PC "never punts" coach resigns
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PC is a mess of a program. They’ve made ALL the wrong decisions ever since leaving division 2.
I remember when Cally Gault was up there. I seem to remember them being a little stronger athletically then, even though they were in the NAIA, I believe.
Newberry would of put a beat down on PC. The first two games of the year they won against St. Andrews and some team out of FL that just started a football program. Then for the next 9 games they gave up 50-60 points a game and never got close.
winloseortie is correct, he punted. Now they need a coach. The smart thing would be to go beg Spangler to come back. He is still around. He helped at Clinton High this season. Who else is going to take that job? What defensive player wants to trot out there 2-3 or more times a game with your back to the wall and give up 50 points a game? And not be on scholly.
When it’s 4th and 12 from your own 20 and it’s still the first half-the best play is to punt. No doubt. It might have worked for him in high school when he always had superior talent. But not at PC. Analytics be damned.
winloseortie is correct, he punted. Now they need a coach. The smart thing would be to go beg Spangler to come back. He is still around. He helped at Clinton High this season. Who else is going to take that job? What defensive player wants to trot out there 2-3 or more times a game with your back to the wall and give up 50 points a game? And not be on scholly.
When it’s 4th and 12 from your own 20 and it’s still the first half-the best play is to punt. No doubt. It might have worked for him in high school when he always had superior talent. But not at PC. Analytics be damned.
Should drop down to Division II and beg and plead for a SAC membership. Someone at PC got a bit too big for his britches. Still miss seeing some of the Bronze Derby games.
The Bronze Derby was at one time played on Thanksgiving day, one of the biggest attraction for football fans in the state.
Never punting is absolutley the stupidest philosophy in the history of football.
Bobby Bentley stayed two years and then said HS was better. How do you play D1 with no scholarships? What kind of a commitment is that?
The only two conferences I know that do it are the Ivy League and the Pioneer League. Most are smaller private schools with fairly large endowments and tend to offer a good amount of academic scholarships for players. Most seem to be Division I football due to another Div. 1 sport for which they offer athletic scholarships.
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Some of the higher ups were feeling pressure from the big supporters to go another direction. He did punt, later in the year, but rarely. He said he was proud of the records broken (passing, receiving). Seemed arrogant, as said by some who got to know him. But his approach did not work, even in the Pioneer League. They were crushed 9 in a row. I have not heard where he is going. Hopefully, somewhere that likes that kind of ball. It’ll be interesting to see who PC can hire. They say they are conducting a national search. Probably smart since I’d bet few in the south that knows the place would even consider the job. After firing a good coach with a winning record who was getting the thing going in the right direction, they have regressed to being the laughing stock of football.
