RichRich 86 Report Share Posted January 5, 2022 Just saw that luke Owens quit. Seems kinda abrupt. Prob angered a mcamis Unchained 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain Football 1,532 Report Share Posted January 5, 2022 Will Travis go to Wise since we fired him at Union? Hokiebird7, Gridiron60 and CPF 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf1207 239 Report Share Posted January 5, 2022 12 minutes ago, Mountain Football said: Will Travis go to Wise since we fired him at Union? All jokes aside, Central could be one of the best jobs in SWVA. Especially, if Eastside closes in the next 10 years. Plus with JIB next door practically a good coach could cherry pick that school for athletes. Assuming they could build some rapport in Norton. USAFDad4Central 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwvaOG 601 Report Share Posted January 5, 2022 Any more details surrounding this? Is there an “heir apparent “? Im curious as to whether they will continue with their offense. Might be a rough year for Central. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stantheman 52 Report Share Posted January 5, 2022 word is 90 year old basketball ref mack shupe is coming out of retirement to coach football at wise, lmfao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedPrideNation 82 Report Share Posted January 5, 2022 Would Greg Tester be a candidate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Counts 156 Report Share Posted January 5, 2022 3 minutes ago, RedPrideNation said: Would Greg Tester be a candidate? I was thinking that could be a possibility Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union_Fan 2,155 Report Share Posted January 5, 2022 2 hours ago, Wolf1207 said: All jokes aside, Central could be one of the best jobs in SWVA. Especially, if Eastside closes in the next 10 years. Plus with JIB next door practically a good coach could cherry pick that school for athletes. Assuming they could build some rapport in Norton. Given the history between Norton and Wise, it would take a phenomenal coach to get any athletes to come to Central. I really hoped they would come to Union, but no dice yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mullins 2 Report Share Posted January 5, 2022 I heard that Jody Collins was applying for the job. Mcamus might be on the sidelines. ChocolateCharlee88 and RichRich 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union_Fan 2,155 Report Share Posted January 6, 2022 2 hours ago, RedPrideNation said: Would Greg Tester be a candidate? 2 hours ago, Counts said: I was thinking that could be a possibility He would be an outstanding candidate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EH31 2,518 Report Share Posted January 6, 2022 I got Mike Rhodes at -200 everyone else with plus odds Deleted Account 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChocolateCharlee88 0 Report Share Posted January 6, 2022 18 minutes ago, Mullins said: I heard that Jody Collins was applying for the job. Mcamus might be on the sidelines. Collins would he a good choice....hasn't coached in a few years but offensive minded. And him and Mcamus are close so he would have some support from day 1. Bet a lot of kids would come out to play for him too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixcat 2,919 Report Share Posted January 6, 2022 2 hours ago, RedPrideNation said: Would Greg Tester be a candidate? It would be difficult to find a better candidate. The kids already know him well and he is an outstanding coach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf1207 239 Report Share Posted January 6, 2022 1 hour ago, Union_Fan said: Given the history between Norton and Wise, it would take a phenomenal coach to get any athletes to come to Central. I really hoped they would come to Union, but no dice yet. I don’t disagree with that a bit, but if that were to happen it would change the landscape the the M7. We would be talking about a 3a maybe 4a school though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwvaOG 601 Report Share Posted January 6, 2022 Does this invigorate the program or set it back a bit. I never heard much opinion or thoughts on where Owens ranked in terms of coaches in the region. I know he got those kids to play hard. Felt like the other schools were starting to figure out that offense a bit. If the next hire isn’t well received I wonder if we see some kids shift to other schools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union_Fan 2,155 Report Share Posted January 6, 2022 39 minutes ago, Wolf1207 said: I don’t disagree with that a bit, but if that were to happen it would change the landscape the the M7. We would be talking about a 3a maybe 4a school though. Given Union's drop in enrollment, they could almost absorb all of Burton and still be 2A, but Central and Eastside would certainly be 3A. Of course, we don't need all of Burton, just their football players. 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union_Fan 2,155 Report Share Posted January 6, 2022 13 minutes ago, SwvaOG said: Does this invigorate the program or set it back a bit. I never heard much opinion or thoughts on where Owens ranked in terms of coaches in the region. I know he got those kids to play hard. Felt like the other schools were starting to figure out that offense a bit. If the next hire isn’t well received I wonder if we see some kids shift to other schools. He was blessed with a very talented group of kids the last few seasons. I would like to have seen how they fared the next few years with him as coach, but I guess we'll never know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedPrideNation 82 Report Share Posted January 6, 2022 1 hour ago, sixcat said: It would be difficult to find a better candidate. The kids already know him well and he is an outstanding coach. He did a good job at Hurley as the head guy correct? And he seems to be a coach kids would come out to play for. Never met the man but I haven’t heard anything negative about him or his coaching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf1207 239 Report Share Posted January 6, 2022 52 minutes ago, Union_Fan said: Given Union's drop in enrollment, they could almost absorb all of Burton and still be 2A, but Central and Eastside would certainly be 3A. Of course, we don't need all of Burton, just their football players. 😉 I'd say that if Burton were to close (which I doubt anytime soon) they'd most likely end up at Central. The big part of my argument would be Eastside closing which I have little doubt will happen in the next 10 years. With the right coach and administration, that could be a juggernaut. They'd certainly complete for state titles at the 3a level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union_Fan 2,155 Report Share Posted January 6, 2022 7 minutes ago, Wolf1207 said: I'd say that if Burton were to close (which I doubt anytime soon) they'd most likely end up at Central. The big part of my argument would be Eastside closing which I have little doubt will happen in the next 10 years. With the right coach and administration, that could be a juggernaut. They'd certainly complete for state titles at the 3a level. Yea, I'm not sure what the landscape of Wise Co will look like in the future. Ten years ago, a former Norton city manager made a comment that JI Burton only had 5 years left before they'd be forced to close. That didn't happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf1207 239 Report Share Posted January 6, 2022 52 minutes ago, Union_Fan said: Yea, I'm not sure what the landscape of Wise Co will look like in the future. Ten years ago, a former Norton city manager made a comment that JI Burton only had 5 years left before they'd be forced to close. That didn't happen. I’ve heard that 2, but I know that Central was built to hold a lot more students than currently go there. Union may be the same way but I’ve never been in there. I think the Norton community has its feet dug in more. Plus the county didn’t do much of a remodel at Eastside. You're right about the landscape of the county. But I'd say more likely than not Eastside will be gone before Norton. It's all just a guess though. I wouldn't be shocked to see some counties try to combine at some point in the next few decades. Union_Fan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigWinners 1,643 Report Share Posted January 6, 2022 Doesn't Testers son graduate? If so, why take the job? My best guess is Mike Rhoades at Eastside. Great coach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
276 for the win 9 Report Share Posted January 6, 2022 4 hours ago, EH31 said: I got Mike Rhodes at -200 everyone else with plus odds Top 3 most likely imo(does not mean they are the best out there just most likely) Rhodes, Tester, Edwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose111874 967 Report Share Posted January 6, 2022 1 hour ago, Wolf1207 said: I’ve heard that 2, but I know that Central was built to hold a lot more students than currently go there. Union may be the same way but I’ve never been in there. I think the Norton community has its feet dug in more. Plus the county didn’t do much of a remodel at Eastside. You're right about the landscape of the county. But I'd say more likely than not Eastside will be gone before Norton. It's all just a guess though. I wouldn't be shocked to see some counties try to combine at some point in the next few decades. Union and Central schools are pretty much identical Wolf1207 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redtiger 1,740 Report Share Posted January 6, 2022 14 hours ago, Wolf1207 said: All jokes aside, Central could be one of the best jobs in SWVA. Especially, if Eastside closes in the next 10 years. Plus with JIB next door practically a good coach could cherry pick that school for athletes. Assuming they could build some rapport in Norton. 11 hours ago, Union_Fan said: Given the history between Norton and Wise, it would take a phenomenal coach to get any athletes to come to Central. I really hoped they would come to Union, but no dice yet. The devotion of Norton kids(and their families) to "The CIty" is unparalleled. Those kids ain't leaving Union_Fan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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