I understand your frustration on here as a fan its hard not to take what people may or may not say about your team personally. I think the better team on that night won the game hands down and deserved it. With that said I am asking as a Coach of many young men and as a father of a son of my own that you please stop bringing up players and what coaches may or may not have said to them. 1 it is rude and disrespectful to personally call out a player. (pump up hill all day but do it with out calling out Bramel specifically). 2 what is said in a locker room if between the coaches and players unless it is something illegal then it should stay that way. I am asking nicely and not trying to start an argument I hope you enjoy your time on preps and I hope Danville wins the next 4 games. (you brought Bramel up twice that is honestly 2 times to many in a negative light) (The guys that spoke of Danville may have been negative but they didn't bring up specific players as you did.)

 

As I said before I do think Boyle will win this in just a few short quarters but with the time running out to shore up little mistakes tonight needs to be very smooth for something to build upon.

 

I know that you may not always reach perfection but if perfection isn't where you are aiming them you will always reach something lesser.

 

Disclaimer: If anyone who is a BC fan brought up or brings up an opposing player in this or any other post in a negative light then shame on you as well I may have missed it but I didn't see any.

 

First off, best of luck tonight vs. Western Hills. You won't break a sweat until Lexington, but hopefully you can get some kids playing time and work on other facets of your game that need sharpening.

 

The Danville vs. Boyle discussion was brought into the fray after another poster tacitly suggested Boyle would beat Danville if the game were played later in the year, etc.

 

To be sure, I'm merely passing along what Chuck Smith said to make my point about Danville winning up front.

 

I did not say it. Chuck Smith said it.

 

Not sure why you are taking umbrage with me? It's your coach. Is what he said "rude and disrespectful" or just me?

 

I completely understand if I personally make disparaging remarks about the kid. I did not. To repeat, I'm basing my point off of what Chuck Smith said.

 

I would also say, what harm does it do? So kids should not hear criticism, even if it's true? You can't sugar coat it sometimes, Coach. Bramel did need to hear that from Smith both then and for the future. It's true that opposing Big Ten DL will be much bigger, stronger, etc.

 

And, by the way, it cuts both ways. "Hey guys, we lost tonight because you couldn't defeat blocks and tackle Rees McShara who ran for a country mile." "We lost because Josiah Robbins threw FIVE interceptions." "Jeremy Sleet made you look silly tonight guys."

 

You see my point. You seem like a very nice guy, and I respect your opinion, but I hope you can respect mine.

 

BTW, you mention that it's rude and disrespectful to mention a kid by name. You further mention that you are a coach and father.

 

Honest question here. I've followed Bluegrass Preps for years and noticed a very strong presence of Boyle fans (one has posted over 9k times - wow). Do you think it's strange or weird when they start following them when they are young? To me, it's a little alarming how much fawning there is over barely teenage kids. I saw that with the Gervacio kid, Josiah Robbins, etc. I get it when when they are upperclassman and you say, "Tamme dominated tonight. Great kid who played lights out."

However, when you have posters following around middle school kids it seems a little creepy and borderline improper. As a coach and, above all, father I was curious about your thoughts.

Obviously you are very passionate about things being said about players, but what about when grown adults are over-the-top about middle school kids, even if it's complimentary?

First off, best of luck tonight vs. Western Hills. You won't break a sweat until Lexington, but hopefully you can get some kids playing time and work on other facets of your game that need sharpening.

 

The Danville vs. Boyle discussion was brought into the fray after another poster tacitly suggested Boyle would beat Danville if the game were played later in the year, etc.

 

To be sure, I'm merely passing along what Chuck Smith said to make my point about Danville winning up front.

 

I did not say it. Chuck Smith said it.

 

Not sure why you are taking umbrage with me? It's your coach. Is what he said "rude and disrespectful" or just me?

 

I completely understand if I personally make disparaging remarks about the kid. I did not. To repeat, I'm basing my point off of what Chuck Smith said.

 

I would also say, what harm does it do? So kids should not hear criticism, even if it's true? You can't sugar coat it sometimes, Coach. Bramel did need to hear that from Smith both then and for the future. It's true that opposing Big Ten DL will be much bigger, stronger, etc.

 

And, by the way, it cuts both ways. "Hey guys, we lost tonight because you couldn't defeat blocks and tackle Rees McShara who ran for a country mile." "We lost because Josiah Robbins threw FIVE interceptions." "Jeremy Sleet made you look silly tonight guys."

 

You see my point. You seem like a very nice guy, and I respect your opinion, but I hope you can respect mine.

 

BTW, you mention that it's rude and disrespectful to mention a kid by name. You further mention that you are a coach and father.

 

Honest question here. I've followed Bluegrass Preps for years and noticed a very strong presence of Boyle fans (one has posted over 9k times - wow). Do you think it's strange or weird when they start following them when they are young? To me, it's a little alarming how much fawning there is over barely teenage kids. I saw that with the Gervacio kid, Josiah Robbins, etc. I get it when when they are upperclassman and you say, "Tamme dominated tonight. Great kid who played lights out."

However, when you have posters following around middle school kids it seems a little creepy and borderline improper. As a coach and, above all, father I was curious about your thoughts.

Obviously you are very passionate about things being said about players, but what about when grown adults are over-the-top about middle school kids, even if it's complimentary?

 

I understand where you are coming from and as I said not an argument. I was not saying that anything that was said in the locker room was wrong I was saying that it should stay in a locker room it is a place for the coach to communicate with his players not bluegrasspreps. I understand that you were simply conveying the message that Coach smith may have been asking himself but you could have conveyed it with out using specific players thats all I was asking. I understand that there were some BC fans that brought Danville into the conversation and most likely that was due to my comment on how I felt boyle played against west carter and mercer. ( the comment from another BC fan was that the only bad game boyle played was danville) and then the danville side bar started from there. I said this earlier this year and I stand by it danville won that game and deserved to they were the best team on that field that night hands down. With that said I dont think it is much of a stretch for boyle fans to think that was the worse game we played given that it is their only loss. I was not attacking you perosonally at all just a simple request from one person to another you can honor it or not either is fine I apologize if it was unclear at to what I meant in the first post. To your question it is my understanding with some of the boyle fans that they get involved in preps when there children start playing so when the child is young they get involved with the football program and it wont take long for them to find out about preps. It some what can snowball from there not being negative (so BC fans dont get upset) just going based off what I have seen. I think the people on here rotate every so often once there kids rotate out I could be wrong but I think this is why you see such passion towards specific classes and specific players.

It never ends. Go Rebels! Safe travels everyone.