It has been a heck of an offseason for Adams but they finally have found a new Boys Basketball Coach.
The Highlanders named Jaret Thomas as their next basketball coach taking
over for Brad Crighton who stepped down last month.
Thomas coached the Junior Varsity program at Avondale last
season and was a longtime assistant at Oakland Christian before that.
The coaching job originally went to Nick Evola, former coach
at Warren Woods Tower and Rochester School employee but he had a change of
heart turning down the job last week after accepting it the week before.
Thomas will have a challenge with this program going forward. They have
had a turbulent offseason as mentioned with the possible departures of their
star players in Gunner Walters and the Emerzian boys (Jake and Ethan.) What
will help is that he knows the White when he was at Avondale and that his new
team has some talent returning in Peyton Prieskorn, George Gurraj, and Austin
Ursuay.
Thoughts
This is an interesting hire for Adams. I like Thomas, he is
a good guy and a good coach, although the hire is not splashy unlike Lake Orion
with the Joel Schroeder hire a few weeks ago.
Thomas learned from Tim Morton at Avondale on how to run a
program and has been very successful.
There will be an adjustment period with the Highlanders
coaches and players. Thomas will also need to find a Junior Varsity coach as
well which will not be easy.
It is not a total rebuild but there is work to do
at Adams.
Stay tuned to OAA Now for the latest on this developing story.
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