2 hours ago, Purple88 said:

I've mentioned swapping Hendo before and it is ALWAYS met with its an old rival and important.

I get that and agree for the most part, plus it's a great RPI game for Owensboro.  BUT there is nothing that says you have to keep it Week 10.  Switch CAL or somebody else and Hendo or switch the week you play them.  Just an idea.

I could get behind that. And this year I think it would have helped with some early confidence with us having a new head coach and breaking in a new QB. Playing say St. X then Henderson and ending with CAL would have helped us IMO. Or say playing Henderson the 1st game then CAL and ending the regular season with St. X. I get the RPI boost from playing the 6A Colonels but there are so many schools that I’d rather play from a being a competitive game perspective and also a marketing perspective. I want Owensboro to use the blueprint Bowling Green has provided. Now Purple please correct me if anything I say going forward is wrong. But the Purples got rid of long time rivals Franklin-Simpson and Warren East years ago. (And yes I realize they were district rivals for many years.) Anyway Bowling Green jumped into scheduling schools from Louisville, Lexington, etc. Starting with teams like PRP, Central, etc. Then building to St. X, Male, & Trinity. OHS continues to play Daviess County, Henderson, Apollo, etc. because it’s what we’ve always done. Outside of the money from the gate, and I guess now RPI, I don’t think those games do enough to prepare us for a 5A playoff run. When OHS did jump into scheduling Louisville teams it was immediately Male, St. X, & CAL. Personally I would have liked to have seen us ease into scheduling JCPS schools by playing Manual, Ballard, or Central. All solid programs but not historically the best of the best from Jefferson County. So your program gets the media coverage from the city but may not get beat to death on the field from say a Male, Trinity, St. X, or CAL. Now after taking on what I’ll describe as second tier teams(Central, Manual,etc) for the sake of this post then you schedule the tier one programs. I’d also like to see us get into the Lexington market every so often. Lexington Catholic, Bryan Station, Boyle Co., or Freddie D. As well as the NKY market with Cov Cath, Highlands, Ryle, etc. I just don’t think playing teams west of I-65 all the time sheds the type of light on the program that’s needed. I’m not saying we need a schedule yearly that has St.X, Freddie D, Highlands, & Boyle County on it but if we aspire to be talked about with those programs we’ve got to venture out more with our scheduling. Of course all this is just the opinion of one Red Devil fan. ?

1 hour ago, Ordell said:

I could get behind that. And this year I think it would have helped with some early confidence with us having a new head coach and breaking in a new QB. Playing say St. X then Henderson and ending with CAL would have helped us IMO. Or say playing Henderson the 1st game then CAL and ending the regular season with St. X. I get the RPI boost from playing the 6A Colonels but there are so many schools that I’d rather play from a being a competitive game perspective and also a marketing perspective. I want Owensboro to use the blueprint Bowling Green has provided. Now Purple please correct me if anything I say going forward is wrong. But the Purples got rid of long time rivals Franklin-Simpson and Warren East years ago. (And yes I realize they were district rivals for many years.) Anyway Bowling Green jumped into scheduling schools from Louisville, Lexington, etc. Starting with teams like PRP, Central, etc. Then building to St. X, Male, & Trinity. OHS continues to play Daviess County, Henderson, Apollo, etc. because it’s what we’ve always done. Outside of the money from the gate, and I guess now RPI, I don’t think those games do enough to prepare us for a 5A playoff run. When OHS did jump into scheduling Louisville teams it was immediately Male, St. X, & CAL. Personally I would have liked to have seen us ease into scheduling JCPS schools by playing Manual, Ballard, or Central. All solid programs but not historically the best of the best from Jefferson County. So your program gets the media coverage from the city but may not get beat to death on the field from say a Male, Trinity, St. X, or CAL. Now after taking on what I’ll describe as second tier teams(Central, Manual,etc) for the sake of this post then you schedule the tier one programs. I’d also like to see us get into the Lexington market every so often. Lexington Catholic, Bryan Station, Boyle Co., or Freddie D. As well as the NKY market with Cov Cath, Highlands, Ryle, etc. I just don’t think playing teams west of I-65 all the time sheds the type of light on the program that’s needed. I’m not saying we need a schedule yearly that has St.X, Freddie D, Highlands, & Boyle County on it but if we aspire to be talked about with those programs we’ve got to venture out more with our scheduling. Of course all this is just the opinion of one Red Devil fan. ?

This is one of the best Owensboro posts I can remember and is the best Owensboro post about scheduling.  Everything above regarding BG is spot on.  We had Warren East and Franklin Simpson (very old rivals) on the schedule every year and just couldn't get over the hump.  Yes, Haley did in 95, but that team had incredible athletes that year.  From there, BG struggled IMO to get back to the top.  They did in 3 straight years 2005, 2006, and 2007 falling in the State Championship game each of those years.  Coach Wallace then prepared to add better teams, and you could really see it beginning in the playoffs around 2011 when BG went on their run.  

@Ordell was spot on in that we started more bread-and-butter teams like Ballard, Central and PRP and kept St X as our grounding board to show us where we really needed to improve.  This was HUGE IMO and paved the way for BGs recent championships.

Just having talent isn't enough to win in December.

I like Owensboro.  No, I won't pull for them over BG, but if BG doesn't win, I'm pulling for O.

In a lot of ways, Owensboro is letting opportunities for State Championships go by the wayside for City Titles.  That's my opinion.  Play your district games.  Everyone has to do that.  You can keep Daviess or Hendo, but not both.  I would keep OCath.  They have a good chance to give you a battle and that is what you need.  I would trade X and CAL for Ballard and Manual and go with that for a cycle or two.

You're living under a false dome presently.  You start the season getting killed early (little benefit) then play teams everybody and their brother know you are going to handle easy.  That doesn't test or help you except at the grocery store.  Your district is your district.  Move on.  But you can get more out of the other 4 or 5 games.  Be strategic.  Have a game you will be tested at the end.  If you don't, you will play cupcakes all the way up until you are tested in a win or go home situation.  That's a lot to ask of any team IMO and a big reason O hasn't progressed further in recent years.

5 minutes ago, Purple88 said:

This is one of the best Owensboro posts I can remember and is the best Owensboro post about scheduling.  Everything above regarding BG is spot on.  We had Warren East and Franklin Simpson (very old rivals) on the schedule every year and just couldn't get over the hump.  Yes, Haley did in 95, but that team had incredible athletes that year.  From there, BG struggled IMO to get back to the top.  They did in 3 straight years 2005, 2006, and 2007 falling in the State Championship game each of those years.  Coach Wallace then prepared to add better teams, and you could really see it beginning in the playoffs around 2011 when BG went on their run.  

@Ordell was spot on in that we started more bread-and-butter teams like Ballard, Central and PRP and kept St X as our grounding board to show us where we really needed to improve.  This was HUGE IMO and paved the way for BGs recent championships.

Just having talent isn't enough to win in December.

I like Owensboro.  No, I won't pull for them over BG, but if BG doesn't win, I'm pulling for O.

In a lot of ways, Owensboro is letting opportunities for State Championships go by the wayside for City Titles.  That's my opinion.  Play your district games.  Everyone has to do that.  You can keep Daviess or Hendo, but not both.  I would keep OCath.  They have a good chance to give you a battle and that is what you need.  I would trade X and CAL for Ballard and Manual and go with that for a cycle or two.

You're living under a false dome presently.  You start the season getting killed early (little benefit) then play teams everybody and their brother know you are going to handle easy.  That doesn't test or help you except at the grocery store.  Your district is your district.  Move on.  But you can get more out of the other 4 or 5 games.  Be strategic.  Have a game you will be tested at the end.  If you don't, you will play cupcakes all the way up until you are tested in a win or go home situation.  That's a lot to ask of any team IMO and a big reason O hasn't progressed further in recent years.

This makes a lot of sense. I can go with this especially getting rid of DC or Henderson. We have to play our district games which is 5 I believe. Owensboro Catholic makes 6. DC or Henderson will make 7 (we have to choose 1), Ballard makes 8 and Manual makes 9. Maybe add South Warren, Highlands, Boyle Co or Douglass would make 10.