gridiron guy

Will the coach leaving at Russell Co. effect Stotts in any way?

Who else beside the Stephens guy has applied for the job?

The way I look at it average coaches win with good talent, good coaches win with average talent, great coaches win no matter the talent. I personally would have liked for Gay to stay to see if he could have beat E-Town or Caldwell with this group. I would have also liked to see what he could have done after this group left. But thats me being selfish as I like having good coaches and good programs around the 5th region area.

I'm honestly surprised Gatewood stayed at TC after Sloan left, guess he had something up his sleeve already.

Building a new high school not walking distance to Gatti's. Has to be the Druthers breakfast buffet lol

So who do the players and parents want? Are they even sure that the guy they want has applied for the job? As another poster mentioned high school coaches will need a teaching position in a area they are certified. Is there a teaching position open in the area for that coach that they want? I would think you would want Gay in the process as he knows who would do the best job IMO. Why are they against Stephens?

What is the latest on the Caverna and Adair County jobs? Spring football is here and I'm wondering how close they are to making a hire.

I seen their JV team play and looked to have some very talented players coming through the ranks.

What Scroggins has done at Central is pretty impressive he is an elite coach.

I heard today TC is bringing in 2 out of state transfers. Not sure how true as I heard from 3rd source.

That's the majority of the problem. How serious are you taking football when you can't even offer your head football coach a teaching position in the district. Working all day in Somerset then driving to Horse Cave to coach football every day is crazy. Shame they didn't get him teaching position he done a very good job with them.

Hopefully it works out for David. I do agree changing schools and AAU teams going into your senior year for a D1 prospect could get tricky.

It was major news around this area from local schools. It was all over Social Media and on Campbellsville topics. As well as it was discussed on here and other message boards. Brandon's moved with his MOTHER to the Taylor County school district. His mother was and has always been his guardian. I agree I hope David is able to play as I've enjoyed watching him play. As for Taylor County I still believe they would be one of the top 3-4 teams in the region next year with Sloan and would have a chance to get back to Rupp. As I said to be personally it just looks very funny, now that Goodin is gone he decides he's home sick.

You must be new to this board, because the number of transfers Gatewood and Taylor County has brought in has been discussed numorous times. It's been 3 the last 2 years. And nobody is saying anything about him transferring to Louisville, it's more of the way things went down. The only thing about the fact that it's louisville is he's going to try to enroll in Ballard, when it's assumed his parents still live in Moore district. Most think it's funny that now all of a sudden he's home sick and wants to leave now that Goodin and the supporting cast is gone.

I don't know the rules and EVERYTHING might be legal as legal can get. It just seems funny to me that he decides he's homesick and misses his parents once Goodin graduates. Also if parents live in the Moore district shouldn't that be were he attends school besides Ballard?

So you could send your son to play football at Bowling Green and have someone in that district as "legal guardian" then he can decide he's home sick and move back in with me in the district I live and be eligible to play? If this goes through it's going to get out of hand, IMO!!!

Story in the Courier-Journal. Basically Sloan says first 2 seasons were good he liked Taylor County, but this season he missed his parents and family watching him. Wants to play his final year in his city.

I THINK Gatewood was at Louisville Butler, but it could have been Doss I'm not even 50% sure. Yes Gatewood is sloan legal guardian, as his parents let him move with Gatewood to play ball for him at Taylor County. Gatewood has a great record and honestly I think he's a great coach, as how they improved as this season went forward. But people don't like him for the way they've got so many transfers at TC, which have all been legal according to the KHSAA. Not sure many jobs around the 5th would intrest Gatewood to be honest. Goodin is bigger, stronger, and a better athlete but I agree sloan is a better basketball player. Sloan is a much better shooter and much better defender than Goodin.

When you can say you can bring the top rated player in the state with you when applying will make people take notice. It's funny because the press conference after the Doss game Gatewood mentioned about coming back next year with Sloan, Oliver, and Gaines leading the way.

That would make sense

Thats what I'm hearing as well. Me personally I think it's a backup plan in case Gatewood gets a better job and bolts. I still wouldn't totally rule out that the kid doesn't Prep school next season.

Yes he lives (lived) with Gatewood. This is very interesting, but not a complete surprise. AS I said in a earlier post I wouldn't be shocked if Sloan nor Gatewood where at Taylor County next basketball season. I've heard rumblings that it's just for the remainer of the school year and he will be back at Taylor County for next season.

I'm not sure when the 5th region expanded to the teams they have now, as I'm not old enough to remember when Vine Grove, East Hardin, Rineyville, or Etown Catholic where in the 5th Region. I would like to see the link with all the 5th region winners going back over time.

Yep I say that problem happens a lot in those Louisville and Lexington Districts.

I've not look at stats or anything but I would say the 17th (Hardin County district) has won half of the 5th region titles. Like I said I haven't looked at any previous results. The point I was making was usually if it's a large populated area in a region they usually dominate that region. Such as BG/Warren County Etown/Hardin County. The 5th Region has 18 teams and all but 5 play in Class 3A or smaller in football, 6 of them are in the All A classic in basketball.