Whats going on at Willow Springs?

Ahhh I got what you are saying now. That would be pretty funny

I think the article was a little misleading trying to keep the boards nose clean. I know for a fact that the board and admin. have been discussing the football program in closed session the last few months. The Board doesn’t have to go along with admin. decisions if the majority disagrees.

Rant # (pick a number) .... I don't know why they have to do every dang thing in closed session. Unless they just don't like facing the public. You know, the public they were elected to communicate with ..... 
If they have been discussing football for a few months then there was no clear decision made and the board is half n half on what's to happen. I sure would like to have the minutes to those meetings and see who voted how. 
I'm also curious now to see how many people file in December for the April 2025 school board election. I don't know whose terms are up and right now I don't care. Yes a super is supposed to represent the board and to a point protect their decisions. But admins also need to remember board members do change and that could also start a search for a new admin. That admin needs to speak for his/herself and the board needs to speak publicly, not privately, for themselves. No I'm not threatening jobs but if enough people get p.o'd that could easily happen in small town America. 

It is definitely strange.  And as far as I been told the job has not been posted yet.  

You are right not a great look... I mean they hired him to suffer through two years that everyone in the SCA including Wyatt knew was going to be baaaaadddddddd & 0 to 1 win was very possible the only outcome. And now they for some odd reason think they can do better coaching wise but still want the Guy to hang around and be the Weight Coach and teach!

Let me Put on my Sherlock Holmes deerstalker hat and Try and Figure out the Minds of THE Spence and the WS SB.. So Clearly Payne is good with the Student Athletes and has kept them engaged and excited about the Football program because of the Numbers that have stayed out and competed. Clearly Payne is getting a lot of Hard Work and effort from those Athletes in the Weight room or you don't ask Him to continue running that program moving forward for the New coach. The Norm is that HC are either the weight room guy or the bring along a weight room guy because of it's importance. So in that aspect of the Program parameter it's pretty obvious that Payne was meeting expectations or excelling even.

So why was Payne let go if the Players liked him and his Weight room work ethic was fine? Well in the Article I did notice there was a focus on the Lack of Offense in multiple games and WS being held scoreless and that 20 points was his high mark in that Area, obviously not meeting the expectations of the Powers in charge it appears. And if I'm not mistaken Payne is the OC. So of course he has to take Some of the blame for that! As the HC and OC he is responsible for the offensive production.

But with that Said back in the World of Reality I don't Care what Offensive Guru Genius was on that Staff... Bill Walsh, Vince Lombardi, Mike Leach, Tony Franklin, JT Curtis etc. the outcome was going to be the same because of the Personal trying to execute the scheme. And Scheme wise the Offense was fine. Very Similar to most of the offenses ran in and around the SCA.

It does appear and my hypothesis is that for some odd reason the Bleacher Coaches believe Payne should of done a Better Job as a Offensive coach. Either in Teaching his scheme and executing it or finding another Scheme to run and execute that was better suited to the Players.

I will point out some of that could be valid but how can anyone in their right mind make that determination when the Talent Level was lacking and it was basically a JV squad to boot. If Payne had obvious Talent and a Nice Mix of Seniors and Juniors well then this move might of made more sense. But that was not the case.

Now back to the situation at hand and how WS can move forward....

A homerun Higher is a Must IMO to restore some credibility. A Journeyman Coach who has had success and is willing to grind it out for a Few years to achieve success would be the best scenario. Or a UP and coming Assistant willing to Take a Massive Risk to his Resume and start in a W/L black hole that will take years to get out of and get back to .500!! 4-5 years is a Must for the Next coach because That is a huge risk and could be a Career killer..... take the WS Job go 0-20 or 3-17 get fired like Payne and then try to get another HC job and Most AD/SUP/SB are gonna be very very Leery of hiring them as they should be.

You don't always get better when you replace a Coach....

It does appear and my hypothesis is that for some odd reason the Bleacher Coaches believe Payne should of done a Better Job as a Offensive coach. Either in Teaching his scheme and executing it or finding another Scheme to run and execute that was better suited to the Players.

That's just it - NOBODY (at least nobody came to me and I didn't hear murmurs in the bleachers) questioned what he was doing. ALL the frustration was at the 2 upper classes of kids who felt entitled enough to not participate in anything. Yet some of those kids had the time to come to the games and leave early.