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Post by Willard Fillmore on Mar 20, 2021 18:53:43 GMT -5
If your Balogh don’t you stick it out one more year to get to 600? He always said 600 wins wasn't on his coaching bucket list. The OT loss to Ashland and the upset loss to Pleasant this year kept him from reaching 600 and the cancelled games by Lex and Madison kept him from going over. Covid kept it from happening. Then there was the half court no look hook shot at the final buzzer in the District Final against Wynford 13 years ago.  |
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Post by dude on Mar 21, 2021 12:40:52 GMT -5
If your Balogh don’t you stick it out one more year to get to 600? Wouldn't that prove him a liar since he said the numbers didn't matter. |
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Post by marchmadness on Mar 21, 2021 20:03:54 GMT -5
If your Balogh don’t you stick it out one more year to get to 600? He always said 600 wins wasn't on his coaching bucket list. The OT loss to Ashland and the upset loss to Pleasant this year kept him from reaching 600 and the cancelled games by Lex and Madison kept him from going over. Covid kept it from happening. Then there was the half court no look hook shot at the final buzzer in the District Final against Wynford 13 years ago. 20 years ago, not 13...believe it or not. Time flies! |
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Post by Willard Fillmore on Mar 24, 2021 19:56:02 GMT -5
Goodness what a legend. Never one to brag even a little. He would always deflect praise to his players and coaches. He could have easily announced this would be his last year or come back next year and gotten a farewell tour, but he never wanted it to be about him. I know everyone sees this as a great landing spot and there is definitely a great developmental system, but starting the coaching staff from scratch, if true, would be really tough. I’d have to think they would want to find someone with at least some Ontario ties like an alumnus who understands the tradition. There’s only a couple alumni coaches I know of. Anyone want to bring Mark Rinehart back to Ohio? But the tough part is replacing that stability. Any idea if there will be a handoff of sorts? Or if the new coach would start clean. I’d hate to see years of development into those camps, summer leagues, and joint open gyms just stop. Been mulling this over. Mark Rinehart would be a huge get. He'd be closer to family as they're in Ashland and the Cleveland area, but he's been in Lafayette Indiana for around a decade. It's about 50% larger than Mansfield and the school he's head coach at is about twice the size as Ontario and his wife is an administrator. Older brother Tim is in the Cleveland area, but he's been out of coaching for some time. The only former player I know that is/was a coach in this area is Matt Smith at Perkins, but he hasn't coached for a few years. Don't know if he'd be interested in coming home. Mark Delaney, now head coach at Cardington, was in the Ontario system for 9-10 years, before transferring to Clear Fork. He's never been adverse to moving, as he's coached at several schools in the area. Is there another alumni that coaches? The only successful young head coaches I can think of in this area at smaller schools that would be good hires are pretty intrenched in familiar Districts and not likely to move. Ben Snively at Pleasant and Taylor Iceman at Lucas. There are a couple of Baiogh's ex-assistants in the area, but they've been out of coaching for awhile. My preference would be for the new head coach to also be a teacher in the high school, so he can keep track of his players and be there for them if they needed to talk about things other than basketball. Something Joe was addiment about. |
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Post by lozenger4 on Mar 24, 2021 20:11:46 GMT -5
I believe there’s another alumni coaching down in central Ohio. I remember seeing an article in a paper a couple years back saying that he graduated from Ontario. It was a small school from what I recall.
If they can’t find an alumni who understands the tradition, my hope is that it isn’t someone who hops around a lot. I don’t expect the new coach to stick around for 36 years, but I’d hate to see coaching changes multiple times every decade like some other places. Gotta keep that developmental pipeline strong.
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Post by dude on Mar 25, 2021 7:33:04 GMT -5
I believe there’s another alumni coaching down in central Ohio. I remember seeing an article in a paper a couple years back saying that he graduated from Ontario. It was a small school from what I recall. If they can’t find an alumni who understands the tradition, my hope is that it isn’t someone who hops around a lot. I don’t expect the new coach to stick around for 36 years, but I’d hate to see coaching changes multiple times every decade like some other places. Gotta keep that developmental pipeline strong. Ontario will be a total rebuild for the new hire. All new staff and the kids and parents who are faithful will be mentioning the guy who has his name on the court every time they are unhappy. The football coach is in process of convincing every athlete they should play football. So between a successful soccer program and increased numbers for football, the gyms could be empty in the fall. this will be new from the last 36 years. Not saying the previous coach did not have multiple sport athletes, but he did have some very dedicated ones and that is changing. |
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Post by ohioraised on Mar 25, 2021 9:05:40 GMT -5
Had Delaney not just taken the Cardington job he may had been interested but I hear he likes what he sees there.
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Post by Willard Fillmore on Mar 25, 2021 14:59:57 GMT -5
I believe there’s another alumni coaching down in central Ohio. I remember seeing an article in a paper a couple years back saying that he graduated from Ontario. It was a small school from what I recall. If they can’t find an alumni who understands the tradition, my hope is that it isn’t someone who hops around a lot. I don’t expect the new coach to stick around for 36 years, but I’d hate to see coaching changes multiple times every decade like some other places. Gotta keep that developmental pipeline strong. Ontario will be a total rebuild for the new hire. All new staff and the kids and parents who are faithful will be mentioning the guy who has his name on the court every time they are unhappy. The football coach is in process of convincing every athlete they should play football. So between a successful soccer program and increased numbers for football, the gyms could be empty in the fall. this will be new from the last 36 years. Not saying the previous coach did not have multiple sport athletes, but he did have some very dedicated ones and that is changing. A total rebuild implies a program is a mess, we all know that's not true....but then it's dude. The football coach has done a heck of a job recruiting kids, but all it takes is a couple of good athletes in every class concentrating on basketball. That's 4 starters, then a half dozen roll players is all that's needed. |
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Post by Willard Fillmore on Mar 25, 2021 15:08:27 GMT -5
Had Delaney not just taken the Cardington job he may had been interested but I hear he likes what he sees there. I'd think what he'd see at Ontario he'd like even better. But he has had a preference for DIV schools. |
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Post by lozenger4 on Mar 26, 2021 7:49:46 GMT -5
Not to post a conversation I'm having with myself, but I did find the alumni coach I was thinking about. He coaches at Shekinah Christian School in Plain City and graduated Ontario in 2004 according to the school website. Not exactly a big name school and it would be quite the leap anyway.
My guess is that they'll get lots of outside applicants and probably go with a young, enthusiastic coach. I just have a hard time believing they'd go with an older coach unless they plan to bring Blake Balogh in a few years after the next coach leaves. That would be interesting!
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Post by dude on Mar 26, 2021 13:11:33 GMT -5
My guess is that they'll get lots of outside applicants and probably go with a young, enthusiastic coach. I just have a hard time believing they'd go with an older coach unless they plan to bring Blake Balogh in a few years after the next coach leaves. That would be interesting! These jobs always get a lot of applicants. Many of them are dreamers thinking they have a chance but their resume says otherwise. Young, enthusiastic and the interest in starting from scratch without any returning staff it will be a nice project for someone. Unless they find a young coach who can bring a coach or two with him. Ontario has a number of teaching positions opening. |
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Post by dude on Mar 30, 2021 7:11:44 GMT -5
Names are being tossed around for the Ontario job but I have not heard anything shocking yet.
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Post by 419bossman on Mar 22, 2022 14:38:28 GMT -5
I was looking at the All Time Coaches' Wins list and Coach Balogh name is omitted from the list. If his name was listed he would be 17th on the All Time Wins list.
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Post by Willard Fillmore on Mar 22, 2022 15:42:02 GMT -5
It's been on that list for probably the past 7 years. Knowing Joe he asked them to take it off when he retired.
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Post by dude on Mar 23, 2022 8:13:50 GMT -5
I was looking at the All Time Coaches' Wins list and Coach Balogh name is omitted from the list. If his name was listed he would be 17th on the All Time Wins list. The OHSAA records list is constantly behind. They did not have in with a correct total so they probably removed it to get the right number. |
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