What the heck is going on down there?
Hearing all types of rumors and people leaving/not leaving...... what is going on?
will they field a team? do they have a coach?
Yep rumors are going around..I'm sure someone on this board knows more about the situation
If Strong folds.........then the 2A-8 will have Hermitage, Woodlawn, and now a 3rd team that might not make the season. I'm glad CHG has gone back to 3A.
8 man football, 8 man football, 8 man football. When is the AAA going to get smart??
Quote from: purpleswag on April 09, 2018, 05:57:00 pm
8 man football, 8 man football, 8 man football. When is the AAA going to get smart??
NEVER
Quote from: WorkOrder on April 10, 2018, 07:45:58 am
NEVER
Or co-op teams. Neighboring school districts can combine to form 1 team.
Some schools already practice the co op system
Quote from: purpleswag on April 09, 2018, 05:57:00 pm
8 man football, 8 man football, 8 man football. When is the AAA going to get smart??
More consolidation.
Quote from: blueandwhite on April 10, 2018, 11:33:35 am
Or co-op teams. Neighboring school districts can combine to form 1 team.
IDK about this. This would raise more questions and problems than just allowing some of these schools to play 8man
Why don't the schools just get together and push the issue....it worked for bowling and soccer....
Doesn't look like strong has a head fb coach according to the Eldo news times .
Quote from: eldofan on April 14, 2018, 12:13:12 pm
Doesn't look like strong has a head fb coach according to the Eldo news times .
I saw where the son was arrested but he is still employed by the district.
Good to know then. Hopefully they can field a team
Quote from: eldofan on April 14, 2018, 12:37:00 pm
Good to know then. Hopefully they can field a team
Yeah hopefully. Of course it's going to be hard to keep his job with the accusations
Guilty until proven innocent these days.
They need some more Kenneth Dixon's down there. He's a once in a lifetime player though
They also had a pretty good coach to go along with a once in a lifetime player.
Didn't Dixon play for Johnny Jackson?
Can't remember his name but he went to Waldron the next year
Quote from: old.dole on April 19, 2018, 07:28:11 am
Didn't Dixon play for Johnny Jackson?
Shane Davis was the head coach when Dixon played.
Jackson may have been the d coordinator then because he is the girls b-ball at Camden fairview
Quote from: old.dole on April 19, 2018, 07:55:45 am
Jackson may have been the d coordinator then because he is the girls b-ball at Camden fairview
Possibly so.
so when does the state step in and shut them down. The rumor in this area is that it's a total joke of a school district.
What school district would want Strong the most?
Quote from: old.dole on April 19, 2018, 12:11:06 pm
What school district would want Strong the most?
Split them up like Stephens?
Jackson was the head coach when they won it all with Dixon.
Quote from: PapaHog on April 19, 2018, 01:17:11 pm
Jackson was the head coach when they won it all with Dixon.
No Shane Davis was the head coach.
Fann07 is right
Smartest thing he ever did was put Dixon at qb and not rb
Then what was Jackson that year and when did he take over as HC?
Quote from: PapaHog on April 19, 2018, 03:36:25 pm
Then what was Jackson that year and when did he take over as HC?
Seems like Jackson was the DC that year. He took over the next year when Davis went to Waldron. Davis has done very little since.
Davis was the head coach but after the PC game that year the superintendent stepped in and demoted Davis and gave Jackson the reigns. Davis was still listed as the Head coach of the team but was an assistant on the sidelines.
Quote from: baseball13 on April 19, 2018, 04:46:35 pm
Davis was the head coach but after the PC game that year the superintendent stepped in and demoted Davis and gave Jackson the reigns. Davis was still listed as the Head coach of the team but was an assistant on the sidelines.
Not true but ok.
I know Jackson pretty well and that sounds a lot more like what he told me. Just didn't know if it happened during the season or after.
Quote from: PapaHog on April 19, 2018, 05:36:39 pm
I know Jackson pretty well and that sounds a lot more like what he told me. Just didn't know if it happened during the season or after.
I'm sure he did.
Whatever that means..
Quote from: PapaHog on April 19, 2018, 05:46:55 pm
Whatever that means..
It means I'm sure he did tell you that. Nothing else.
Jackson is a pretty high class guy I seriously doubt he would just go around spouting that off
Quote from: baseball13 on April 19, 2018, 04:46:35 pm
Davis was the head coach but after the PC game that year the superintendent stepped in and demoted Davis and gave Jackson the reigns. Davis was still listed as the Head coach of the team but was an assistant on the sidelines.
I understood Jerry Langston took over game management without taking the title of head coach.
Quote from: bleudog on April 19, 2018, 06:17:34 pm
I understood Jerry Langston took over game management without taking the title of head coach.
That's the truth to it. I know Jerry well and that was what happened. He took over all playcalling duties on the offensive side of the ball halfway through the season.
You calling my guy a liar? Lol he never claimed he was calling the shots. Just that he was moved to head coach. He did say he had more of a hand in on defense.
Quote from: fann07 on April 19, 2018, 06:38:51 pm
That's the truth to it. I know Jerry well and that was what happened. He took over all playcalling duties on the offensive side of the ball halfway through the season.
That's what Jerry Langston told me personally as well. Though Langston told me that he basically called the same things that Coach Davis was calling but that it was an issue of player (and fan confidence) that had taken a beating with the shocking and bizarre loss to PC.
As the playoffs went on it was basically Coach Langston who was the "figurehead" and Coach Davis who was calling the shots again but by then Strong was rolling and no one cared.
I often miss working at Strong.
Quote from: Dayton Kitchens on April 19, 2018, 10:47:18 pm
That's what Jerry Langston told me personally as well. Though Langston told me that he basically called the same things that Coach Davis was calling but that it was an issue of player (and fan confidence) that had taken a beating with the shocking and bizarre loss to PC.
As the playoffs went on it was basically Coach Langston who was the "figurehead" and Coach Davis who was calling the shots again but by then Strong was rolling and no one cared.
I often miss working at Strong.
Yep that's what I got out of it as well. Jackson was never the head coach that year. Not in title or behind the scenes.
Quote from: fann07 on April 20, 2018, 06:18:35 am
Yep that's what I got out of it as well. Jackson was never the head coach that year. Not in title or behind the scenes.
well dont you know everything. guys if you ever need to know anything about anything just ask fann07.
Quote from: baseball13 on April 20, 2018, 07:28:17 am
well dont you know everything. guys if you ever need to know anything about anything just ask fann07.
That's right! I can confirm he is correct on that statement. ;D
Dixon was in fact the OC, DC, HC, QB, HB, and I heard rumors he drove the bus as well.
Quote from: WHITEchicken on April 20, 2018, 08:24:11 am
Dixon was in fact the OC, DC, HC, QB, HB, and I heard rumors he drove the bus as well.
That we can agree on. Everyone else was just along for the ride.
Quote from: Dayton Kitchens on April 19, 2018, 10:47:18 pm
That's what Jerry Langston told me personally as well. Though Langston told me that he basically called the same things that Coach Davis was calling but that it was an issue of player (and fan confidence) that had taken a beating with the shocking and bizarre loss to PC.
As the playoffs went on it was basically Coach Langston who was the "figurehead" and Coach Davis who was calling the shots again but by then Strong was rolling and no one cared.
I often miss working at Strong.
I think Langston's mid-season role change was less for play calling and more for personnel assignment. Davis thought KD would be more effective at the RB spot, Langston let KD go all Scam Newton on folks at QB. It eventually became obvious to even Davis that KD could do the most damage to opponents from behind center. At that point, Davis "danced with who brung him."
Quote from: WHITEchicken on April 20, 2018, 08:24:11 am
Dixon was in fact the OC, DC, HC, QB, HB, and I heard rumors he drove the bus as well.
I saw him kick a 30+ yard, if I remember right, field goal at Junction in the semi-final game.
so who in their right mind is going to take this job knowing they more than likely will not have a program in a year or two?
Quote from: Dayton Kitchens on April 19, 2018, 10:47:18 pm
That's what Jerry Langston told me personally as well. Though Langston told me that he basically called the same things that Coach Davis was calling but that it was an issue of player (and fan confidence) that had taken a beating with the shocking and bizarre loss to PC.
As the playoffs went on it was basically Coach Langston who was the "figurehead" and Coach Davis who was calling the shots again but by then Strong was rolling and no one cared.
I often miss working at Strong.
It wasn't a BIZARRE loss to PC. Chapel had their number that night. Dixon got loose for a big run early, then they held him in check the rest of the night.
PC had a superior gameplan that night.
A brief history lesson of Strong will tell you that Langston couldn't stay away from the football program.... even long after he should have.
Quote from: Rida4Life on April 20, 2018, 09:31:32 am
It wasn't a BIZARRE loss to PC. Chapel had their number that night. Dixon got loose for a big run early, then they held him in check the rest of the night.
PC had a superior gameplan that night.
A brief history lesson of Strong will tell you that Langston couldn't stay away from the football program.... even long after he should have.
In 2011, Strong won a state title with a record of 10-3.
Strong's three losses were to:
a (9-2) Junction team
a (10-2) Bearden team
a (4-5) Parkers team
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-K3VlA58T2I8/UoDmb09hl6I/AAAAAAAABxA/Pctgap8z2zI/s1600/Not+like+the+other.png)
All three losses were early in the season right?
Quote from: old.dole on April 20, 2018, 10:22:18 am
All three losses were early in the season right?
KD's position reassignment was made at mid-season and he never lost another high school football game (while putting up some ridiculous rushing numbers).
2011-09-02 England W, 35 - 29
2011-09-16 Smackover W, 26 - 20
2011-09-23 Bearden L, 14 - 37 2011-09-30 at Junction City L, 6 - 28 2011-10-14 at Hampton W, 72 - 38
2011-10-21 Parkers Chapel L, 14 - 19 2011-10-28 at Norphlet W, 32 - 16
2011-11-03 Woodlawn W, 34 - 0
2011-11-11 vs. Mountainburg W, 35 - 28
2011-11-18 vs. Magnet Cove W, 33 - 14
2011-11-25 vs. McCrory W, 16 - 14
2011-12-02 vs. Junction City W, 29 - 19
2011-12-10 vs. Carlisle W, 45 - 20
Even after the Parker's Chapel loss, Strong was behind at Norphlet 16-14 at the half the next week. They made a personnel change at halftime. They put the hulking senior backup tackle Tyre Hinson in at Tight End. This allowed them to seal off the edge on that side enabling Dixon and others to repeatedly get free around the corner in the second half.
Do any of y'all know who and when they are interviewing and when a hire should be made?
Will they have enough to field a team ?
Quote from: eldofan on June 11, 2018, 09:57:21 am
Will they have enough to field a team ?
Yes. 26 out.
Heard they hired someone last week? Anyone know who it was?
Some assistant from Crossett..Not sure on name
As a fan of small town football I hope he does well. The 8 can't lose another school. They just need one win to be in the playoffs.
Who are they going to beat?
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Hiring an assistant coach when there are highly qualified head coaches that applied. Makes no sense.
Quote from: Eagle boss on June 21, 2018, 10:21:43 am
Hiring an assistant coach when there are highly qualified head coaches that applied. Makes no sense.
Can you enlighten us on the "highly qualified head coaches" that were passed over for this job?
Quote from: Eagle boss on June 21, 2018, 10:21:43 am
Hiring an assistant coach when there are highly qualified head coaches that applied. Makes no sense.
Quote from: The_Wesson_Blessin on June 21, 2018, 11:09:37 am
Can you enlighten us on the "highly qualified head coaches" that were passed over for this job?
All irrelevant.
Numbers are good in Strong - 25+ from what I understand. They needed somebody who can help them get kids in, not just out. Its the next few years that things get dicey numbers wise.
Any idea on Crossett assistant? Lawson, by chance?
With an enrollment of 84 students in strong high school it's only a matter of time before the number game makes it just a basketball school.
Quote from: eldofan on June 21, 2018, 02:03:56 pm
With an enrollment of 84 students in strong high school it's only a matter of time before the number game makes it just a basketball school.
https://adedata.arkansas.gov/statewide/Schools/EnrollmentByGrade.aspx?year=28&search=7009049&pagesize=10
https://adedata.arkansas.gov/statewide/Schools/EnrollmentByGrade.aspx?year=28&search=7009048&pagesize=10
Not what AAA is reporting . Review their numbers . I suppose if u subtracted the 7 th and 8 th grades from that total then that would be pretty close
Quote from: eldofan on June 21, 2018, 04:36:33 pm
Not what AAA is reporting . Review their numbers . I suppose if u subtracted the 7 th and 8 th grades from that total then that would be pretty close
AAA will average 9-10-11 for the last three years of the cycle being calculated..
2017-2018 reported actual for 9-10-11-12 was 90.
2017-2018 reported actual for 8-9-10-11 was also 90. These kids should be the one available for 2018-2019.
Your number of 84 and the 90 aren't materially different. I just posted the links to show the snapshot of what Strong has in their grade pipeline.
I don't think the ADE reports gender by grade but there are quite a few more males than females in the high school (7-12). That might help Strong's football participation numbers a little.
https://adedata.arkansas.gov/statewide/Schools/EnrollmentByRaceGender.aspx?year=28&search=7009049&pagesize=10
Yes eventually the pipeline will catch up and we will lose another FB school unfortunately
EDNT pre-season article: CLICK HERE (http://digital.olivesoftware.com/Olive/ODN/ElDorado/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=ELDNTIMES%2F2018%2F06%2F30&entity=Ar00903&sk=0EEB5A1B&mode=text)
So the guy they hired was removed from coaching at Crossett ???
Quote from: bleudog on June 30, 2018, 09:29:04 am
EDNT pre-season article: CLICK HERE (http://digital.olivesoftware.com/Olive/ODN/ElDorado/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=ELDNTIMES%2F2018%2F06%2F30&entity=Ar00903&sk=0EEB5A1B&mode=text)
Whats wrong in the picture?
Quote from: MagicMike on July 13, 2018, 11:56:25 am
So the guy they hired was removed from coaching at Crossett ???
Apparently so. I don't normally read the Ashley News Observer and wasn't aware of that when I shared the EDNT link.
When we say removed do we mean not going to coach or removed from teaching at the school?
Quote from: old.dole on July 13, 2018, 03:26:20 pm
When we say removed do we mean not going to coach or removed from teaching at the school?
Quote from: old.dole on July 13, 2018, 03:26:20 pm
When we say removed do we mean not going to coach or removed from teaching at the school?
Removed from coaching. For what I understand he still had his job as a teacher.
Strong granted another 350 waiver: CLICK HERE (http://digital.olivesoftware.com/Olive/ODN/ElDorado/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=ELDNTIMES%2F2019%2F01%2F11&entity=Ar00110&sk=238B9589&mode=text)
Quote from: Dayton Kitchens on April 19, 2018, 10:47:18 pm
That's what Jerry Langston told me personally as well. Though Langston told me that he basically called the same things that Coach Davis was calling but that it was an issue of player (and fan confidence) that had taken a beating with the shocking and bizarre loss to PC.
As the playoffs went on it was basically Coach Langston who was the "figurehead" and Coach Davis who was calling the shots again but by then Strong was rolling and no one cared.
I often miss working at Strong.
Oh geez, tell me you are kidding. Why would anyone miss working at Strong? Nobody there has any teeth. I think a toothbrush and toothpaste is hard to find down there in that little area. If you miss it that much, maybe you should apply for a head coaching job when one comes open and make Strong great again. be sure and bring lots of toothpaste and toothbrushes.
Booger you are an idiot. I sure would be nice if you didn't hide behind that screen name. I'm sure a lot of people would love to talk to you personally.
Quote from: WHITEchicken on February 14, 2019, 10:17:05 pm
Booger you are an idiot. I sure would be nice if you didn't hide behind that screen name. I'm sure a lot of people would love to talk to you personally.
and what would they say? It's a message board, don't like what I say. Don't read it or respond to it. It's that simple.