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Clays New Years resolution should be fire all committee members, because they are not coming up with a solution. 2 months is too long to put a team on the backburner. No other team sits for 2 months, and football is the most physically demanding of them all. If a coach doesn't know by now if he wants to come, even if it is the guy I think we need, make his decision for him.

I get your frustration; I really do!! But have you ever been on a hiring committee?? It's difficult to say the least, and frustrating its' own right.

I'm anxious for a decision to be made, and hope it will be soon. As far as the team sitting for 2 months, they can hit the weight room without a coach. If they are "sitting" right now, then there are more issues that no head coach, IMO.

When will they be sure TC? Finally getting their guy in mid January, if they are lucky, then him putting a staff together by mid February. Time is of the essence. Physically, our players are years behind kids who have came thru a football program with solid weight room personnel. That was the reason for all the injuries last season IMO.
Granny, IMO the players are not coming back out yet because they don't want to commit themselves not knowing who they are committing to. These kids have seen guys that played 10 years quit as Seniors, over what most agree was fueled by ex coaches. You all are blessed in Harlan to have Larkey, someone that kids buy into. Here in Clay, we haven't had that in 20+ years, I guess it might be hard to understand unless you have witnessed it.

I am reluctantly going to reply.

If I'm not mistaken, Clay has not had a football coach since November 10th 2014. It's 2015 and Clay still does not have a coach.

With all due respect to the committee, it's hard for me to understand all the "taking their time to make the right decision" stuff.

If they have 27 applications to choose from, I'm willing to bet 17 of them were weeded out in the first hour of the first meeting, which leaves 10 viable candidates.

The next seven days could serve for vetting those remaining ten. This time could also be utilized by members to discuss those applicants via phone calls, visits and emails. A lot can be talked about in seven days in this day and time.

Meet again and within two hours have it down to 5 or 6. Spend the next hour polishing questions you want to ask the applicants...the questions should be the easy part if you have a clue.

The following day, schedule interviews.

In the meantime, members stay connected and keep discussing the applicants until interviews begin.

Hire one or two of em and let em go to work.

If the committee is making more of this than that, then IMHO they're making too much out of it.

Again, we haven't had a football coach since November 10th, it's January 1, 2015 and we still haven't interviewed the first one???

Maybe I'm out of line here. Hopefully allllllllllllll this time helps the committee hit a grand slam home run. We shall see.