personality. He was a huge jackass. I was a senior when he got hired. We won the championship despite him. After the first game of the year, a complete asskicking by Lee Academy, the coaches and the players (seniors) basically had a meeting and told him to shut the 17 up and listen to your players/***. coaches. Two years after the first championship ALL of his assistants were gone. What does that tell you?
I had an assistant coach tell me don't listen to anything he says just nod your head and go back to doing what I told you to do. This same assistant coach was pissed all year that Hawkins took two players (myself included) off the defense because he wanted us to be one way players so we could be "fresh" for his ****** offense. Whenever a team got close to scoring against us in a game, we would come in on Hawkins' call. (Keep in mind Hawkins never worked a minute on defense in practice. It wasn't his responsibility and he didn't care. He would play quarterback.) So...we would come in on Hawkins call throughout the year.
In the state championship game, Hawkins was pulling this **** all game. Our assistant coach was pissed. Finally, towards the end of the game us two were running on as Prep was nearing the endzone because Hawkins pushed us out there. Assistant coach jumped out and grabbed us both, looked at Hawkins, and said "@%** you, I've been telling you all year they should be out there. This is my defense and they've played a hell of a game without these two. Your offense hasn't done **** with them. They are staying here."
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In short, the man doesn't have a clue what he is doing and once you get pass his "master motivator" front, you realize he is a jackass.</p>