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Coach Jason Smith

If all these guys love Greenup County basketball, where were they last year when the job was open? Why didn't Fraley and Dodd apply then? Smith was there taking bullets and coaching his heart out for Greenup and the players. Fastforward to today, Fraley's D1 talent transfers and the Russell community doen't want Dodd as their coach, and now they all of they sudden love Greenup.

Coupon, Coach Smith was 4-2 in 06-07 and 4-11 in 07-08...that's 8-13 overall, which considering that he basically took over in the middle of a year, twice, with barely implementing any of his system, also without the benefit of a pre-season to prepare a team for the season, I'd say he's over-achieved considering the pressure and adversity that Greenup County basketball has been under...I'd doubt if anyone could have handle these circumstances with any greater success....Makes sense to give him the program and remove the Interim tag, and let him see what he can do with an entire season and under "NORMAL" circumstances... Second, Coach Smith coached GC to a 29 point win vs. Lewis Co. in the regular season in 06-07...Coach Sutton led the Muskies to a 14 point defeat against that same Lewis Co. bunch in the first round of the district about a month later...numbers don't lie....per KHSAA website. Third...all this talk of Coach Dodd is amazing...sure he has a nice resume (so did Jim Hicks and Chad Leach), but why is he no longer at Russell? Does Greenup Co. want Russell's cast-aways...seems he doesn't have a great track record "building programs" and that is not what GC needs with all it's young talent coming up. If it wasn't for the transfers of Vanhoose, Blair, and Austin ??? He hasn't developed one decent class of Russell kids...just my thoughts. Again...why would GC not give Coach Smith the opportunity? He's a GC guy who has been there through thick and thin and will continue to do so (Going outside the last three times: Cooksey, Hicks, and Leach hasn't panned out to well, has it?). Just think, it's been 8 years since Coach Ward left and they have gone through 3 coaches. Don't you think it's a good idea to give it to a Greenup County guy? It would be a shame to loose Coach Smith as a coach and a teacher if he decides to persue other opportunities.

1. Coach Sutton has not applied 2. Looking back at the KHSAA website, Coach Smith was 4-2 last year and did beat Lewis Co. by 29 points.

Why wouldn't COACH JASON SMITH get the job? Please call him by his name and not his high school nickname. He has earned more respect than that. His qualifications from the last 2 years would out-shine any souped-up resume that would come across the principal's desk. Sometimes handling extreme adversity makes a candidate more qualified than wins and losses. Which he has more wins in half a year than Coach Dodd this whole year. And also only has 1 less win in district competition than Fraley in 5 years.

Why was this thread started and this topic brought up when Greenup County already has a basketball coach, Jason Smith. He has lead, with dignity, GCHS through a rough couple of years. He's been at GCHS for a long time, he's an alum, and he'll be there for a long time. The team needs stability and he can provide that and the players like him and want to play for him. Another question I have is why Dodd’s name has been brought up? He won 3 games this last season and got beat by GCHS by 15 in the district. A hometown boy is just what the program needs and currently has. End of story.