Does the revenue boost for schools come out above the amount spent on football? For the overwhelming majority, it's a no. And winning football games is significantly boosting local businesses? Not so much. Even with dominant teams and programs, stadiums are usually nowhere close to capacity. And there's a handful of home games per year, 5-7 days of being more busy than usual at a restaurant isn't moving the bottom line much if any.
This was my point when Bolden got the job at LW....an absolute joke and slap in the face to those more qualified. Colerain has refused to do this under past leadership and I assume it is the same under current leadership. No hard feelings towards Bolden, we'd all jump at the chance.
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Not his fault, yes he was not Big school ready as a HC he did what he could do...NWLSD needs to pay other coaches to have a total coaching effort. Also when the school was competetiave the students got priviate instruction to help their play in many sports.
Most Schools that ask someone to leave don't usually ask them to come back! Huber=Zack Taylor. Great person, Terrible Football Coach!
Private Schools can make up whatever job they want, majority of their money not tax payer money. How does LW make $$$ off of Kids College Scholarships?
eh, Zac taylor is a GREAT football coach , he is a HORRIBLE play caller.
I disagree with the notion of it being a "fake job". Investing in athletics yields better results in academics. Kids that participate in extracurriculars have lower drop out rates, fewer discipline issues, and better grades than the students who are not involved in sports or clubs. The football program *when run the right way* is invaluable to the culture of a school. The football team is often the largest collection of students in a school and certainly the most visible. That part is often left behind the scenes, since wins/losses are what matter most. But keeping the HC out of the classroom is not an unusual thing in other states. It gives that coach the time to monitor their athlete's grades, meet with college coaches to help with recruitment, build relationships with the middle schools, maintain facilities, and do all of the other work that makes a football program more than just a football team.
Krause from Fairfield?
That’s what I’ve been told.
moving from one train wreck to another.
Two steps back for him with a move like that...Krause from Fairfield?
It really does not matter who they hire, They need TALENT...Look what happened to the top players that jumped ship to other schools. Went from starters at key positions to backups or having to change sides of the ball to see the field. The GMC is packed with talent thus why CHS struggles in almost all sports...Now if they change leagues, they could be competitive or merge HS with NW. Outside of that look for not much to change over the next few years.
I can agree with this, but I think getting a younger coach would be better. And while yes they could jump ship to a new league, are they really going to give up their spot in the GMC?
There is a lot more needed than just a head coach.
I mean I agree 100% that Colerain isn’t competitive in the GMC, there’s no arguing that. I think a merger with Northwest is also the best option, but neither school has a great amount of talent at any level, but having a greater amount of players to pick from would be the best option to try and compete again.
Great post.
If you don't understand it, then that's ok. When you have a successful program, your population count rises. People want to move to those "successful" districts so their kids can have better opportunities. Increased population means more tax revenue. Increased population means more businesses being willing to open there. I could go on, but I'm guessing you get what I was saying.
Leaving the GMC because of a few bad seasons would be short sighted IMO. We had this same discussion about Princeton leaving the GMC in when they had 1 winning season from 2012-2018. Now they are a top 5 team in the region and won the GMC back to back years. If Colerain can keep all the Colerain kids in Colerain, and combine with Northwest, they'll have some talented classes come through and be competitive again. May not get back to 20 consecutive GMC championships good, but will have competitive seasons. No reason to leave a strong conference because of some bad years. Admins need to invest in athletics, get the right coaches in there and get to work. The talent will come back around at some point.
Yeah no, this isn't the NFL or major college football.
Your response is silly. My replies weren't talking about Colerain Township. My replies have been on the topic of how significant of an impact a great coach can have, not only on the field, but in the community as well. Let's take athletics out of the equation and talk about the City of Mason. Over the last 20+ years, Mason's population has more than tripled. People want to live in that district because of the academics. With that influx in population, Mason has experienced tremendous growth from a commerce perspective, thus generating a revenue boom for the City.
You clearly have a great misunderstanding of lots of things. There are not floods of people moving into Lakota's district because West is good at football. There may be a handful, even a dozen, but that's not enough to move the needle on tax revenue, businesses opening, etc. I remember when Lakota was talking about opening a 3rd high school, that went away because the overall high school population leveled off. The student population hasn't skyrocketed suddenly because Bolden is there, so try again. No businesses opened because of the football team. Like I said, none of this makes ANY economic sense, and neither does a ridiculous claim that Bolden's exorbitant salary returns over a million in revenue to the school.
definitely not that much but… he is bringing in more than he makes for sure. And for the gent that said he has a made up position at LW… this is not true. He works his tail off on a day to day basis in that school with the kids and staff.So what's his job? Why does he have an admin job without an admin license? Why did that job not exist before he got there?
The job did exist before he was employed at Lakota. He handles discipline, safety, and basically about 1,000 random tasks on a daily basis. The guy has changed the culture at LW. Who cares about a license?
No dog in this fight, but to answer the question you have posted above... Who cares about a license?
If they are irritated by that … then they should push to put themselves in a position to get a gig like that. The man is great at what he does and is being rewarded for it. Sorry to all that are offended , irritated or don’t like it.
Ohio Department of Education, taxpayers, just about everyone because you wouldn't want just anyone in schools. This may be the dumbest comment ever.
Who had the position before him? What is the position called? What's the job description for said job?