Bulldog_Chem

To follow that up.....I dont understand why a hs coach would coach kids outside his/her own program? You would be developing kids for someone else. I have a few AAU coaches that I know personally and funnel my players to those coaches. Those coaches only coach during AAU season.

High school coach can not coach kids in there own program after the season. They may coach middle school kids in their program as middle school kids do not fall under the KHSAA rules. If this assistant coach at Simon Kenton is coaching a 9-12 grade kid that is in his own program, it is my understanding that it would be a major rules violation.

That is an absolute no-no. If you coached during the season the most you can do from March till June is hold open gym or conditioning workouts.

Greg Edwards was the name I've been hearing for the Boyle job as well.

The rumor that I've always heard is that parents at Boyle are unreal to deal with and the administration caves in to those parents. It's really a shame because with the perception that is out there about Boyle Co they are going to struggle to find ANOTHER good coach. When I first heard that David Christopher was resigning I assumed that his assistant Julie Muntz would take over, but she is not even going to apply for the position.

Does anyone have any information on who the leading canadates are for the Lincoln Co and the Boyle Co jobs?

Does anyone have any idea who is interested in the Garrard County job? I've been told that they contacted former Boyle coach Ronnie Bottoms, and he declined the job.

Wayne and Mercer will be the class of the 12th. Mercer returns a very talented senior class headed by Clay Cinnamon. Mercer will finally get over the hump and win the 12th in 2011.

The philosophy is that if you can't help the varsity team by your junior year, then its better to cut that player and develop a younger player. Happens in both basketball and baseball.

I knew, I was just picking West Jessamine and Mercer to win in the semis

This sets up a Mercer v West Jessamine championship game. The district finals game between these two was an overtime game, I believe.

Of course we all know enough about the competition before the game. If I'm not mistaken Fort Knox is in the same district as E-town. By this time of year every coach around knows everything there is to know about district opponents. Heck he probably knows what flavor of gatorade the other team's PG drinks during time outs. He should have been more prepared with more girls on the bench, but again I'm just spit balling here......Did E-town have a freshman girls game that night?? Maybe there was a reason they only dressed 10?

I've stated again and again I don't think what E-town did was right, I'm only playing devils advocate. If you've been a coach for 20 years you have been on the losing end of a blow out before. Imagine yourself as the Fort Knox coach, would you rather e-town continue to play you strait-up or would you rather see them go into a 4 corners style delay game and run an entire 8 minute quarter out in one possession. If I'm the coach at Fort Knox, it would have been an even bigger slap in the face had they played "keep away" for an entire quarter. Again my point is that the point margin is not that big of a deal. Look at the KHSAA scoreboard. Every week a smaller opponent gets beat by a large school by 70+ points. The problem was with the coach playing his starters as long as he did.

WOW!!!! 20 point lead. That's it. Did you coach before the invention of the 3 point shot? Still shooting in peach baskets? The way kids play today getting up and down the floor a 20 point lead is not a safe margin especially if its a 1st half lead. Just my opinion. 30 point lead is when I call the press off. Bench is cleared 2-3 minutes into the 3rd quarter if the 30 point margin is intact.

I agree. E-towns intent was to embarrass on to improve. You have to understand that this happens all season long though. I bet if you check the KSHAA scoreboard you could find atleast 10 games with a 70 point margin of victory. Maybe 5 games with an 80 point margin. This game is getting pub because the point margin was 100+. Whats the difference in an 80 point beat down and 115 point beat down?

Agreed! I guess the point I'm trying to get across is that blow outs are part of every season. If you coach/play long enough you will find yourself on both ends. I personally don't have a problem with blowing a team out big, IF you are playing young players and attempting to develop them in your system and your style of play.

Why should I deprive my younger kids a chance to play? On the varsity we all schedule our own games. Why schedule a game that you are only going to play 2 quarter or 3 quarters? The only time those young kids get to play in varsity games are in blow outs. As a coach you have to take the stance that every moment is a teaching moment. I have 8th graders and freshman that only see clock in games like that. I would like to think that whether we are up 40 or down 40 we are trying to get better as a team. We have been on both ends of that spectrum. Now from what I understand, this is not what coach Mudd was doing. Judging from his comments and the comments of his players they went into that game with Fort Knox with the intention of embarrassing them, not trying to improve his team as a whole. I have no problem with blow outs as long as coaches are playing young kids in the second half and they are really trying to improve those young kids. You cant tell those young kids to bust their tails EVERYDAY in practice and then put them into a game and tell them don't play like I've asked you to practice.

I don't condone what E-town did. 115 point margin is out of hand, but playing devil's advocate, is it possible that Fort Knox just stopped playing? The team I coach has only won 5 games this season (We're young and not very good right now), but one of our 5 wins was a 96-21 blow out. I tried my best not to run the score up, but the other team just stopped playing. Here are some of the contributing factors from my game. 1.) We called the press off in the 2nd quarter. 2.) Starters didn't play in the second half. 3.) I tried to play a non aggressive 1-3-1 zone in the second half, but the other coach tried to dribble the clock out starting the 3rd quarter. We switched back to man, because I wasn't about to drive 1.5 hours to watch the other team dribble out the second half. 4.) I would have loved to tell my girls to turn over our motion offense with 10 passes before taking a shot, but the other team stopped running back on defense. You can't tell players not take wide open lay-ups. 5.) The other teams best player fouled out in the 2nd quarter and I told the officials to allow her to continue to play because she was the only ball handler they had. She finished the game with 9 personal fouls. Long story short is I was embarrassed over the score, but I also felt like the team and coach we were playing contributed to it. As the coach I have to make sure we get something out of every game. Is it our fault if the other team stops playing hard. I've been on both ends of those games. When we are getting blown out like that, I make sure that we continue to play hard. I've had several games when I've told the girls to ignore the scoreboard and just try and win the next quarter or win the next 3 minutes. Again I don't condone what E-town did, but if Fort Knox quit playing, I can see how it could happen. IMO it would have been more embarrassing to Fort Knox if coach Mudd had instructed his girls to dribble out entire quarters. What would either team learn from that?

I agree with you alwayswrong. Be careful for what you ask for. I tend to tell the brutal truth. There is only one person I have to keep happy and that's my wife. Everyone else is subject to hearing whatever jumps into my brain.

Gets kicked off tonight. Monticello v Burgin Danville v Somerset Can Burgin, Monticello, or Danville upset Somertset in this region? :idunno:

The top of the 12th region is strong. Rockcastle, Somerset, and Lincoln could all make noise in march

Yes. You only have to start with 5 players. A team can play with less after the game starts

Basketball state tournament is a Thursday-Friday-Saturday event. I always take a personal day and a sick day. I don't mind burning those days because the athletic department buys my tickets and tickets for my assistant coaches. It's been that way at the three schools I've coached at.

Mercer has more than just Taylor. I'm calling for a mild upset early in the season with Mercer winning a close one 76-72.

I tell you one that drives me crazy is palming or carrying the ball. Watch a college or pro game tonight. The officials could make that call every trip down the floor.