We have another coaching vacancy: Andy Buchsbaum has stepped down at New Fairfield after five season. He said via email he announced his decision to the team on Thursday.
Buchsbaum was 19-32 in five seasons but was 16-16 in his final three seasons, including a 6-4 campaign in 2007 and again this year.
That brings the coaching vacancies to four in the region: Fairfield Prep, McMahon, Stratford, New Fairfield.
SPB…….I would not be suprise if you see a few more football cocah’s leave in the next week, or so????? IHS of Danbury, only won 1 game this year……
I mean a coach or two SPB…type o error
I wouldn’t be either
I heard Coach Hancock up at IHS of Danbury is a nice guy. He just does not have the kids to have a winning program. I heard that
enrollment has been down, 67 freshman for the class of 2013. They have all new people up at IHS, who are trying to turn the school around. I just don’t see the football program going anywhere.
I hear the Norwalk High Coach is having a meeting this evening to discuss his future.
Change at Norwalk High is coming very soon.
For those of you looking for an actual replay of the Pass Int., I know some were requesting it, you can actaully got to youtube and search pomperaug football,then go to “Pomp vs Notre Dame”. And by no means am I trying to start an argument, I just know that alot of people have been askin bout it. We lost no excuses. It’s actually a pretty good 10 minute clip of the games bigger plays. You really have to pay attention when watching the PI it kinda comes up fast, you might have to replay it a time or two. You can see our corner back going to the ground, but you can judge for yourself… We had a great year but fell a little short, as Clements said in a local newpaper,”I’d really like to thank the guys,” Clements said. “We came into the season with the goal of making it here and we made it here. It was just two great teams battling tonight. What happened, happened, but we learned a lot from this season. We worked really hard, and I think that’s really all you can say is that we worked really hard. The majority of the season went our way, but stuff happens. We just benefit from this. It’ll make us stronger in our lives, and that’s really all that’s important.”… We’ve had great support from family and friends all year, and most importantly we have one of the best coaching staffs around. There’s NO WAY we would have gotten there without them….. SPB thanks for the high school football coverage!!!!
Remmy from the new NVL Blog posted that here somewhere; Since it’s his, I’ll send over the website address: http://nvlfootballct.blogspot.com/
SPB……..You see that their is a pattern here, with these high school football coaches? What happens is, they are leaving because they know that there teams will not be good in the future.. They see what kind of talent they have for next years program and the next 2 to 3 years to come. If they see they are not going to be at least a .500 program, or better, they jump ship…so to speak. Last year, Tom P…the basketball coach for Danbury High, took all seniors for his varsity team. He did that, because he knew in his heart, he was not coming back this year. No good coach wants to stay in a program, if they are not going to win………unless you get a coach who is starting out and he wants to coach a team.
Any word on whose names are being thrown out for this job. I hear the Masuk coach wants to get out of Masuk because of the Cochran kid….. New start for Coach Murphy, no drama…….
spb,dan donovan at danbury high is the acting a.d and football coach,i cant see him keeping both positions fulltime,any insight on a change there as well?
Let’s not throw rumors around:
While Murph has made no secret that he’s looked for other jobs, there’s nothing to what LBFan said. Murphy has nothing but great things to say about his young quarterback — now and in the future. I have no insight on Donovan, even though I saw him a lot during playoff week.
As for Tucci, the Advocate Sports Department asked athletic director Wayne Mones today and he said there will be no change. Tucci wants to stay, Mones wants to keep him there.
Why would the masuk coach leave ? the kid is a good QB, and he was recruited into masuk by the coach, no doubt about that.
I doubt very much if the AD wants coach t back again. The problem is no one else will apply even though they have a good soph class
I am sorry Sean for the so called rumors but you did say he puts in for other jobs that is interesting HMMMMMMM… No disrespect for the young quarterback I watched him on youtube and I personally think he has knowledge of the game, great QB presence in the pocket, and can really throw the ball. I would not give that up …I know Cochran is a great coach but when you have have that baggage with you it always causes problems. Danbury opening too…WOW.
Hmmmm.
Jack Cochran still out there with no where to coach ??? Got a suggestion for ya !!! How ’bout Stratford H.S. Not too far from Monroe and S.H.S. dying to get the Red Devils back to the top in CT football. A nice fit for both the coach and school.
SPB……….It is funny you saw Dan D. the AD at Danbury, alot during playoff week??? I am sure he is hunting for a coach for his football team. It’s very hard for him to do both jobs.
I assume the folks on Benson road will do a better job this time around…That last coach stole their money and endangered their student athletes……
All this COCHRAN talk……..I hope the majority of the readers here have charachter. He needs to show the coaching profession some class which he does not and may be incapable of…..Plenty of good coaches out there who do it the right way and have respect of their peers….Has anyone ever said why he magically ended up in Monroe…..How does the saying go….”Birds of a feather……….
Watch the comments, please. Anonymous accusations are not permitted.
Sean…I just got on this one for the first time…Sorry you have to be a blog cop, too…Anyway, I was wondering if you know what the salary range is for a head coach?…In my day, 40 years ago, the Coach was always a teacher at the high school…Either Gym class or something else, and got some extra money for coaching a sports team…I know very well that times have changed, but have no idea if “Head Football Coach” is now a seperate paid position, and if so, what do they make (ballpark) in compensation?…
Probably around $7-8K, depending… Not enough.
Wow…Can’t live on that, no matter what county in CT…They have to have other jobs then…If not in the high school as a teacher, than what?…They put in big time hours studying film, evaluating players, game plans, on & on, etc…I find it hard to believe that’s all they’re paid…
I am not sure why anyone would want to coach high school football.
Every parent thinks they are John Madden, politics, no money etc. You have to love the game to coach.
Bucsy has one strong reason to leave. Family.
The Junior and Soph Classes have talent but not numbers. Next season will have limited expectations.
Two seasoned coaches have applied.
I checked the Pomperaug-NDWH video. The pass interference call is at about 6:15 of the tape.
It looks pretty questionable to me.
Other people have alleged that 3 of the refs were NDWH grads. Is that true?
Other people have alleged that 15 penalties got called on Pomperaug, and two penalties were called on NDWH. Is that true?
I really do not think it is asking too much that the ref’s qualifications, history of calls made and performance rating by coaches be made available. I do not think it is asking too much that statistics are kept on the refs.
Again, we are looking at a very troubling situation here. People allege that refs are “biased.” If nothing else, statistical analysis of the the calls may indicate otherwise.
In a year with so much parity, with so much great football played, with teams seperated from each other by a play or two, it would help if everyone had confidence that the refs were both competent and fair.
Rebel Fan who are the two seasoned coaches? High school football is a lot of fun but it is a lot of work, I tend to agree with everyone that the coach gets little money for a lot of work. I hope they fill all these positions fast.. Danbury would be a nice place to coach, big city, good conference, nice stadium, the only drawback is there school colors I do not know if I could get used to looking at those everyday. And what the hell is a hatter?
How does everyone feel about the move from 6 to 4 divisions in 2010. The top 8 will make the playoffs but it will extend the season and push the smaller schools and coop’s further into the basement. My opinion.
The league gets blasted on here all the time, but at least the NVL has a good blog.
On the NVL blog it was rumored the referees in the L title game were from the New Haven Board which would supposedly would benefit their “home boys” :Notre Dame .That rumor was squashed as they were ineligible to do the L game due to Notre Dame playing in it.
Now Notre Dame’s total amount of penalties went down from 5 to 3 and now 3 referees were Notre Dame Graduates.Lets stop with the conspiracy theory.Take a breath step back and just let it go POMPERAUG LOST,partially due to the Play of Notre Dame and Partially due to the play of Pomperaug.
By the way Humpty Dumpty did not fall he was pushed by 5 Notre Dame graduates in strip shirts.
Rumor has it Jack Cochran has put in for the Brien McMahon job…..any truth to this????
Well Give It a break, if all this stuff was publicly known then there would be no need for you quash rumors. Everyone could have the same perfect information you have – although why I should trust your writings over the writings of any other anonymous poster is beyond me.
I do not much care who won or lost the game. I am a GHS Fan – you can tell by reading my moniker – so I am completely unbiased as to the interception call, etc.
But, as a generic football fan, I WOULD like to see the refs get better, I WOULD like to see performance measurements placed on refs like they are on everyone else associated with the game, and I WOULD like it public so that we could all get the same warm fuzzy feeling YOU apparently have for the refs.
I think people who hide and cover this sort of thing up are nothing more than apologists for bad refs, and are not helping the game of football in Connecticut. So maybe YOU should give it a break unless you can come up with some good reason that the refs should not get better and why getting the refs better will not help football in Connecticut.
No, the refs were a crew from the FCIAC. Not that anyone needs more fuel to the fire, but some of these guys were hot topics for their involvement in blown calls in both NC vs. SJ and later Greenwich vs. NC. Although both cases benefitted NC, I don’t think they are biased, just not particularly good. SPB – I know you hate this subject, but it would be a good scoop to take a look at how officials are selected to participate in post season games. You would be surprised, I think,
The Danbury Hatters is one of the best nicknames in the state!
In the 1800s, Danbury became known as the “Hat City” because it was the center of hat manufacturing in the USA, with 30 factories producing 5 Millions hats per year!
http://www.city-data.com/us-cities/The-Northeast/Danbury-History.html
I love saying “New London Whalers” too. Just rolls of the tongue, and is a great homage to the Southern New England maritime industry (although I guess it wasn’t so nice for the whales lol).
Coach…Post #25…I may be wrong, but I wouldn’t be suprised if there wasn’t some sort of state wide “salary cap” on compensation for High School sport coaches…Hard to change that now when every school budget, is stretched thin these days…Maybe there are other “perks” I don’t know about, but even so, with the dedication & hours needed to put into the job it almost seems a selfless, and mostly thankless job (except for the kids & their families, and some alum)…A job for only the extremely dedicated who put the kids before themselves…But, still with always the possibility of moving up the ladder to a very good paying job at the next level…
BTW a Danbury “Hatter” refers to the hat making industry that Danbury was famous for in the 19th & early 20th centuries…The hats were often made of felt, and nasty chemicals were used to dye the hats different colors…That’s how you also get the term “mad as a hatter”…”Mad” meaning crazy…Inhaling those chemicals in the poor ventilation of those days was like sniffing glue all day long…
you think head coaches don’t make any money, what about some of the better assistants in the league that put in as much time as some of the head coaches, and don’t get any props ……
jmc….no argument from me…they’re not getting what the head coach gets, and I know they’re doing the best job they can, paying their dues, and waiting for their shot to get a head coaching job somewhere…
Another thought…There seems to be a lot of head football coach openings for next season, and I have a feeling there might be more coming…Maybe this is normal?…I don’t know…I have only gotten into this whole CIAC football thing within the last few months…
What I do know is demographics, and what Donald C. wrote in post #9 has truth in it…The “rebound baby boom” is coming to an end…Towns (less than the larger cities) are projecting a steep drop in school enrollment in the next decade…Many will first close elementary schools to consolidate, and save property tax payer money…Next will be middle schools…The whole effect will be a gradual shrinking of the pool of young men to play football in the high schools…Larger population centers will be the last to feel this change in demographics, and will in fact, more than ever, “out populate” the rural, and suburban schools in high school football age kids…A big advantage, but only if you can get the kids to come out and play for the team…
This ties in with coach88′s question in post #26…The new class S, under the new format for next year, will include 12 current class SS teams (given this year’s male enrollment), which will include some really good teams, including two private Catholic schools (St.Joe’s & Holy Cross)…The private schools will be less likely to be affected by the change in demographics over the next decade, making them unbelievable powerhouses year after year, unless they are moved up in class…It’s going to be interesting how it all shakes out from now on…
GHS what “stuff” do you want publicly known ? The referees names and birth places,high school they graduated from or Church’s they attend ?
You can believe what you want to believe.You want to believe Notre Dame had 3 penalties called on them go right ahead and spread false information.The pass interference call was a bad call. You seem to have total disregard for officials which is understandable from the standpoint of all the unsportmanlike penalties GHS received this year.You probably blame the officials for the loss to New Canaan although you had a 13 point lead and the ball with 8 minutes to go.
Jack Cochran is hotly rumored to be interested in the McMahon job. If McMahon is wise enough to hire this coaching legend they will reap immediate benefits. We all know this is a perfect fit for Jack. Bi-racial, urban, and he can play the “rich kids vs poor kids,” card on a weekly basis. Hopefuly, someone at the school is smart enough to hire this guy. I mean, can you imagine some of the matchups that would create? Jack squaring off against his old buddies from Greenwich. How about Jack bringing his ballaz’ into Westport for a matchup with Staples? This would be the best move McMahon could do for their fledgling program that has been on life support since Trifone left after an 8-2 campaign in 04′.
All I know is I may have to move back from the West Coast and get Prep football back in line. What has happened to them?
If Cochran goes to McMahon, then Norwalk High might as well drop football. Not a single player who was even remotely decent would ever attend Norwalk High again if Cochran coached at McMahon.
Do you think Prep stays inhouse and goes with their freshmen coach, who by the way lost out last year for the position, or do they start from scratch and bring in someone fresh. Their numbers were average at the freshmen level,they were small and the talent was limited. I wish them the best.
The two best coaching jobs in the state of CT. are at McMahon and Westhill. Both have academic programs that allow you legally to get any recruit you desire to attend their school. McMahon has the Asian studies program and Westhill had an Agricultual studies program. Get the right coach in there and they will dominate the state. Do you know that Westhill has the sixth highest boy enrollment in the state right now.
As for Jack going to McMahon you can forget about it. Word has it that a former local FCIAC coach has the job locked up but the job still must be posted by union contract.
Is post #42 referring to Coach Egan from Wilton? I heard today that Coach Cochran is the front runner.
Thanks Dave for pointing out that the refs are from the FCIAC and have made controversial calls in the past.
Well Give It A Break – what now? Is Dave lying too? Were the refs not the same ones making questionable calls in earlier games?
And as to the penalty count – what was it actually in the Pomperaug-NDWH game? Do YOU have an accurate count? I would be interested. As I said, I was only repeating what I read in another post.
What “stuff” would I like to be generally known – precisely the stuff we are talking about here.
What kinds of calls the refs made – do they call a lot of “unsportsmanlike” – how many and whenand on who? Do they tend to kill drives when they throw the penalty flag? Do they call a lot of “judgement calls”
And finally – how are they rated by COACHES? It would be useful to see whether the refs get high grades from coaches or not.
I have seen wonderful refs who miss one call in 1,000. I trust them implicitly, and if they make the call I tend to believe it.
And I have seen subpar refs who make questionable call after questionable call. Are they biased? Probably not. Are they incompetent – maybe not – but they need improving, and from what I can see – the same guys making the same questionable calls year after year – they do not care about getting better.
Not that you really care that the refs – and therefore Connecticut football gets better. You are more interested in protecting sub par performance – even at the expense of better football.
GHS Fan — you’ve made I don’t know how many posts regarding the quality of officiating and how officials are rated. I think everyone would agree there are good ones and bad ones. I can’t put my finger exactly on what you want — do you want the bad ones banished? Told thanks but no thanks? How would the remaining officials cover all of the games in their area if their numbers were cut by 25 or 30%? I think that if people think coaches are not in it for the money, what about officials? Even the good ones have to listen to S**T from coaches players and fans from both teams from the beginning to the end of the game…for what $85.00 a game? This is not said to defend all officials, because I could live with a few bad ones…it’s the bad ones who THINK they are good ones that really screw a game up….which is why the never come close to working a “big” game.
Prep should do a complete search for their coaching position. There are some good players in the Freshman and Soph classes. As far as Coach88 claim about numbers and talent; the freshman team dressed 50 players and have some very talented players. Wins over Cheshire, Shelton, Hamden,Hillhouse, Law and NDWH highlighted their season. There is hope for the future with the right man in charge.
Bunker,I should clarify my comment. In seeing Prep Freshmen over the last five years in my opinion this was not as strong as the previous few. Six wins is respectable for any freshmen program but for Prep I think it’s below average. Regarding their wins, ND was absolutly terrible it amazes me how a varsity program can be so good #1 in state and their freshmen were awful. JLaw forfeted their season after four games, probably numbers,HillHouse was average heck even Branford beat them,Shelton was alright and Prep was beat pretty soundly by WHaven which as a rule never has a competative freshmen program. With freshmen programs you never no what your getting year to year,if the talent level is there and you can have a solid starting unit with a good second group,play fundementaly sound and most importantly have good stable coaching staff which the present staff is. This is by no means a knock on Prep Freshmen football this is just my opinion on the past year as compared to past Prep teams
My whole point was that Pomperaug did not get”homered” by a New Haven Crew of officials.I know for a fact Notre Dame had at least 5 flags against them.Pomperaug had between 10 -14 flags,not sure of the exact amount on each teams.About a handful of Pomperaugs penalties were very obvious.The pass interference call was very bad.Its tough to know how good officials are by the amount of flags they throw.If they officiate some games were the teams are totally mismatched they may throw a high amount of flags due to the fact one team cannot compete and thusly needs to hold,etc on virtually every play.Now if you take the statistics of the crew it would look like they are flag happy which was the case but for a good reason.I have had more than my share of disagreements with umpires and officials in many sports at all levels in the past.You will get your good ones who will occasionally blow or miss a call and bad ones that will make good calls every now and then.Thats why I sometimes say when a bad call is made,”thats why they are officiating at the High school level and not at a higher level.”
For the record, the exact count was 15-5 and it was 10-1 at the half. Only 2 calls were of the “obvious” kind. The official on the ND-WH side threw the awful penalty on the PI and about 5 more. At the sametime ND-WH had 3 “obvious” calls,and the Pomp sideline official threw 2 flags. The CIAC doesnt allow the officials from the teams conference to do the games in the finals,so you could stop the conspiracy theories. I do think however that there is no way there should have been that much of a discrepency in a championship game,and the official who threw the PI should really be bumped from ever getting to do big games again.IMHO
fciacfootballfan and Giveitabreak – I am relieved we all recognize that there is an issue with poor refs making bad calls, and are now down to simply discussing how to fix it.
fciacfan – you seem to indicate that it is relatively easy to spot bad refs, and that these refs never get asked to do “big” games. Further , you indicate that a bad ref is better than no ref and at $85 per game, we are getting what we pay for.
Giveitabreak – you indicate that no one got “homered”, but note that Pomp got 3 times as many flags thrown on them, along with what you admit was a terrible pass interference call. However, you question my methodology of reviewing statistics, as many of the calls may be good calls.
Do I have the answers to these good questions? No. I suggest a review of the stats, a key stat being the overall satisfaction from coaches (and maybe players) have with a refs performance. I think coaches and players are ready to recognize if a ref makes a good call – and they undoubtedly prefer having a good ref work their games! The rest of the statistics – call by type, etc., are clearly open to anyone’s analysis – if the database is made available. For example, one can note if a given ref is prone to making holding calls. One can note if a given ref is prone to making unsportsmanlike calls – against everybody, against certain teams – whatever.
$85 per game does not sound like much, but multiply that by 6 (officials per game), and then multiply that by the number of games per year played in Connecticut, and you can see there is a pretty tidy sum that bears a little investment in keeping track of these things.
Finally, if these things are made public – even with a “blind” over a refs personal information – I would think a given ref might be more motivated to get better, as sportswriters might point out that a given ref, who made questionable calls all season and had a low satisfaction rating amongst coasches, went on to make very questionable calls in a state playoff game.
Finally – “Giveit” – I am really interested to know how you know where the refs were from – is your source “official”? You have obvious factual disagreements with Dave about where the refs were from. (Dave says FCIAC) If so, please let me know, as it may enlighten me as to whether some of this stuff is already publicly avaialble.
Any school that would hire Cochran has there priorities in the wrong place.
ghs fan, what do you do for a living? if you are independently wealthy and have the time to do the work, maybe you should do all of the research that you are talking about. there are hundreds of games that need to be covered across each county each week. the only thing is that you need to get on the field to see what really goes on during the game, the speed of the game, the angles they see, and what these guys really go through. just like the nfl, calls will be blown, but you have no idea what you are talking about until you try like these guys do on friday night, saturday afternoon, pop warner games, freshmen games and jv games.
GHS Fan,
For the record, I think the quality of officiating is actually pretty good. Think about how many calls are made throughout the season and how many you consider “bad”. Not calls that could have gone either way, but calls that are outright wrong.
There are more questionable judgment calls in 8 minutes of high school basketball than there are in an entire season of football, and in my opinion these officials have a much greater effect on the outcome of each game. (By the way…SPB, will the basketball preview be out soon?)
If Cochran gets the Mcmahon job, will his son play for him?
SPB, to your knowledge when do the 2010 football schedules come out? Check the schedule of 2010 football clinics their right around the corner. Been to alot of them,some are consistanly very well organized,good speakers who are willing to check their egos at the door and talk to you as a fellow coach.Some that I’ve been to the speakers have that holier than thou attitude and feel that what they are telling you has never been done before and that they’ve just reinvented the wheel and oh by the way on your way out the door for only $50 my cd is avaible to show you all me secrets!!
John –
a simple flat file database listing all the information about each call – which is probably maintained anyway (and if it is not it SHOULD be for the $85 X 6 = $430 per game cost of officiating) will allow easy access to the actual calls. Then a simple surveymonkey sent out every week to each of the coaches asking them to grade the refs that officiated their games (Probable cost about $35 per week)
will get the coaches input collated properly.
I do not need to get on the field. It is apparent to everyone. Some refs are good, some are not so good. Let’s find out who is good, and who can use some improvement, and let’s make sure there is no obvious bias against any teams using cold, hard statistics.
Dr. Van Nostran –
Yes, probably “most” of the calls are good. However, one bad call at one bad time can have catastrophic consequences. Did you review the tape of the interference call against Pomperaug? It would be useful to know if that ref was the same one who made questionable calls in the FCIAC league games as has been suggested by Dave, above.
As to basketball, I tend to agree. Further, I think it is the calls the refs do not make that control the game. That is, letting the big guy play for 40 minutes, and then in the last eight minutes call him every time he tries to play defense. Argghh!
The schedules probably won’t be out until the spring.
Not exactly 15-5 on penalties.I do not have the exact figures on either side but For what it is worth there was at least 6 flags on Notre Dame
(2) Holding
(1) illegal substitution
(1) late Hit
(1) off sides
(1) QB throw over the line of scrimmage
GHS Fan…I’ve read this whole blog which, btw, was titled “More Coaching Moves: Buschbaum steps down at New Fairfield”, since your post #25 you have sucessfully moved the topic to CIAC officiating…I mean, this is high school football not the NFL…But, you feel the need for a referee call statewide “database” including a weekly “surveymonkey” (whatever the hell the monkey part is) to “(coaches, and maybe players)” as suggested in your post #51 & #57??…Get real, that’s dumb…I wouldn’t let the coaches rate the Refs, let alone the players…Geez, they’re kids for chrissakes, and will blast any ref who called a penalty on them..LOL…Same with the coaches…That’s going to be an unbiased survey?…Besides, a lot of the coaches have a hard time filling out game stats…They don’t have the time, or can’t be bothered, and now you want to add another thing for them to fill out?…You’re dreaming…And where is this extra $35 per game for the survey going to come from?…Jodi Rell?…I doubt it…At this level you are just going to have to live with bad/questionable calls, and good/not so good referees…
To #55,
I doubt that Coach Cochran would move his son to a different school. Could you imagine 4 schools in 4 years! Not fun for any kid.
Cochran will not miss his sons games.If he accepts a coaching job his son comes along with him.Also after 2011 his son moves onto College Football and I cannot see Cochran staying on the High School level and missing his sons college games.No actual facts or inside information/rumors contained in my post,just my gut feelings.
cuoz18,
After watching the film ND seemed to have 5 pen (only one holding call,on the TD,which was obvious on film)and the QB was way over the line. Pomp had 4 illegal procedure calls that were obvious,2 of their holding calls were in that “tight” formation(COULDNT MAKE HEADS OR TAILS OUT OF IT) that they run and both were on 4th down conversions by Crick.
Love how ND made Pomp pay for EVERY mistake though thats what good teams do,but if watch the film you come away thinking WOW Pomp let one get away. ND couldnt run on them at all,Pomps defense was very good I was surprised cause I thought ND was way faster then Pomp
Thanks HSfootballfan09,I had to go back(again) to the audio tape from that game to verify.With about 3 minutes 30 seconds to go before half Notre Dame on a 2nd down 7 yards to go from its own 18 yard line completed a 12 yard pass for a first down but the pass completion was negated by a Notre Dame holding Penalty.
On the throw over the line,which was a good call,the official did not make the call to about 10 seconds after the throw and only after seeing where the QB had ended up not where he released it.
Speed only gets you so far when you run between the tackles.They had moderate success when they ran wide about 6 times.I walked away thinking that if the turnovers went the other way Notre Dame would be on the losing side of the game,but I also think execution in a tight game is essential and Pomperaug did not do that.Again I credit SOME of this to Notre Dame.
GHS grandpa – I started talking about refs as the pass interference call was originally mentioned by POMPstretch in Post #7. Have you seen the video on YouTube. The call is at 6:15. “Surveymonkey” is a cheap. easily administered internet survey tool. I think one could gather the coaches impressions from the entire State of Connecticut for $35 per week. Given the millions of dollars tha goes into High School football, even Governor Rell might spring for this. As to gathering stats at games – I thought someone did this? How are stats “official” otherwise? Finally, you might be surprised at the honesty of coaches and players. Having spoken to players about certain penalties, I have heard them sheepishly admit “Yeah – he got me on that one – good call.” However, other times they have said – “That call was BS”.
Thanks to cuoz18 and HSFootballfan09 for counting up and analyzing penalties. Did you see the entire game film? I thought the Youtube film was only big plays?
The idea that we can not do anything to improve the reffing is silly. The idea that the reffing can not be improved is silly. The idea that we should not do anything to get the reffing improved by simple, cheap gathering of game statistics and customer (ie coaches grades of refs) is silly. Finally, the idea that all this should be locked up in a secret (not available to sportswriters/fans) is silly.
However, if the amount of blood swet and tears poured into this game by coaches and kids, not to mention taxpayer dollars, is not worth it because of the risk of some striped shirt (who took his money for his performance) getting a red face, I guess we should leave everything as is.
Thanks Cuoz for a totally baseless opinion on the Cochran matter. At least you were honest about it.
Not sure if it is totally baseless and by the way does baseless make it untrue or hard to accept ?
When Stamford came a calling Jack about 10 years back lets just there were some similarities to the above current scenario that kept him off the Stamford sidelines,and those come from some highly accepted rumors from knowledgeable in the know people.
I would be shocked if Cochran accepted another High School coaching job and did not bring his son along or coached High School football when Casey is in college playing football.
I really think Cochran would not put his kid in ANOTHER high school. And going from Masuk to Mcmahon will not help his kids chances for college. I think this is a father who knows that it is all about his son for the next couple of years. Would he really take him off a loaded team where he lead the STATE in passing yards? Any word on the Mcmahon job Sean?
Well if this happens it will be the first time he does not attend his sons games.His son has been at his side for the last 15 years.He seems more nervous at his sons games than he does on the sidelines.I just do not see this happening.He could have stayed at New London and became a high profile player(QB),but would have not compiled the extraordinary statistics he has at Masuk.Time will tell.