Belfry will have fun this week.

Im still here.. formerly X, then Y, then Z, now "Pirate Pride"

Sad part is, when you least expect is when you get comfortable with something, is when it jumps up and bites you........

 

 

I know the coaches are NOT like this but the fans and players are all believing Belfry is A LOT better than they really are..............

Sad part is, when you least expect is when you get comfortable with something, is when it jumps up and bites you........

 

 

I know the coaches are NOT like this but the fans and players are all believing Belfry is A LOT better than they really are..............

 

Put another way...

 

Food always tastes best when you're HUNGRY.

As for the lack of Pikeville/Belfry talk:

 

1. 7 Straight wins, with most of them being one sided.

 

2. Belfry has turned the corner in their program with 5 straight trips to the Semi's... Pikeville has not been to the semi's since te last time they beat Belfry.

3. Coaching turnover... since Hilliard Howard how many coaches has the Panthers' had?

 

4. Media coverage... I respect the role that our local newswriters do and the effort they put forth, but lets face it, the News-Express and WDN are secondary in sports coverage to a paper which comes out once a week! The writers for both the WDN and ANE try their hardest, but when you are the only writer it is much different than 10 years ago when each paper had 3 or 4 people covering HS Football daily.

 

5. When I first joined this site back in 2001 there were maybe 3 Belfry posters... skip ahead a year and there were maybe 5... in 2003 there were maybe 83 (haha).... in 2004 it dropped to maybe 20 (lots of Belfry fans got Das Boot).. 2005 going down... 2006 going down... 2007 even more... 2008 the few and proud remain. (There are still Belfry fans out there chatting about the games but the quality is different)

 

Semis in 2004, have not beat Belfry since 2000.

4. Media coverage... I respect the role that our local newswriters do and the effort they put forth, but lets face it, the News-Express and WDN are secondary in sports coverage to a paper which comes out once a week!

 

The writers for both the WDN and ANE try their hardest, but when you are the only writer it is much different than 10 years ago when each paper had 3 or 4 people covering HS Football daily.

 

 

Sorry to cut your post up, but I have two different thoughts. On the second part, I agree completely. But unfortunately, that's become the nature of the business.

 

I'm curious as to what weekly you are referring to in the first part?

It is the Medical Leader, published by the Pikeville Medical Center. And whats more, it is FREE.

It is the Medical Leader, published by the Pikeville Medical Center. And whats more, it is FREE.

 

I figured that was it. If you knew what I know about that operation, you wouldn't touch it. And please don't do the journalism profession a disservice by calling it a newspaper.

 

Also, you get what you pay for.

To me a rivalry is only a rivalry when the games are competitive and there is a doubt to who might win. This match up to me has become just another easy win for the Pirates.

I figured that was it. If you knew what I know about that operation, you wouldn't touch it. And please don't do the journalism profession a disservice by calling it a newspaper.

 

Also, you get what you pay for.

I agree Jim and I don't read it. Even when they forced it on us by stuffing it in our mailboxes I just tossed it. I never agreed with how that publication came to be and the reasons for them publishing it.

I agree Jim and I don't read it. Even when they forced it on us by stuffing it in our mailboxes I just tossed it. I never agreed with how that publication came to be and the reasons for them publishing it.

 

That publication is probably the single largest reason why the WDN and ANE have had such a dropoff, at least in terms of available resources and income for the other publications in a time when "print journalism" is becoming more and more obsolete as it is.

Semis in 2004, have not beat Belfry since 2000.

 

I stand corrected... 40-7 loss to Beechwood in State Seifinals..you are correct. :thumb:

I'm still here from 2001 with a different username, but I'm still happy about the fact Belfry is whipping up on Pikeville year in and year out.

 

Go Bucs!!

By the way, I will be travelling through Alabama Friday night so I won't be able to listen to the game on WXCC and do updates, but I will have my Blackberry on me. Can anyone keep us updated?