YTownPenguin06
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Agree, still no official word on who
Marlington Dukes Head Coach
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RedRiderRTR
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Word out of Wayne Co is Joe Cardinal from Northwestern. Was at NW for one year, apparently the district didn’t meet him 1/2 way for teaching job. Hired him for one position, had him teach something else. Think he came to NW after coaching a couple years in Tennessee.
OH-Fan-2015
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Has Lude been in touch with Marlington or JFK?
This is what I have been told today also
YTownPenguin06
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Rumor was he was in the running for Marlington, but sounds like they are going somewhere else. They just hired his OC at JFK. My guess is he stays at Salem.
Rich Kotite
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WELCOME TO MAXIMO!
YTownPenguin06
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Lots of talk on this thread about this program looking for stability. Interesting to replace a guy who is leaving after one year for a guy who will be leaving another job after one year and going 9-3. Great get for Marlington though if he does stick around
Rich Kotite
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Yes but Joe Cardinal grew up in Alliance. He knows the inner workings of Limaville.
His job at Northwestern was in Wayne County between Wooster and Ashland; way west of Alliance.
He'd have to know this is a major rebuilding job in Duke Country.
YTownPenguin06
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Yep, home roots, he will do it right
ShootNation
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It was not him
YTownPenguin06
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Has the new hire been announced or confirmed yet? Seems like all the news on this went quiet
Mr. Slippery
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Has the board met to approve the hire?
EDIT: Cardinal was approved by the board for hire at their meeting on the evening of March 15.
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YTownPenguin06
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You would have to think this can lead to an immediate turn around
Whysoserious
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If you don’t have the Jimmy and Joe’s it doesn’t matter.
Mr. Slippery
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Yeah. I think it may take a few years to turn the program into a winner.
ShootNation
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It will never be a "winner" the era of being able to build programs up to a high level is all but over. The ceiling is a perennial first round playoff exit, the floor should be 2-3 wins a season. Parents in Marlington will complain regardless of what the talent on the field is capable of and the bad financial decisions made by the morons on the school board will eventually compound to a level where they run the coach out of town and the process will repeat again and again until the state takes over running the district
YTownPenguin06
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They use to have a bunch
Bluestreakoffice
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Does he have a teaching position...Mauro didn't have one...I would be worried as a new hire...they may end up RIF'ing some teachers with the way their budget is
Mr. Slippery
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Cardinal was hired as a tutor for next school year.
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ShootNation
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That's rough
Bluestreakoffice
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Wow...did he have a teaching position at Northwestern? Marlington's fiances as we know are not on solid ground...wonder what made him decide to take it other then being close to where he grew up