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On 2/26/2022 at 6:30 PM, Randy Parker said:

It doesn't matter whether they show up or not, that's where it will be. 

If the average attendance for the next 3 years exceeds Holmes capacity they won’t be able to have it there. (I don’t remember the exact numbers, but Holmes was already close to under…)

But If this year ranks the average? We’ll be back in Covington.

If they want to avoid this again, the 10th region faithful will pack the place out, and then pack out the next 2 tournaments as well.

The funniest thing to me is this: if all these people complaining about this host don’t show up, they’ll drop the 5 year attendance average again… allowing the 37th to choose Holmes in 4 years.

Where is the video being floated publicly?

15 hours ago, Chip said:

They still use the original scoreboards. They can’t do anything else with the floor since it has been sanded down so many times. They once had to wheel in speakers from the band to announce the game and they once had to cancel a game cause the main goal wouldn’t come down…and most recently one of the side goals wouldn’t go up so it hindered people’s views.

 

visiting team locker room is way too small 

 

Scott gym needs major TLC 

Agree. They have let that gym fall apart. There has been no improvements this century. 

8 hours ago, brooksville said:

That’s great that all sports can use it and I realize that.  However, the primary beneficiary is still football.  Football gets to play on a new turf, softball/baseball can practice on it when it rains or during the winter, of course if football isn’t using it first.  But Mason County softball has been around almost 50 years and does not have their own field to play GAMES.  It sends a bad message spending $1 million on football turf when a softball field could be built for 20-30% of that.  I’m glad they will have turf, but I think they should do that after they have a softball field. 

There is not space on the property for a proper softball field. They’d have to buy or extensively renovate land for it. Now we’re over $1million.  And that only benefits one team.

Didnt an SK team enter the playoffs with a losing record and make it all the way to the finals??

There are 2 former Rocks on staff at Madison Central right now…

Johnny Poynter and William Blair. It wouldn’t surprise me to see either name mentioned in Mt Vernon.

52 minutes ago, GoodOleBoy said:

I have a feeling you are on the right path with Blair. 

I know next to nothing-- but I wouldn't be shocked if he went south, but only south to Exit 77 and took the head job at Madison Southern.

Coach Jon Clark informed the Eagles that he is stepping down from Madison Southern. 

12 hours ago, 9068 said:

Wow! Imagine a "wildcat walkout" players strike at about 3pm on the day of the national semifinals! Or even more dramatic, the weekend of all the conference championships or big rivalry weekend. Be interesting to see how NIL agreements would be affected by "non-performance".

National semifinals shouldn't be a big deal. Season is usually over by that day anyway. 

This young and upcoming Tigers team is very good. Goliath still looms in Paintsville, but the leaps this Tiger team has made under HC Mike Sizemore is impressive.

Just now, gchs_uk9 said:

Not tremendously but they are getting four really good football programs. That might be enough to keep their status as an "Autonomy 5" conference which plays a major role in setting up the playoffs. Also, I'm guessing the other four leagues are more than happy to see BYU, Central Florida, Cincinnati, and Houston go to the Big 12 because it means they won't be asked about adding them in realignment.

When one of them four or one of the ones remaining is your best football program kinda hard to demand a permanent seat at the big boy table. 

Does this even move the needle with UT and OU departing? This is basically Conference USA part 2 for UC, and they couldn't wait to bolt from that. 

Pendleton County Head Boys Basketball Coach Sam Elsbernd graduated with Brandent. He posted this earlier today on twitter. 
 

This team is young, and super talented. WR’s and QB have been growing and improving. Soph QB Tate Rice is a natural, and he has some monsters protecting him, and some giant WR’s to throw to.

It’s gonna be a fun year in Manchester!

18 hours ago, Voice of Reason said:

Is he? He is definitely in the argument among a handful of coaches. 

MOST WINS

1.  Krzyzewski ..... 1170
2.  Boeheim .........  982
3.  Calhoun ..........  918
4.  Williams .......... 903
5.  Knight ............. 902
6.  Huggins .......... 900
7.  Dean Smith ..... 879
8.  Rupp ................ 876
9.  Phelan ............. 830
10.  Massimino ...... 816

WINNING PERCENTAGE (600+ wins)

1.  Few ................. .8344
2.  Rupp ............... .8333
3.  Wooden .......... .8039
4.  Tarkanian ....... .7902
5.  Dean Smith .... .7758
6.  Williams ......... .7738
7.  Calipari ........... .7709
8.  Self ................. .7658
9.  Krzyzewski ..... .7642
10.  Pitino .............. .7384

MOST FINAL FOURS

       1. (T) Krzyzewski and Wooden ...... 12

        3. Dean Smith ..... 11

         4. Williams ......... 9

         5. Izzo ................ 8

         6. (T) Rupp and Crum  ..... 6

         8. (T) Boeheim, Knight, Guy Lewis, Olson, Pitino ..... 5

MOST NCAA TITLES

1.  Wooden ....... 10
2.  Krzyzewski ..  5
3.  Rupp ............. 4
4. (T) Williams, Calhoun, Knight ... 3

       7. (T) Crum, Donovan, Iba, Jucker, Dean Smith, Pitino, Jay Wright, McCracken, Woolpert ... 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One thing I took from all these numbers is Huggins has to be the best coach without a title.

Already thinking about how nauseating next year will be anytime:

Duke is on the road

Dicky V calls the game 

Duke plays Carolina- as if that could get worse

National Sports Media has a slow day and nothing to talk about 

1 hour ago, Underdog said:

I would think if the district wanted to keep Coach Carver they would find him a position in the district. Always the easiest way for a district to go in a different direction by saying their job was cut. Districts have and should protect good coaches!! A lot of turnover in coaching positions in Brooksville. 

They’ve found jobs for the last two basketball coaches. But haven’t managed to find a job for a coach who wants to be there and wants to coach football.

The proof is in the pudding at Bracken County High School.

23 hours ago, Bandit29 said:

They don't care about football there. 

This is accurate. They’ve now let two coaches go in a row for non football reasons, and every other team has seen significant upgrades in their facilities since 2010 while football has seen nothing.

Football is an afterthought for most of the administration and all of the community. Sad.

Gotta think the door is open for longtime Assistant Dean Ravencraft.

It’ll be a busy applicant pool though. Solid program, good history and a weaker district.

1 hour ago, Runcible Owl said:

Good call on the gym at Villa Madonna. It's a little architectural gem.

The sun coming thru the windows can make that gym tough to see in. 

5 hours ago, FrankNicodemus said:

I think assistant coaches is going to be the biggest issue with the delay in hiring a HC.  Granted some of these assistant coaches might not have been a pick of the litter type of person for the incoming coach to grab but at least they would have been part of the supply to interview and either say yes or no.  Now with a lot of these guys gone, where is the staff going to be pulled from?  Will good assistant coaches be willing to jump from their current assistant coach positions to move over to Highlands?  I think this is setting up to be a recipe for disaster.....2 things are going to happen:  Either we are going to make so many enemies poaching coaches off of other schools staff (which by the way doesn't bother me) or we pick some already unemployed/retired assistant coaches off the street.  Fun times!

GO BIRDS!!!

It’s NKY. There’s plenty of coaches that will teach in one district and coach in another. Especially to coach the Bluebirds.

On 1/12/2021 at 4:01 PM, GrantNKY said:

I think it’s foolish to take the over, but even more foolish to take the under. The smart play is 2. All 3 will be starting new QBs so you never truly know. 

If you set the over/under a 2.5 I would take over.

Does Mark Scenters move up the road?

8 hours ago, futurecoach said:

I have always been one of the most optimistic people on this site, and I didn’t think there was a chance of this happening. With that said it was amazing watching the game tonight and the energy they played with. 
 

This win also probably means Taylor is back. He is always talking about building a winning culture. Wins like this go a long way to doing that, so hopefully they can show that they can build off of this. 

If last night means Taylor is back then I wish last night wouldn't have happened.