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jtoddo
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 Posted - 12/14/2024 : 18:31:34
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Talk about crazy, the school board is voting on Tuesday about relieving Addison Head Coach David Smothers of his duties as Head Coach at Addison. There is no claims of wrongdoing, no complaints of "coaching to hard" just he hasn't won enough and some parents don't like him.
The man has a 104-46 record in 13 seasons. He's made the playoffs 12 of his 13 years and folks are mad that he went 6-5 this season. Solution, fire the coach. Doesn't matter that his two-time all-state player and qb didn't play a down this year due to an injury suffered during last year's basketball season.
Some things just don't make sense. Who would want this job when a Addison graduate posts a 69% winning percentage and consistently makes the playoffs gets canned because he doesn't have an outgoing personality.
Sorry to go off on a tangent, but this is crazy. Before you ask, no I am not related to him, no I am not friends with him, I just cover the team for the local paper.
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Sloth Nationzz
AHSFHS Moderator
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Posted - 12/15/2024 : 02:11:25
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Well if they move off him, some program is gonna get a heck of a football coach. Good luck to finding someone better if they make that move. Hard to beat that record and improve
Twitter handle(Or X whatever): Tp_hammock |
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jtoddo
Starting Member
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Posted - 12/17/2024 : 19:15:18
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| Board meeting has been pushed back to Thursday now. |
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jtoddo
Starting Member
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Posted - 12/19/2024 : 19:05:21
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| I guess they are getting pushback because now the vote has been pushed back to Jan 6. |
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jtoddo
Starting Member
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Posted - 02/11/2025 : 15:45:22
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| It's official, Winston County Board of Education fired Addison Head Coach David Smothers of his duties last night. No replacement named yet. |
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jtoddo
Starting Member
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Posted - 02/11/2025 : 15:49:20
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I guess a 13yr record of 104-46 isn't good enough.
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AthensRR
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Posted - 02/18/2025 : 16:11:00
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quote:
Originally posted by jtoddo
I guess a 13yr record of 104-46 isn't good enough.
Any idea on who may replace him? |
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jtoddo
Starting Member
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Posted - 02/20/2025 : 21:55:29
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| Heard two names but don't want to say anything due to not being able to verify. One is active local head coach, who declined, second is retired local head coach who also supposedly declined. Again, don't know for sure that above is correct. |
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AthensRR
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Posted - 02/21/2025 : 09:24:07
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Wow. Thanks for information. Please keep us updated. quote:
Originally posted by jtoddo
Heard two names but don't want to say anything due to not being able to verify. One is active local head coach, who declined, second is retired local head coach who also supposedly declined. Again, don't know for sure that above is correct.
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AthensRR
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Posted - 03/03/2025 : 12:37:54
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I figured they had a plan if they were going to fire him. I'm a little surprised nothing has come out. Seems like they may be struggling to find someone to take the job.
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Originally posted by jtoddo
Heard two names but don't want to say anything due to not being able to verify. One is active local head coach, who declined, second is retired local head coach who also supposedly declined. Again, don't know for sure that above is correct.
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jmcgill56
AHSFHS Forum Master
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Posted - 03/17/2025 : 14:58:53
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quote:
Originally posted by jtoddo
Heard two names but don't want to say anything due to not being able to verify. One is active local head coach, who declined, second is retired local head coach who also supposedly declined. Again, don't know for sure that above is correct.
Has anything come of these 2 names at Addison? |
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jtoddo
Starting Member
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Posted - 03/17/2025 : 20:02:30
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| Fairly sure both officially declined. New name is a recent coach who retired from the state system this year and went and accepted a head coaching job in Tennessee. Trying to verify if rumor that he accepted the job is true. |
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AthensRR
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Posted - 03/31/2025 : 10:05:25
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Anything come of this?
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Originally posted by jtoddo
Fairly sure both officially declined. New name is a recent coach who retired from the state system this year and went and accepted a head coaching job in Tennessee. Trying to verify if rumor that he accepted the job is true.
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possible Addison opening
