Central High School Fires the Hall Of Fame Head Coach Woodrow Lowe and the Community is outrage what is going on

Central High football coach Woodrow
 Lowe was relieved of his duties

BHR HollyWood Reports.......According to the Columbus Ledger-Enquier "Chuck Williams" Phenix City interim superintendent Rod Hinton explained it this way: “Football is more than X’s and O’s. It’s so much more.

It’s very complicated. All the requirements, managing the coaches and the program that goes through three schools. It’s a complex process now. We felt like we needed to make some changes that the program needed.”

Hinton is an old coach. He knows what should and should not happen in a locker room and on the field.

But so should Lowe.

If Lowe’s firing is about football — and it seems to be because he has been offered a contract to continue as a physical education teacher — it does not make sense.

There is no player or coach from Phenix City who has seen or done more over four decades of competitive football.

 Phenix City interim
superintendent Rod Hinton

He was a three-time, All-America player at the University of Alabama. The only Bear Bryant-coached player to hold that distinction. He is in the College Football Hall of Fame.

He played 11 seasons in the National Football League for one team — the San Diego Chargers. He was named to the Chargers 50th anniversary team.

He is in the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame.

He has coached at every level from high school assistant to six years as an NFL assistant.

Central-Phenix City head football coach Woodrow
Lowe at Smiths Station vs Central-Phenix City

   Not all who can do it well can

coach the game. And, at times, Lowe has struggled as a coach.

Lowe was 12-19 in three seasons at Smiths Station. They fired him in 2008. That is understandable — and the folks at Smiths Station could and did justify it.

Even on the high school level, it is about winning.

Which brings us to Central.

And over the last four seasons, Lowe has gone 33-13 at Central. He has been in the Alabama High School playoffs three of his four seasons, making the 6A state semifinals in 2011. The Red Devils missed the playoffs last year.

Lowe Runnig Threw Plays at Practice 

“You always want to win football games. It was much more than that, though,” Hinton said. “... There are a lot of changes that we need to make to maximize the potential.”

Maximize potential?

Lowe was moving the most talented of his players to the next level. That’s maximizing potential. He had an off-the-field program that exposed players to the community. That’s maximizing potential.


On it’s face, this decision makes no sense.


   

The Biggest Night Ever for Central High School

Lowe — a 1972 Central High grad — has brought honor and glory to his alma mater and his hometown at every turn.

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