Jump to content

Bear3

Paid Members
  • Posts

    219
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Reputation

147 Excellent

Converted

  • Location
    Louisville

Converted

  • Interests
    Sports

Converted

  • Occupation
    Sports Management

Recent Profile Visitors

The recent visitors block is disabled and is not being shown to other users.

  1. Leaders create a culture. Culture drives behavior. Behavior produces results. The ceiling of those results can be associated with the athletic and coaching talent associated with a program. My assumption would be that your experience at a "Powerhouse" program was one that experienced failure in some part of the performance pathway described above. The construction of relationships is at the core of team performance. If built properly, the outside factors that created your negative experience will be minimized. There is no demographic group that can not benefit from an experience that builds core values and trust in relationships. Striving to reach those high standards will impact rich/poor, entitled/needy, championship program/struggling programs. If a program fails to invest into producing leaders and culture, you can only hope that those great kids walk through your doors every year. My decades of involvement in high school athletics tell me that happens infrequently. I agree with your conclusion that winning is not the ultimate reward in coaching. While the goals of every program differ in wins/losses, every leader should hope to meet the personal challenges that individuals carry with them as they enter a locker room on a daily basis. Those exist in every locker room, they just might be packaged a bit differently.
  2. Historically, Franklin-Simpson belongs on this list.
  3. Surprisingly poor clock management by FD in the last two minutes of the half.
  4. Given the history of mystery calls in favor of the Red Devils at Rash Stadium, it is a bit comical to hear officiating complaints from the Owensboro contingent. I'm sure the flags will favor the Red Devils when the Purples come to town.
  5. Trinity Bullitt East Bowling Green Hoban (OH) Ashland
  6. JCPS is allowing athletics to resume after Saturday, 2 PM. So, you can't play a home game/scrimmage on Friday, 7 PM. I am not sure what major changes will impact high school sports in that 19 hour period but if must be major if you suddenly can play on Saturday, 2 PM. Personal reflection- when administrators make decisions in the best interest of kids, they are usually the right decisions. Perhaps, that criteria should have been considered prior to shutting down activities due to the school-day bus debacle.
  7. 1965: Dale Lindsey- R7 - Cleveland Browns - Bowling Green HS
  8. 2003: Robert Reynolds - R5 P 165 - Tennessee Titans- Bowling Green HS
  9. Patrick Reynolds, Daniel Withrow, and Brian Lowder were part of the 1995 Class AAA State Champs at Bowling Green and starters for WKU during their 2002 National Championship season (FCS)
  10. Look for Barren Co and Warren Central to "stay or go" together. If one goes, the other is in a district with BG, SW, and Gwood. Both leave for 6A, they are likely in the Hardin Co. district. If both stay, they would be with BG and Gwood. South Warren and Apollo 6A/5A hangs on their decision.
  11. KHSAA Team Records: https://khsaa.org/records/football/statefootballteamrecords.pdf
  12. Quite a run of skill guys at BG in the past 20 years... Steelman, Hollis, Hayes, Clark, Cooper, Fant, D Wilson, DL Moore, Wallace, Hibbitt, R Beard, B Tisdale, Pillow, Carothers, Barksdale, J Carpenter, Yates, L. Brown, Kenner, Bunton, Dingle, E Spader, V Tisdale, S Brown, etc...High praise when a young group is thrown in above the guys that played together among those names. Those Purples put a lot of trophies in the cases on Rockingham Lane.
  13. The major RPI bias is against programs that have out-of-state teams on its schedule. No matter the quality of team, the data views every out-of-state team as a .500 squad. For SW, the losses to two non-KY opponents is logged in as losing to two .500 teams. If you view national computer ratings like CalPreps or Massey, that bias does not exist. Cov Cath, Trinity, SW, St. X all have out-of-state losses to very good teams. The RPI does not reflect true strength of schedule when evaluating out-of-state opponents.
  14. DragonFire speaks with great emotion and accuracy. 10 years ago, WC was a place that competed at high levels in multiple sports. The decline has been dramatic and highlights the quality job that has been done by William Unseld. His ability to keep WCHS Basketball attractive, competitive, and successful has been something that few could have accomplished.
  15. The top three are all still active and are in their 47th, 44th, and 43rd seasons. It's difficult to image solving problems for that long. At their core, good men who care. Congrats Coach French for joining Coach Haywood and Coach Hilton in the top three. Those guys are putting up numbers this state may never see again.
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

By using the site you agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use Policies.