Coaching changes?
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well this is awfully random in the middle of a season,,WTH Smoke another doobie with Moon Unit and come back in May
Coaches at:
Delcastle
AI
Charter
Brandywine
McKean
Chistiana
Dickinson
St. Andrews
CR
Polytech
IR
Seaford
St. Elizabeth
any of those fanbases have a gripe...
Here's my rop two:
I agree with CR. How they can't be competitive is beyond me. St. Es had more talent than their record showed last two years...
In his defense the coach at Seaford has a bigger mess than football to deal with and hasn't done a horrible job given what he has to work with. Seems like he's trying to instill some discipline in his players rather than keep kids who do well on the field but create chaos. The admittedly few parents I talk with there don't seem to have a problem with him.
Most of the schools on that list are schools that Will never win no matter who is the coach. They have no fan base .
Dickinson for example . Knute Rockne could've been their coach this year and they'd still be bad. St Andrews had less than 20 players.
Dickinson for example . Knute Rockne could've been their coach this year and they'd still be bad. St Andrews had less than 20 players.
Seaford is young. They only have 27 players listed with numbers on their roster and only 11 of those are upper classmen. So I would say the coach gets a bye with the fact that his team is really young. I know they've had a few coaching changes down there over the last several years too, so I would like for the coaching staff to try to stay together to help build something. When the head coaching job is a revolving door its hard to build anything.
You can make an argument for all those guys to be replaced. Honestly who the hell would want any of those jobs. None of them honestly stand out. CR is the biggest downstate school no reason they can't field a decent football team. Don't know much about upstate but CR is disappointed along with my senators. NO EXCUSE biggest two public schools around and can't win games it's a shame.
Rich Kotite was spotted on Milltown Rd. in a blue 1964 Rambler. This cannot be an accident.
Exactly. Besides CR , IR and St. E no school on that list is an attractive job at all. Most of those schools have ZERO shot at winning no matter who is running the boat. They should be happy just to have a coach. More to the game than winning also. I know some damn good coaches that don't exactly win a ton of games but they're teaching young men how to better their lives.
My fondest memory of Richie K was when Leon Hess told reporters that they had a winner now when he hired Kotite to run the Jets. Poor old man. He had no clue.
That was a classic press conference. I think Mr. Hess said he got the idea to hire Kotite when he was walking alone on the beach early in the AM. The Hess family did the right thing when Mr. Hess (Hess Oil) died. They sold the team to Woody Johnson (Johnson & Johnson).
I remember asking Bummy about a possible change at CR earlier in the year. He assured me this would not happen. What say you now Mr. Hajek? Can U connect why I am asking?
There are some guys who could go into CR and turn it around pronto.
I believe that they would give a new coach 3 years. If things aren't on their way up then he should be replaced. Same thing with Dover.
If Matthews - OC at Howard - went to CR or Dover he would have them turned in 2 years. Some guys have that skill but sometimes it takes a while to break bad habits. My sense is that if Shannon Riley took over one of those programs they'd flip in 2 years.
I believe that they would give a new coach 3 years. If things aren't on their way up then he should be replaced. Same thing with Dover.
If Matthews - OC at Howard - went to CR or Dover he would have them turned in 2 years. Some guys have that skill but sometimes it takes a while to break bad habits. My sense is that if Shannon Riley took over one of those programs they'd flip in 2 years.
Some people would say the state is too small for 3 divisions. In D1 how many teams are there? HN + BHA + The Slowskys = ?. maybe 16?
I would like to see a D3 title. There are too many schools that just can't compete.
Would you include the Silk Panty League or would you keep them in D2?
I would like to see a D3 title. There are too many schools that just can't compete.
Would you include the Silk Panty League or would you keep them in D2?
I believe that SPL would be solidly entrenched in D-II, with the larger teams moved to D-I as enrollment dictated. The D-III teams would come from the bottom teams.currently in the basement of D-II. Take the bottom 8 Delaware teams, as chosen by institutional request and performance, place them in D-3. Every two years you relegate and promote 2 teams in each division, only between D II and D III..
You could even have some D-II teams that fail to make the playoffs, play some D-III teams on Thanksgiving if they wanted to, it could be something special for everyone concerned.
Have never cared for the 3 Division plan given the relatively small number of schools in DE. Have to accept that some schools will never be competitive in some sports, while others will be very cyclical with big up and down swings, and others will most always be good. If you want to win, get better instead of running to a less competitive place.
D 3 is about teams that can't compete. It's about them having a place to just field teams and just work on getting better.
Maybe they can give them participation trophies too! Decent coaching will get most schools to a competitive place. Keep it as it is!
A D 3 championship would be just another way of giving kids a participation trophy. If the team is not good enough to compete in the playoffs so be it.
U guys are missing the point, I said previously, they don't get a championship. They don't get a trophy. For teams at this level, being able to play and maybe move up to D 2 is all they get. But, they get to play. JHFC, to follow some of the logic on here, if a team isn't in the NFL, they shouldn't even be watched.
I am not sure but there should be a way student athletes and fans shouldn't have to sit through games that are like 45-0 at halftime. Christiana, Dickinson, McKean, Seaford, Poly and Delcastle. Make them a 6 team league where each team plays each other twice. I have no real dog in this fight.
You can throw Red Lion and St Andrews in as well. They could name a league champion too...what shall we call this so called league? oh boy
Participation League
#AllTeamsMatter League
Cotton Briefs League
I don't think you can put a band aid on the uncompetitive issues. It's just the way things are. A school like CR should be better . Grouping the others together is tough considering the way Delaware does things . Upstate too many schools located too close together waters things down .
I think its gotten watered down so much its time to start combining some publics.. for financial reasons as well.. This has been going on in Baltimore for a few years and the results seem ok The line of thinking in the 70's and 80's was build more schools , smaller class sizes mean better education.. It hasn't really worked out that way.. The teacher pool is watered down, planning periods cut, financial issues, no child left behind, teaching to state testing for funds etc...
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Here we go again for the combination names
Dickinson-McKean = McDick
St. Marks- St. Elizabeth = St. Markibeths
Christiana-Glasgow = Glastiana or Christigow
Laurel-Delmar= LaurMar Bullcats
DelMar- Laurel= Delrel WildDogs
MilSeaford SeaBucs
McDick McNuggets
St Marks/Elizabeths COeders
Christgow Dragon Kings
McDick McNuggets
St Marks/Elizabeths COeders
Christgow Dragon Kings
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Consolidation should not be accomplished for the sake of sports. Money really isn't the issue with what we are talking about.
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