[P. Fanning]

Wow. Great hire. I guess the grapevine had good info this time. Wouldn’t have thought he would make this move, but the family angle makes it make sense.

Does this leave Derrick Newsome out of coaching for now?  I really think he knows the game, but he just doesn’t maintain relationships with players.

Anyone know a connection between principal Jeremy Hall and Derrick?

I’m thinking Jeremy was an assistant principal at BL for atleast a year whike Derrick was there. Jeremy is from the AC area. Derrick does a good job, but comes with a lot of baggage. The type of baggage that would be known by former admin like Jeremy that most are unaware of. Jeremy loves sports, there’s little doubt that he will focus on making the right hires for the sports programs. I believe he will hire based on both integrity and what’s best for the success of the given sport.

What kind of baggage? 

As far as Holland goes, I hope this works out for he and Pike Central. He certainly has the credentials with the what, 11 region titles? I hope it works out better than when they hired Johnny Martin. I thought he was going to be there for a while, but only lasted a season.