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Post by fshamrock on Oct 25, 2016 13:46:55 GMT -6
Kinda random, just curious
In most districts in Texas coaches of any sport are required to obtain a valid CDL and be able to drive a school bus. We typically drive our own teams everywhere we go
now..I saw "required" very loosely...there are many coaches who have a variety of very valid (weed) reasons for not ever getting around to getting the CDL (weed) many of them have physical ailments (weed) that prevent them from passing the physical (weed) and other coaches who do have the CLD (no weed) end up having to drive them around (because they like weed)*
*being a bus driver automatically subjects us to random drug testing...so I assume that everybody who has a excuse for not getting it is a pothead........they probably aren't all but 90% of them are regularly puffing the devil's lettuce
so how about you guys in the civilized world...ya'll have to drive a bus?
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Post by CS on Oct 25, 2016 13:53:26 GMT -6
Kinda random, just curious In most districts in Texas coaches of any sport are required to obtain a valid CDL and be able to drive a school bus. We typically drive our own teams everywhere we go now..I saw "required" very loosely...there are many coaches who have a variety of very valid (weed) reasons for not ever getting around to getting the CDL (weed) many of them have physical ailments (weed) that prevent them from passing the physical (weed) and other coaches who do have the CLD (no weed) end up having to drive them around (because they like weed)* *being a bus driver automatically subjects us to random drug testing...so I assume that everybody who has a excuse for not getting it is a pothead........they probably aren't all but 90% of them are regularly puffing the devil's lettuce so how about you guys in the civilized world...ya'll have to drive a bus? That was funny. I drive a bus and am at a school that actually pays coaches to drive even to their own games. It's not a lot but it buys beer on the weekend |
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Post by PSS on Oct 25, 2016 14:00:31 GMT -6
You also can't get a CDL if you have a prior DWI, diabetes, epilepsy, etc. You can't assume that just because they don't get their CDL that they are potheads.
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Post by fshamrock on Oct 25, 2016 14:15:44 GMT -6
You also can't get a CDL if you have a prior DWI, diabetes, epilepsy, etc. You can't assume that just because they don't get their CDL that they are potheads. That's why I said 90% Why you stickin' up for em? You a pothead focker? |
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Post by carookie on Oct 25, 2016 14:32:34 GMT -6
I was at a school once where I was one of only two on campus coaches (the other being the HC). The school busses were rarely large enough to carry all the gear and equipment for road games so we had to take a couple vans. One taken by the trainer and his staff, and guess who got the other.
The brakes were shot, and the AC rarely worked, but I could get home a lot quicker than the bus and that was always nice.
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Post by PSS on Oct 25, 2016 19:25:56 GMT -6
You also can't get a CDL if you have a prior DWI, diabetes, epilepsy, etc. You can't assume that just because they don't get their CDL that they are potheads. That's why I said 90% Why you stickin' up for em? You a pothead focker? No, I have epilepsy and have never been able to drive a bus. I would be more than happy to trade off. Granted I don't have full blown Gran Mal seizures I still have to take medication daily. Was diagnosed when I was 13. Played HS and college FB and have been coaching for 25 years, but just like anyone with diabetes, if I don't take my meds I have problems. |
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Post by fshamrock on Oct 25, 2016 19:46:28 GMT -6
That's why I said 90% Why you stickin' up for em? You a pothead focker? No, I have epilepsy and have never been able to drive a bus. I would be more than happy to trade off. Granted I don't have full blown Gran Mal seizures I still have to take medication daily. Was diagnosed when I was 13. Played HS and college FB and have been coaching for 25 years, but just like anyone with diabetes, if I don't take my meds I have problems. Sorry to hear that man, thats awesome that you have been able to play and coach, don't worry about the not driving part though..it sucks anyway Also be glad you are one of the lucky 10% who aren't over at the flop house puffing the magic dragon on the reg |
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Post by PSS on Oct 25, 2016 19:52:37 GMT -6
I'm in a district that if we go out of town they give us drivers. They don't let the coaches drive the charters. I haven't had to ride in a yellow dog in years. Coaches will shuttle players from the campus to the stadium but that's about the only time they have to drive.
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Post by coachmoore42 on Oct 25, 2016 19:54:14 GMT -6
so how about you guys in the civilized world...ya'll have to drive a bus? Georgia here, not required at all. It probably looks great on a resume, but not required. I considered getting it myself to avoid having to find drivers, but I did not even want to fathom having that level of liability with unpredictable middle schoolers. Plus, anyone in the building who had a CDL gets pulled at random times for drug testing, suddenly driverless field trips, not-so-suddenly driverless field trips, pretty much all field trips (lol), etc. Teaching math, I have no desire to be pulled out of the classroom more than what already happens. There are only five people in our building who have a CDL currently (out of about 35-40 certified positions and maybe 5 parapros). Principal (former coach), vice principal (former coach), 2 math teachers (one is a current coach, the other does Academic Bowl), and the librarian (who does drama performances and has to drive them to the nearby high school). |
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Post by PSS on Oct 25, 2016 19:59:07 GMT -6
I know when the oil boom was going here that there were people making more money driving trucks in the oil field than teaching and coaching.
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Post by fantom on Oct 25, 2016 21:09:39 GMT -6
Kinda random, just curious In most districts in Texas coaches of any sport are required to obtain a valid CDL and be able to drive a school bus. We typically drive our own teams everywhere we go now..I saw "required" very loosely...there are many coaches who have a variety of very valid (weed) reasons for not ever getting around to getting the CDL (weed) many of them have physical ailments (weed) that prevent them from passing the physical (weed) and other coaches who do have the CLD (no weed) end up having to drive them around (because they like weed)* *being a bus driver automatically subjects us to random drug testing...so I assume that everybody who has a excuse for not getting it is a pothead........they probably aren't all but 90% of them are regularly puffing the devil's lettuce so how about you guys in the civilized world...ya'll have to drive a bus? Never had a CDL, never even thought about getting one. If I've ever been on a staff with anybody who did I didn't know it. I have a hard time believing that some of the $100,000 a year guys drive or that not having a CDL would have been a deal breaker when they were hired. |
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Post by jasper912 on Oct 25, 2016 21:17:03 GMT -6
That's why I said 90% Why you stickin' up for em? You a pothead focker? No, I have epilepsy and have never been able to drive a bus. I would be more than happy to trade off. Granted I don't have full blown Gran Mal seizures I still have to take medication daily. Was diagnosed when I was 13. Played HS and college FB and have been coaching for 25 years, but just like anyone with diabetes, if I don't take my meds I have problems. Have you considered trading in the medicine for cannabis (weed?) |
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Post by utchuckd on Oct 26, 2016 6:12:48 GMT -6
We used to have one coach with a CDL and he would drive a bus sometimes. Now our school system contracts buses out to a private company, I don't know if they'd even let a coach drive one of their buses.
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Post by PSS on Oct 26, 2016 6:15:23 GMT -6
No, I have epilepsy and have never been able to drive a bus. I would be more than happy to trade off. Granted I don't have full blown Gran Mal seizures I still have to take medication daily. Was diagnosed when I was 13. Played HS and college FB and have been coaching for 25 years, but just like anyone with diabetes, if I don't take my meds I have problems. Have you considered trading in the medicine for cannabis (weed?) Illegal in Texas, even for medical use. |
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Post by realdawg on Oct 26, 2016 7:06:55 GMT -6
NC. Coaches drive their own bus. I think I've driven to every game varsity and JV for 3 seasons in a row now. No extra pay. Considered part of your coaching duties.
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Post by jasper912 on Oct 26, 2016 9:18:22 GMT -6
IN WV we couldnt drive the bus if we wanted to. The bus drivers union would go bananas.
We spend around $2,500-3,000 year on buses for away games.
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Post by runitupthemiddle on Oct 26, 2016 9:51:26 GMT -6
I used to , but I changed states, and I'm not getting certified here . They pay a lot more though, 13 dollars an hour
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Post by Chris Clement on Oct 26, 2016 10:13:23 GMT -6
Can't tell if Reefer Madness schtick is serious...
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Post by **** on Oct 26, 2016 10:35:06 GMT -6
People that run the bus company we use drives us to games
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Post by fshamrock on Oct 26, 2016 10:36:35 GMT -6
Can't tell if Reefer Madness schtick is serious... Wasn't meant to be, get a sense it's taking on a life of its own, bit I really have known a few coaches that made excuses not to drive so they would't get tested..never mattered to me until i was driving JV soccer two hours one way to their game during my offseason because the JV soccer coach didn't have his license |
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Post by newt21 on Oct 26, 2016 11:37:56 GMT -6
NC. Coaches drive their own bus. I think I've driven to every game varsity and JV for 3 seasons in a row now. No extra pay. Considered part of your coaching duties. I'm in NC as well, the AD at my first job told me if I didn't drive they'd take money out of my supplement to pay for a driver...needless to say, I drive the bus (though I don't particularly want to). |
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Post by crock1615 on Oct 26, 2016 12:52:55 GMT -6
at the school I am at, coaches in every sport drive their own buses. So when I came here I got my CDL and I drive one of our 3 buses to every away game. We don't get paid for driving to the games. However, our district is short on bus drivers, so I drive a bus route in the mornings and make an extra $800 or so per month.
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Post by goldenbull70 on Oct 26, 2016 14:16:07 GMT -6
NC. Coaches drive their own bus. I think I've driven to every game varsity and JV for 3 seasons in a row now. No extra pay. Considered part of your coaching duties. I'm in NC as well, the AD at my first job told me if I didn't drive they'd take money out of my supplement to pay for a driver...needless to say, I drive the bus (though I don't particularly want to). I'm also in NC. I have had my CDL for 12 years, got it the first year I started. This year the county said if you don't have a CDL you won't get paid to coach. As far as I know, that has been an idle threat. |
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Post by mdunham on Oct 26, 2016 16:29:56 GMT -6
MA - at least in my city, no (don't know any that do). Athletic department works it out with the school system or whoever I'm not sure how it works but we do not have to get CDLs. That's not to say we have great drivers. Week 2 we played chicken with a car on a side road and literally thought we were going to kill the guy! It's nice though to be able to just relax or go over game stuff on the ride. Our trips are at most 40mins away no traffic, but it can be 1.5hr at times.
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Post by 33coach on Oct 27, 2016 0:15:34 GMT -6
Have you considered trading in the medicine for cannabis (weed?) Illegal in Texas, even for medical use. Eventually they need to give up on that gateway drug nonsense. I'd rather my kids smoke then drink. Speaking from someone who had 5 teammates die already from alcohol related incidents. But here, we hire a bus company. |
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