Raceland is probably the best team in the Greenup/Boyd area this year.

What former Ashland guys are coaching at Boyd County? I guess I haven't kept close tabs.

 

 

Jermaine Keys - played and coached at the college level

 

Isaiah Keys - played for the New York Giants as a free agent (never signed with the team)

Raceland is probably the best team in the Greenup/Boyd area this year.

 

They probably are, but IMO Ashland still should never lose to them.

Jermaine Keys - played and coached at the college level

 

Isaiah Keys - played for the New York Giants as a free agent (never signed with the team)

 

Never heard of either one of them. When and how long were they at Ashland?

They helped take over after the middle school coach was let go. Since then it's been a revolving door of dads coaching, not including this years 8th grade coach.

I think Coach Love does a lot of things well. That being said I believe his weakness revolves around decision making. He will tend to second guess himself when making decisions in the moment and is unwilling to stand on his gut convictions when making tough decisions that may ruffle feathers. Do I think this cost him a golden opportunity last year to reach the finals? Yes. Should he lose his job? No. He will improve as a decision maker with experience as a head coach. As he does the kids will believe in him more and more and the program will be solid. My only hope is that Ashland is able to retain Coach Tackett long enough to be the next guy. I believe he is key to the program.

I am far from an Ashland fan but Coach Love is a WONDERFUL person and role model.

 

I know he has struggled with Johnson Central but so had every other team in EKY. Ashland was a top 3-4 team in the class last year and got beat by another top 3-4 team in the class prior to injuries. No shame in that.

 

Ashland is like every other program in EKY jobs are being lost (AK Steel, CSX, coal mines, etc).

 

Numbers are not what they once were and when you lose a class as talented as the one that just graduated you feel it over the next couple of years.

 

I have watched Ashland twice this year and they are young but play very hard. They will get better.

 

I seldom pull for Ashland but I will actively root against them if they force out an individual of Coach Love's character due to his record against a district opponent with a larger student body.