Harry Doyle

They can compete for district and region titles. That’s where you start and that’s a good thing.

Coach!! Best of luck and one helluva ride! Thank you for EVERYTHING you’ve done for football in our state and all of us coaches. 

1 hour ago, gchs_uk9 said:

On the flip side, many of the county schools that consolidated in the 1960s and 1970s are really just 4A and 5A schools made up almost entirely of players from the county seat - a team that would have been 1A back in the day. Hard to build interest when in many cases half of the county has never played and has no vested interest in football. 

Bingo.

20 minutes ago, Socially Distanced said:

My guess is that smaller schools have more turnover, but that is just a guess... 

This is a great discussion topic. 

Class A and 2A have some of the blueblood, independent schools (and, all indpendent schools in every class for that matter= that football has been played there for 100 years give or take= it's a fabric of their community, ingrained)

Pikeville, Paintsville, Raceland, Hazard, Middlesboro, Mayfield, Beechwood, Somerset, Danville and then longstanding private schools (and/or "new kids on the block") where it's always been of extreme importance- NewCath, Owensboro Catholic, LCA, Lou. Holy Cross KCD...then you have places like Sayre who has exploded onto the scene in what? 2-3 years. Bishop Brossart invested and now are having really good success and I'd be shocked to see them slow down.

Obviously I left off others in those classes that fit that description, but it's always been important to those communities  (football town-independent schools) and likely always will be. 

4 minutes ago, ChiefSmoke said:

Don't know, but I would guess the better the support, the longer the head coach stays.

 

This.

4 hours ago, Socially Distanced said:

It would be interesting to know what percentage have hired multiple times in that period. 

Also interesting to see how many of the former HCs took admin jobs (more money, better hours) 

This will come as no shock but I suspect money, time commitment, etc plays a large role in these decisions. 

All of those things + winning and what you're ceiling is at a particular program also has a lot to do with it.  In regards to coaches that have traded out for admin jobs- @ChiefSmoke can add to this, also, but I know of several former head coaches who have gotten into admin and it's not that the hours are actually better....however, you're at least getting COMPENSATED much better for your time than coaching. 

Admin base stipends, across all levels/ranks (elementary-high school) are almost always as good as HFC stipends (in the very least) & the majority of the time SIGNIFICANTLY better.  Then, throw in the massive amount of extended days? The switch becomes a financial no brainer.

You can be up there in June or July for hours during the week as a coach (some places have extended days, but if they do, it's few and your base coaching stipend isn't as high) working for "free" essentially or be up there as an admin, actually getting paid for it.

Coach brought up another good point as well about certain household, blue blood programs.....those jobs rarely come open. "Everything" (as relative as a term as it can be to the coaching world) is there....from the pay, community/administrative support, "football town" mentality and then...let's call it what it is, too...the chance to WIN.  Coaching is about relationships (and, so many other hats that coaches have always worn..moreso now than ever today), yes...but, it's also about WINNING. 

THAT is one of the few reasons as to why you just don't see certain jobs come open often.   On the flip side of that, there is a reason you see countless others have turnover like they do......take the LACK of the aforementioned keys to having success, add that to a low talent base year in year out where "said coach(es)" can probably tell you the outcome (+/- a game here or there & not in a good way) of their season(s) more years than not on the first day of January workouts for the upcoming year? And you get turnover....

1- Pay for the time is garbage.

2- Lack of administrative support from where it matters from everything to budget, facility upgrades, teaching position(s)/in school strength/conditioning.

3- Staring down the barrel at the talent you have to face every year in districts that have other aspects above also going for them?

Leads to...

4- See ya, bye. 

57 minutes ago, RunninReb said:

At Boyle County, they have 5 weightlifting classes a day that anyone in the student body can take. Football team usually does 1st period and then the other sports programs will have kids in the other classes. 

Right here…

35 minutes ago, DevilMayCare said:

Cutter's starting to pull in some big time offers. Since Thursday, he's landed offers from UK and Ole Miss. This is a kid to watch over the next few years. He should have been a sophomore this year, but he may have reclassified. His twitter bio says class of 2025.

He will still graduate from here in ‘24, but he isn’t going to enroll until January of ‘25.

Proud of Cutter- he’s a fantastic young man who is an Honor student plus a 3 sport athlete. 
 

50 minutes ago, John Anthony said:

In the past 60 years, Notre Dame has hired three guys with no FBS head coaching experience:

• Weis:  35-27
• Davie:  35-25
• Faust:  30-26-1

15 combined years, just one 10-win season.

I think, or so I hope and believe that this changes with him.     Great info by the way. 

Love this hire.  He can recruit his tail off and obviously does a helluva job on D.  The ☘️ currently have a Top 5 recruiting class, Reese remains the OC and business as usual carry’s on.  
 

What say you @ChiefSmoke?!?

Just now, TilghmanPride said:

Tilghman punts. Glasgow takes over at their own 20. Nice punt for Tilghman. 

You got this tonight TP?! Good. I’ll let you have it, so I don’t lose my right thumb 😂😂😂

49 minutes ago, GOREDDEVILS said:

This is one of those games where it's so close you hate to see either team lose.

This. 

Incredible game. Hats off to both squads.  Playmakers all over the field and both, obviously well coached.  We almost didn’t go, but dang glad we did. 

As it was stated earlier…instant classic. 
 

Game was eerily similar to our (LaRue County) 2018 region title win  vs E-town in so many facets- from the deficit, to the onside kick(s) recovered- Glasgow  was down 22. Wild wild game-
 

….stellar  career for Brady Clark (Bardstown QB).  Just one of those games you could have watched and hoped it never would end (at least from a coach’s/fan point of view that was there as a spectator). 
 

Stockton of Glasgow is just an absolute animal.

That’s going to do it, Glasgow just got a first down and they’re gonna run out the clock. Glasgow 48-42 over Bardstown

Unbelievable game

Bardstown still has two timeouts

Bardstown just jumped off sides Glasgow first and 10 with a minute 57 seconds left to go in the game

Glasgow ball. 324 left and bardstown has two timeouts

Btown scores w 336 left. 48-42 Glasgow 

48-35 Glasgow 6:40 left

TJ Greenwell to the house from 36 yards out. 
 

40-35 Glasgow. 1:55 3

40-28 Scotties.  2:11 left in 3rd

Glasgow recovers the onside kick. Their ball on the bardstown 44 yard line

Glasgow takes the lead 32 to 28 with 412 left in the third quarter

16 minutes ago, DevilMayCare said:

This one's living up to the billing - #2 vs. #3.

Indeed it is. 

Glasgow drives.  Scores last play of half.  Bardstown 28-24 half