do u care to elaborate?

rp may not be in the top 5 coaches in this area.... curtis coleman, buddy anderson, fred yancy, bob newton, and jack woods ALL are as good or batter as coaches.
 
i know 2 of them are retired, joey jones also should be in that group.
 
reality check folks, IF rp was that good some college would have had him years ago, those above CHOSE to stay at the high school level, rp cant get a college job!

Quote from DriveSouth on 07/30/07 at 10:36pm:

 
...and it was dark and cold and lonely.

So what?  It's not like he brought peace to the Middle East or cured cancer.  He's MERELY a freakin' football coach.

RP can bring God into it all he wants but we can see through that... He was right about we do have a forgiving GOD, but you can't do the same sin over and over again and then when the heat is on you ask for forgiveness. Who am I to judge, but he has been in a realtionship with Stephanie for 14 years, while married to his legal wife. Has had 3 children with Stephanie, unmarried, etc.. He thinks he is untouchable and this is the problem.  
Not sure why noone in Pell City wants to talk and tell what they know. From what I have heard, part of the problem is this has been known for so many years and noone in the media has listened before so why would they listen now? Plus, they are putting themselves on the line for the Hoover Mofia.

Quote from ILuvHoova on 07/30/07 at 10:01pm:

 
??? what did I say?

Shylos, your responce is insolent and tainted, thus constitutes no retort.  
 
MOS

LawMom, my SINCERE apologies.  I was reading too fast and INCORRECTLY used your name.  Please accept my apology.
 
I meant HooverHooch:  "As long as he keeps it in his pants while I am in the room, I do not have a problem with the man."
 
And MoS: "I just tired of the gossip and rumor. I want the headlines to be about the quarterback duel of the size of the O-line."
 
I'll address HH first.  You should have a problem with the man (and I use that term loosely) because he is around children all day long, 7 days a week.  Allegations are now surfacing out of two previous high schools that make me wonder if RP should be allowed around anyone, child or adult.  The problem IS that he can't keep it in his pants.  He has NO BUSINESS coaching young men in ANY subject, athletics included.  We cannot simply make excuses for him, "he's a great coach", etc., because his standards (or lack of standards) will invade the children and families he associates with.  AND, and this is the big one, HE IS A COMMUNITY LEADER IN HOOVER, ALABAMA.  We are the laughingstock of the state, quite possibly soon the entire nation.  Are you really okay with RP being the image of Hoover?  RP and Hoover High School are forever intertwined.  People across the ENTIRE COUNTRY OF AMERICA know who RP is---and I dare say that most think he's an a$$.  Our teachers are embarassed to be associated with RP when they attend national conferences.  Teachers and administrators constantly take the heat because he's a foul-mouthed, now-revealed-to-be-an-adulterer, jerk who cares more about the game of football than his wedding vow (the infamous MTV scene where he pointed to his wedding ring and said something as stupid as I've ever heard).
 
What sets RP apart from other teachers and administrators in the system is that he is a NATIONAL FIGURE!  He wanted it that way, and now he's got it!  The spotlight is shining a bit too hot for him now, but when you become a national figure, you don't get to pick and choose what your media buddies print and show about you anymore.
 
HH, what if he kept it in his pants while you were in the room, but whipped it out with a student?  How would you feel then?  Oh, if the student was 18, you could hide behind the "two consensual adults" crap, I'm sure.  RP is uncontrollable.  By anyone.  He is far too dangerous to keep around anymore.  He needs to go.  Now.
 
MoS:  "I just tired of the gossip and rumor. I want the headlines to be about the quarterback duel of the size of the O-line."
 
It's no longer gossip and rumor.  You will keep repeating that because you can't believe that your hero could be such a loser.  I'm sorry, MoS.  But it's true.  Football isn't all that matters.  As soon as 97% of those boys graduate, they never touch a football field again except on Saturdays and Sundays when they meet up with their high school buddies to relive the Glory Days.
 
There is something worth more than Football.  It's called Life.  Life is full of many many events and happenings and relationships and other worthwhile pursuits.  Football is but one piece for some, not a piece at all for others.  But because of the sheer brute force of the game and those that play, the Football People are more likely to grow into a powerful force.  That doesn't make it right.  Most people that I know that played the game grow on up and move forward.  Football has its place in their memory, but it doesn't take over their entire lives the way it appears to for the powerful group in Hoover.
 
Many benefitted from Hoover Reign on Top.  The City Council and the developers mostly.  The national fame and glory that RP took the team to made Hoover a household name.  Who's to say that the President didn't first hear of Hoover through MTV or ESPN and then decided to make a couple of visits here, which brought more fame to the city.  The people who stand to benefit most from pimping the young men of this community to the national football gods are those who stand to gain monetarily.  Who might that be?  Think about it.  Business owners and developers.  Hotels.  Anyone with their business' name connected to Hoover football.  A lot of people rode on RP's coattails to get their 15 minutes and their pockets lined.
 
The people that allow RP to use their sons to maintain and further gain national exposure are guilty of pimping their young sons for RP.  There are parents who refuse to let their sons even stand on the same field as RP, even though their sons might wish to play football, because of RP's character.  That has degraded our "community" football program.
 
The more "recruits" RP brings in, the more diluted the "community" program becomes.  Why should the kids who have been busting their behinds at football practice since they were in the 2nd grade get sat on the bench because of RP's recruits?  How do you think that boy feels?  Betrayed?  Tricked?  Why is that okay to take a boy from our community and push him aside in RP's quest for that National Championship?
 
RP has left so many victims in his wake, it's hard to keep count.  That's what's wrong with him and what's wrong with high school football.  All perspective has been lost in pursuit of glory.
 
That's why RP needs to go.  Now.

It is a fact.  Another one that you'll attempt to deny.  Ask any teacher or administrator that has been to a national conference recently if they were identified with Two-A-Days.  Ask if there was a smirk on the face of the person asking the question.
 
Here's just one of many anecdotes:  an adminstrator was recently at a national conference (within the last 2 months).  A counterpart from a school system in the northeast asked if our administrator was from THE Hoover High School of Two-A-Days notoriety.  Our administrator smiled politely and say yes.  The counterpart (a male, in the 50+ age range) said "have you fired that coach yet?"  
 
Facts.  Indisputable.  Hoover's reputation is going down the tubes because we continue, as a community, to publicly support RP.

So his playboy image doesn't bother you?  It doesn't make you cringe that he's so closely associated with your hometown?
 
The teachers that RP has tainted need to go as well.  No question about that.  An organizational culture that allows these sorts of shananigans is poisoned.  Best to clear the air of all concerned.  And don't say "it happens everywhere".  Just because it does, it doesn't make it right.  Especially in an organization that is SUPPOSED to be child-centered.