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GJ Woolridge has to be the guy for this job.

Yes. In most sports in order to host postseason region tournaments, etc. you have to turn in a bid to the KHSAA in order to host and prove that your facilities are up to standards for the competing teams. At a minimum the region AD’s will vote on host schools for region tourneys. Football doesn’t have those standards since home teams host playoff games but this seems like it should be a minimum requirement to host or the home team has to pick another site (the home team being able to pick a site other than their own stadium is already in the bylaws).

On an inadvertent whistle the clock stops at the point in which the whistle was blown.

The ruling was an inadvertent whistle. Under high school rules the team that maintains possession on the inadvertent whistle has the option of taking the ball at the spot of the inadvertent whistle or replaying the down. The choice made was to replay the down that’s why the ball went back to the previous spot. An inadvertent whistle is one of the worst things that an official can do because it’s very preventable. Most officials are generally late blowing their whistle just to make sure that doesn’t happen.

Did a bunch of kids end up transferring out of Caverna? I know the twins went to Taylor but ended up coming back. They were Junior loaded last season with very few graduating Seniors so one would think that they wouldn’t have a numbers issue this season.

Last night I flipped on the radio while driving and came across the Green County radio broadcast. They announced a score of 40-0 in favor of Clinton and they sounded as shocked to report that score as I was to hear it.

Just heard Steven French got the job. Anyone else hear this? If so, excellent hire for Russell County.

This is the least excited I’ve been about two teams in a Super Bowl since the Packers/Steelers Super Bowl.

Cal is right that championship level teams typically don’t play zone. The Boeheim Syracuse teams specifically recruited for the 2-3. They got long, athletic guys that could get into passing lanes, close out on shooters quickly, obstruct shots, trap in the 1/2 court and chase down loose balls since rebounding is tougher out of a zone. They sacrificed a lot of other things to recruit those type of kids but it worked out for them. UK doesn’t have those type of kids but at this point they could benefit from going some zone just as a change up. Because right now everyone being able to prepare for man to man is resulting in 90 plus point games.

As has been pointed out already by someone else Casey won 10 games and made a region championship game in 2016. Won 10 games again in 2017. Then won 8 in 2018. I’m sure those teams had some good players too. But we do agree that Casey is not a powerhouse program. There’s no doubt about that. Losing one player in football isn’t as devastating. Tennessee lost Peyton Manning and won a national championship the year after. We also agree that Casey should never really beat Lincoln. But they have won three in a row. 2016, 2022 and 2023. But, that one win doesn’t move the needle for me compared to the previous year for the facts I stated before.

If Lincoln is getting a new principal next year then that will be another reason why established head coaches wouldn’t want the job now. And another reason that Levi is the guy. As for the other comments. Willoughby was an excellent football and basketball player. I’m not sure about him being the best player in recent memory at Casey but I do know that the two sports are different. One player can impact basketball more. With that being said by looking at the KHSAA Scoreboard Casey lost 5 of their top 6 scorers in basketball from last year. Casey football team had the majority of the starters returning from an 8 win district champion that beat 3 teams with a winning record. They had a losing record this year with all those guys returning and lost to a 3 win Garrard team to finish 3rd in the district and they didn’t beat anyone with a winning record. In football that’s more than just losing one particular player. And I don’t think that’s rebuilding. I do think with what they lost Casey basketball is rebuilding this year. Casey football will be rebuilding next year after losing so much this year.

Brown also lit it up early. LC struggled with Boyle’s athleticism. This is going to be an interesting rematch if it happens in the district tournament.

What you say is true about Casey not being in rebuild mode this last season. Casey had the majority of their starters back this past season from their only district championship season in 2022. They also had a much easier district this past year than the one they won in 2022 and they finished 3rd this year. I do think Levi will have a shot at the Lincoln job because I’m not sure how much interest it’s going to get with the parent spectacle and the fact that they are likely going to be in the same district as Boyle for the foreseeable future. That alone will likely keep any established head coaches away. Levi may end up being the best that they can do right now.

I agree. Also, Stonebraker didn’t apply for the job. His son will be a Senior next year and likes it at Adair so he will be staying. Not all small schools and not all large schools are built the same. Some have better talent, resources, etc. Pikeville is a 1A school that judges success much different than many 6A schools. The talent at Woodford is much different now than when Stonebraker was there. After he left there I believe they went on the state’s longest losing streak for a time so that tells me he was getting the most out of what he had.

Who made the decision for Glasgow to play up in 3A? They were 2A enrollment and would have been in the Green, Metcalfe, Monroe, Clinton district. They would likely still be playing if they stayed in 2A. Especially with a Senior dominant team. I never understood that decision at all.