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(03-06-2014 06:51 PM)BlazerPhil Wrote:  

(03-06-2014 05:43 PM)backyardblazer Wrote:  

(03-06-2014 11:24 AM)BlazerPhil Wrote:  Jack Doss = Egocentric myopic idiot that thinks he is a rockstar among coaches. UAB will never get a player he coaches. Which is a moot point as he wouldn't expect his players to go to class and actually qualify to get into UAB.

The Jack Doss I knew at Hayes HS was a great coach, great guy, and a humble, Christian man, to boot. He helped a lot of troubled kids straighten their life out, both on and off the basketball court. He had no issue with UAB and was fond of Coach Bartow.

Not saying he couldn't have changed, but your description makes him sound like a different person.

Is he the Jack Doss that was coach at Butler high in Huntsville?
I found the answer and it is the same man. Doss may have helped hundreds of kids and might be a great guy. But I do know that Doss and his supporters place an undue amount of pressure on educators to pass kids so that they will remain eligible to play for his team. What I know as fact is " do not be the teacher in the way when he wants a kid on his team."

He's the same Jack Doss. Rumor around Huntsville was he did not like UAB. There are no rumors that he coerced teachers and administrators into passing players to keep them eligible and steer them to UA and AU. There are only facts and teachers who've moved to new schools after refusing to pass his players.

(03-08-2014 08:22 AM)Smaug Wrote:  I just want to know in what myopic fantasy world is UAB not one of the "big" programs in the state?

In the world where people put fingers in their ears & say La-La-La I can't hear you.