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KHSAA is once again proving how corrupt they are and 15th is proving how willing they are to accept the corruption. Quick glance shows me we have 2 15 team regions out west and some 18, 19, and 20 regions in central part of state. Either start moving teams east and west or do away with districts completely. Don't give me the geography and tradition bull crap either. KHSAA proved that means NOTHING with the movement of Lawrence last two times.

Agree 100%.

They are awful too then. Go watch games. You can't rank based on looking at scores.

Seeding based on computers is a joke. Belfry has beaten Lawrence pretty soundly and they are 6 spots below them in the bracket above? Some of the schedules in the 15th.........garbage but those coaches get to say they've won 18-20 games and their team is "good". Either start shifting teams east(Jenkins, Letcher Central) or do away with districts in the entire state. The experiment they did in the 15th a few years ago was awful.

So much I wanna type.......but won't. I will say I disliked Coach Justice when I played for him, but as I've become an adult and walked a little in shoes similar to his, I'll say I respect and love him for the lessons he taught me. They 99/00 team had Region Title written all over it........

Someone told me his son was a very good baseball player. What schools in Louisville are baseball schools?

15th is bad

Yes, seems like a lifetime ago........

Nate can coach, to think otherwise is foolish. I've heard David Jones, Ty Scroggins, Nate, and the UK assistants name and not much else.

Most have no clue. They think you practice two hours a day and play games.

Stallings almost ruined him by not letting him redshirt and making him play through injuries. New coaching staff and still not healthy.

15th Region as a whole is not real good this year. With that said, your top 5 with Belfry and SF should all have competitive games and battle for who wins this region. Some of the other teams schedules are as weak as water.

The conversation I had today with some guys reinforces my thoughts on some of this. Coaches at the younger levels evaluate not on skill, but by who their friends are and who they think people want them to play where. Who is connected to them and the high school program. Mind blowing, and it adds fuel to the fire.

And that is what should happen. If a kid thinks they are getting the wrong end of it, let them transfer and deal with the consequences.

To the bold, YES THEY DO. Most coaches do not have an agenda other than winning games and molding leaders. The problem is not the coach usually. It is who they surround themselves with. From the high school assistants, feeder coaches, and youth/little league coaches. Politics in youth leagues/middle school runs other kids off....therefore a coach is left with what he has. Are the kids the best kids because they are whats left? Are they what is left because they are the best kids? Those questions are the two that need to be asked.

First let me say this - I have coached at the varsity high school level, middle school level, AAU, and worked college/Blue Chip camps. DO fans think they are right? Yep. Are they sometimes....maybe. Coaches coach......but if a kid has been coached in a feeder by the same coaches over and over again, never given a chance to move around or do certain things, or never been coached outside one certain feeder/system, then yes a fan or someone might have seen something that a coach hasn't. Does it happen a lot? Nope. Do parents/fans over estimate lil Johnnies abilities a lot more often than not. Yep. A lot of "youth coaches" - and I use that term very sarcastically - have an agenda, heck most of them do. Especially in this day and age. Because those with agendas have ran off those who coach for the right reasons. Self-fulfilling prophecy. At the high school level, not so much, but it is creeping in.

H I'm talking total

Old debate is old. As a father and former coach, all season are to long, including basketball. Football should be 13 games. Basketball 26 Baseball 26

Kurt is the man

Great article and hits the two biggest problems head on.

Mexican Mafia.....

Is June in the middle of an ongoing season? No.

Spring football is the only time the KHSAA sanctions practice during the season of another sport and it is absurd.

Spring football should be outlawed. Baseball, basketball, and hockey build more total body skills than any other sport.

Your last paragraph is a bad mentality. Who cares if they play something to keep from lifting. Too many coaches at the high school level see kids that play for them as a ticket to an extra planning period or a stipend on their check. Let them PLAY what they want.