New Coach at Northwest?

[Malcontent]

They're having that problem going on up North....recruiting that is..

http://www.cantonrep.com/sports/x190356 ... ark-County

[johndeere]

axe n shield- No way either of them get hired!!! This is an inside job!!!!!

[Westfan]

Siderman,
Are you recruiting, I thought recruiting was illegal in the state of Ohio???

no. Just making an observation. Kids that are serious about playing the game probably will leave. That place is like football Siberia.

[Winchell]

axe n shield- No way either of them get hired!!! This is an inside job!!!!!

What do you mean?

[blockcharge]

I bow hunt with Coach McDavid, He has not applied.

[falconater]

I thought that the coaching staff at Northwest was a good one and making progress. Bad decision.

[Bleeding Red]

Another boneheaded move from a boneheaded school board.

You have to wonder if any of them ever hit a lick at a sport a day in their lives!

[Winchell]

Did the coach get fired or did he resign?

[johndeere]

Just in:
The five current Northwest Local Board Members will be the next Head Football Coaches @ Northwest!!! Congrats. on a job well done!!! Let's see how they can do!!!

[Axe N Shield]

I thought the kids were responding really well to Coach Thompson! With the additions of Coach Davis and Coach McDavid... they had a really good staff of veteran gridiron generals! I think that this could end-up as a bad move; especially if these vetern assistants decide to not hang around and deal with the Board of Education and administration.

Whatever the outcome is... good luck to the Northwest fans and players; except in Week #1!

The Axe N Shield

[Kenraken Ahta]

I think that we need to see Northwest football for what it is, and that would be a sport for the kids who are interested to participate in each year. Northwest football will never be any more than it has been. There is no magic answer and there is no building this program into a "winner" by any coach. If the kids choose to play knowing the outcome on Friday night and are OK with it, then let them play. Winning isn't everything now is it? So let's look at the positives that this football program has to offer. It allows a Northwest staff member to make a few extra bucks each year to coach the kids. No pressure, nobody expects you to win with this program. Each team in the SOC-II enjoys a week off each season with the Mohawks on the schedule, along with some good Friday night football experience for their Junior Varsity kids and an additional mark in the "Win Column". The home games are well attended and bring in some good money for the school, nothing wrong with bringing in some good money for the school. Northwest has an awesome band and an awesome band should have a football game to go play at during halftime. I am sure there are more "positives" here that I have missed, but the bottom line is, accept Northwest Football for what it is, and enjoy the "positives" about it, and quit worry about winning.

[Winchell]

Kenraken, I must respectfully disagree. First of all, if a staff member coaches anything for a little extra money, he or she should be committed to some sort of facility. The time spent in no way equals the scant pay. Secondly, the kids at Northwest who play football deserve more than just a figure head who treats football as a hobby. I have not been around the program recently, however, I truly feel that a coach must go into that job breathing fire and brimstone. If he can't commit to that, don't coach there. Incentives to work in the offseason must be put in place. Next, this program has not always been an "off week" for others in the conference. There was a time in the past when, even if they beat Northwest, teams knew they had been in a football game. That toughness needs to return immediately. I feel that it can.

[Westfan]

I know a guy that played for Larry Hall at NW. He said when he met the players after accepting the job at East, he told them that he had to go "because they wouldn't let him coach". The guy told me that there was always a parent or someone in the system causing problems. This kid now goes to school and plays ball elsewhere.

[Kenraken Ahta]

winchell,

I admire your stand on this thread and your post, however, to get a coach to come to NW who could turn it around is a long shot at best. He would have to be an extraordinary individual with a salesmanship degree in football and everybody outside of that locker room would have to stay out of his business. The problem is that the program has been so bad for so long, and this is with all shapes and sizes of head coaches coming through, it would be difficult at best to get someone to apply who might have a chance to make this team a contender at NW. From the administration on down, the attitude is, and you hear it spoken often in this school, "Well, Northwest is just not a football school". It is just like if you tell a kid long enough that he or she is "stupid' eventually that poor kid will start believing that he or she is "stupid". Football is no different. The kids hear this stuff and well, you get the results on the field like you had this year. Football at NW is alot like deer hunting. You may go out in the woods ten times a season looking for that "big buck" and when the season is over, you may get a doe or two. Some folks just like being in the woods. I guess the kids at NW just like being on the football field, nothing wrong with that. Just my two cents worth (OK, closer to a half-dollar) :>) A heartfelt thanks to Coach Scott Thompson for his efferts the past two seasons, the program did improve under your watch. I do wish the next head coach at NW the best of luck. Enjoy the kids, enjoy the game and don't be disappointed if the "big buck" never comes around! It is indeed..............only a game.

[Westsider1993]

Wow that much effort said about how Northwest will never do any good in football????? That is all that should be said. You people at Northwest need to quit looking for the big find, it is right under your noses. You need to start a "program" with the pee wee kids not with the Seniors you have that are as you say accustomed to losing. High school coaches will come and go, but you need players that believe in themselves. The pee wee kids should be playing schools they will play when they get older. That is where it is at and it can be done. Start at the bottom and stay with it, not at the top.

[Kenraken Ahta]

Wow that much effort said about how Northwest will never do any good in football????? That is all that should be said. You people at Northwest need to quit looking for the big find, it is right under your noses. You need to start a "program" with the pee wee kids not with the Seniors you have that are as you say accustomed to losing. High school coaches will come and go, but you need players that believe in themselves. The pee wee kids should be playing schools they will play when they get older. That is where it is at and it can be done. Start at the bottom and stay with it, not at the top.

Been there, done that, did not work. Too many chiefs and not enough indians or Mohawks as the case may be. A wise old man once said: "You can not make a silk purse out of a sow's ear". It is what it is folks, like it or not.

[blockcharge]

"DON'T GIVE UP. DON'T EVER GIVE UP."

[Jake Lane]

In a nutshell, until the whole community quits wanting to beat their own chest about how great their boy is, nothing will change! Here is the recipe for failure:
1. A school board with two faces, trying to please everybody, instead of finding AND STICKING TO a standard set practice to follow.
2. Coaches afraid (because they have no backing) to both reward, and to punish equally.
3. Parents who back bite, make excuses for everything their kid does, and doesn't demand their kid do the work necessary to succeed. (In other words, let the coaches coach)
4. Players who are brought up to think missing a practice here and there isn't a big deal.
Now before the bashing starts, I have family in the district, and have coached in the district. I have personally witnessed, and experienced all the above. I want it to change, but just making the revolving door at the coaches expense will not do it. Football is a demanding sport, that requires a team effort to succeed, and Northwest does not have it top to bottom. Good luck in the future!

[Axe N Shield]

Well put and said Mr. Lane!

[osu 77]

In a nutshell, until the whole community quits wanting to beat their own chest about how great their boy is, nothing will change! Here is the recipe for failure:
1. A school board with two faces, trying to please everybody, instead of finding AND STICKING TO a standard set practice to follow.
2. Coaches afraid (because they have no backing) to both reward, and to punish equally.
3. Parents who back bite, make excuses for everything their kid does, and doesn't demand their kid do the work necessary to succeed. (In other words, let the coaches coach)
4. Players who are brought up to think missing a practice here and there isn't a big deal.
Now before the bashing starts, I have family in the district, and have coached in the district. I have personally witnessed, and experienced all the above. I want it to change, but just making the revolving door at the coaches expense will not do it. Football is a demanding sport, that requires a team effort to succeed, and Northwest does not have it top to bottom. Good luck in the future!

I agree well said.

I would also consider moving out of the program if I was serious football player.