Just like that...

And as Tommy Cooper said, "just like that." January is over with. Now we progress into the month of love. I would like to remind you all to make sure you have made arrangements for Valentimes Day well in advance. My darling person sent me a FB message reel of a lady getting a cupcake bouquet and said, "I want this." See that's easy. I work best when I am told exactly what to do.

With that being said, the job market for high school coaches work best when you know exactly what to do. This may include knowing exactly what you are getting yourself into. With most jobs being filled, others will open. Now, we will know that there will be two coaches that filmed themselves either a: reacting to getting told they got the job or 2: a five minute video of random nonsense. I hope and pray to the baby Jesus in the swaddling clothes that my boy FiredFootballCoaches doesn't get a hold of said videos. If he does, It will go viral in the GA coaching community. But hey, you gotta eat so I get it.

Some people have handled the coaching changes fantastically. You may not agree with the choice, but one can't fault places that immediately made the decisions. See Gainesville and Hebron Christian. This is high school football, shouldn't be that hard. These places that stay open for months is telling. There have been some that were hired due to the committee having to settle because there weren't any applicants that they thought would be a splash. This makes me think, "self, why didn't they just hire that guy in the first place?" Odds are he is going to do a fine job. Could have saved a lot of headaches and gas money if they just do that to begin with. But then, you see, the committee doesn't get to play.

This will be an unpopular opinion, but if you are a parent, or community member, you have two jobs: raise money and support the kids. IF you can't do those two things, you are useless in the process. Notice that "choose football coach" was not on the list. Let the people that have to deal with the new HFC, say administrators and superintendents deal with it. Wait, that means they can't be gutless and have to stand by their man.

Well, the month of love is sure to see more movement and it is clinic season. Make sure you get registered for the SunCoaches Retreat on on March 14th. You don't have to pay now, I just need to know how many to plan to feed!

Chattachoochee- well, he left for a reason

SUN Coach's rating- 4

Montgomery County- Do you know what is in Mt. Vernon? Besides Brewton-Parker, well, their is a DQ.

SUN Coach's rating- 3

Rockmart- This one was a SYS the whole time

SUN Coach's rating- 9

SW Macon- SUN Coach's rating- 2

Redan- SUN Coach's rating- 2

Rome- Bill Stewart (Rabun County DC)

Grayson- Greg Carswell (DC on STAFF)

Monroe- Albany school and Coach Herring did a great job establishing a foundation there to return the Golden Tornadoes to former glory. The Benny is a tough place.

SUN Coach's rating- 4

Lovejoy- Always have had athletes, different time now with Form Bs, tough 9-5 gig for sure.

SUN Coach's rating- 2

Alpharetta- Daniel Carlisle (Chattachoochee)

Mitchell County- Kaream Hess (Montgomery County)

Clinch- Rance Morgan (STAFF)

Swainsboro- Dwight Smith (DC STAFF)

Appling County- John David Sellars (Asst. Lowndes)

Gainesville- Santavious Bryant (Grayson)

Cook- "Pig" Brown (STAFF)

Northgate- Ceiling realized and you are the step child in a 3 school county. Lost a great one, but this is a great job really. Good place to live, work, and raise kids.

SUN Coach's rating-7

Wilkinson County- Home of Honey BooBoo and a basketball school. Tough gig, Coach Ward probably hit the ceiling, but it could be a good place. Kids are awesome there from my interactions with them in the past

SUN Coach's rating-5

Morrow- just not good

SUN Coach's rating-1

Washington County- this is a 2 dog race and either one will do fine

SUN Coach's rating-6

Greene County- They prove that backwards is in fact a "different direction" what a hot mess

SUN Coach's rating-3

The Walker School- they have the word "THE" in the name, like THE Lovett School, but that's about it

SUN Coach's rating-2

Heritage-Conyers: Quincy Carter (Coach on staff)

SEB- Interim in place

Chapel Hill- A Douglas County school and it ain't Douglas County. Traditionally hard to get assistants in and they don't really care about football, never have

SUN Coach's rating-2

Druid Hills- HFC takes the Salem job, this school is good at futbol, football, not so much

SUN Coach's rating-2

Brunswick- Byron Slack (Cook)

Villa Rica- Michael Hilbert (DC on staff)

Hart County- filled

Heritage Conyers- Quincy Carter (UGA Star)

Gordon Central- Billy Blizzard (DC on STAFF)

Temple- Steve Humphrey (OC Rome)

Wheeler- This one is predicted to stay in house. I have no basis for offering an opinion here so I will not. SUN Coach's can't rate things we don't know about, however...if I had to, I would say:

SUN Coach's rating-5

Irwin County- Beau Johnson (OL Coffee)

Allatoona- well, this is a SYS situation.

SUN Coach's rating- 7

Westlake- Kevin Whitley (Northgate)

Bradwell Institute- major Admin issues, they go through coaches like underwear. It's bad.

SUN Coach's rating-2

Discovery- Andre Clark (OC on Staff)

Mundy's Mill- Antonio Andrews (Asst. from Lovejoy)

Union Grove- IDK, seems to be looking for a HFC every 3 to 2 years or so. Must be a reason...

SUN Coach's rating-4

Winder-Barrow- Russell Demasi (OC Savannah Christian)

McDonough- Joe Duprree (SW Macon)

    Lanier County-Marcus Gowan (HFC Gordon Central)

    South Paulding- Jared Zito (SEB)

      Hardaway- Reginald Wedner (STC on STAFF)

      Vidalia- Zack Grage (AD Brooks County)

Camden County- Tucker Pruitt (Appling County)

St. Pius X- Adam Pullen (DC Pope)

Riverdale- Marcus McKinney (Asst. on staff) 

Central Macon- Jamoski Ward (Wilkinson Co)

Ridgeland- Shane Cauthorn (Coach at Saddle Ridge MS)

Mountain View- Todd Welborn (DC on STAFF)

Fannin Co- David Nichols (DC Lumpking County)

Riverwood- Josh Coffey (OC at Denmark)

North Springs- Walter Vaughn (In house)

Johns Creek- Jason Tester (DC Eastside)

Wayne Co- Scott Roberts (Swainsboro)

Bainbridge- Mike Dubose (somewhere in AL)

Windsor Forest- Willie "Mack" Martin (OC Crestwood, SC)

Salem- Fred Green (Former HC at Druid Hills)

Westside Macon- James Harris (DC on STAFF)

Banks Co: Mark Hollars (OC on staff)

Appalachee: Chuck Kenyon (DC on staff)