalists were proven winners, one public school and one GCL school. Unfortunate, but GO HIGHLANDERS! I was not referring to Rockwood , if you have been reading this thread you would of read one of my other posts that said if they hire Rockwood they should just keep Ausman.Thanks off sides for the help and clarification. The other 2 Coaches have great experience, and both have won at High Levels and both will beat Oak Hills next year and for years to come. I will not say who they are to protect thier current positions. They are both employed. Both very successful Varsity Head Coaches with winning records.
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