Central job is a potential disaster

I’ve seen some things posted here since the Sid Edwards news first broke and I wrote the post about him not resigning, but rather being forced out.

Here’s some perspective from friends I have in the town.

Apparently there was a group of people who weren’t happy with Sid’s “coaching style”. During the election this November, 5 of 7 seats on the school board were going to flip and they had potential to be filled by representatives of the group of people who were displeased. As it’s been explained to me at this point, they went into the district office and demanded change be made now or eventually by the new members of the school board later in a more sweeping fashion. (That could just be big talk, who knows for real?)

The reason this is pertinent in my mind, however, is that whomever is stepping into that job should understand where the power in the school system really lies…with the bleacher creatures. The armchair quarterbacks whose claim to fame lies in their 90’s yearbooks and alcohol laden tall tales at the local taverns. Personally, it sounds like the kind of place a respected, talented coach would want to avoid. Couple that with the monster of a district they are in with Catholic, Zachary, Scotlndville, Woodlawn, and Liberty…well…it’s just not that appealing.

I understand from people out there that the job pays well, maybe better than anyone in the area, but money isn’t everything and how long will the people be tolerant of sub-standard performance? For that matter, what is considered sub-standard. After all, they just fired the longest tenured, winningest head coach in school history because they wanted to “go in a new direction.”

Also, They aren’t exactly pumping talent out there into the college ranks. (Yes, I know that some have left, but as I understand those were mostly legacy kids to private programs.)

All this makes Central seem less than appealing to a “big name” coach in my mind.