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Porkchop. I coached at Fultondale High School from 93 to 99. We may have been 3A not 2A. All I remember when I was hired was that the football team had just had their best season at 9-2 and basketball was going on a 34-4 season but wrestling was wrapping up their 2nd or 3rd straight state championship. Our baseball program finished 20-6 that year with basically everyone sharing the same kids.That class graduated and the expectations around there never materialized in the big programs, just wrestling. Now wrestling at that level meant you only competed against 15 other schools in 1A thru 4A, whereas the big sports competed against 95 other teams. Gardendale High was right next door and they had a good run in the ealy and late 80's in football so the expectations were over there for them and not us. I wanted those expectations to be high because with my having walked on at UA, I knew what winning was about and that you were supposed to play for championships.

<blockquote data-quote="UAgrad93" data-source="post: 460725" data-attributes="member: 14438"><p>Porkchop. I coached at Fultondale High School from 93 to 99. We may have been 3A not 2A. All I remember when I was hired was that the football team had just had their best season at 9-2 and basketball was going on a 34-4 season but wrestling was wrapping up their 2nd or 3rd straight state championship. Our baseball program finished 20-6 that year with basically everyone sharing the same kids.That class graduated and the expectations around there never materialized in the big programs, just wrestling. Now wrestling at that level meant you only competed against 15 other schools in 1A thru 4A, whereas the big sports competed against 95 other teams. Gardendale High was right next door and they had a good run in the ealy and late 80&#039;s in football so the expectations were over there for them and not us. I wanted those expectations to be high because with my having walked on at UA, I knew what winning was about and that you were supposed to play for championships.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="UAgrad93, post: 460725, member: 14438"] Porkchop. I coached at Fultondale High School from 93 to 99. We may have been 3A not 2A. All I remember when I was hired was that the football team had just had their best season at 9-2 and basketball was going on a 34-4 season but wrestling was wrapping up their 2nd or 3rd straight state championship. Our baseball program finished 20-6 that year with basically everyone sharing the same kids.That class graduated and the expectations around there never materialized in the big programs, just wrestling. Now wrestling at that level meant you only competed against 15 other schools in 1A thru 4A, whereas the big sports competed against 95 other teams. Gardendale High was right next door and they had a good run in the ealy and late 80's in football so the expectations were over there for them and not us. I wanted those expectations to be high because with my having walked on at UA, I knew what winning was about and that you were supposed to play for championships. [/QUOTE]