First off, this is a discussion board to discuss high school athletics so I will continue to discuss any teams that that I want to within the rules of this board. Secondly, the person who started the discussion on Coach Harp was ADopted ADmiral, who is a Danville supporter, not PurplePride92 or myself.

 

When a program with 10 State Titles who has a Hall of Fame Coach fails to win a State Title for 9 seasons, goes out in the 2nd round of the playoffs 4 out of the last 5 years, and is continually dominated by both its cross-town rival and a team in Somerset that it has owned over the years then questions are going to be raised as to what has changed to cause these things to happen. If you don't like those questions being asked then feel free to abstain from participating in this thread.

 

Good luck to you and your sons.

 

As far as being owned by Boyle and Somerset both those programs have owned a lot of teams the last few years. The influx of talent those programs have had surpasses what Danville has had the last four or five years therefore I don't think Coach Harp should be judged to harshly for losing to Boyle and Somerset; arguably the best teams in their classes with two of the better Head Coaches in the state. Don't know why they have not one a tilte the last 9 years. High School football comes down to athletic talent for the most part. If a coach has good talent he wins if not he does not win as much. I think Duke's Coach K said it best last night when asked why he has won 903 games "I have had great players" I do not think they have had the talent level they once had....There is no secret formula good talent makes a coach great, no talent makes a coach bad....Trinity is good because they can get the talent.

A big complaint around Danville is that the talent isn't being used properly by the coaching staff. Tons of opinions about the Patrick Brand situation also. Again, just things talked about amongst Admiral supporters.

As far as being owned by Boyle and Somerset both those programs have owned a lot of teams the last few years. The influx of talent those programs have had surpasses what Danville has had the last four or five years therefore I don't think Coach Harp should be judged to harshly for losing to Boyle and Somerset; arguably the best teams in their classes with two of the better Head Coaches in the state. Don't know why they have not one a tilte the last 9 years. High School football comes down to athletic talent for the most part. If a coach has good talent he wins if not he does not win as much. I think Duke's Coach K said it best last night when asked why he has won 903 games "I have had great players" I do not think they have had the talent level they once had....There is no secret formula good talent makes a coach great, no talent makes a coach bad....Trinity is good because they can get the talent.

I think you are pretty close to right. I don't think Coach Harp needs to leave but he does need to let go with some of his stuborness. Danville only ran about six different running plays against Somerset, at first they worked great, then Somerst adjusted and shut them down. But Coach Harp just kept trying to pound those same plays. I don't know if he had not prepared to run any other offense or not, but you can't limit yourself like that against a very good Somerset team.

Danville has the 27th most wins in the nation. That mean there is only 26 other schools in the country that have won more games than Danville has. Coach Harp has won the majority of those games. I think we will keep him as long as he wants to stay.

 

Danville has been playing football for 100 years and Coach Harp has been there since 1988. He's won a lot of games, but I don't think he accounts for the majority of their wins.

Have the Boyle fans "forgiven" Sam for his involvement in the kid who transferred from Danville to Boyle being ruled ineligible by the KHSAA, or do they still have a burr under their butts toward him?