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Post by buckeyekid on May 15, 2016 7:18:32 GMT -5
I had a chance meeting with the New Coach Britton Devier at the HS yesterday when I was there with my wife yesterday afternoon.
Spoke with him for 15 minutes or so. He was just finishing up interviewing an assistant Coach . I think he's anxious to start building something here and he see's guarded potential.
He said it's very important to get kids involved in the off season lifting programs. He thinks he can get 40+ kids out with some effort and promotion.
Last year we only had high 28-29 lows 30's,,that's tough I agree for anyone to be successful. I think he'll bring some new ideas about offense and defense and obviously with a pretty huge turnover in staff that is inevitable. The little I hear from the kids, because i don't have any in HS anymore, seems positive.
He likes the school position he has, likes the community and the fact that the town makes up just one school. Incidentally, that was something that Coach Noss also said when he took over the basketball program back in 1998 moving from Marion. He thinks the new school building is great and likes what he sees in the student body. "See's some big kids walking the hallways" and obviously the hope is to get max participation.
I told him, " This school CAN win in football. Coach King won and so did Coach Hawkins, no reason you can't do the same" He agreed.
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2016 10:10:55 GMT -5
I think he was advertising on ohsaa classifieds for a d/c with 4-2 experience, I don't think this a good idea for him, I hope he has some olb/saftey hybrids that can fill the ally quickly and get down hill. I've also heard he will be running the spread, hope he has some a kid that can fling it around a little bit or the d will be on the field for a long time. Like I said this on the former site, this is just a stepping stone job for him, but not a bad thing for willard. He get any of the coaches within the building to be on staff?
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Post by ronburgandy on May 16, 2016 11:58:08 GMT -5
What jobs aren't stepping stones(usually)? And he must be planning on staying for a while if he's looking into buying a house here.
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2016 7:42:51 GMT -5
I would argue that Perkins, Bellevue, Clyde, Huron, TC are not stepping stone jobs just to name a few. Not everyone is trying to coach at a Canton or Massillon, like the smaller school feel, but still have a strong support staff, good facilties, long time equipment manager, etc.
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Post by ronburgandy on May 17, 2016 8:19:45 GMT -5
A stepping stone job doesn't always have to be to a bigger school necessarily. Look at Hawkins, went from Wynford to Willard to Galion to Ontario. They can be lateral movements as well, which a lot of times they are.
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2016 9:12:50 GMT -5
A stepping stone job doesn't always have to be to a bigger school necessarily. Look at Hawkins, went from Wynford to Willard to Galion to Ontario. They can be lateral movements as well, which a lot of times they are. Using Hawkins as an example doesn't really help your argument, I don't want to get into 18 pages about him, but we all know he has carried some baggage which enticed him into leaving, him leaving Galion was just a personal move, I don't think Galion is stepping stone school currently, I think some coaches would stay there forever. We really are arguing about nothing, we both agree that Willard is now currently a stepping stone school. |
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Post by ronburgandy on May 17, 2016 9:44:52 GMT -5
Yeah Willard is a stepping stone school because we just produce all these coaches that go on to other schools so often.
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2016 10:41:31 GMT -5
I would argue that Perkins, Bellevue, Clyde, Huron, TC are not stepping stone jobs just to name a few. Some may argue those schools are more of a stepping stone as they can create attention for a coach to be able to move on. In my experience, a coach who looks to move up the ranks fast will look for one of theses types of schools before going to a league's bottom team. If I have heard all the facts correctly, in my opinion a school like Willard or Galion would only be a stepping stone for a coach with some possible baggage, that needs to get on track and may never get a job at a school like Perkins, Bellevue, Clyde, Huron, TC with current record. |
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Post by Willard Fillmore on May 17, 2016 14:58:33 GMT -5
A stepping stone job doesn't always have to be to a bigger school necessarily. Look at Hawkins, went from Wynford to Willard to Galion to Ontario. They can be lateral movements as well, which a lot of times they are. Using Hawkins as an example doesn't really help your argument, I don't want to get into 18 pages about him, but we all know he has carried some baggage which enticed him into leaving, him leaving Galion was just a personal move, I don't think Galion is stepping stone school currently, I think some coaches would stay there forever. We really are arguing about nothing, we both agree that Willard is now currently a stepping stone school. At the time, Wynford to Willard was leaving his alma mater, a move to a larger school and a higher profile League. When Hawkins moved from Willard to Galion was it on his own volition or a necessity? Galion to Ontario was a much better personal situation at a point in a career when another move is not aspired to. |
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Post by Willard Fillmore on May 17, 2016 15:00:52 GMT -5
I would argue that Perkins, Bellevue, Clyde, Huron, TC are not stepping stone jobs just to name a few. Not everyone is trying to coach at a Canton or Massillon, like the smaller school feel, but still have a strong support staff, good facilties, long time equipment manager, etc. I researched back 50 years and could not find an example of a head football or basketball coach using Ontario as a "stepping stone". With that said, it doesn't mean that a coach didn't plan to use Ontario as a "stepping stone" and either didn't win and the "stepping stone" plan didn't work out, or before getting there didn't realize what a good situation it was for a coach/teacher/father and stayed instead of "stepping". |
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2016 22:03:54 GMT -5
Do not forget the Hawkins did not go from Willard to Galion so that was not a step. There were multiple years between those jobs if memory serves.
You could say Valentine used Ontario as a step, did well quick and move to the job he really wanted.
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Post by areafan1 on Jun 2, 2016 9:09:27 GMT -5
Devier won't go anywhere for some time unless Willard fires him. Devier has to much baggage to get another job. He's lucky he got this one.
He's put his name into a number of jobs to get turned down do to his baggage. He will be at Willad for many years if they can win some.
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Post by buckeyekid on Jun 19, 2016 13:03:16 GMT -5
Am hearing the culture is changing which is Good News. They feel like they are in the Mid 45 range for kids in the program, which is up 10 from earlier.
A long way to go but I have a feeling it's headed in the right direction.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2016 7:34:11 GMT -5
Am hearing the culture is changing which is Good News. They feel like they are in the Mid 45 range for kids in the program, which is up 10 from earlier. A long way to go but I have a feeling it's headed in the right direction. Quality over quantity, but you gotta start somewhere. The coach just needs to weather the storm this year, then when Willard plays in the small division in the SBC next year they need to win games. Follow the Norwalk formula! Win win win, this generation needs instant gratification! |
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Post by schwinn on Jun 28, 2016 13:02:09 GMT -5
What jobs aren't stepping stones(usually)? And he must be planning on staying for a while if he's looking into buying a house here. I think he bought my nieces house. |
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