Your last sentence is hyperbole. I might have criticisms, but I’m making a conscientious effort to be less abrasive about them. I also always give credit where it’s due. Both the Football & Basketball staffs have done a great job this season.
I don’t think anyone on staff can replace him. And I don’t downplay the talent, I’m the one defending the player’s talent level when all you want to do is boil down their success to “grit and toughness.”
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This was absolutely tongue in cheek, but some of you took it literally so felt the need to clarify.
they do need 1-2 high level athletes per class to compete in football. You can be offended by that all you want but that was evident in the Moeller & Lakota West games. The hard truth is there isn’t enough feeder talent to keep them competitive.
I think Elder should have a pretty good freshman bball team next year. Some good players in the 8th grade feeder pool at various schools.
Like I said, you don’t need D1 players in bball. Bball isn’t dominated by speed & athleticism like football.
Competence and want-to are two different things. I was talking in terms of competence. Whitmer, Murphy, Bengel and Schenke are competent enough coaches to take it on. Do they want it, or can they do it with their other responsibilities is a different question.
Who is the assistant for Fairmont? Younger guy. We sat behind the bench at this game and he does a great job, we talked to him after the game. I noticed him on the bench last year in their district championship game vs Sycamore. He seems to always have the other teams game plans down and is always calling out exactly what they are doing.
We had this debate on the GMC thread. From everything I’ve heard about Coach Austing (and Coach Datillo for that matter), they would absolutely go back to be the head coach at Elder. They wouldn’t go if it was forcing Coach Schoenfeld or Coach Ramsay out, but their hearts are at Elder.
Most Elder fans would love that scenario. The $ aspect has always appeared to be the biggest roadblock in making it work.
I never questioned their competency, that’s you putting words in my mouth. I don’t believe they have the experience to run a Varsity team, that’s not the same thing.
How does one get that experience? Experience has to start somewhere and, IMO, if you've served as an assistant for so long, you deserve a shot.
Why? You don’t get rewarded at work for just sticking around a long time. Maybe you get some kind of plaque or gift card, but you have to produce to get promoted.
Right, but how do you measure the success of an assistant coach then? The team has had some good years recently; don't you think some current assistants have something to do with that?
I think you push your quality Assts to take HC jobs if they’re interested in being HC. Look at the decline w/ LS’s program. And Elder’s best Asst in recent yrs was coaching against them on Friday.
Dattilo is 52. I do think that puts him only 5 years younger than Ramsay.
If Ramsey leaves in the next 3-5 years, Datillo would be my personal preference to replace him. Beyond that time frame, I really like Peyton, assuming he stays on staff.