I think the whole city of Canton would have to pry the head coaching job out of Hall’s hands. This is his dream. He said in an interview that he had been preparing for this head coaching job for 12 years. He’s not giving it up.
After football season is over, the Canton Board of Education will have to make a major decision....
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MassillonKenn
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I thought he did a great job. If he wants the job I'd keep him.
#removetheinterim
#removetheinterim
RiverBoat27
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Canton could have easily rolled over this year and used all the off season distractions as a crutch and justification for having a terrible year. Instead they rallied together, won more games than most expected them to, made it further in the playoffs than most expected them to and did all this as a unified team.
They would be crazy not to keep all the pieces in place. Its not broke. Dont fix it.
They would be crazy not to keep all the pieces in place. Its not broke. Dont fix it.
CrusaderZip0004
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I'd prefer if they hired Jason Hall instead.
my2sense
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Agreed. He has done a phenomenal job this season.
Really if I were Watts' lawyers I would be taking heed there may be a conflict of interest here. He fired the better qualified coach, that beat him in the head the head, to grab the job for himself. This should disqualify him for the position.
The Superintendent and Board made the decision to fire all coaches. Hall can’t make that final decision. The superintendent makes the recommendation and the board cast votes. The board voted unanimously to fire the coaches. The board are the ones that vote, not Hall. That is why the Superintendent and Board are being sued by the coaches. Not Hall. When Hall was asked to be enterim coach he was out of town just as an FYI.
thisisinsane
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I think Dopamine should be McKs savior. He would immediately remove them (football-wise) from the Fed. Schedule would resemble this:
1- @ St. Eds
2- vs St X
3- vs Benedictine
4- vs Mater Dei (in Las Vegas)
5- vs Southlake Carroll at the NON-Farmboy Classic (again in Vegas, Dopes teams are highly sought after)
6- @ Minerva (Dopamine still needs a win)
7- @ Pick C
8- vs Canton Central Catholic (it was around this time Dopamine realized that there aren’t many teams, not in a league, that are available to schedule
9- vs Bishop Sycamore (Televised on ESPN)
10- @ Massillon
In all seriousness, good luck to the Pups, they’ve had an awesome year, pull off the upset!
1- @ St. Eds
2- vs St X
3- vs Benedictine
4- vs Mater Dei (in Las Vegas)
5- vs Southlake Carroll at the NON-Farmboy Classic (again in Vegas, Dopes teams are highly sought after)
6- @ Minerva (Dopamine still needs a win)
7- @ Pick C
8- vs Canton Central Catholic (it was around this time Dopamine realized that there aren’t many teams, not in a league, that are available to schedule
9- vs Bishop Sycamore (Televised on ESPN)
10- @ Massillon
In all seriousness, good luck to the Pups, they’ve had an awesome year, pull off the upset!
I wonder whatever happened to him. Where is he coaching at?
You sound like a former or player who didn’t get the playing time you wanted. Antonio has done a tremendous job since taking over. He’s not perfect but neither is any first year head coach. It’s gonna take a couple of years to get it to where it needs to be. Your negative energy won’t help the cause. Move on from Wattley. He didn’t do anything for the program anyways.Antonio was dealt a mess of a program. He will get it right.
just a fan
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I'm sure they do. He took a program that couldn't win more than 2-3 games a year and turned them into a regular participant in the playoffs.
I always thought the guy was nuts when he was in Canton.
Johnson has the same issue at Salem he had at McKinley and that is no defense in critical games but I would take him back at McKinley in a minute.He could beat Massillon at least sometimes. Que in haters right here.
Caleb, why would you take him back at McKinley if he didn’t have a strong defense? Mck would still be mediocre then.
Antonio will remain the head coach. Ron Johnson built a strong program when he was there. There were almost 80 plus players every year on the varsity roster. Academics were very strong. He was visible in the school and as a teacher, he always responded to emails about players. He always made his players sit in the front of the classroom and they became the best leaders. He beat Massillon often. Was there a couple of decisions he probably wishes he could have back, sure, but overall he was a great leader of men. The debacle of the board led to his wrongful firing. It is a shame because he had something positive being built.
And here we are with a perfect example of a misrepresentation of the truth....from a person who openly admits not even living in Ohio or returning anytime soon, but wants to sit from afar and lob negativity and hate more often than anyone who is here wants to hear, and very rarely is anything he says of substance or truth.
As AD - Hall supported and backed the previous coach. Hall did not instruct or have any involvement with the incident.
Furthermore, anyone HERE IN CANTON can tell you the previous coach was lazy and did very little to leave it better than he found it.
What's done is done, and we have played an entire regular season - so for those of us HERE, we tarry forth.
As far as a previous coach's lawyer goes, I look forward to seeing that ambulance chaser being laughed out of court.
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just a fan
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I think it's more important to keep him than it was to select him as the interim. During a few of the games this year, I counted the number of players that saw action while the score was close. On each of those occasions, there were more than 30 kids, including a handful of sophomores and numerous juniors that played. Change the coach on those kids again and they may not come back. Gotta give them some continuity.
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