Tell you what, or let me ask you this? Have you taken the time to check out how the county you have particular interest in actually handles the hiring process for at-will hires or non-contractual hires. No shooting from the hip type answers accepted, I suggest you provide a answer supported with actual reciepts. You might find its not the simple process your mind has allowed you to think it is...................noimsayin?
For those who did not watch Josh’s interview with Scott Jamison, FHSAA Associate Executive Director, after yesterday’s Board of Director’s meeting, they discussed the two main business items:
Merging of Rural teams into Class 1A (Approved)
Creation of FHSAA Independent League (Approved)
Two other items of football interest were discussed in the interview:
Going 100% to MaxPreps ratings: Approved 13-1 by Athletic Directors’ Advisory Committee. Now goes to Board of Directors, and, if approved (seems likely), will go into effect this coming season.
Status of Open Division: Definitely coming this year. Will likely be tweaked from current 8-team, double-elimination proposal, since double-elimination doesn’t make sense for football. Could be 8 teams, 12 teams, or (?). TBD.
How is this going to affect the hiring and firing process? Would the school board now do that? Will principals no longer have a say in the decision making process?
School boards, as an elected board, are by nature, political. If several members of the school board are alums or supporters of a particular school, what keeps them from funding or showing favoritism to one school at the expense of others?
Here are my conference rankings for 79 college football conferences over the past six season. The rankings are based on each team's average final ranking among the 750 member schools.
Div Conference Members Average Final Ranking
P4 Southeastern 25.6
P4 Big 10 31.9
P4 Independent 35.7
P4 Big 12 40.6
P4 Atlantic Coast 54.8
G5 Mountain West 97.5
G5 American Athletic 101.6
G5 Sun Belt 101.7
G5 Independent 121.0
G5 Mid-American 122.5
FCS Missouri Valley 133.2
G5 Conference USA 134.7
FCS Big Sky 156.2
FCS United Athletic 182.2
FCS Ivy League 186.4
FCS Southern 188.2
FCS Coastal Athletic 202.2
FCS BS-OVC 213.1
FCS Southland 217.9
D2 Mid-America Intercoll. 224.9
D2 Gulf South 227.0
FCS Patriot League 232.6
FCS Mid-Eastern Athletic 269.5
FCS Southwestern Athletic 273.7
FCS Independent 276.0
D2 Great Lakes Intercoll. 298.3
FCS Northeast 308.9
FCS Pioneer 331.1
D2 Great American 338.8
D2 South Atlantic 348.2
D2 Lone Star 357.5
D2 Pennsylvania State 367.3
D2 Great Midwest Athl. 375.1
D2 Rocky Mountain 380.5
D3 Wisconsin Intercoll. 388.4
D2 Northern Sun Intercoll. 397.4
D2 Independent 398.0
D2 Great Lakes Valley 399.7
NAIA Mid-South 430.3
D3 American Southwest 430.5
D2 Central Intercollegiate 442.6
D2 Southern Intercoll. 443.8
D2 Mountain East 456.2
D2 Northeast-10 458.5
D2 Conference Carolinas 458.6
D3 Centennial 482.8
NAIA Frontier 494.2
NAIA Great Plains Athl. 497.7
D3 Conf. of Ill. and Wisc. 508.6
NAIA Sun Conference 510.8
D3 Ohio Athletic 523.3
NAIA Heart of America 532.1
NAIA Mid-States 541.5
D3 Minnesota Intercoll. 549.2
D3 Michigan Intercollegiate 561.5
D3 Southern Athletic 562.5
D3 Liberty League 563.5
D3 American Rivers 567.2
NAIA Kansas Coll. Athl. 569.8
D3 Empire Eight 572.1
D3 North Coast Athletic 572.4
D3 Northwest 575.1
D3 New Jersey Athl. 576.6
D3 So. California Intercoll. 581.5
NAIA Appalachian 589.1
D3 Old Dominion Athl. 592.9
D3 The Presidents' Athl. 594.7
D3 Landmark 596.0
NAIA Sooner Athletic 601.0
D3 Middle Atlantic 610.2
D3 New England 618.9
D3 Heartland Coll. Athletic 642.1
D3 Southern Collegiate 653.0
D3 USA South 657.1
D3 Conf. of New England 658.1
D3 Northern Athletics 667.8
D3 Midwest 684.9
D3 Massachusetts SCA 717.9
D3 Upper Midwest Athl. 740.0