Obviously Bullitt East and Scott County are, as you said, no longer even in the region. And with Oldham and Shelby...both have had a split in their talent base with the addition of North Oldham and Collins during this time period. Again, not that they may not recover from it...but, their drop off can be somewhat justified.

 

Some of the others that you mentioned are Class A schools (Owen, Walton, Gallatin)...so for them to have any serious run (over a 10 year period) would be quite extraordinary. Usually you see them have a little more ebb and flow with regards to the talent levels. And with all of that considered, I sometimes think the coaches at these schools are not given the credit they deserve for making their teams competitive as much as they do.

 

You make good points. Although conventional logic often disagrees, many coaches will admit that they have done their best coaching jobs when they have had some of their worst records. Because their talent was down, graduation depleted the roster, injuries, etc. they had to be extremely resourceful to be competitive (Coach Mefford, Coach Stewart, Coach Gilley, Coach Wilhoite all especially come to mind). Smaller school coaches face similar things more often, provided they have no move-ins. Those schools who seem to do that frequently must be judged differently. Also, when North Oldham entered the scene, they were primarily a split-off from South Oldham more so than from Oldham County.

GC should have no problem in the All "A" and the NCKC. Not much competition there in my opinion. Trimble could be a little trouble and so could Walton, but at the end of the day GC is better. The schedule for the Lady Cats is tough, but as previously mentioned, this will only help them later on down the road. It shouldn't be a surprise if GC knocks off some of these "tough" opponents on the schedule either. I would like for GC to stay under the radar, but that is not going to happen!