hfs77 wrote:Jim Howson - Hatton (500+ career wins)
Flying Wallenda wrote:hfs77 wrote:Jim Howson - Hatton (500+ career wins)
Howson's is a no-brainer. Mike Monson from Midkota is another. I don't believe Charlie Jordan from Langdon made it...correct me if I'm wrong.
The Schwab wrote:Flying Wallenda wrote:hfs77 wrote:Jim Howson - Hatton (500+ career wins)
Howson's is a no-brainer. Mike Monson from Midkota is another. I don't believe Charlie Jordan from Langdon made it...correct me if I'm wrong.
I played for Howson and yea he's for sure a no brainer...but what puts Mike Monson up there...he's had alot of talent and never won...just wondering
Howson lost in 4 straight region finals if i'm not mistaken. He had to play against the likes of Mayville-Portland and Hillsboro back in the day.
Flying Wallenda wrote:The Schwab wrote:Flying Wallenda wrote:hfs77 wrote:Jim Howson - Hatton (500+ career wins)
Howson's is a no-brainer. Mike Monson from Midkota is another. I don't believe Charlie Jordan from Langdon made it...correct me if I'm wrong.
I played for Howson and yea he's for sure a no brainer...but what puts Mike Monson up there...he's had alot of talent and never won...just wondering
Howson lost in 4 straight region finals if i'm not mistaken. He had to play against the likes of Mayville-Portland and Hillsboro back in the day.
Monson has over 300 wins all the while coaching against schools with double Midkota's enrollment (Carrington, Four Winds, Harvey, New Rockford, Wells County, to name a few). He's made the regionals 11 times in 23 years, including 2 regional finals and 4 regional semifinals. He's won multiple district and regional coach of the year awards. To say he's never won is laughable. A few of Monson's good teams got knocked off by his brothers tough Carrington Cardinals teams of the 80s, and the excellent Leeds/Wolford teams of the early to mid 90's.
The Schwab wrote:Flying Wallenda wrote:The Schwab wrote:Flying Wallenda wrote:hfs77 wrote:Jim Howson - Hatton (500+ career wins)
Howson's is a no-brainer. Mike Monson from Midkota is another. I don't believe Charlie Jordan from Langdon made it...correct me if I'm wrong.
I played for Howson and yea he's for sure a no brainer...but what puts Mike Monson up there...he's had alot of talent and never won...just wondering
Howson lost in 4 straight region finals if i'm not mistaken. He had to play against the likes of Mayville-Portland and Hillsboro back in the day.
Monson has over 300 wins all the while coaching against schools with double Midkota's enrollment (Carrington, Four Winds, Harvey, New Rockford, Wells County, to name a few). He's made the regionals 11 times in 23 years, including 2 regional finals and 4 regional semifinals. He's won multiple district and regional coach of the year awards. To say he's never won is laughable. A few of Monson's good teams got knocked off by his brothers tough Carrington Cardinals teams of the 80s, and the excellent Leeds/Wolford teams of the early to mid 90's.
I'm not saying he's not a good coach...but i just don't think he's up there with Howson in this topic...and so in the 11 trips to regionals he's had a first round exit 7 times...or 5 times...depending on how you broke it down...and if district and region coaches of the year were given to the "best coach" every year...some coaches would have 30.....
Old Baller wrote:I'd like to nominate my former high school coach Bill Michelson of Wing. He had some darn good teams in the 60's but we could never make it out of the Regionals. Not his fault; we players failed him. Ironically, he was on the bench the night in 1977 when Wing beat Edgeley for its first Regional title and went to State for the first time. Wing's coach at the time was Otto Uhde. Well, Otto was excitable to say the least. The game was close and Otto got too "excited" and was ejected by the officials. So there they are with no coach. The officials got ahold of Wing's superintendent and told him the team needed a coach for the game to continue. I remember him saying something like "I've got just the man for you" and pulled Bill out of the crowd to coach the remainder of the game. Wing rallied in the last few minutes and won. Bill's son Tim was a guard on that team. Wing took 3rd at State that year and 4th the following year in '78. Ahhh...memories.
winner-within wrote:Old Baller wrote:I'd like to nominate my former high school coach Bill Michelson of Wing. He had some darn good teams in the 60's but we could never make it out of the Regionals. Not his fault; we players failed him. Ironically, he was on the bench the night in 1977 when Wing beat Edgeley for its first Regional title and went to State for the first time. Wing's coach at the time was Otto Uhde. Well, Otto was excitable to say the least. The game was close and Otto got too "excited" and was ejected by the officials. So there they are with no coach. The officials got ahold of Wing's superintendent and told him the team needed a coach for the game to continue. I remember him saying something like "I've got just the man for you" and pulled Bill out of the crowd to coach the remainder of the game. Wing rallied in the last few minutes and won. Bill's son Tim was a guard on that team. Wing took 3rd at State that year and 4th the following year in '78. Ahhh...memories.
You are a true encyclopedia...I love it! great story...I remember Wing getting alot of Hype and then Epping snuck in there to play for the title...Was Wing in Hillsboro's Bracket? I don't remember
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