Taylorsville Job

[s1nglewing]

17 minutes ago, Chunky6617 said:

They say he can sell a ketchup popsicle to a woman wearing white gloves 

Real good coach at weightlifting, good at football. Tough personality

[GCWildcatFan]

26 minutes ago, s1nglewing said:

Real good coach at weightlifting, good at football. Tough personality

But how can you be willing to put yourself and school at risk by hiring him? Who's to say that he won't have another episode of anger during a game and go after a ref, player, or fan?

[BigT]

He gonna have problems if he thinks he  wants jump folks in Taylorsville, he'll wish he was back in those stands at Wayne County!

[Rebel Bert]

Haven't heard anything but not surprised with Crooked Pillman

[GCWildcatFan]

10 hours ago, Rebel Bert said:

Haven't heard anything but not surprised with Crooked Pillman

Can you imagine how bad it would turn out for Hillman if Jimbo gets mad and goes crazy on him. 

11 hours ago, BigT said:

He gonna have problems if he thinks he  wants jump folks in Taylorsville, he'll wish he was back in those stands at Wayne County!

Yeah from what I know people from Taylorsville are a different breed

[Chunky6617]

I think Jimbo is known as a disciplinarian. Maybe Hillman thinks that’s what Tville needs. It may not even be true, that’s just something floating out there right now. 

[RebelYell]

Is the guy on staff Coach Hood that people are saying has a shot at the job? Wasn't he at Perry Central Last year?

[Chunky6617]

27 minutes ago, RebelYell said:

Is the guy on staff Coach Hood that people are saying has a shot at the job? Wasn't he at Perry Central Last year?

I am pretty sure he put in for the job, I mean I don’t see why he wouldn’t, but from what I have gathered I don’t think any assistant at Tville has much of a shot at the head job. 

[GCWildcatFan]

39 minutes ago, RebelYell said:

Is the guy on staff Coach Hood that people are saying has a shot at the job? Wasn't he at Perry Central Last year?

Yes, he was at Perry Central. He was the guy that got the head job before small town politics got involved to give the HC position to Griffin

[Bender20]

I don't think it's Jimbo.  Hillman had a kid die at Raleigh during Covid, his son arrested on campus for drugs and few other problems aired out on public and he don't want the news people up in his face again.  I think it gone be a younger guy but they so dam cheap and sorry probably gone be somebody he owe a favor with

[RMcCormick66]

2 hours ago, RebelYell said:

Is the guy on staff Coach Hood that people are saying has a shot at the job? Wasn't he at Perry Central Last year?

Whats his first name? I know some Hood’s from that area.

[Chunky6617]

59 minutes ago, RMcCormick66 said:

Whats his first name? I know some Hood’s from that area.

His name is Gabe Hood but I don’t think he’s from taylorsville. 

[Wareaglefan1us]

6 minutes ago, Chunky6617 said:

His name is Gabe Hood but I don’t think he’s from taylorsville. 

He played football at Wayne County in the mid to late 2000’s under Marcus Boyles. I don’t know where he’s been coaching and this is assuming there’s only one Gabe Hood lol

[Chunky6617]

45 minutes ago, Wareaglefan1us said:

He played football at Wayne County in the mid to late 2000’s under Marcus Boyles. I don’t know where he’s been coaching and this is assuming there’s only one Gabe Hood lol

That’s him 

[Rebel Bert]

6 hours ago, Chunky6617 said:

That’s him 

Marcus probably recommended him to Seth.

[HailState58]

Coach Hood is an outstanding coach who absolutely deserves a shot at this job.  Knows defense, commands respect from young men, understands well how to deal with people, and knows a wide range of coaches personally, who they are, and what they do and don't do.  He is a young, energetic, high-IQ guy, and would've put together something special at Perry Central just like Coach Craig Cluff was very much in the process of doing.  Before Perry Central deep-dove into their little social experiment (which has only begun to crash and burn), Gabe had a jam-up staff in waiting, and a strong offensive and defensive game plan to go along with it.  But, Perry Central, if anyone knows anything about what's going on there, is in the business these days of only rewarding a certain type of coach, and coaches Hood nor Cluff fit the criteria of what is wanted at PC now.  Perry Central has basically allowed a small church in the Town of Beaumont to function as their unofficial consulting firm to the Department of Athletics, and not surprisingly all of their ideas have failed miserably.  The pastor of that church was actually arrested in Picayune a while back for shoplifting.  Maybe if Sweet Home MBC spent more time reviewing the Ten Commandments each week more than they daydream about which coach satisfies them psychologically, this could've been avoided.  But, they don't.  And what's worse than their actual perceptions (which aren't rooted in reality) are the people who would take them seriously.

Edited March 2, 2024 by HailState58

[s1nglewing]

Perry Central has a long history of running off good coaches. Don't expect that to change. 

[HailState58]

21 minutes ago, s1nglewing said:

Perry Central has a long history of running off good coaches. Don't expect that to change. 

Well I would hope it could change one day.  Recent times have proven that significant changes can be made with a certain level of awareness.  Why not Perry Central?  This isn’t the United States Government we’re talking about here.  It’s a bunch of mentally-ill self-centered people, some of which who can barely read and write.

Edited March 2, 2024 by HailState58

[Pull-A-Roy]

56 minutes ago, HailState58 said:

Coach Hood is an outstanding coach who absolutely deserves a shot at this job.  Knows defense, commands respect from young men, understands well how to deal with people, and knows a wide range of coaches personally, who they are, and what they do and don't do.  He is a young, energetic, high-IQ guy, and would've put together something special at Perry Central just like Coach Craig Cluff was very much in the process of doing.  Before Perry Central deep-dove into their little social experiment (which has only begun to crash and burn), Gabe had a jam-up staff in waiting, and a strong offensive and defensive game plan to go along with it.  But, Perry Central, if anyone knows anything about what's going on there, is in the business these days of only rewarding a certain type of coach, and Coaches Hood nor Cluff fit the criteria of what is wanted at PC now.  Perry Central has basically allowed a small church in the Town of Beaumont to function as their unofficial consulting firm to the Department of Athletics, and not surprisingly all of their ideas have failed miserably.  The pastor of that church was actually arrested in Picayune a while back for shoplifting.  Maybe if Sweet Home MBC spent more time reviewing the Ten Commandments each week more than they daydream about which coach satisfies them psychologically, this could've been avoided.  But, they don't.  And what's worse than their actual perceptions (which aren't rooted in reality) are the people who would take them seriously.

Is the pastor of the church a school employee? Just curious 

[HailState58]

11 hours ago, Pull-A-Roy said:

Is the pastor of the church a school employee? Just curious 

As far as I know, he’s not a school employee.  He’s one of those ‘anointed’ types who you aren’t supposed to criticize.  I wish all of the non-shoplifting coaches of the world were afforded that same luxury.

Edited March 3, 2024 by HailState58

[pinebeltsavy]

i think what is going on at perry central is very common (and it stinks) of many small towns.  I don't think this guy is ready for a head coaching job.  He has been a DC at several different schools in his short career but leaves after  a few years at each school.  So i question that.  He has to establish himself as a great DC (ex multiple playoffs, south state championship appearance, or state championship appearance AS A COORDINATOR, and then he can move on to a head coach)  To many young coaches want to skip the steps

[HailState58]

4 hours ago, pinebeltsavy said:

i think what is going on at perry central is very common (and it stinks) of many small towns.  I don't think this guy is ready for a head coaching job.  He has been a DC at several different schools in his short career but leaves after  a few years at each school.  So i question that.  He has to establish himself as a great DC (ex multiple playoffs, south state championship appearance, or state championship appearance AS A COORDINATOR, and then he can move on to a head coach)  To many young coaches want to skip the steps

You do realize that he, as the DC, helped lead Taylorsville to a South State Championship this past season, right?

 

And to expound on your critique of his moving schools, that, in my opinion, is a completely unfair and ignorant method of measuring a prospective coach.  There are a host of factors for a coach to move schools, up to and including:

 

- Proximity

- Pay

- Politics

- Bias

- Not fitting in with culture

- Refusal to engage in wrongdoing

- Spouse’s satisfaction

- Resources to do job

- Administrative support

- … and many others!

 

I feel like the common coaching outsider has a very poor understanding of the day-to-day whole myriad of uncertainties these coaches have to deal with.  And just to be clear, teachers deal with all of these same things too.  But what drives me absolutely nuts more than any of these things I’ve listed is the idea that our educators, coaches and teachers alike, have to walk this superhuman line in spite of the factors, and the continual red tape that they keep getting mummified in.  Maybe from the late 80’s to early 00’s, it was the educators.  But now- and make zero mistake about it- it’s the system.  You talk about Hood’s journey as though he worked at a bunch of well-structured, friendly, inviting places.  But what you may not know is that he’s been at Wayne County, which, as any coach knows, no one will abuse your reputation worse than your own hometown (that’s good ol’, pretend-to-be-nice, stab-you-in-the-back Mississippi folk for you), Heidelberg (awful school district, e.g., the ‘Heidelberg Way’), Quitman, which by all accounts was a good stepping stone, but not a final destination by any means, and last but not least, the Jackson Public School District’s wayward son, Perry Central.

 

 

 

 

 

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Edited March 3, 2024 by HailState58

[BrickCity]

13 hours ago, HailState58 said:

Coach Hood is an outstanding coach who absolutely deserves a shot at this job.  Knows defense, commands respect from young men, understands well how to deal with people, and knows a wide range of coaches personally, who they are, and what they do and don't do.  He is a young, energetic, high-IQ guy, and would've put together something special at Perry Central just like Coach Craig Cluff was very much in the process of doing.  Before Perry Central deep-dove into their little social experiment (which has only begun to crash and burn), Gabe had a jam-up staff in waiting, and a strong offensive and defensive game plan to go along with it.  But, Perry Central, if anyone knows anything about what's going on there, is in the business these days of only rewarding a certain type of coach, and coaches Hood nor Cluff fit the criteria of what is wanted at PC now.  Perry Central has basically allowed a small church in the Town of Beaumont to function as their unofficial consulting firm to the Department of Athletics, and not surprisingly all of their ideas have failed miserably.  The pastor of that church was actually arrested in Picayune a while back for shoplifting.  Maybe if Sweet Home MBC spent more time reviewing the Ten Commandments each week more than they daydream about which coach satisfies them psychologically, this could've been avoided.  But, they don't.  And what's worse than their actual perceptions (which aren't rooted in reality) are the people who would take them seriously.

That’s too much to read. Please put sparknotes next time 

[BrickCity]

1 hour ago, HailState58 said:

You do realize that he, as the DC, helped lead Taylorsville to a South State Championship this past season, right?

 

And to expound on your critique of his moving schools, that, in my opinion, is a completely unfair and ignorant method of measuring a prospective coach.  There are a host of factors for a coach to move schools, up to and including:

 

- Proximity

- Pay

- Politics

- Bias

- Not fitting in with culture

- Refusal to engage in wrongdoing

- Spouse’s satisfaction

- Resources to do job

- Administrative support

- … and many others!

 

I feel like the common coaching outsider has a very poor understanding of the day-to-day whole myriad of uncertainties these coaches have to deal with.  And just to be clear, teachers deal with all of these same things too.  But what drives me absolutely nuts more than any of these things I’ve listed is the idea that our educators, coaches and teachers alike, have to walk this superhuman line in spite of the factors, and the continual red tape that they keep getting mummified in.  Maybe from the late 80’s to early 00’s, it was the educators.  But now- and make zero mistake about it- it’s the system.  You talk about Hood’s journey as though he worked at a bunch of well-structured, friendly, inviting places.  But what you may not know is that he’s been at Wayne County, which, as any coach knows, no one will abuse your reputation worse than your own hometown (that’s good ol’, pretend-to-be-nice, stab-you-in-the-back Mississippi folk for you), Heidelberg (awful school district, e.g., the ‘Heidelberg Way’), Quitman, which by all accounts was a good stepping stone, but not a final destination by any means, and last but not least, the Jackson Public School District’s wayward son, Perry Central.

 

 

 

 

 

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Dang another long post… okay I’ll say this, the head coach called the defense at Taylorsville. 
That other guy just coached secondary… not a whole lot of X’s and O’s going on in the secondary 

[BrickCity]

On 2/29/2024 at 8:40 AM, RMcCormick66 said:

I’ve been hearing it’s going to stay in house at T’Ville. Is that true?

I’m hearing the DC from a Lamar county school… maybe even the 7a????