Programs turned around

[SUGARTOWN]

Monticello not far from Stuttgart... maybe the Birds could give advice on building The Machine!

Nah, Monticello may be beyond help given the atmosphere down there.

[KASH dba The Lumberjack]

I nominate ST to go down here and straighten it all out. Do I get a second?

[FmrBillieFan]

I nominate ST to go down here and straighten it all out. Do I get a second?

It can't get any worse at this point...

[AirWarren]

It can't get any worse at this point...

It's hard to grasp.

[$aintMaximu$]

I'm ready for some football...

[LH_DAD]

That should tell you something.  Get out while the getting is good.  They probably saw the writing on the wall.

Here is what it tells anyone that knows the situation.  That was a veteran staff and most retired.  One moved into administration and none moved to different teams or schools.

[Green Forest Press]

Green forest obviously

[beach bum]

Green forest obviously

Turned around into the ground?

[HeberFan]

Best way to turn around a program?  Get a bunch of superstar players and lead them to the field.

[incogneto]

Best way to turn around a program?  Get a bunch of superstar players and lead them to the field.

Losers Mentality, nobody ever wonders why some coaches always seem to have talent.  This mentality means that team will only beat teams they are vastly more talented than.  Most PA teams look like a sophomore soccer team but they sure don't play like it. 

[HeberFan]

Razorbacks could use a turnaround.

[secthumper]

What the h--l is going on with the panthers this coming year? From what I am hearing up there, seems to be a lot of infighting between the administration and a group of parents ever since the Rivercrest game last year. Ever since the decline of the Fayetteville Shale $$$ things have taken a slide downward. Perhaps you could give an assessment as to if any of this is true. They really need a casino on the lake, a marijane dispensary in the county, voter approved wet county, and several industries that will pay a fair decent wage that the BTB have never wanted. Love the panthers and hope they do have enough players on the field to be competitive in 2-4A this year and the years to come!

[friscokid]

What the h--l is going on with the panthers this coming year? From what I am hearing up there, seems to be a lot of infighting between the administration and a group of parents ever since the Rivercrest game last year. Ever since the decline of the Fayetteville Shale $$$ things have taken a slide downward. Perhaps you could give an assessment as to if any of this is true. They really need a casino on the lake, a marijane dispensary in the county, voter approved wet county, and several industries that will pay a fair decent wage that the BTB have never wanted. Love the panthers and hope they do have enough players on the field to be competitive in 2-4A this year and the years to come!

You listed a lot of things that would make Cleburne County a better place to live, but if that happened Heber would be 5A and then they'd basically be Beebe North. In other words, I doubt they would be any better at football.

To add, there's more than just economic prosperity that makes a winning football team.

[bleudog]

Junction City - David Carpenter.  I think the Dragons had one playoff win before he got there. They haven't missed the playoffs or lost in the first round since his program kicked in in '98.  This weekend he was inducted into the AHSCA Hall of Fame.

[secthumper]

You listed a lot of things that would make Cleburne County a better place to live, but if that happened Heber would be 5A and then they'd basically be Beebe North. In other words, I doubt they would be any better at football.

To add, there's more than just economic prosperity that makes a winning football team.

[secthumper]

They had a great coach a few years ago, but I was told that they would not pay him more, so he left to go to Fayetteville, believe it was Janski!

[RabAlumni]

They had a great coach a few years ago, but I was told that they would not pay him more, so he left to go to Fayetteville, believe it was Janski!

How did that turn out? I'm assuming much like it did for Dawson!

[HorseFeathers]

How did that turn out? I'm assuming much like it did for Dawson!

I think he's the athletic director

[RZback]

Janski is the AD and has been for 4-5 years, maybe more.

[HeberFan]

Janski is the AD and has been for 4-5 years, maybe more.

You say it best, when you say nothing at all.

[Hoghead2]

Hope, through the 60s, to the early 2000s the Bobcats put out a decent product. Now the program can barley put 40 players on a team. Had a 20 plus game losing streak at one point. They have top notched facilities. Only 5 Conferences Titles(00,01,06,13,15) in the past 19 years. A turnaround is due. Hope has always had athletes. Getting them on the field has become the problem.

[jazdill]

Lamar has to be in the conversation.  I'm not talking about myself.  When Jay Holland came to Lamar there was only one season in the history of the school that they won more than 6 games.  More than once they owned the states longest loosing streak.   Even though now Lamar hasn't been a state power, Lamar has been very competitive in the last 11 years winning more than 6 games in 7 out of 11. 

1970  2-6
71: 0-9
72:  0-8
73  3-6
74  2-7
75  3-4-1
76  3-6
77  2-6-1
78  5-5
79  4-5
80  3-7
81  0-9
82  0-10
83  0-10
84  3-7
85  6-4
86  7-3
87  4-5
88  1-9
89  0-10
90  0-10
91  0-10
92  1-9
93  0-10
94  4-5
95  4-4-1
96  3-7
97  2-8
98  2-8
99  0-10
2000  2-7
01  1-8-1
02  1-9
03  2-8
04  0-10
05  3-7
06  6-4
07  6-4
08 11-2-1
09  10-2
10  4-7
11  5-5-1
12  8-4
13  9-2
14  9-3
15  10-3
16  5-6
17  5-6
18  10-3

So if anyone ever wonders why Lamar gets excited about a 10 win season and a conference runner up now you know.

Fearless stats do not go back this far so they must remain forgotten   

[HeberFan]

Things change. Just keep working hard and ignore the complainers.

[Mulerider4Life]

Calling it now, but Malvern is going to have the program turned around in 3 or 4 years.

[4 Year Letterman]

Program that I think has turned around would be the mighty Subiaco Trojans. Not only did they demolish the Lavaca golden arrows but they also held the lead for the Lamar game for the first couple min. What a turn around to what I thought was going to be a hopeless season! I am excited! see y'all late November!

[Trojanbird]

Program that I think has turned around would be the mighty Subiaco Trojans. Not only did they demolish the Lavaca golden arrows but they also held the lead for the Lamar game for the first couple min. What a turn around to what I thought was going to be a hopeless season! I am excited! see y'all late November!

You lost your mind?

[Sigmund Sauer]

You lost your mind?

+1
I believe the magnitude of the words "turned around" has diminished as this thread ages.

[STUNNA]

Warren once Hembree took over... he is the second fastest coach to get 200 wins in Arkansas history....

[4 Year Letterman]

You lost your mind?

you don't agree? I figured of all people you would 

[HeberFan]

They had a great coach a few years ago, but I was told that they would not pay him more, so he left to go to Fayetteville, believe it was Janski!

You were told incorrectly.