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After three years of sports mediocrity, C.C. Winn has set a record. It’s a record, however, that they would rather not have – the record for the shortest-tenured coach in Eagle Pass history.
With about three weeks under his belt, Maverick head football coach Eddie Baca resigned, giving a very questionable explanation, and furthering the damage previously inflicted on Winn by meddlesome school board members who saw no problem in needlessly delaying for months the choice of a new coach.
Baca’s departure shocks any reasonable person because he should have known well what he was getting into and if he didn’t like it, he should have just turned down the job. What he cited publicly for his reason for resigning was that he couldn’t find suitable housing. PPPPhhhhhhtttttttttttt!!!!!!!
Housing should be the first thing you research before moving 500 miles to a new job. A rumor cited on an EP message board makes more sense, but the real truth will probably never be known. The message board contributor had heard that Baca wanted to live in the EPHS district but have his son play for him at C.C . Winn and that this prospect wasn’t going to be allowed.
This theory fits the pattern of behavior of our administrators. I still, though, believe that that issue is another one that Baca should have resolved before accepting the job.
My own theory lies in some unrevealed personality conflict. I mean, Baca should not have had any surprises – other than the individual personalities whom he would have to work closely with. Maybe he had cross words with one of those persons and just decided this town wasn’t big enough for the both of them.
A real man would still say, “My word is good. I signed a contract, so I’ll suck it up and stick it out for a year, then I’m out of here.” From what I see, Baca gave the Mavericks and EPISD the shaft and deserves to spend at least the next complete year unemployed.
I wonder if Baca was offered his old job back as athletic director near Fort Worth. If that’s the case, there’s little we can do. If he’s job hunting again, we need to make the whole state aware that he’s an unreliable hire and cannot be trusted.
Now, the A.D. and school board have more pressure to go local for the Winn head coaching job. Even if the local person’s not the most qualified, at least you can believe them if they say they’re going to hang around a while. And let’s hope this nightmare ends soon for the Maverick football program.
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Was there a contract actually signed?? For it was then Baca was obligated to stick it out. There is no secret that he is a heck of a football coach and administrator. I wished things would had worked out. That would have put C.C. Winn on the map.
He was on campus working with the kids full time there for a couple of weeks. I don't think he would have done that without a signed contract. You have a good point, though, and I am just assuming that was the case. Hopefully, further word will come out later.
If I can share this insight with you, and being a former coach myself. A contract was not signed and if it was then a special called meeting would have had to be called to release him from his contract. One situation can be recalled during an incident in the metroplex where a coach had signed a contract, worked two weeks, and got offered the HC/AD job at another school in Central Texas. The school where he was had to release him from his contract in order for him to take the job. I can also tell you of another coach who had been offered a job and he agreed in princple (no contract was signed), and when he arrived at the school to meet his new team he started missing where he came from. he worked 2 days, and returned back home only to beg for his old job back, and he got it. True, Baca was on campus to get a feel for his new gig, but false he didn't sign a contract.
Thanks for the clarification. Although no contract was completed he had essentially given his word that he would take the job. I'm curious how much the district was at fault for not giving some requested accommodations to Baca, but I still think the mistake lies with him for not investigating all the variables before saying "yes." But it's all in the past and it's time to move on -- after one final note. This whole episode revealed an obstacle David Charles had faced. Nobody had enough confidence in his coaching staff to put one of Charles's assistants even in the top two among candidates to replace him. Just one highly-qualified assistant can make a head coach look a lot better. Apparently, Charles didn't have this benefit. How that oversight happened needs to be addressed so that it doesn't happen again.
You are welcome for the information that I shared. It is a sad situation all the way around. Eagle Pass is a great place and has grown tremendously. I don't think Baca had a problem moving to Eagle Pass, but I believe he wanted to live in an area that was not in the Winn school zone. Now, what the district told him is unknown to you and I both. I know nothing of David Charles and his staff, but if they couldn't hire within then the fault lies with the the coach who hired the staff to join him which is the Head Coach in conjunction with the AD; since Charles was not the AD and probably didn't have the last word on personnel decisions. Baca was very familiar with Eagle Pass having coach in Del Rio during the 1999 - 2000 year. It is just one of those things that are beyond our control. Winn will bounce back.
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