Thomasville football job
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It can be. Whoever gets it will need to recruit the halls, rebuild the boosters club and get out into the community. Work the businesses and civic clubs. X’s and O’s for sure, but PR skills are critical.
Yes, T-Ville can be a good job. Everyone knows steps that need to be done to win the community and players. Let’s be honest politics and the school board need to let the coach do his job when they hire. To my knowledge the previous head coach was the only coach on staff that was in the building. There needs to be a serious commitment to change this for success.
To be fair the AD is a Winston guy I believe, so it wouldn't be too far off. Clay would be a great though, we played together in little league and middle. He might bring them back but Thomasville is not the same as it was when were in school.
It was when Thomasville furniture was around. The town is dead compared to what it used to be.
The AD coached basketball at Lexington, Thomasville and Ragsdale. Had a short stint at Parkland as AD. The superintendent, principal and most of the other new hires in administration are products of Forsyth County.
Good luck to Thomasville. I'm very interested to see where this goes and hope the Bulldogs can get back on track.
Thomasville vs Graham in 2000 was my first high school football playoff game I witnessed as a lad, and I didn't realize it then but I was watching CT block on most plays because my Dad always coached me to watch my position on TV or at ball games I observed.
He did a great job at CD and Salisbury may have had an off year but that isn't consistent with his record so I'd be willing to overlook it.
@31ocdavis is right, Tville needs a head coach who can do multiple phases of the program from xs and os to recruiting and booster club building... NOT an easy task but the potential is limitless. Tville deserves to be back and I for one look forward to it. Go Dawgs!
P.s. if Lexington can do it Tville certainly can. Congrats to Davidson County as a whole on a great year overall. Special kudos to CD, WD and SD for their hard work and determination. OG did well but still trying to turn the corner.... ND is improving so still keeping track of that obviously. Lexington did great improvements over the last few years but suddenly vacant which is strange. East side of county has work to do....
Good to be back. Hope you've all been well, gentlemen.
Thomasville vs Graham in 2000 was my first high school football playoff game I witnessed as a lad, and I didn't realize it then but I was watching CT block on most plays because my Dad always coached me to watch my position on TV or at ball games I observed.
He did a great job at CD and Salisbury may have had an off year but that isn't consistent with his record so I'd be willing to overlook it.
@31ocdavis is right, Tville needs a head coach who can do multiple phases of the program from xs and os to recruiting and booster club building... NOT an easy task but the potential is limitless. Tville deserves to be back and I for one look forward to it. Go Dawgs!
P.s. if Lexington can do it Tville certainly can. Congrats to Davidson County as a whole on a great year overall. Special kudos to CD, WD and SD for their hard work and determination. OG did well but still trying to turn the corner.... ND is improving so still keeping track of that obviously. Lexington did great improvements over the last few years but suddenly vacant which is strange. East side of county has work to do....
Good to be back. Hope you've all been well, gentlemen.
The last search committee had no one who had ever hired a high school football coach. This time they have at least one football coach. But your statement is correct. And not sure any member of the school board played sports, much less football.
Interesting. So yeah, he would know people from Winston and ties from home. Trey worked an assistant coach at Forsyth Country Day before becoming the head basketball coach in Thomasville.
I just hope we aren't right back here in two or 3 years speculating on who's next as what the program needs is a consistent coach and a consistent supportive community. I hate to sound like the debbie downer and I'm going to support either way because i'm a bulldog through and true but I don't believe we are getting a committed coach or a supportive community
They did great with what they had. However, coach Robertson couldn't win a conference championship or playoff game... then left for Page. Coach Gillespie couldn't win the conference ether, lost in the 3rd round against good teams and retired.
Thomasville doesn't have the same support it used to and we don't have the same caliber of athletes. That and they not dressing to play football, transferring to HPC and OG. Thought coach George was young but he was a outsider from Florida, community wouldn't support him smh.
Yeah! I heard that a name was brought to the board tonight!! We should be seeing who the man in charge of Bulldog nation is soon!
Good to have you back, Nut. We missed you last season.
I agree TVille can be back pretty quickly with the right hire. We saw it just a few years ago.
Coach K was a risky hire too. But I don’t believe any names perviously mentioned have that kind of potential. Guess we’ll see. But I can guarantee that, if he doesn’t get out into the community and be visible, he won’t be successful long term.
Put us out of our misery, who is it? lol...3 choices...
I don’t disagree. But until two years ago, the top candidates had the necessary qualifications as program rebuilders, well as the history of wins and losses. Unfortunately, in two years, the attractiveness of the job has dropped significantly.
i think the attractiveness of it has been declining well longer than two years but other than that I agree. Saying look beyond the win loss record is kind of crazy considering that's why we are here. but i'll hold off
Robertson and Gillespie were very attractive candidates in my opinion. Along with the two time state championship coach who applied but lost out to Robertson.
Attractive coaches and attractive programs are tw
o separate things. If it was as attractive as it had been, maybe just maybe one of them would still be there? Thomasville is just a couple decisions away from being High Point Central and as much as we want to put it all on the previous coach or the current school board, it started prior to any of them. Which is also why there was so many Thomasville players on surrounding schools rosters, they didnt leave because of anyone there now just like some of these coaches we are wanting aren't applying and it has absolutely nothing to do with the board(i've heard it out of some of their own mouths) this isnt my opinion.
o separate things. If it was as attractive as it had been, maybe just maybe one of them would still be there? Thomasville is just a couple decisions away from being High Point Central and as much as we want to put it all on the previous coach or the current school board, it started prior to any of them. Which is also why there was so many Thomasville players on surrounding schools rosters, they didnt leave because of anyone there now just like some of these coaches we are wanting aren't applying and it has absolutely nothing to do with the board(i've heard it out of some of their own mouths) this isnt my opinion.
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Attractive programs draw interest from attractive and accomplished coaches. I’d suggest asking the eleven coaches who left in a year why they left. I think you’ll find some common ground.
Ocdavis is only Thomasville fan I ever seen constantly blaming the schoolboard. Alumni I spoke with say they players don't have it in them to win anymore, which is obvious since coach Browns last go round.
Yeah been saying that about coach Robertson and Gillespie. Both could have easily stayed since they built the program back up.
Because they know Thomasville going downhill. Lack of money going into the school and they don't want to be bothered with inner city kids. Everything going into the private and county schools.