Comments on: Northview Chiefs Baseball Coach Lister No Longer With The Team

By: Chiefs player

Chiefs player — Mon, 19 Oct 2015 16:31:54 +0000

has anyone ever thought about us players and what this has done to us I hope someone’s happy after all this coach Lister was a great coach and he will be missed

By: Chief

Chief — Sun, 18 Oct 2015 15:28:33 +0000

Marty, my advice, Don’t waste words on people who deserve nothing but your silence. Sometimes the most powerful thing you can say is nothing. Bigger and better things await, i promise you that. Hopefully its out of that town and out of “Political Pensacola” because that is all you will deal with there in that city. The chiefs will miss you, know that.

By: Ronnie Hardy

Ronnie Hardy — Sat, 17 Oct 2015 01:27:20 +0000

I coach Marty years ago , always a hard worker & very dedicated , love by his team mates

By: Just Saying

Just Saying — Fri, 16 Oct 2015 19:30:18 +0000

It is a sad day for Northview baseball. Marty Lister took a group of students and made ball players and leaders. Let’s see what happens next season!

By: joe tindall

joe tindall — Fri, 16 Oct 2015 14:36:19 +0000

Northview’s loss will be another schools gain. Marty is a great baseball coach and super individual. His passion and knowledge for the game of baseball is hard to beat.

By: John R.

John R. — Fri, 16 Oct 2015 14:06:08 +0000

My hats off to Chad Smith! Very well written and honest account of what a Coach should be to his team. Chad’s synopsis should be enough to re-instate Coach Lister. I have 2 sons that were involved in sports from 5 years old through college and have experienced all types of coaches. From Chad’s account, Coach Lister is the type of coach my sons needed to get through college and excel at competitive sports. I cannot assume what itis this man did to desrve this, but from what Chad and Tommy say about him, I have a lot of respect for him.

By: class 2010

class 2010 — Fri, 16 Oct 2015 07:38:52 +0000

Sad to hear this… from what i was told he was what the baseball program needed really bad… wish he been there when we was playing… its gonna be hard to find . a coach that has that kinda love for the game… you have to be hard on kids now…

By: Chad Smith

Chad Smith — Fri, 16 Oct 2015 04:43:31 +0000

Coach Lister brought a compassion for the game of baseball to Northview that had long been lacking. He was a very dedicated coach and he coached to win. He and Tommy Braddock coached my senior year (2012, his first year) and we were a very competitive ball club. He established a swagger about Northview baseball that will be hard to replace. He firmly believes in dressing for success and molding young men into leaders. Sure he showed tough love and wasn’t always happy following a practice or game. But his compassion was very contagious and it spread to most of our team. I greatly enjoyed my senior year of baseball and the leadership he provided. It’s a shame the foundation he has laid will be glorified by someone else. This generation has a hard time handling the tough love attitude he brought and building from his constructive criticism. It would be disheartening to know his removal was politically related, yet I’m not here to speculate. I just want to thank Marty and Tommy for a very memorable moment of my life. It’s a shame that he won’t be able to instill his competitive nature into the up comers. I know he will be a great asset wherever he goes. I hope he can find a school that encourages his competitiveness and doesn’t get offended by his “earn your keep” attitude. My theory is: if you want to be an asset to a ball club, make yourself become an asset. If you have to ask to be an asset, you aren’t doing your job. Good Luck Marty, as a former chief I thank you and wish you the best of luck.

By: A student

A student — Fri, 16 Oct 2015 02:24:17 +0000

I await to see what happens to our baseball program now. They were going places.

By: Chiefs Baseball Mom

Chiefs Baseball Mom — Thu, 15 Oct 2015 20:15:05 +0000

I hate to hear this. Coach Lister brought “life” back to our baseball program. I believe his instruction was the “icing” on top of Northview’s talent that helped us win our District and Regional titles.