Nice blanket statement. Love to hear more. Maybe in your 10th comment ever on this board you can share why you feel so strongly and exactly what you mean by "puppet to the bureaucracy". Looking forward to your thoughts and examples.
Frank Martin from South Carolina said at the Final 4 , 4 years ago, the kids haven’t changed much, the parents have. And the splineless in many school systems have bowled down to mommy and daddy !!
You are absolutely correct !!! Been there, done that. A complete sh@t show at WAY too many places !!
I kept hearing about Bales being the biggest school in the league, so I decided to check. Here are the numbers for the league members on their side according to the OHSAA enrollment figures for the 2022-2023 school year...
I know these are next years numbers, but how has Franklin been D1 the past couple years then? My comment on them being one of the larger schools was based on their D1 status versus most of the other schools in the SWBL being D2/D3. It is amazing the discrepancies in the number of boys in the bottom schools versus those top teams in the SWBL.
I did a little digging to find the answer to your question. The enrollment numbers used this year were assigned back in 2018. At the time, Franklin had 347 boys and the cutoff for D1 was 356. Unfortunately for Franklin, 17 students were added to their number due to "competitive balance". This gave them 364 boys. I'm not sure, but I wonder if they "got" 17 more students added to their total because of the few years of success they had in the tournament when Kennard was there. Pretty crappy for them if you ask me.
Good information and research. They were right at the cut off and unfortunate. The primary purpose of the competitive balance rule is to create more equitable situation as it relates to private schools and public schools with multiple high schools. Franklin probably goes back to D2 very soon.
How big are the schools in the other division of the SWBL?
All of them are under 225
Franklin only plays those teams once. I agree about the consistently beating all those teams. I simply said they would be over .500.
nothing makes me sadder than schools magically finding money to create a position just so somebody can coach.....when class sizes are giant, teachers are swamped, administrators have 1000 student caseloads.........ignoring all that for a coach........i know i know, the coach 'creates value' for the school and sports are important etc etc. i get all that.....this is part of why school levies fail.....community members watch and see well, they have money to spend $150000 just for a new coach so why do they need more money
Bingo !!!
Hell if they are going to pay that much just get Cupps himself he made less than 6 figures in 2021.
There some dumb Elder guy named Omar on here that wants a College Football Coach Quality Control guy to have an unofficial role at Elder HS. Just goes to show some folks really are stupid. This may be the case of the Springboro Principal.
I think Bales would be a very good choice if they could get him, but a great coach? I’m not so sure. Only D1 school in a poor D2/ D3 league, and one District Championship in his entire career. He had Kennard, the twins, Lakins, etc for four years. One District. Let’s not get carried away.
ok fine....$110000 to coach a sport.....focus on the amount all you want, my point doesnt change
That’s ridiculous. Are these school systems this stupid. Wow. Keep voting these school board members and administrators in over and over and watch your schools fall apart for complete lack of financial responsibility. It’s a game people, not a winner take all. Wow again !
I have said/ agree that the past 2 seasons there was far too much parental involvement and Kostoff was to blame for that.
The Board notes mention it from the March 23rd meeting but no detail.Hopefully at the meeting tonight there will be some decisions.
I have to agree. but you get what you pay for and Boro needs a new face and leader for the program.They have already tried the easy hire abs the risk hire. Both failed or quit or whatever. Bales would certainly be worth it based on his resume. There is no excuse for a school like Springboro to not have a top notch Bball program
Either would be great fit.
I think it is much harder in b-ball to have a consistent top notch program. A school may have a large student body but that does not mean they have some elite athletes. Take Wayne and Fairmont this past year. Rice is an elite bball player without him Wayne does not have the record they had same could be said about Johnson/Doucet from Fairmont. Yeah Springboro should be better than the record the last few years, but I don't know if they would consistently be in the top 1 or 2 in the GWOC. They have a chance in the next few years with that freshman Feldman to have an elite bball player. How many times has one stud on a team with average players been the difference playing against a team with 5 above average guys?
Where is Albright now?
Last coached at Fairmont, 3 years ago and did great had a great team that liked him. Hasn’t been coaching since has a young family. Has a great reputation. He lives in Boro and teaches in Kettering