Comments on: Morning Metro: Commission Off on Retreat, DeKalb Has More Money, and the Original Alcoholic Beverage

By: Golazo

Golazo — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:03:52 +0000

I can think of no varsity head football, soccer or basketball coach at a private in or near Atlanta that is not also a faculty member. It’s not unusual for a new hire to take an academic year or two get a faculty position, but the idea of a hired gun who does nothing but coach for years at a time is a myth around here.

By: DarenW

DarenW — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:51:11 +0000

The people responsible for Helen are heroes of mine.

The sheer chutzpah involved is just fascinating. It’s silly and goofy, sure. But imagine a small, dying town saying “with some creativity and loads of brown and beige paint, we can turn this place into a tourist trap and make a fortune.”

Lots of jobs, lots of happy people drinking bad beer and shopping at Das Ist Leather.

Good for them. The ultimate bootstrappers.

By: smith

smith — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:40:30 +0000

I think that arrangement is only until the end of school year. He will have the 95 mile commute for spring practices. Presumably he will move closer to Decatur this summer (unless he enjoys the commute)

By: Dr. Spock

Dr. Spock — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:28:18 +0000

”I didn’t want to encourage permissiveness, but rather to relax rigidity …” “Every once in a while, somebody would say to me, ‘There’s a perfectly horrible child down the block whose mother tells everybody that he’s being brought up entirely by your book.’ But my own children were raised strictly, to be polite and considerate. I guess people read into the book what they wanted to.”

By: smalltowngal

smalltowngal — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:07:55 +0000

Exactly.