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After watching this game I wouldn't really say that Shelby's talent was that much more superior than Owen's. Both teams had great basketball players that seemed to be equally matched to provide one heck of a ball game. Congrats to both teams and best of luck to OC next year. It should be just as, if not more, exciting than what was witnessed this year.

I completely agree. First you must have complete support and then true success will follow. However, you must (as a coach) do something to have support. From what I hear and saw in the few games I watched this season the past coach did not do anything to gain the support of others.

I'm not making an excuse for the reason Owen Co. football was down this past year. I do not know if the coach saught out alternative times to workout or if the kids made an effort to do the same. I was only making that statement to throw out an idea of why "dedication" to football was/is not there. My only opinion is that you can not blame a kid for not being completely dedicated to football if another sport is his free or partially free ride to college.

From what I have been told this defensive coach, Coach Blackburn, was nothing but a cancer within the coaching staff. If this is the case why would anyone want to hire such a guy?

If any kid excels at baseball and is only average in football you can not blame him for playing summer league baseball. The kid is only trying to better himself at a sport he excels in and giving himself the best oppertunity to receive a scholarship at that sport. And maybe during the summer it was not an issue of dedication on the kids part but rather an issue of the coach not being flexible and setting up a workout time which allows for the maximum number of participants.

I agree with you. The talent was there on the field for Owen Co. to be extremely competitve with the schedule they were playing. No way should this team that I saw play have ended up with a 1-10 record.....not with the schedule they had. It's honestly sad that a coach will not help the kids on his team get to the next level if it is indeed true that he will not do something as simple as replying to an email or making a phone call. One thing I am curious about though is the fact that your son has 4 different colleges interested in him as a prospective football play. If this is the case seems to me sometime during the year or years some coach helped develope him into the player that he has become. Am I wrong in making this assumption or was your son just that much better than the rest of the competition that he faced that he did not need any coaching?

Owen Co. Defense had 15-20 picks this year with #1 on their team having 8 INTs himself as a CB. While this stat isn't as impressive as the others with 11 INTs or a team having 20 plus picks it is interesting when you compare it to the season before in which the ENTIRE team had less than 5 INTs the entire year.

Well the kid with 8 INTs wasn't even considered to my knowledge. 8 picks as a corner is tough.......alot tougher than at safety where you have room to roam.........it's a shame this kid didn't get recognized

Any one think that a kid the had 8 INTs on the year as a corner should at least be recognized as honorable mention?

Owen by single digets

Those numbers aren't great but right now I think they would take 5-6, 6-5, 5-6, 5-5 over four years than 1-9.

I believe you can not fire a coach and a win-loss basis alone after the first year. However, if the program is getting worse, kids are quitting, and several other factors are in play then there is more at hand than a win loss situation. Why did the kids quit? Was it because they couldn't handle losing or was it because the head coach didn't respect his players and truely care for them? Why wasn't the community behind him? Did he do things that caused several in the town to become angry with him other than the fact he wasn't winning (such as was he not a man of his word)? Did he not run the program right such as doing other things than watching film with his players? These are just a few questions that could be asked in whether or not he should stay around.

You are right. PLAYERS watching film is overrated but a HEAD COACH watching film and going over it WITH HIS PLAYERS is NOT OVERRATED.

Why shouldn't Owen blame him for the struggles that occurred this year? If what I am reading on these posts are correct, a head coach that doesn't get along with his assistants, a head coach that the players don't respect, a head coach that doesn't watch film with his players to make them better, a guy that doesn't require the kids to be in the weight room............those sound like great contributing factors for a program that was already "struggling" to go down the drain even faster, as it appears they did this year.

He would get chewed out on the sidelines? Sounds like he was a cancer to me or was he one of those "coaches" that knew more than the head coach and therefore the head guy didn't like him?

Wait a minute.........so the head coach didn't watch film with his team? What in the world else could he have been doing while his assistants were watching film? What would have been more important than watching film and practice (I am concidering film as practice time)? Wow if this is true, I agree, the AD and administration should see this as a mojor red flag.

If this statement is indeed true.........that the head coach did not have the best 11 players on the field, that he did not respect the players or his assistants, and didn't listen to them (especially if they knew more than he did), then it sounds like to me the head coach is at fault for Owen Co.'s less than impressive season. Does anyone know where this guy came from? Where did he play high school ball at (if he did play college ball)? Where did he play college ball at (if he did play college ball)? What gives the impression that his assistants had more football knowledge than him?

North Oldham will provide a tough game but Henry pulls it out and moves on to the next round.

Good luck Trimble! Hope you pull this one out but it will be a tough contest for you!

Lincoln moves on. Go Patriots!

Green Co. moves on!

From the games I watched this season it wasn't the athletes that were the problems. Owen seemed to have the athletes. The problem seemed to be play calling. Anytime you get down inside the 10 or 5 yard line you have to score. The games I saw, Owen had several oppertunities to score and didn't due to poor play calling and turnovers. Then it seemed as if they just went 3 and out everytime except those few successful drives. As a result their defense was on the field the majority of the time and seemed to get tired. Can't really comment on what the true issue at hand in Owen Co. is but if the head guy was in charge of the offense then he could be to blame for some of the losses. If he was in charge of the defense then kudos to him for having to have his players on the field the majority of the game.

I don't know if they wish they could turn back time but I am sure that many don't want they guy they have now. After watching a few of their games it was clear to me that many in the stands were not happy with the man in charge. The attitude towards the head coach was nothing but negative and when I asked several Owen Co. people why they said that the program was not being run correctly. Many that I asked said that it wasnt an issue of wins and losses but an issue of how he treated not only the kids but the people within the coaching staff, school system, and community. I don't know really how much truth there is too this. I don't have any kids out there playing and the only reason I watched the games I saw was because love football, but if the head coach is treating people like dirt as the people I spoke to have indicated then something needs to change.

So Owen got the ball and went 3 and out almost every time on offense and their defense didn't tackle? I see that Owen at least put some points on the board. Was is early or did this happen against DeSales freshmen team?

What in the world happen in this one?