Kentucky Baseball Source

I'm told that Combs will be Teaching at Wolfe County. I look for his youngest son to be a Wolfe County Wolfe after this season.

I don't care what anyone say's about Chase Mullins but he was the most dominate pitcher to ever play in the 10th Region. I feel for the kid who did everthing in his power to try and get his coach a Regional Title before he retired. Mullins threw a 139 pitches or more in several ballgames The coach should have never had a child throw that many pitches. The end result is Mullins just had Tommy John surgery and will be redshirting his freshman year. I wish Mullins all the luck in the world. Good thing happen to good kids and his payday is only a few years down the road.

It's true. Combs didn't have any pitching which is why MC won't go anywhere next year. They have some very talented players but without pitching you won't go very far. You can't coach when you have you're assistant Coaches are complaining as much as disgruntled parents who's kids weren't playing. I wouldn't want my worse enemy to coach at Montgomery County. I have always said that Athletics in Montgomery County was Average. I think deep down Combs was glad to get away from the mess at MC and put it all behind him. I think he will do well at Wolfe County and the administration will back him and that's very important to a coach.

A lot of High School Coaches in the State of KY thinks Montgomery County is the grave yard for a good High School Coach. One Coach in the 10th Region said that MC was lucky to get Combs and when they got rid of him another in state coach would not take that job. The coaching search happened just like he said when he said they would have to go out of State and get a coach who wasn't very experienced. I'm wondering how the new coach is doing and how the players feel about him. If you can let us know I would be very appreciative.

I think it's fair to say that the 14th Region is not close to being as good as the 10th Region. If I'm not mistaken Montgomery County beat Wolf County last year in 5 innings. Last Season Bishop Brossart went to the State Tournament from the 10th Region while Powell County went from the 14th Region. The KHSAA web site shows that Montgomery County beat Powell County 3 times. MC finished the years with 22 wins in a fairly strong Region. I've always felt Powell County should get out of the 14th Region and go to the 10th Region. Powell County came on at the end of the year and came very close to beating State Champ Woodford County. I look for Powell to repeat in the 14th Region next year. Wolfe went to the Region because their District consist of Breathitt, Jackson City, Wolfe and I think Red Bird. Who wouldn't go to the Region playing teams like this. I look for Combs to guide the Wolfs to the Region every year.

Congrats

Gene Combs has officially been named the new baseball coach at Wolfe County High School. I think this is a great hire and Props to the administration at Wolfe County High School for setting their aim high and shooting for a big name coach. I still believe Coach Combs was treated unfairly by the so called administrators at Montgomery County High School. I look for Combs to turn this program around and get the support from School Officials and Parents which is something he didn't get at Montgomery County High School. Good Luck Coach Combs. You will do great things at Wolfe County before you are finished.

I was told that East Jessamine Coach Kevin Clary is being investigated by the KHSAA over one of his top pitchers from his Summer team transferring from Tates Creek to East Jessamine. I think Clary is a very good coach. Clary built a power house at Lexington Cathlic because of players transferring to Catholic who Played Summer Ball for him a few years ago. Lexington Catholic won the State Tournament while Clary was let go soon after winning it. If anyone can let us know what is going on there it would be much appreciated.

I hear Montgomery County has two transfers and one foreign eachange student. The point point guard they brought in is from Las Vegas and he gave Shabazz Muhammed all he wanted this past summer in AAU. I look for MC to bring in one more solid player and they we likely run away with the Regional Title. No one can say anything about the kids transferring because Clark,Mason,Scott,Catholic and Trinity has done this for years. Clark won't be like the Clark we have seen in the past and will be down this year. Mason is young and may make a run but when it's all said and done Montgomery County will run away with he 10th Region.

Until the past couple of years Montgomery County has not had a lot of talent that went through their system other than Drew Lee and a couple of others. Harrison County has had most of the talent in the 10th Region. I am not real thrilled about MC new Coach but I think he deserves a chance to see what he can do with this talented team.

The kid has a bright future and is a heck of a baseball player. I have always enjoyed watching him play. I say he was invited for a reason, so Coach Smith can get the upperhand on him to become a Hoosier.

Big Kat I agree with what you say. If the parents treat Hackett like they did Combs he won't stay very long. I have been told that Rison was taking over for the past 3 months and he hasn't been removed yet. Phil Rison would have got a coach with experience who would have loved to coach this team with the talent they have. You have a coach that played at Auburn which is impressive but his coaching experience is a 12 yr old all star team. You get rid of a coach with over 400 wins because parents wrote multiple letters because their child wasn't playing. Combs had Asst Coaches that stuck a knive in his back so many times it isn't funny. You better get rid of all the asst coaches who had kids on the team. One was a waste of space and I'm told by one parent that the other was a good baseball coach but he did have issues with Combs in the past. A coach from another County told me it would take an idiot to wan't to coach at MC because of the Administration. Let's hope Lee and Newkirk can lead this team back and they find a flame thrower for a pitcher. Good Luck to Coach Tackett. I wish you well.

I agree give the Coach a chance. Playing at Auburn is very impressive. I would get my own assistants and start over. I do think Montgomery County has just as much talent as any other Schools. The probem was Combs couldn't coach the way he wanted because the AD wanted his head from the very beginning when he wanted a schedule in the fall and it hadn't been completed. I have called MCHS three times and he would not talk to me. Combs was told who to play several times. If Hackett has a back bone he will tell the AD what he can do if the AD tells him who to play and gets treated like Combs got treated. I get the feeling he will be a yes man. I wish the Indians all the sucess in the world because when I watched them on thefield,including JV they were all class. Combs will be fine because a year out of the game will relieve him of stress of the AD trying to tell him who to play and how to coach, but most of all the parents that complained all the time because their son wasn't playing. This had nothing to do about losses and wins. MC won 22 or 23 games this season. This is about an AD who knows nothing about athletics, but wanted to flex his muscles and show the coaches who is boss. He won't be at MC long because he is as classless as any human being I have ever met.

Montgomery will be preseason number 1 in the Region. I think Mason County will give them a run or their money since the Region is at Mason County. Don't ever count out GRC who will be young but if they play like a team like they did last season then anything could happen. I heard Happy has already got a guard from Shelby County. I look for a few other players to be added before the season starts.

He had an outstanding career at a Paintsville High School. I could see this happening because Keith is well thought of in Paintsville.