Sulphur High hires Jeff Wainright

I believe he was the only one who applied that did not have Sulphur ties. He is a young, hungry proven head coach. His teams the last couple of years had a chance to really do damage in the playoffs, except they always went up against curtis or evangel early every year.

I'm sure he will run Sulphur similiar to what he did in Kinder. Strong defense, ball control offense. He ran the double slot I believe, similiar to what Parkview Baptist runs.

I believe he can do a great job if he can keep kids in Sulphur and not move away to other schools like to St. Louis. From what I hear he is highly respected among all coaches around this area, even college coaches.

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Fuselier was a retread coach and I have no idea why they ever hired him in the first place

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agree. This does seem like nice hire and you are right about getting kids out to play. there are so many atheletes in mossville and other places that do poorly in school, have no parents adn never make it to the field. he needs to work wihthe JR High coaches and families there and he can have success.

Sounds like Sulphur had recently fallen back to where it was when I was in school with Chaumont. We had a ton of athletes who played basketball, baseball, wrestled, but didn't play football. Viator seemed to change that, but it looks like it fell back to where it was. Hopefully this guy can turn it around.

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wainright seemed one of the least attractive candidates of the ones mentioned in the paper.

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Wait, you serious?

Who was a better candidate? The candidates that were listed in the paper were:

John Paul Duhon - He's been an assistant for 15 years @ Sulphur. You think there's a reason he's been just an assistant for 15 years and never got the opportunity or ever been hired as a head coach? He's also the wrestling coach....or was. Add that to the fact that from what I gathered from people, he would have about the same amount of kids come out as Fuselier because kids don't like him. He's been on with Viator, Hebert, Bourgious, and Fuselier. Never changed positions or got a promotion. I wouldn't have gone to any more Sulphur games if that guy would have been hired.

David Trahan - I've known David for a long time. He's actually a little younger than I am, but I wouldn't have minded seeing him get a shot. He's an asst. coach at McNeese under Viator but I guess age and experience cost him Sulphur. I would guess he would be starting at a smaller school and then move up.

Reynolds - He hasn't been coaching. Last success he's had was in Vinton. In 1999.

The out of state guys, I tried looking them up and come up with nothing. If they were that good, you would find at least something online somewhere.

Now, talking to people that has watched his teams play and played against him, Wainwright was the perfect hire for that spot.

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You coached at SC?

I don't think wainwright is a bad hire. In my opinion a few guys had better resumes. Trahan had college experience and coached in 5A and on both sides of the ball. Duhon I'm not sure about but had a solid win-loss record at vinton. The Adams guy from Alabama won a state title and played for another. The guy from Texas also had some college experience. 2A in southwest louisiana isn't that strong and the district sulphur plays in is probably the toughest. Plus having to teach his system to a staff he inherits is tough. Don't think it's a bad hire, you can go 6-4 or 7-3 in that district and have a great year.

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John Land?

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No. Gerald Conner. Retired a few years back.

Chaumont - should have given the ball more to Chris "soul train" Ryan.

By the way, what was Bourgeois thinking on 3rd and an inch versus Acadiana in the Dome? Still shaking my head at that cluster****.

Any coach at Sulphur has to have turnout to be successful. Not a lot of college level potential athletes in the pool but there is the capability of building a consistent program there with the right fit at Head Coach. Large public school with a lack of private schools in the area.

Chris Ryan used to ride his bike through the courtyard before school singing the national anthem. No one told him to stop.

I saw a freshman drop his change under a coke machine once. Chris lifted it off the ground so the kid could get his quarter. Dude was a beast. Too bad he couldn't play bigtime college ball due to grades.