Mountain Football 1,532 Report Share Posted April 25, 2016 If it's the Chris Akers that is currently coaching at Rural Retreat High School he's originally from Graham. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SXSW 557 Report Share Posted April 25, 2016 One and the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted Account 5,203 Report Share Posted April 25, 2016 Akers played at Graham for Coach Carlock (the good one)... ? Â I mean, Little Glynn ain't daddy by any stretch of the imagination, but he's a pretty darned good basketball coach in comparison to what this area customarily produces. Â "Good" is an odd choice of verbiage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SXSW 557 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 I was just talking on the football side, his BB teams are competitive every year. No offense meant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swva_havok_fan 1,261 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 I'd love to see Todd get it. Â Doubt he will though, Fort Chiswell went 0-10 his first season last year... redtiger 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redtiger 1,740 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 Fort is rebuilding and their struggles shouldn't be a reflection on Todds ability, but I see what your saying. It would be a hard sell for the GC faithful. cowboysnskynyrd 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SXSW 557 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 I think the program is in need of a fresh start and I don't think that it really matters, they need a good young coach with a steel set of b***s. The team has deep infighting and division and needs to be cleaned up and for the first time I don't think a whole lot matters other than change. Three of the four finalist are thirty something up and comers, I want the Graham guy myself, as long as it isn't Jeremy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chappy 72 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 If Akers was to get the Gate City job, you will see a return to the ground and pound. Â That is if he doesn't change up his offense. Â At Rural Retreat he runs a split back field, veer oriented. Loves the option with a quick/fast QB. Â Short quick passes slants, flats. He has been pretty good with it a RR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SXSW 557 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 The '03 GC State Title Team ran the option to perfection, Isaiah Spivey was a man among boys running it. He could throw too, In fact he sat the record for completion pct. in a title game 9-10 and two TD's. I believe that team had three backs over 1000 yards. The blocking on the option it simple and the offense can be lethal ran correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixcat 2,919 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 I'd love to see Todd get it. Â Doubt he will though, Fort Chiswell went 0-10 his first season last year... Â Â Fort is rebuilding and their struggles shouldn't be a reflection on Todds ability, but I see what your saying. It would be a hard sell for the GC faithful. Ask any Graham fan on the board, when a coach allows fundamentals to be neglected, it takes years to recover from. Â This is the case with Fort Chiswell. Â When James left for Pulaski and Tom Hale was hired, the seeds were sewn for the next three or four years. Â Redtiger is absolutely correct, Fort's current state shouldn't be a reflection of Tiller's coaching ability. Â He is essentially starting from scratch! swva_havok_fan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West12aaa 99 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 Great coaches take 3-5 years to turn a program in the right direction, if supported well. swva_havok_fan and redtiger 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beamerball 566 Report Share Posted April 27, 2016 Except in Lee, just takes 1-2 years to see if you can do that ;) redtiger 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GC_Quincy 582 Report Share Posted April 27, 2016 Things aren't as doom and gloom as what most want to paint. GC won a state championship 6 years ago and was in the state quarterfinals 2 years ago. Folks seem to forget that with just a tad of defense last year, we would've won 4-5 more games. They also fought Bluefield and Union tooth and nail. The program is fine. Back away from the ledge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SXSW 557 Report Share Posted April 27, 2016 I'm not on a ledge, but the program has tight roped the ledge for the last five seasons. Offensively serviceable, Defensively challenged until the defense improves drastically the wins aren't going to come: we play to many teams that runs the spread and have learned our weaknesses and exploit them to a tee, they have figured out all they have to do is stay close and in the second half the D always folds.   Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1inStripes 932 Report Share Posted April 27, 2016 I dont think great coaches take 3-5 years to turn a program around. Â Great coaches turn it around very quickly. Â Decent coaches turn it around as fast as they have above average talent and bad coaches just turn it in the ground no matter what. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted Account 5,203 Report Share Posted April 27, 2016 I dont think great coaches take 3-5 years to turn a program around. Great coaches turn it around very quickly. Decent coaches turn it around as fast as they have above average talent and bad coaches just turn it in the ground no matter what. Consider the source... 1inStripes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redtiger 1,740 Report Share Posted April 27, 2016 It takes a couple of years. Comfort in a new coaches system takes at least a year, weight room gains take 2 years to manifest, it takes a year for a coach to truly grasp his players abilities. For a good coach a program should advance in the 2nd year, by year 3 theres no excuse for being bad(not great sure but not bad).  GC has these down years every 6-7 years and everyone acts like the sky is falling. GC will be at the front of the MD this season assuming their new coach is worth his salt, and dominant in another year or two.  GC does struggle with Spread teams(a major reason PV went to the spread back in the day was to beat GC and it worked). Idk if that's defensive philosophy, lack of adequate 7on7 reps, lack of diversified competition in middle school/JV or what but its always been a fact. Whoever the new coach is will have to address that glaring issue SXSW 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityofRaven 2,443 Report Share Posted April 27, 2016 I do think you have to give some time to coaches coming in to let them not only grow their system but grow as coaches as well.   Case and point - Greg Mance's first 4 years at Richlands ended in a 17 and 23 record. Ryan4VT 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SXSW 557 Report Share Posted April 27, 2016 Thank you redtiger, it is all of the above in the reason department. The former staff never made a point to go see if the rest of the system developed or not, I don't if it was just blind trust, false hope or if they just didn't care anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West12aaa 99 Report Share Posted April 27, 2016 Take the 94 season out of the equation, markham, the god father of the double wing, usually improves things in about 3 years. Â The same double wing that has had turnaround success story after story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trublue 939 Report Share Posted April 27, 2016 Mance's first year, he was 3-7 and his third year was 2-8. However, in his second year he was 9-3 (8-2 regular season, 1-1 in playoffs). In his fourth season, he was 5-5. (Mance has only the two referenced losing seasons in his HC career since 1997 at RHS.)  I think what he did in his second season was a huge block builder and a motivator for what he wanted to accomplish at Richlands. However, as the Mayor said it takes time to develop a program... Ryan4VT, rvtne216 and cityofRaven 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1inStripes 932 Report Share Posted April 28, 2016 Im not saying a great coach equals state titles in 2 years, but great coaches turn programs around in 1-2 year because they put a stamp on their program day 1 from top to bottom. You see results year one because of it no matter their talent because they pick up very quickly what they have to work with and how to use to most effectively. redtiger 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beamerball 566 Report Share Posted April 28, 2016 Roger Morris had one of the best program turnarounds I've seen. Lee High's baseball program had never seen a winning season, three 8 win seasons in the early 90s was as good as it got. From 2000-04, there was a 4 win season and the other 4 seasons seen no more than 2 wins in any. In his first two years Lee won 7 games each season and in the 3rd came a 14 win year and the first ever winning season. He retired just a couple of years later, with a 5 win and 8 win season to finish off. I can distinctly remember reading a quote in the Powell Valley paper after the first year and how surprised he was a the sheer lack of simple fundamentals with the players and how he was going to be challenged to correct that. That was quite a turnaround. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yosef 10 Report Share Posted April 28, 2016 Ground and pounds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GC_Quincy 582 Report Share Posted April 28, 2016 We'll just have to give him a chance and see what he can do. I hope he has looked at the schedule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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