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[Rocketman]

the Grove thread is getting a little cluttered with all the talk of who is looking to be named the next head football coach
for the Evergreen Vikings of the NWOAL.........

Since this is kinda like Nascar's Silly Season for high school football head coaching positions, the next opening that
we will attempt to break first is the one from up north............not a whole lot of success in the past, so the next coach
won't have a lot of undue pressure to produce a winner right off the bat..........they play in a great conference and
they fit very well..........if you give us another week or so, I think we'll be ready to name this one also ........

Feel free to throw 'em out.................RM

[slice slice baby]

i didn't see this one coming (topic) ..... lol

[ADog]

Already being discussed up north that Vickers is being talked about for this position. Not sure if this would be a good move on his part but who am I to say

[Rocketman]

There has been some friction up that way..........

[oberhaus]

ADog, on 23 January 2012 - 10:20 PM, said:

Already being discussed up north that Vickers is being talked about for this position. Not sure if this would be a good move on his part but who am I to say

Vicars is the rumor. I'm working 2 angles. I know a few things that I cant post yet.

[bubbatime]

oberhaus, on 24 January 2012 - 12:24 AM, said:

Vicars is the rumor. I'm working 2 angles. I know a few things that I cant post yet.

That would make perfect sense. How long has Vicars been teaching? He has to be getting near retirement.

[ADog]

oberhaus, on 24 January 2012 - 12:24 AM, said:

Vicars is the rumor. I'm working 2 angles. I know a few things that I cant post yet.

I thought when I spelled his name, I spelled it wrong.....guess I did not pay attention when he coached at Ada...

[Corleone]

I can understand why just about any program in the state would want Vicars.

What I don't understand is why he would be interested in coaching Evergreen. Get closer to home? Unhappy with Genoa, or vice/versa?

[Teddy Malone]

He's about at his time limit for a coaching job.

[Rocketman]

Rocketman, on 23 January 2012 - 10:48 PM, said:

There has been some friction up that way..........

Corleone, on 24 January 2012 - 08:59 PM, said:

I can understand why just about any program in the state would want Vicars.

What I don't understand is why he would be interested in coaching Evergreen. Get closer to home? Unhappy with Genoa, or vice/versa?

Don Corleone,
I thought that I had answered that previously............not sure how long he has been at Jen.....O......a
but he might be getting a case of the 7 year itch......could be a lot of things, but one thing is certain........

if he's not 100% happy at Jen....O.....a then there is going to some school looking to steal him away.........right now it looks
like Evergreen is going all in........and good for them .......IF they are able to get this done they will immediately be thrown
into the conversation about teams able to win in the NWOAL......it just won't be PH or Archbold's little sandbox any longer..

we hope that all the talk is true, and that this deal gets done quickly.......

[ramoth]

Corleone, on 24 January 2012 - 08:59 PM, said:

I can understand why just about any program in the state would want Vicars.

What I don't understand is why he would be interested in coaching Evergreen. Get closer to home? Unhappy with Genoa, or vice/versa?

Could have same the thing about Delta and Genoa before he accepted those positions.


Wasn't Vicars name in the mix for Evergreen the last time they needed a coach?

[oberhaus]

ramoth, on 25 January 2012 - 02:38 PM, said:

Could have same the thing about Delta and Genoa before he accepted those positions.


Wasn't Vicars name in the mix for Evergreen the last time they needed a coach?

Yes it was but he withdrew his name last time.

[polkhigh33]

<sub>Seems to me Vicars has some sort of connection to the AD or principle at Evergreen.

I will say this - he's been blessed with some special players at both Delta and Genoa.</sub>

[PHDigger]

I find it odd that he would consider going to Evergreen. Odd leaving Genoa? No. But a move to Evergreen does not seem like much of an up move. He very well may be having a difficult time at Genoa, but it seems Evergreen has been very hard on coaches for whatever reason. To leave one place to go to another that already has that issue seems like a very backwards move to me. It seems like a common denominator that Mike has issues with someone in the system after so many years. I would bet it won't take nearly that long at Evergreen.

[Hound Dog]

How many schools does this make for Mike...if he does leave Genoa?

Maybe he would go to Grove? Back to his old conference.

[Rocketman]

Hound Dog, on 26 January 2012 - 08:23 PM, said:

How many schools does this make for Mike...if he does leave Genoa?

Maybe he would go to Grove? Back to his old conference.

now we're talking!

[RWB 71]

Vicars has demonstrated the ability to turn around a struggling program in a hurry but also an ability to knock heads with administration.

[polkhigh33]

RWB 71, on 27 January 2012 - 07:13 AM, said:

Vicars has demonstrated the ability to turn around a struggling program in a hurry but also an ability to knock heads with administration.

Well, by the looks of things around Ohio, most school boards/administrators have demonstrated that they don't know squat about football...or basketball...or any other sport. Most seem to want to stick their nose where it doesn't belong instead of letting a coach, coach.

See the mess that just took place in Warren and Canton.

[ramoth]

He does bang heads with administrations but that doesn't mean he is the "bad guy" everytime it happens.....

[I'm Randal]

His problems with school administrations has to do with teaching and not with football. He likes to be played quite a bit of money for not a lot of work. His wife also still works at the hospital in Wauseon, which is another reason they would like to come back to the area. Today is the day the Evergreen Board of Education will discuss the hiring of Coach Vicars. We'll see what happens tonight. They do have a backup plan in case it doesn't work.