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Throwing out 1,500 for 90 percent of the public schools (read: Not Trinity, Not X) in the state is a misnomer because you're lucky if you even get half of that.

 

It doesn't matter how big (Louisville) Central is, that school is going to be mostly female in enrollment (unless a bunch of dudes/guys/boys decide they want to get into nursing). Hence the disparity in Central's track classification (3-A, the largest; but track uses TOTAL enrollment) and football classification (3-A, among the BOTTOM half of all football-playing schools since football uses BOYS only).

 

As far as numbers: Eh. Enrollment doesn't mean all that much.

 

If that was the case, Mayfield and Danville and Owensboro Catholic would struggle and Breckinridge County and Iroquois (outside the 2-3 year run) and Muhlenberg County and Ohio County would all have far more success than they've had.

 

Up until the last five years or so, Central Hardin was a no-name in football, yet it has ALWAYS been among the state's largest schools since it opened in 1990 (25 years or so).

 

So why did it take Central Hardin 20-plus years to establish itself, yet smaller John Hardin (always been SMALLER than Central Hardin, yet in same area) needed no more than three years to establish itself in football? How come North Hardin kills it in track (in the state's largest class), but struggles to remain consistently competitive in football?

 

If enrollment is all that, how come North Bullitt and Bullitt Central have struggled to equal Bullitt East on the gridiron? Same area, same type of enrollment.

 

Frankly, I don't care if Bullitt East's overall total enrollment is 1,312 or 1,382 or 1,465 or 1,599 ... NONE of those numbers mean anything.

 

As far as Spencer County, yeah it is having a good year. But in plenty of years, Bullitt East would own Spencer County.

 

But the number of bodies shouldn't and can't be the end-all, be-all when putting schools/programs head-to-head on the football field.

 

Henderson County is one of the largest schools in the state, but was notorious for having small rosters year-in, year-out.

 

Plus, dressing a kid and not playing him just to make your roster/sideline look better serves little purpose.

 

There are several teams in the state that would go toe-to-toe and even overpower teams that have bigger rosters/enrollments. Happens every Friday night.

So kids who would start chose not to play. QB who was hurt but has been cleared also chose not to play. Not a good sign if you ask me.

 

And I went to the Eastern game and watched the Kessler kid get sacked and hit all over the place. I think the scheme, or lack thereof, in pass protection probably contributed to him not playing the last couple weeks.

 

Polson chose not to play because of his shoulder injury, not because of the coaches. He wants to play but can't afford to injure his shoulder like that again. The OL who chose not to play never enjoyed playing football but were forced to play growing up and finally said they weren't playing anymore.

 

At most schools, talent is cyclical. Two years ago, BE had a pretty good senior class, hence why they made it to the Regional final. Last year, they had a decent senior class but were missing a couple pieces to make a playoff push. This year, the senior class is fairly small; only 8 of them really contribute. The junior and sophomore classes combined are pretty solid though.

 

And to help you out with facts, Kessler played last week and took some hits on that shoulder (just a deep bone bruise). Shelby County will be a tough matchup but I think things will start turnaround in district play.

I would expect that East will win some district games considering that district 3 is a very weak district. This program is in danger of having 3 losing seasons in the last 5! More importantly they have not won a playoff game against a team with a winning record since 2010, for a school who has a tradition of winning, I would think there is cause for concern!