Portsmouth West Football 2014

[Fan of The Blue and Gold]

Oaf,

I am sure there will be a few players decide not to play but that is not a "Johnson" issue that is a player issue! Every year, every program has kids that decide not to play ... that is high school sports! (At the college level, every year you have players transfer!) The kids that do decide to play is in for a great experience. Hopefully Coach Johnson can weed out the kids that are not 100% committed and keep the kids that are.

I have no doubt Coach Johnson will build a great program! Hopefully the kids on the fence will go on one side or the other. (Fence riders are always a problem!) Regardless of which side it is, it will be a positive thing for the program!

Good luck to the kids and coaches that truly buy into West Football.

[ridgerunner]

That softball guy Ridout was a football coach at this place? I would like to watch that.

LOL No Doubt!! That’s funny right there, it wasn’t a pretty sight.

[ridgerunner]

Not to mention names but I talked to a couple West teachers this weekend and was told a few of the veteran football players are not going to play for Johnson this year. Can anybody close to the program verify this??

Well if this is in fact true, it’s the players loss! If you love football and love your community it shouldn’t matter if Hitler was coach......it’s called PRIDE, something the “WestSide” claims to have so much of?? A few bad apples will ruin the whole bunch, hopefully Coach can put on his Superman cape and move on through the non-sense.

[Westfan]

Rome wasn't built in a day.

[local superstar]

No but superman didnt have any issues with Rome.

[playa_44]

I dont think they even have the correct coaches for being paid. I thought Newsome was paid, I know the coach that played at Morehead and was a teacher was a paid assistant. It is irrelevant not to mention stupid. And to put down a coach for whatever reason then gripe when they complain about the ones now is about par. Gimme a break.

[Westfan]

So here's where we're at:

1. Triplett resigns.
2. The naysayers say good luck finding a coach.
3. The BOE gets a committee together of "football" people. They go through a process. West hires a good young coach.
4. Johnson hires a good young assistant.
5. The naysayers say he should keep the previous staff.
6. Johnson elects not to for whatever reason. His choice by the way.
7. The naysayers say he will never get good assistants. (One reason being West doesn't pay enough)
8. Word is he hired one more young assistant with an excellent background.
9. Rumor is he hired another good assistant. (Rumor)
10. The naysayers surprised, have to find something new to complain about so they move on to coaching salary.

Oh and some kids that decide they want to concentrate on basketball or baseball say they're not playing (happens every year). But I'm sure this is Johnson's or probably Pendleton's fault. Right?

[Game day]

So here's where we're at:

1. Triplett resigns.
2. The naysayers say good luck finding a coach.
3. The BOE gets a committee together of "football" people. They go through a process. West hires a good young coach.
4. Johnson hires a good young assistant.
5. The naysayers say he should keep the previous staff.
6. Johnson elects not to for whatever reason. His choice by the way.
7. The naysayers say he will never get good assistants. (One reason being West doesn't pay enough)
8. Word is he hired one more young assistant with an excellent background.
9. Rumor is he hired another good assistant. (Rumor)
10. The naysayers surprised, have to find something new to complain about so they move on to coaching salary.

Oh and some kids that decide they want to concentrate on basketball or baseball say they're not playing (happens every year). But I'm sure this is Johnson's or probably Pendleton's fault. Right?

I agree with some of what you said but parts of it are not exactly true. But I do agree kids leaving the program it is their loss. One day they will run into a boss etc. they don't like and what then quit!

[local superstar]

So here is where you are at:
1. West needs a new SEOPS spin master besides Westfan.
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2. Good coaches have to coach first in order to be good or bad.
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[Westfan]

So here is where you are at:
1. West needs a new SEOPS spin master besides Westfan.
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2. Good coaches have to coach first in order to be good or bad.
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Experience doesn't mean you're good either. Good experience is good. Bad is bad.

And he has coached before. If you read the article that was posted on here before his dad says he and his brother basically done most of the coaching at LU. The same LU that has been very successful and has been beating the teams in our league that have dominated us the last few seasons. The same LU that came down here and beat our "experienced" coaching staff very badly. Like 33-6

[local superstar]

Here you go spinning again. Once Coach Johnson and staff have some win/losses under their belt then you can tell us how great they are. (and they may be who knows) the point is he has never had his own varisty team, assembled a staff, and so on. Much like the assistants so far have never had the level of importance given to them in a varsity setting. To have to point out the obvious to you means you are either a spin master or stupid.

[Kay]

Here you go spinning again. Once Coach Johnson and staff have some win/losses under their belt then you can tell us how great they are. (and they may be who knows) the point is he has never had his own varisty team, assembled a staff, and so on. Much like the assistants so far have never had the level of importance given to them in a varsity setting. To have to point out the obvious to you means you are either a spin master or stupid.

why does this bother you so much? Why do care about any of this? Give examples of why you have it out for West or this new staff. I'm not trying to argue, I think everyone wants to know. You've completely high jacked this thread, so what's the end game? What are you trying to accomplish?

[local superstar]

Hijack? Now that is funny.Why do you only respond to me and are otherwise never on SEOPS? Who are you and why do you care. List examples of why you think that you care about me and my peoples opinions. Then list other examples of what you want to know for. :122245 :122245

As for Coach Johnson, dont got nothing against the guy at all. But let him be a head coach and have a record as a head coach first. It aint that hard to understand! It sure doesnt have all these hidden meanings that you try to make up.

[noles_fan]

Here you go spinning again. Once Coach Johnson and staff have some win/losses under their belt then you can tell us how great they are. (and they may be who knows) the point is he has never had his own varisty team, assembled a staff, and so on. Much like the assistants so far have never had the level of importance given to them in a varsity setting. To have to point out the obvious to you means you are either a spin master or stupid.

The only spin master is you. Always trying to spin a negitive light trying to enhance your twisted agenda. How much more importance would you like him to have? H was the offensive coordinator for a playoff caliber team. You do understand what that means right? let me explain it for you. He was in charge of the offense. He called every play that beat us! Not to mention every call that beat Wheelersburg and Valley. So until you have a resume that is better than that you may not want to question how much experience he has.

[local superstar]

So bent out of shape noles.Once football starts, I will praise them, just like in years past I did. I like the players at West. You got a problem with that then so be it. The rest is out of kindergarten. There is no question about his head coach experience. He has none.Nothing wrong with that at all. Go fight with the Ironton folks on the middle school threads.

[noles_fan]

So bent out of shape noles.Once football starts, I will praise them, just like in years past I did. I like the players at West. You got a problem with that then so be it. The rest is out of kindergarten. There is no question about his head coach experience. He has none.Nothing wrong with that at all. Go fight with the Ironton folks on the middle school threads.

No head coach ever has head coaching experience when they get their first job. If I wanted to fight with an Ironton fan I dont have to go anywhere else, you are already here.

[noles_fan]

Coach Johnson had the most experience of anyone who applied for the job that is why he got the job.

[The General]

Now lets get back to this Ridout guy. What position(s) does he Coach?

[ridgerunner]

He doesn't coach anything now, he was one not invited back. But I believe he was a WR coach lol

[dreamweaver]

Here you go spinning again. Once Coach Johnson and staff have some win/losses under their belt then you can tell us how great they are. (and they may be who knows) the point is he has never had his own varisty team, assembled a staff, and so on. Much like the assistants so far have never had the level of importance given to them in a varsity setting. To have to point out the obvious to you means you are either a spin master or stupid.

The only spin master is you. Always trying to spin a negitive light trying to enhance your twisted agenda. How much more importance would you like him to have? H was the offensive coordinator for a playoff caliber team. You do understand what that means right? let me explain it for you. He was in charge of the offense. He called every play that beat us! Not to mention every call that beat Wheelersburg and Valley. So until you have a resume that is better than that you may not want to question how much experience he has.

Noles when LU walked on the field last year you could tell we were outmatched. But we have all the experience this year and with the greatness of Coach Johnson in are corner we are bound to go far this year. SOC!