Ethan Farmer officially hired as Avery Head Coach today.
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Ethan was an assistant at Avery, I think he coached 1 year at Richmond high basically as an interim coach
Probably pretty good coach so they’ll run him off quickly
I usually don't discuss too much on here. I admit there has been some brash parents around every now and then just like every other place. Like I have said I have had two kids go through the program and I never have seen any parents cause many problems with the coaching staff. I also coached on the staff for a couple of years. I coached at the rec level and only had a problem with one set of parents. The problem I see is that the recent coaches don't reach down to the lower levels and have an influence in the entire program. In some instance you have parents coaching that do not know how to coach or how to correctly teach techniques. I would really like to hear specifics on what parents have did here at Avery that makes them so bad. You can private message me if you like.
I think it totally could be. If they don’t pressure him to play certain kids, if they let him get on their kids, if they give him time. I’d say he is a great hire. Has to know a lot about football.
Look at what happened at Mitchell when they all bought into Coach pitman. Same thing at Heritage with Robinson. Avery tends to change coaches like socks.
So do the Dolphins, Raiders, and Jaguar. Look where it gets them. Things don't change overnight. It's a marathon.
The first step he needs to take is emplimenting his offense and defense at the lower levels. If he chooses to run, say the wishbone, then at no older than 5th-6th grade should they be coaching the basic offensive set. Second, he needs to keep his players in Avery County. For the last decade any kid that has had standout potential has transferred to Cloudland, Hampton, Watauga or Mitchell. IMO Bryant's biggest mistake was running the spread. Its an almost impossible scheme to run in a small, rural place like Avery. If he had ran the triple option, or even a wing-t variant a couple years ago, Avery could have finished with a winning record, and top 2-3 in conference. He ran the spread however, didn't adjust, and died on that hill. Look around. Model success. It takes a certain way to coach in these hills. Gentry, Walsh, Laws, Lunsford, Robinson, Pitman. These men modeled success from those before them, while learning and growing themselves along the way. Reach out and seek advice. Heck even reach out to coach Brewer for advice on coaching in Avery County. He was, after all, their last successful coach.