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My guess is Highlands will not have anyone playing but I may be wrong.

 

A kid has to just be obsessed with the game, has some unfinished business, or is still trying to catch a coaches eye late in the recruiting season to play in this game imo.

 

As Clyde stated, I would advise any kid playing college to forgo this game and FWIW most if not all colleges are done recruiting at this point.

 

If the sponsors of this game or the fans of this game want to really see it become a "must play" event then they need to play it before Xmas imo.

In 1994, Sean Alexander played in this game and he went on to be an NFL MVP. It is the elitist, "I am too good to play in this game is what has led to it's demise over the years." I can definitely understand a D1 kid choosing not to play, but small college kids should and mostly will play.

Last I checked, Highlands has only 1 player from this years graduating class playing any college football at any level. Why in the heck wouldn't all of the other kids from Highlands want the chance to strap on the equipment and play this great game one last time?

Football is unique from every other sport. Once a player's career is over, they will never really have a chance to play tackle football again. There are many pick up basketball leagues, adult baseball/softball leagues, and flag football leagues, but it is rare to be able to play tackle football again in equipment.

Hopefully the young men participating will enjoy and take advantage of this opportunity!

Both of these young men work extremely hard! They tend to take breaks, but many young athletes do that. As far as their upbringing, unless you've lived in their shoes, no need to speak on it.

Why do people insist on making excuses for kids with tough upbringings? It gets them no where and teaches them nothing about being successful the real world. When they graduate, no employers are going to care if they had a tough upbringing. Employers are going to care about 2 things: 1. Do they work hard? & 2. Are they accountable enough to show up and be on time every day?

Some Holmes folks have stated that the new coach has created the expectations that kids act right in school, go to class on time, work out in the weight room with teammates after school on certain days and attend academic study table a couple times a week. All are needed expectations at all schools, but the academic study table aspect is a must at a place like Holmes. When kids do not meet the expectations, the coach goes and finds them to ask what they are doing and why they did not meet the expectations.

Transferring seems to be easier than meeting expectations and working to become an accountable, college ready athlete.

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Pay Towels likes a challenge.

I predict if Barker chooses UK, he will redshirt in 2014. That will make Towles a Senior and Barker will be a redshirt freshman in 2015. There will really only be a 1 year overlap.

This thread should be renamed 'Promote yourself, your kid or your relative as the top NKY player by position.'

I believe that you just proved my point as to this being nothing but a "witch hunt"

Rather than "witch hunt", it is more a lesson of 'those who live in glass houses, shouldn't throw stones.'

You are joking. ....right?

Did they apply? Yes ... if you need proof ... let me know.

Did they get courtesy call? No.

Any other questions?

Why would they call people they are not going to interview? They will most likely send letters after the choice is made to the applicants thanking them for the application, but informing them they were not selected. The school does not owe any applicant a phone call unless they were interviewed and not selected.

If tearing them to shreds means denigrating the kid, I do not agree with that. If it means challenging them about why they did or didn't do something, on a highly competitive team I am ok with it. The key obviously is handling it properly and not belittling the player. On the motivating side, I don't consider "tearing them to shreds" to be motivating at all. It will get a player to really focus on correcting mistakes but it is not motivating. IMO, the absolute best motivator is clearly positive reinforcement.

We are in agreement.

We aren't talking about rec teams. These teams have tryouts, play in the high level tournaments and the players and parents have chosen to play on that team and made the cut. In 90% of 5th grade situations, I would tend to agree with you. When it is highly motivated, talented players wanting to win now (yes, even in 5th grade), then aggressively challenging the kids is what they are looking for so they can be the best.

You can't really believe that the way to motivate even the most talented 10% of 5th grade players is to tear them to shreds. There are many other techniques that can be used. "Aggressively challenging" is a very politically correct way to say it. I like that.

"You gotta tear down in order to build em up"

Sorry, but not in 5th grade.

It's in the paper because people in NKY are talking about it.

I understand that people in NKY are talking about it, but the article does not clarify anything. It went from him being rumored as leaving to being rumored as staying.

We still have the summer......just remember that.

 

Tough for a kid when he gets called in by the coach to tell him straight up I am possibly leaving. JMO

Why would this even be in the newspaper? Is there absolutely nothing to write about?

I could see writing a story about a kid actually transferring, but not to announce that the coach thinks the kid isn't going to transfer. Hopefully the weather breaks so the enquirer can write about baseball.

I remember an article in the enquirer a few years ago about Chane Behanan and the Aiken coach saying the same thing. 3 months later he was in Western KY playing basketball at a different high school.

Yes.

Looks like we posted at nearly the same time.

I found a Matt Schmitz in Tennesee. Played QB at Austin Peay and coached at Tennessee Tech. Could that be him?

1. NKY - I hate to admit it, being that I'm a South Central guy (WKY in this poll) but NKY is head and shoulders above in the overall picture. They just care more up there…oh, and there’s that little place across the river that helps a bit with the talent pool.

 

2. WKY - I put WKY ahead of Louisville because outside of T, X, and Central, Louisville schools can't seem to win outside the city limits. I put them over CKY due to depth of schools. Outside of Danville, Boyle, and John Hardin, CKY football is downright bad for the most part.

 

3. Louisville - It's a crime what the JCPS does to its non-darling schools. Total ruination of the neighborhood and community pride aspect of high school football. Louisville football is just disgusting with all of its recruiting, bussing, and politics...but there is an undeniable wealth of talent there.

 

4. CKY - Danville and Boyle are the best concentration of quality football outside T and X in the state. Outside of those two John Hardin has become a force, but one that can't seem to get over the BG hump. Beyond them, most of your schools are struggling.

 

5. EKY - Smash mouth football played by big boys, but overall, speed is the death of these schools. No amount of coaching can help these kids keep up. Some of the neatest stadiums and most physical football are played here though.

 

6. Lexington - Remember when someone posted the governing rules for sports in Lexington? Yeah, that pretty much sums up Lex. football. What a tragedy, as that there is tons of talent in the area. Proof that small minded administrations can make an armpit out of a gold mine.

The bold text is a myth.

True. But, wrestling can provide very good off season training for football players. It's not deniable that many of the things you learn in wrestling can be applied directly to football. Leverage, footwork, conditioning, are all things (plus many others) that cross over very well. Again, you don't have to like the sport.....but don't sell it short just because you don't like it. The state of Kentucky, is way behind the curve on wrestling. All those 5" 9' basketball players on the end of the bench getting mop up duty could have a chance to play a college sport if they'd have wrestled.

I agree with you. I was not discrediting the sport. Wrestling can be a very good off season activity. My point was that college football coaches aren't sitting by the mat because kids are good wrestlers. They are sitting by the mat because kids are good football players who wrestle, just like they watch recruits play basketball and baseball. I think wrestling develops toughness, balance and other skills that can be applied to a football field.

All the girl boy boy scared talk is ridiculous. Cov Cath football will benefit from wrestling. CC has numerous stud football players that wrestle none of whom cut hardly at all, four of whom placed at state one a two x champ, another a champ, and runner up another a future champ and another a possible future champ. A lot of great football players did wrestle and were HS champs.

 

Highlands is totally in the dark on wrestling as is CC Football coach pretty much because he came from a school that did not have wrestling "Highlands "

 

When D1 College football coaches are running to mat side to watch wrestlers who do both sports and are dominating wrestling, I think it speaks volumes. As far as off season training, no football player at Highlands or elsewhere who has not wrestled could last a real wrestling practice or hang in the gym or otherwise with a good wrestler.

 

Pound for pound quicker stronger and more agile than football players, and some are all around stronger. Not many girls wrestle in HS not a big issue. The honeymooner post is ignorant. Wrestling is the first step in MMA wich is overtaking all sports .

D1 football coaches sit beside wrestling mats, basketball courts, baseball fields, and tracks to recruit kids that are good at football. It has nothing to do with wrestling. Kids can be good at football and be good at wrestling, but no football players are being recruited because they are good at wrestling. They get recruited because they are good at football.

Cooper HS WR/DB Aaron Morgan has been invited to participate in the Rivals / Under Armour Camp April 20th. He wi also attend Jr, Day at Ohio U. March 23rd.

Awesome! This kid is very, very good! IMO, so long as he runs well at combines, he will begin getting some offers as a DB.

I believe someone is having a field day with the free subscription being offered.

Still trying to figure out what 3/4 quartets are on offense... They sound tough to replace.

Ask Trinity, John Hardin, Christian Co., Warren Central and St. X what it's like to try and score on BG...then ask BG people why BG's defense has been so good for the last 12 years...then you'll find out that you didn't just get just another assistant from somewhere else.

 

Phenomenal hire by Boone Co.

The bold text was not an insult or jab. It was a statement of fact. He was an assistant. I was not discrediting his ability to coach. That said, Bowling Green has not been destitute of talent. The coach puts them in the right place, but kids make the plays on the field.

Huh? Bowling Green is a Top 3 team in the state in any class. I think Jeff will do fine. He is a great hire for Boone Co. If they think he isn't then they are crazy. I should point out how bad does Boone Co. want football? or are they going to put a big name in there and not try to improve.

 

Good Luck!

Good luck to Coach Griffith.

To the bolded, I am not sure I would consider an assistant from Bowling Green a big name hire. Bowling Green won championships before he was there and will win them after he leaves.

I am very surprised BC hired an assistant coach not named Kyle Niederman. I could see him getting passed up for a current head coach or an assistant who had previous success as a head coach, but not just another assistant from somewhere else.

Boone is Conners opener.

Did that change? This is the schedule listed on this site for CovCath:

16-Aug Campbell Co. (SCRIM) 7:30 AWAY

23-Aug Boone Co. 7:00 AWAY

30-Aug Dixie Heights 7:00 AWAY

7-Sep Moeller 1:00 HOME

13-Sep Henderson County 7:30 AWAY

21-Sep BYE

28-Sep Highlands** 1:00 HOME

4-Oct Beechwood 7:30 AWAY

12-Oct Ryle 1:00 HOME

18-Oct Harrison Co.** 7:30 AWAY

26-Oct Holmes** 1:00 HOME

2-Nov Conner 1:00 HOME

Boone will get this right, have no doubt in my mind. Looking forward to the opener. Good luck to Coach ___________.

Isn't Boone opening with CovCath this year? Are you hinting at something?

Heard some scuttlebutt about this for a few weeks, but didn't buy too much into it. Honestly, the move surprises me as much because of the destination as anything else.

 

New Richmond has produced some nice teams, but like Lloyd the talent is cyclical at best. The Lions have had a few really good teams, and some really bad ones as well in the last 17 or so years.

 

I don't want to bore anyone with too much from a demographic standpoint, financial standpoint, etc. The move puzzles me a bit though.

 

At Lloyd you can win some, but maybe never get past round three of the playoffs, ever.

 

At New Richmond, you may not always qualify for the playoffs, and seldom go past round three (if ever) but you could win or compete for an SBC crown many years. Maybe that's enough.

I'm not sure which is the better job in the long run, but the toughest part about Lloyd is the changing demographics and the NewCath mountain. Ohio pays better. It is meaningful to make the playoffs in Ohio, rather than just something you do week 11. New Richmond has better facilities. Lloyd does have the opportunity to be a 2 seed every year, but Holy Cross is not going to be bad every year. Facing 2 private schools that have won State Championships the past 3 years in District is tough. IMO, Lloyd (and Newport for that matter) was a much better job in the 4 class system. In the 6 class system, it is not as good.

A place like Henderson may give him what he wants.