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I was a high school baseball coach for 20 years. Long since retired. Coached against John at the J.V. level. Class act!! I can't say enough positives about the man. I think Cov.Cath. got it right. Congrats to him. Good luck coach!!!

IMHO....lol!!! Everyone has one, the N.F.L. is not a good product anymore. For a variety of reasons but, I'll just go with one. You have a league which is supposed to be the best of the best, that run a lot of stuff that is done at the high school/college level. Mainly offense. The shotgun. The wildcat. The pistol. The R.P.O. Whatever happened to lining up, and just kicking some butt!!! I know guy's , I'm old. But to me, less is more, and the old K.I.S.S. method still works. We are not trying to split the atom !!! It's football!!! I'm 63.... 1980/1990, maybe early 2000's, was when the N.F.L. had their best run for me. things could change, but I doubt it.....lol! Just one mans opinion. Merry Christmas people!!!

Hmmmmm...What is the combined age of the four QB'S you listed? Maybe it's because their OLD? Just a thought.

Totally agree! The guy is just bad. Tired of the stats and Analytics !!! Don't care if it's 110 off the bat,and caught for a out!!! He has nothing!!! No stories to fill time, between the 7,8,9...pitching changes a game. This is what the game has become. Unwatchable!!! There is also ,no one who says anything bad about this team. You listen to ALL of the reds announcers, you'd think they were 30 games over .500. I'm ALMOST....to the point, that i may,might, and maybe, have someone put a gun to my head, and watch soccer. I said ,ALMOST!!!. Baseball has become a joke. IMHO!!!

Played amateur ball against Steve. Great guy. He could throw it!!!

Totally agree with everything you said. It's gotten ridiculous! Just my opinion,but sometimes i feel , we as adults, don't let kids be kids anymore. A lot of it.... IS parents!!! No reason for 10/12 year old's ,playing 100 games every spring/summer/fall. IMHO!!! ...lol! I get where your coming from though.

Didn't mean to "single out" curve balls!!! Believe what you want to believe. No problem! My point was ,there to many other things that come into play besides pitch count. Personally , i have coached high school for 20 years. Done it all. Knothole,select,frosh,jv,varsity. head coach at a school. The one thing have had with all the programs i've been with,as far as teaching pitching,we push pitch location [fastball],and teaching a change up that can be thrown for strikes. I get what your saying,but if it's my kid,probably not throwing curves till 13/14 years old. As i said,that is not set in stone.If the kid is bigger,or is more polished,then we go from there.Everyone has their take. i get it!

Not going to defend anything coaches do. Not defending pitch counts. I will say, there's always a few coaches,that make the rest look bad. As far as what's been said so far,i do believe some of these coaches play to many games.I would like to see it go to to 28/30 games max !!! One thing people don't realize,as far as pitch counts, that once these players go play summer/fall ball, there are no pitch counts!!! I ask butch cope about this a few years ago ,as we talked about some things at the state baseball conference . Apparently the khsaa has no say in summer/fall leagues. I do find it ironic that some people complain about pitch counts [throwing too many pitches] but have their players throwing curve balls at age 10/12 . hmmmmm!!!! I think it would help if the khsaa , and the summer/fall leagues got on the same page. Also,pitch counts can also be dictated by each different player,depending on size and age. My point...."one size doesn't fit all". Just some observations form someone that's been around a little bit....lol! Cheers gentlemen. Have a good one.

Wilber Woods 1973 season. 24-20 3.59 era 359 innings 48 starts !!! That's almost 2 seasons for these guy's now.....LOL! It's a shame what's happened to baseball. I don't watch as much anymore. It's almost unwatchable! imho Cheers!

Browns never seem to get calls!!! Going back to "bottlegate", and then last years, helmet to helmet against Higgins at the goal line,resulting in a fumble.

I'm a Browns fan but,i have to admit,thanks funny!!!

As long as Bell is manager,this team will win nothing! To compare him to dusty,is a insult to Baker. Again,just Cincy fans settling for mediocre !!! IMHO !!!

WOW!!! Only one 10th region school [grc] in the top 25. None from 9th region! Hopefully that will change by mid May. Of course, this really means nothing at the beginning of the season. Good luck to all the schools.

All the above comments are true. No argument there. Not sure if everyone who posted was a where, that the field on route 8 was built on a land fill. They have always seemed to have trouble with the infield "sinking" in spots. They have trucked in a lot of dirt over the years to try and correct the problem. Not sure what else they could do. It is a nice complex,in theory, if the ground would co-operate .....lol!!! Anyway, just wanted to "fyi" for people.

rjs4470,Totally agree with you. "not looking good".

I wouldn't worry about it. khsaa is not going to worry about kids getting together on their own...at least i don't think so....lol!!!But, you never know with that group. I do think they will cancel spring sports. Was hoping maybe they could have salvaged a 10/15 game season.Then try to work a tournament in,but the way things are being shut down,probably won't happen. Lets try to stay positive though. The next two weeks will tell the story,i believe. Stay strong gentlemen!!!

Pat is a class act. Was voted into the khsaa hall of fame last year. Old school type of coach. I wish him luck on whatever he does after baseball. He will be missed in the coaching fraternity. Good luck coach!

Thanks for the update. Gotcha!

Thanks for the input. Gotcha!

As I said in my original post ..."I don't know any coaches that get paid that much" emphasis on I... I was just looking for some enlightenment. There are too many people on here that embellish. That's all!!! Just telling someone that YOU know of a lot of coaches making that money , is not a viable option for me, but hearing from other people, I can believe it. I am in only one part of the state .Different pay schedules for different schools, and sports ,I understand.I have just not seen it in my area. So I stand corrected. Thanks for the input gentlemen.

Ok. Names please.

I've been a head coach at a program for a few years. Been around High School coaching for 20 years.I don't know of any head coach that makes $8,000 to coach a sport .just saying.

Simple.One less guy on the court to make a bad call!!!

I have been for going back to two refs for at least the last 10 years. I don't really care about the high school game,but college i think so. In my opinion, a lot of these refs have gotten into the habit of anticipating calls,instead of calling what you see. You have refs making calls from mid court,on plays under the basket,where a lot of times their vision is obstructed ,and they are 50 feet away from the play. The ref under the basket calls nothing!!! Go figure. I'm not going to get into a urinating contest with people on here. There are pros and cons to every argument. But what usually happens with three refs, in a lot of games ,is it becomes a foul calling fest.Which turns into a free throw shooting contest. Don't believe people pay money to watch refs call games,OR to watch players shoot free throws, with ten minutes left in a game. All the fouls also upsets the flow of the game. Going to two refs...yeah,they are going to miss some calls,but it happens in every sport ,at every level. It's part of the game. Deal with it!!! They played with two refs for a long time. It didn't seem to be a big deal back in the day. SOMETIMES,...change is not good!!! Just my thoughts. I do agree,as a high school coach of another sport,parents/fans need to get a grip!!! At least some of them do. It's just the way it is for now.Things always seem to come full circle eventually. Good luck to all the basketball teams.

As per a email i saw....yes!