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Post by QuietCop on May 28, 2008 12:35:51 GMT -5
Dekalbs Joe Bradburn is the new HN Boys basketball coach.
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Post by Kyle Feller on May 28, 2008 12:55:52 GMT -5
Joe Bradburn, DeKalb, 16 Years, 196 Wins, 132 Losses
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Post by huisrealgood on May 28, 2008 13:23:41 GMT -5
I like the chances of Alex Kock becoming an assistant coach there now with his connection to Bradburn. I've heard Alex really wants to get into coaching and would love to get plugged in at HNHS.
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Post by Formerbruin on May 28, 2008 13:57:37 GMT -5
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Post by QuietCop on May 28, 2008 20:41:00 GMT -5
I like the chances of Alex Kock becoming an assistant coach there now with his connection to Bradburn. I've heard Alex really wants to get into coaching and would love to get plugged in at HNHS. I thought the same thing but he needs a teaching job to go with a coaching position. |
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Post by huisrealgood on May 28, 2008 23:14:58 GMT -5
Doesn't he have an education degree? I'm sure HNHS has a PE opening he could fill.
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Post by QuietCop on May 29, 2008 13:14:31 GMT -5
Yes he does. In fact, he would have had a job at HNHS if he hadn't pursued that other playing opportunity.
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Post by foresterpride on May 29, 2008 15:56:12 GMT -5
I like the chances of Alex Kock becoming an assistant coach there now with his connection to Bradburn. I've heard Alex really wants to get into coaching and would love to get plugged in at HNHS. With both Girls and boys basketball coaches as well as the AD vacating their positions, the basketball programs are a mess and will likely only get worse based on the current school board. I'm not sure why anyone would want to "get plugged in at HNHS" other than teachers there get paid relatively well for the area. |
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Post by QuietCop on May 29, 2008 22:56:44 GMT -5
What does the school board have to do with the basketball programs being a mess and getting worse? HN gets a good leader in there (both boys and girls)and it can get turned around to winning seasons soon. Bottomline is that HN needs a motivator to get kids hungry to play again. Coulod Bradburn be that guy? We will see.
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Post by foresterpride on May 30, 2008 8:11:39 GMT -5
What? Have you not lived in Huntington?
Its almost tradition, in Huntington, to have overly aggressively parents complaining to coaches about how they run the team, now you have parents complaining to school board member, and school board members acting on those complaint and trying to run the athletic department. Look no further than former girls coach John Lippe, or former girls coach Burton, or the long, long list of former boys coaches prior to the last one. And now the AD has left the community he grewup in after getting a new facility just a few years ago.
And who will be the next AD? Likely an ex-athletic trainer who was made Asst. AD because he couldn't be an athletic trainer anymore because he wasn't certified. He's a nice guy and all by hardly aggressive or energetic enough to handle an aggressive school board or aggressive parents.
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Post by Kyle Feller on May 30, 2008 8:14:12 GMT -5
The sooner parents realize that their 5'8 unathletic kid won't be going to Duke or the NBA, the better off all coaching staffs in the state of Indiana will be.
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Post by Formerbruin on May 30, 2008 9:36:47 GMT -5
The sooner parents realize that their 5'8 unathletic kid won't be going to Duke or the NBA, the better off all coaching staffs in the state of Indiana will be. I believe that my parents came to that conclusion a long time ago. Got to get ready for Noon Hoops, wish you were here. |
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Post by Mark Richard on May 30, 2008 13:22:52 GMT -5
or the long, long list of former boys coaches prior to the last one. Is the list really that long in recent history? I grew up going to HNHS basketball games and the only coaches I can remember are Creighton Burns, Jack Gabor and Eric Foister. How many others have there been in the last 20 years? |
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Post by QuietCop on May 30, 2008 19:42:28 GMT -5
I have lived in Hgtn almost my entire life. I agree the school board should have nothing to do with athletics and dealing with parents unless it is something major. Thats why I stated that we need good leaders in those positions. As far as the Asst. AD is concerned, I can't comment as to how well he would or would not do. He hasn't had that opportunity. I know I have always had a good working relationship with him. I am curious as to why you think he will get that position though.
MR is right, there have only been 3 boys coaches here the last 19 years(Burns came in 89) and I am not sure what exactly you are getting at.
I do agree that whoever they hire as AD, needs to have the school board butt out of his/her department and let he/she run it.
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Post by clinttjohnson on May 30, 2008 22:58:18 GMT -5
Alex Kock will be a great head boys basketball coach someday soon I think.
The teaching rule that you gotta teach... I understand it makes sense to have a guy familiar with the kids' total school experience and stuff, but a guy like Alex Kock is an amazing person and coach and should be given a head job.
I think it should be based solely on ability and not on whether they teach or don't teach.
Alex Kock is THE MAN!
Hire him!
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