Prepball88 Posted February 28, 2025 Share Posted February 28, 2025 10 hours ago, fightingcard said: Hearing it is a done deal. School board approved today, and also hearing he told the players at Forrest County. Yep. Larry Dolan is the new HC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightingcard Posted February 28, 2025 Share Posted February 28, 2025 9 hours ago, s1nglewing said: Why leave home? Good question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GCWildcatFan Posted February 28, 2025 Share Posted February 28, 2025 18 minutes ago, fightingcard said: Good question. Better question is why does GC hire him. He isn’t going to keep the spread offense, he will run off any decent coaches we have, and I feel like he will be gone after December. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prepball88 Posted February 28, 2025 Share Posted February 28, 2025 8 minutes ago, GCWildcatFan said: Better question is why does GC hire him. He isn’t going to keep the spread offense, he will run off any decent coaches we have, and I feel like he will be gone after December. He is really close to retirement I believe. They say bringing in a big name as the DC. (May be the guy in waiting) he may be bring a coach or two with him from FC. Thing is he has been a winner mainly everywhere he's been. I think you could have hired worse if that makes sense Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vott Posted February 28, 2025 Share Posted February 28, 2025 19 minutes ago, Prepball88 said: He is really close to retirement I believe. They say bringing in a big name as the DC. (May be the guy in waiting) he may be bring a coach or two with him from FC. Thing is he has been a winner mainly everywhere he's been. I think you could have hired worse if that makes sense Everywhere but pearl river central Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prepball88 Posted February 28, 2025 Share Posted February 28, 2025 22 minutes ago, Vott said: Everywhere but pearl river central Correct Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastball Posted February 28, 2025 Share Posted February 28, 2025 1 hour ago, Prepball88 said: He is really close to retirement I believe. They say bringing in a big name as the DC. (May be the guy in waiting) he may be bring a coach or two with him from FC. Thing is he has been a winner mainly everywhere he's been. I think you could have hired worse if that makes sense Dolan has already retired and got a great deal to leave D'Iberville way back to return to FCAHS. I'm sure he has a package worked out that allows him to stay under his retirement pay and probably have no classes. He's a smart cookie at negotiating those deals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GCWildcatFan Posted February 28, 2025 Share Posted February 28, 2025 1 hour ago, Prepball88 said: He is really close to retirement I believe. They say bringing in a big name as the DC. (May be the guy in waiting) he may be bring a coach or two with him from FC. Thing is he has been a winner mainly everywhere he's been. I think you could have hired worse if that makes sense I agree. It could have been much worse, but I think they should have went after a younger coach that would be more inclined to stay. I just haven’t seen a lot of retired guys be really involved in the community and truly invest in places if that makes sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GCWildcatFan Posted February 28, 2025 Share Posted February 28, 2025 1 hour ago, Prepball88 said: He is really close to retirement I believe. They say bringing in a big name as the DC. (May be the guy in waiting) he may be bring a coach or two with him from FC. Thing is he has been a winner mainly everywhere he's been. I think you could have hired worse if that makes sense If you are willing to hire somebody as “head coach in waiting” then why not just go ahead and give that guy the job? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Charm Posted February 28, 2025 Share Posted February 28, 2025 45 minutes ago, GCWildcatFan said: If you are willing to hire somebody as “head coach in waiting” then why not just go ahead and give that guy the job? Seems like one of those Good Ole Boy system hires. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNNINGMAN67 Posted February 28, 2025 Share Posted February 28, 2025 1 hour ago, GCWildcatFan said: If you are willing to hire somebody as “head coach in waiting” then why not just go ahead and give that guy the job? They probably want to win Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mower Man 63 Posted March 1, 2025 Share Posted March 1, 2025 7 hours ago, GCWildcatFan said: I agree. It could have been much worse, but I think they should have went after a younger coach that would be more inclined to stay. I just haven’t seen a lot of retired guys be really involved in the community and truly invest in places if that makes sense. He won’t be invested in the community. He’s not moving to Greene County. To be honest he had 90 thousand reasons to be at Pearl River Central and Football wasn’t one of them 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFan100 Posted March 1, 2025 Share Posted March 1, 2025 10 hours ago, GCWildcatFan said: Better question is why does GC hire him. He isn’t going to keep the spread offense, he will run off any decent coaches we have, and I feel like he will be gone after December. Dolan really again. Leave your home I guess he will bring his son to coach @Greene County. I think this maybe a good hire if he gets some good assistants on staff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maroontide06 Posted March 4, 2025 Share Posted March 4, 2025 On 2/28/2025 at 7:41 PM, Mower Man 63 said: He won’t be invested in the community. He’s not moving to Greene County. To be honest he had 90 thousand reasons to be at Pearl River Central and Football wasn’t one of them So it was 90K? I thought it was hitting the 6 digit mark or well north of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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maroontide06 Posted March 4, 2025 Share Posted March 4, 2025 @Mower Man 63if his net was 90K, then yes he was hitting well north of 6 digits on the gross end. That definitely was a crazy amount of money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mower Man 63 Posted March 4, 2025 Share Posted March 4, 2025 6 hours ago, maroontide06 said: @Mower Man 63if his net was 90K, then yes he was hitting well north of 6 digits on the gross end. That definitely was a crazy amount of money. It may very well have been a lot higher. Collins was making around 86K as Head Coach and a teacher so I just assumed with Dolan being Head Coach and AD that he made a few thousand more. Either way that is the only reason he was there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Bert Posted March 4, 2025 Share Posted March 4, 2025 He will have to buy gas and or a snack in Leaksville if he drives back and forth everyday. That will be investing some unless he stays at the Hilton on 98 in George County, gases up there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GCWILDCATSFAN Posted April 1, 2025 Share Posted April 1, 2025 On 2/28/2025 at 10:09 AM, Prepball88 said: Yep. Larry Dolan is the new HC Yes a great hire. Greene County is fortunate to get Larry Dolan as head coach. Hes a winner that knows how to win. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maroontide06 Posted April 1, 2025 Share Posted April 1, 2025 1 hour ago, GCWILDCATSFAN said: Yes a great hire. Greene County is fortunate to get Larry Dolan as head coach. Hes a winner that knows how to win. If he knows how to win, then what happened at PRC in 2016? Eric Collins had PRC at 11-2 in 2015 and Larry Dolan had PRC at 4-7 in 2016. Why did they fall so far in that one year timespan and why haven't they been able to recover? I realize that 2015 PRC team was very senior heavy, but to fall that far? He inherited a district champion football team and sunk like a lead weight on a fishing line. The fall was even worse in 2017 going 1-10. I hope he does great at Greene County, but this is concrete physical, historical evidence that shows what happens when he gets handed a district champion, just like Greene County. For Greene County's sake this doesn't need to be a de-ja-vu. (Hopefully it won't). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigersFan Posted April 1, 2025 Share Posted April 1, 2025 Heard a lot of their assistant coaches are leaving or have left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Maniac Posted April 1, 2025 Share Posted April 1, 2025 26 minutes ago, maroontide06 said: If he knows how to win, then what happened at PRC in 2016? Eric Collins had PRC at 11-2 in 2015 and Larry Dolan had PRC at 4-7 in 2016. Why did they fall so far in that one year timespan and why haven't they been able to recover? I realize that 2015 PRC team was very senior heavy, but to fall that far? He inherited a district champion football team and sunk like a lead weight on a fishing line. The fall was even worse in 2017 going 1-10. I hope he does great at Greene County, but this is concrete physical, historical evidence that shows what happens when he gets handed a district champion, just like Greene County. For Greene County's sake this doesn't need to be a de-ja-vu. (Hopefully it won't). I think you have to look at what he has done over the course of his career. He has a historically winning record and on top of that, competes year in and year out for district titles. While he has only one state title, he puts his teams in the best position to win, and his teams are always prepared to play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maroontide06 Posted April 1, 2025 Share Posted April 1, 2025 14 minutes ago, Rebel Maniac said: I think you have to look at what he has done over the course of his career. He has a historically winning record and on top of that, competes year in and year out for district titles. While he has only one state title, he puts his teams in the best position to win, and his teams are always prepared to play. Hopefully that's the Larry Dolan that Greene County gets because there's another one out there they need to avoid. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastball Posted April 1, 2025 Share Posted April 1, 2025 I think Greene will be just fine if the athletes buy in. If they don't buy in to his system then it may be a struggle. I think Greene has the tools he likes-athletic and hard-nosed players. Only time will tell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wareaglefan1us Posted April 1, 2025 Share Posted April 1, 2025 Good Coach for sure all I really know about his teams is they play hard every snap. He’s typically a wing T guy. Being from WC I can tell you that’s a big sell to a spread team. Coach Hankins is finally getting the kids to buy into it but he’s heading into season number four and he’s not completely wing t and Coach Dolan may not be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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