They should have left him alone and got him some help.Freedom job is open.
This will be seen as a really good job. Be interesting to see who ends up getting it.
Forgot about Glass that is three coaches then. Don’t see Glass wanting to leave what he has builded at Hickory!!One of them is playing for a state title I believe.....
Powell from Draughn and Reid from Bunker Hill both came from Freedom I think.LOL. He was one of the two I was counting. Now I dont know who the other one is.
The football program, even with some good talent now, will take someone a couple of years to get on track if they can. Glass, Reid, Powell and JK Atkins all have ties to the school, but do they want to work for that school board you all have? There's been many odd changes made at Freedom, especially in football, over the last 10-15 years.I don't really have a warm fuzzy about this one. I have criticized Hawn a lot, but I thought he did a pretty good job with this year's team, which was only a few plays away from a 7-3 season. There will be a lot of young talent coming back next year and I think he should have been given another season to show what he could do with the talent he's developed.
But it isn't my decision and now he's out. I wouldn't be surprised to see a Freedom alum on the sidelines next season, and yes, I suspect that there have been feelers sent out to one in particular, though that is just a hunch on my part.
I will honestly say that our athletic program overall is in the dumps, with the exception of women's hoops and maybe golf. Men's basketball has not gone beyond the second round of the playoffs the last couple of years and there are always high expectations for them. Most other sports have struggled to even make the playoffs. So, perhaps the powers that be felt that they needed to make some bold moves. I hope coach Hawn lands on his feet somewhere.
Two Freedom High School alumni are coaching for state titles next week: Joe Glass and JK Adkins. Albert Reid either graduated from Freedom or coached there. Chris Powell is another Patriot alum and the Hibriten coach was our DC years ago. In theory at least we shouldn't have the problems we do keeping a coach.One of them is playing for a state title I believe.....
Testify!The football program, even with some god talent now, will take someone a couple of years to get on track if they can. Glass, Reid, Powell and JK Atkins all have ties too the school, but do they want to work for that school board you all have? There's been many odd changes made at Freedom, especially in football, over the last 10-15 years.
Powell already works for our school board, but I see where you were going with that. I can't really explain the chaos around our football program other than to say that they hired lots of "big names" instead of those with local ties. We had a chance to put our program in a very good place a few years back and I think you know who I am talking about, but it didn't happen. I was at a basketball game and saw people going up to that person, shaking his hand and congratulating him, because we all thought he was a shoo-in for the job and he was a popular choice among the fan base. Then, it inexplicably didn't happen. I shake my head at that one to this day.The football program, even with some god talent now, will take someone a couple of years to get on track if they can. Glass, Reid, Powell and JK Atkins all have ties too the school, but do they want to work for that school board you all have? There's been many odd changes made at Freedom, especially in football, over the last 10-15 years.
Powell already works for our school board, but I see where you were going with that. I can't really explain the chaos around our football program other than to say that they hired lots of "big names" instead of those with local ties. We had a chance to put our program in a very good place a few years back and I think you know who I am talking about, but it didn't happen. I was at a basketball game and saw people going up to that person, shaking his hand and congratulating him, because we all thought he was a shoo-in for the job and he was a popular choice among the fan base. Then, it inexplicably didn't happen. I shake my head at that one to this day.
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Yep, has been for a good while now. NCHSAA refuses to do anything about it.Yes, they’re definitely is a tranfer portal in the countyLOL
LEA problem, not NCHSAAYep, has been for a good while now. NCHSAA refuses to do anything about it.
It’s both for sure. A school down east became ineligible by the NCHSAA for the same issues.LEA problem, not NCHSAA
If yout talking about New Bern they were falsifying grades and attendance had nothing to with transfers.It’s both for sure. A school down east became ineligible by the NCHSAA for the same issues.
I am assuming you mean New Bern and it was for grade changing and attendance problems. Nothing to do with recruiting.It’s both for sure. A school down east became ineligible by the NCHSAA for the same issues.
My bad, was saying the same thing at the same time.If yout talking about New Bern they were falsifying grades and attendance had nothing to with transfers.
Brilliant minds think alikeMy bad, was saying the same thing at the same time.
It was worded as attendance but ground truth from the area said attendance was used as a nice way of saying not living in the district in which students were attending.I am assuming you mean New Bern and it was for grade changing and attendance problems. Nothing to do with recruiting.
100%. Nor will Joe leave what he has built at hickory.I don't believe either Joe Glass or Chris Powell will go to Freedom. Both coach's have applied for that job a minimum of 3 times and never got an interview. Just my opinion but I believe Freedom has burned both of those bridges.
It isn't true that Joe Glass "never got an interview"-I can say that with absolute certainty. I know that a previous AD sent his name up to the central office as the man that the school wanted for the job and that is where the shenanigans started. Why he wasn't hired as our coach is something known to only a small number of people, but he definitely was interviewed and he was the favorite before we hired Luke Little. Little didn't even apply until the search process was reopened after said shenanigans.I don't believe either Joe Glass or Chris Powell will go to Freedom. Both coach's have applied for that job a minimum of 3 times and never got an interview. Just my opinion but I believe Freedom has burned both of those bridges.
Didn’t his daughter transfer from a Lincoln school to play bball there at Freedom?It isn't true that Joe Glass "never got an interview"-I can say that with absolute certainty. I know that a previous AD sent his name up to the central office as the man that the school wanted for the job and that is where the shenanigans started. Why he wasn't hired as our coach is something known to only a small number of people, but he definitely was interviewed and he was the favorite before we hired Luke Little. Little didn't even apply until the search process was reopened after said shenanigans.
No. Joe took the Lincolnton job after leaving E. Guilford, where she played. His parents still live in our district and I think his family lived with them that year.Didn’t his daughter transfer from a Lincoln school to play bball there at Freedom?
No PO Box in Glen Alpine?No. Joe took the Lincolnton job after leaving E. Guilford, where she played. His parents still live in our district and I think his family lived with them that year.
He went back to a school in Wilmington, I don’t remember which one.Where did little end up going?
Please get your story straight.No PO Box in Glen Alpine?![]()
Regardless, you aren't getting either one of those guys back on campus, in my humble opinion. You cannot do people wrong and expect them to bend the knee now that Freedom is in dire need of a coach. You are correct on one thing, Joe Glass was the man for the job and should have been the Head Football Coach. If that would of happened, the kids that left after middle school would have played for him and Freedom wouldn't be in the shape they are in.It isn't true that Joe Glass "never got an interview"-I can say that with absolute certainty. I know that a previous AD sent his name up to the central office as the man that the school wanted for the job and that is where the shenanigans started. Why he wasn't hired as our coach is something known to only a small number of people, but he definitely was interviewed and he was the favorite before we hired Luke Little. Little didn't even apply until the search process was reopened after said shenanigans.
While I don't agree with everything the NCHSAA does, it never ceases to amaze me how many folks blame them for any and everything they perceive as wrong with HS football in NC.LEA problem, not NCHSAA
When they don’t enforce rules and regulations already established, that is their problem. They are the governing body of high school athletics in NC….for now.While I don't agree with everything the NCHSAA does, it never ceases to amaze me how many folks blame them for any and everything they perceive as wrong with HS football in NC.
What rule and regulations have they not enforced? I’m here waiting for that list.When they don’t enforce rules and regulations already established, that is their problem. They are the governing body of high school athletics in NC….for now.
Surely you’re not naive enough to believe they don’t know about all of the transferring going on and really rampant the past 10 plus years. Granted, wherever you are it may not be as rampant so I’ll give you that.What rule and regulations have they not enforced? I’m here waiting for that list.