Well… the topic being “coaching what if’s” won’t stop you from venting on the District Brian. I am using the Henning situation at LWE as a comparison to Hylton at LWN. AJ was/is a solid player but would not have held up to the contact Hylton took in his capacity at LWN..my opinion. You can block me but to respond by name calling obviously you can’t ignore my posts. Even as the earth was being turned for the two new schools, it was obvious only one would have been required. George Czart may have never been a head coach in District 210? He left Lockport for the opportunity and may have eventually been the man at LP. George is a great guy, better teacher and I hope he is happy with his current situation. The growth and realignment was necessary, maybe not as some desired, but closing North was the best move…again my opinion. Maybe your undies are in a bunch Bwm57 because WIU demolished your Frosh dorm? The district has moved on and you are stuck in the mud.
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You make several good points here. It's a shame we have to re-visit all the mistakes made in the LW district, namely a built school that wasn't needed. After all the facts came down and the school was closed, I remember saying to people it shouldn't have been built and I said so at the time it was completed.
I remember here in Lockport when the referendum was on the ballot to have another HS built. Because of a couple classes having higher attendance numbers, people here just thought the growth would continue for years, even when there were warning signs in the housing market as early as 2003. I don't even remember how many times it was on the ballot. Once in the month of February in hopes, by some in the district, that there would be a snowstorm on the day of voting to keep the seniors away from the polls. Because a huge amount of seniors were against it. Sometimes, it's the things you don't do that are the best decisions.
I also remember some of the people living in the LW district saying we, in Lockport, needed to get into the 21st century and we didn't support education, blah, blah, blah. Saw those letters and a few articles in the paper more than once. They called us foolish. So, when LWN closed after the collapse, I wrote a letter asking those same people...how foolish do we look now? Crickets. I took no pleasure in that school closing and felt bad for the kids and the people who had the foresight to vote against it.
But, this is what happens when people, who have no business running things like this, run them. The warning signs were there and they were ignored.
What if John Hoerster had lived an average lifespan or longer?
Good Question on the Kankakee area squads.
Ill say reguardless of what happened at Streator the Boat had passed on Hasset to Mac he was probably one of the top choices for awhile if Big Z stepped down before 2010 Id say he may have been next.
Wilmington is tough because a number of assistants have been with him every step of the way. Would really depend who they brought in I think.
Cappel did wonders at Reed Custer he was the right guy at the right time.
As far as Central goes Hassett was actually a finalist for the job there in 1998 and they actually hired Bill McCartney of Aledo High School he took the job and resigned shortly after when he found a nice paise raise at Bartonsville Limestone.
Spooner could of ended up at Iroquois West their Principal was the guy who he replaced at Martinsville and probably would of been on the short list of candidates at IW if he wasnt at Central.
Not sure who would of taken the Manteno job but I think it would of drawn some good candidates.
