Re: Waverly Basketball - Head Coach
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2023 8:27 am
Another vote for Horton here, I think he deserves another opportunity, he did a good job at Valley.
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Think any of the current assistants will stay on with a new coach? Or are any of them even wanted? I know the new coach will have a say in assistants, just wasn't sure all would be asked back.smurray wrote: ↑Mon Apr 03, 2023 8:46 pmMiller was an early target and may have entertained it for a day or 2 but declined, never applied.bobcats94 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 03, 2023 1:11 pm I'm hearing Horton from Valley may be next man up, I've also heard Miller from Piketon was a target which makes sense as Waverly needs a good guy to develop young kids coming up and would put a lot of time in. He may want to stay on the other side of the Scioto though... Williams is out from Western, Fitch is not interested, Norm is at Webster, Barrick is happily retired, all of the SOC 2 coaches are staying where they're at. Waverly is running out of top tier candidates....
Horton is indeed in the mix as top tier candidates fall by the wayside. I'd say he may be in the top 3 of the remaining candidates who have applied. Can't say that to 100% certainty.
I would say there's much more to picking the right HC than just that one person - assistants are very important and that is being heavily weighed as well.
There's 1 or 2, JV coaches they would have interest in retaining that's it. Look for the new coach to have control of the assistants he wants.transplant wrote: ↑Tue Apr 04, 2023 8:33 amThink any of the current assistants will stay on with a new coach? Or are any of them even wanted? I know the new coach will have a say in assistants, just wasn't sure all would be asked back.smurray wrote: ↑Mon Apr 03, 2023 8:46 pmMiller was an early target and may have entertained it for a day or 2 but declined, never applied.bobcats94 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 03, 2023 1:11 pm I'm hearing Horton from Valley may be next man up, I've also heard Miller from Piketon was a target which makes sense as Waverly needs a good guy to develop young kids coming up and would put a lot of time in. He may want to stay on the other side of the Scioto though... Williams is out from Western, Fitch is not interested, Norm is at Webster, Barrick is happily retired, all of the SOC 2 coaches are staying where they're at. Waverly is running out of top tier candidates....
Horton is indeed in the mix as top tier candidates fall by the wayside. I'd say he may be in the top 3 of the remaining candidates who have applied. Can't say that to 100% certainty.
I would say there's much more to picking the right HC than just that one person - assistants are very important and that is being heavily weighed as well.
Gotcha, thanks. Yeah i figured whoever they decide on will have their say.Tigernation2021 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 04, 2023 9:37 amThere's 1 or 2, JV coaches they would have interest in retaining that's it. Look for the new coach to have control of the assistants he wants.transplant wrote: ↑Tue Apr 04, 2023 8:33 amThink any of the current assistants will stay on with a new coach? Or are any of them even wanted? I know the new coach will have a say in assistants, just wasn't sure all would be asked back.smurray wrote: ↑Mon Apr 03, 2023 8:46 pm
Miller was an early target and may have entertained it for a day or 2 but declined, never applied.
Horton is indeed in the mix as top tier candidates fall by the wayside. I'd say he may be in the top 3 of the remaining candidates who have applied. Can't say that to 100% certainty.
I would say there's much more to picking the right HC than just that one person - assistants are very important and that is being heavily weighed as well.
Yes, it was a very good interview…GoBuck1993 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 04, 2023 12:15 pm Heard there was an interview from someone out of town middle of the week last week. I am assuming none of the Columbus coaches are coming to Waverly, as there are a ton of good positions open up there.
Not yet….
100% agree it's one of the reasons I have stayed away from naming any names that I've heard mentioned as candidates or even possibly looking at them. Keeping in mind though couple of those guys you mentioned were pure speculation by most, nothing that had any substance. Even with Arey I don't believe there was ever a interview more of an inquiry.Seopnation wrote: ↑Tue Apr 04, 2023 2:44 pmSo its ok to mention Williams, Miller, Arey when they are coaches at other schools currently but not ok to mention this new candidate? hmm
Doug is Coach Thompson's grandson and Denny and Bob Thompson's great nephew.ItsMyOpinion wrote: ↑Tue Apr 04, 2023 4:55 pm I haven’t been on here for the past couple days and there is still a lot of speculation with this position. There has been a lot of names mentioned but there doesn’t seem to be much interest from those people.
For me they might have to target somebody that values Waverly as something special. I think the other Pike Co. basketball coaches have ties to Pike Co. Miller at Piketon - I believe is a graduate. The new coach at Eastern I believe is a graduate. I think Williams is somehow related to Western’s legendary Coach Thompson. I’m not sure there is anybody out there like that but that might be the route to go. Of course that is “Just My Opinion”!
Takes the right kind of guy to come along and pull of what you're talking about, coach at Eastern is a graduate and obviously very close family ties that position was being held for him, then moment Barrick left and everyone knew already knew who they were hiring in the end long term. However, they had to wait on him to finish up schooling and it's why Eastern simply filled the position with a figure head until he was ready. Miller is from Piketon and played over seas coached under Travis for awhile and had the Piketon position not opened up before Travis left good chance he would've taken over for Travis. However, that position opened up he had some coaching experience and off he went. Doug Williams didn't go straight to Western and I'm thinking he played at Eastern and then finished up at Piketon, he was coaching down towards Georgetown or somewhere in that area before the Western position opened up. So the circumstances fell just right for those coaches and the ability to come back home, outside of Leist because they were keeping the seat warm. I just don't know that there's any other Waverly alum or pike county guys out there coaching that as you might want to say would like to come home.ItsMyOpinion wrote: ↑Tue Apr 04, 2023 4:55 pm I haven’t been on here for the past couple days and there is still a lot of speculation with this position. There has been a lot of names mentioned but there doesn’t seem to be much interest from those people.
For me they might have to target somebody that values Waverly as something special. I think the other Pike Co. basketball coaches have ties to Pike Co. Miller at Piketon - I believe is a graduate. The new coach at Eastern I believe is a graduate. I think Williams is somehow related to Western’s legendary Coach Thompson. I’m not sure there is anybody out there like that but that might be the route to go. Of course that is “Just My Opinion”!