GC JOKER

Absolutely no effort tonight.   After Boone’s 1st td... we gave up.  Unforced turnovers.  Not covering punts.   Pitiful effort.  These kids do not want to play for him.  They don’t want to play at all.  They are counting the weeks down.   Really sad crowd. No fire.  No enthusiasm.   Never have seen it this bad.  Ever 

So, GC needs to keep Akers and hire 10,000 new fans to put up with his incompetence. What an elegant solution. Take it to the school board and I guarantee they'll pass it!! 

It shows both.  Bottom line is this...........a coach will coach his or her way to eventual success or the coach will coach his or her way to lack of success, IF....again....IF.....one more time....IF enough time is given to get a valid statistical sample.  3 years, in my opinion, is enough for a High School Coach to show improvement and show signs of "turning it around" or "getting worse."  I believe this and I've always said on this board that every High School Coach should get 3 years.  That includes Akers.  I also think he will have another year at Gate City and this will be the year that makes him or breaks him (2018).  The talent is down some, and if he turns it around, he will stay, but if he does not turn it around, he will be gone.  In my opinion, he does not turn it around and is gone about 12 months from this posting. 
Understand this one key component that makes it tough in SWVA.  A Head Coach does not get to pick his assistants 100%.  When I write 100%, I mean.....he doesn't say I want A, B, C, and D, and these folks will be PAID.  This means, he would need a spot for Coach A who is an English Teacher, or Coach B who is a Phy Ed Teacher, or Coach C who is a Biology-Science Teacher, and the school board simply accommodates or fills the spot for 3 or so assistants and pays them.  This is not just SWVA, but for most of the country.  At larger schools, especially in the South, the above actually happens.  Therefore, if the Head Coach wants his assistants (Coaches A, B, C, and D) there is a high likelihood that only Coach A gets a job and is paid at the school, and the rest would have to be volunteer.  Well, with the economy in SWVA, how many can afford to commit their time and not get paid?  It's the same across most of the country, unless its the South, or it's a huge school and football power such as in Texas or larger cities in the US that has boosters that will simply give 50K per year to the "unpaid assistants."
What is my point with all of the above?  In SWVA or any small school, you really, really, really, really, better have a Head Coach like the man in Richlands that knows what he is doing and can "coach up" his assistants, and the importance of hiring the right guy truly means a huge difference in success (outcomes) compared to the other local-small schools in which you compete.

Scott County School Board Meeting this Thursday, November 9th @ 6:30pm. I urge you to be in attendance if you are a Gate City Football player, parent, or fan. 

The school board knows the concerns....they don't care.  Scott county football 2-28.  The county is dying (not just football) and the people in charge would rather be in charge of a sinking ship then not be in charge of anything. 

Extremely happy for the players and especially the Seniors tonight. I’m glad I was able to see smiling faces after the game. True Blue Devils never give up. Thank you to the Seniors for all your hard work and dedication throughout the years, it was certainly a pleasure watching this bunch all the way through LL, MS, and HS. Things didn’t end the way we wanted. But I’m glad they went out with a win. As for the underclassmen, time to get bigger, faster, stronger, and smarter and build off of tonight’s win and get ready for August 2018. Go Big Blue! 

What we have is $250,000 invested in an 0-8 team and will most likely be an 0-9 team come later tonight.  It is quite evident that our astute coach cares about no one on the sidelines but himself.  People say lets give him a few more years. FOR WHAT!  As the coach likes to tell the players before a few of the games, don't embarrass us tonight.  Coach don't embarrass the players and the fans any more than you already have!  I guess since Akers lives in Bristol,  he`ll not ride to bus home and have the driver drop him off at his house.
 

I have jumped ship on GC until basketball season. The bigger and more often the loss, the quicker the cancer named Akers will be removed. Both GC and Ridgeview will get blown out tonight and it doesn't bother me at all.

The only thing I`m sure about is if he don't quit we wont have enough players next year to play a full game.