Sid Edwards fired at Central…not promoted to a broader role in district

Yesterday there was an article put out by The Advocate saying that he had made the decision to step down as the head coach and take on a new role in the school district. This is poor reporting by The Advocate. Coach Edwards was told that he would no longer be the head football coach. Plenty of jokes and threads have been made on this site about “Sid” in the past, but anyone who knows and can’t deny that he is a very good coach and a very good person. (I don’t have direct dealings with him, but I have several friends who have sons who have played football for him) According to the article, he’s been there for 17 years. I know from following local high schools in the greater Baton Rouge area that he’s done more in Central in 17 years than any other coach is done since the early 70s. I know he took the team to the semi finals one time the quarterfinals a few more and only missed the playoffs twice in his time there anyone who knows anything about football in our area understands also that the district Central got put into this year was a nightmare situation for them, I wonder if the people out there simply don’t understand the deficit that they’re at. Every school in their district (including Zachary) allows kids to come in from outside of their attendance zone. Some of them naturally, and some of them… Let’s just say unnaturally. The fact that Central has been competitive at all is amazing. It just goes to prove that the old adage about that place is true. The politics will always outweigh the common sense. Hopefully Coach Edwards will find another place to affect young men in a positive way. I hope for Central sake they start keeping up with the Joneses… Or in this case, the Catholics, Zachary’s, Scotlandvilles, Woodlawn’s, etc.