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Just guessing here but that was probably your reaction when Durham needed to be replaced going into last season. Coaches did a nice job of finding the right fit last time and guessing they will this time as well.

That was a shot at uk#1fan not Avery. Loved everything about his game. What a great competitor.

Your right, he will probably be better.

Bands used to do that. Now they are classified by the school enrollment not the number in the band. A big school could take their top 50 band kids and compete in a smaller class in the past.

Compete with who? Trinity and X? Until this year they weren't doing much or that. Yes congratulations are in order but did they really improve that much or did Trinity and X just slip back to the pack chasing them?

Then you don't want what is being proposed by the KHSAA. 04/15/14 ? Football DRAFT Alignment of Teams, 2015-2018 | Kentucky High School Athletic Association They are no longer rotating with all the districts.

In a perfect world we would seed the teams 1-32 or set up 4, 1-8 brackets. This would cause travel issues which cause gate issues. Maybe games where people have to travel more than 3 hours could be played at a neutral site like the do in Ohio for all playoff games. Seeding would make for the best possible finals each year. A big question is who does the seeding? So hard to judge cause no one sees all the teams play. Ohio uses a computer formulas (Harbin ratings I think). Unless everyone is willing to go to seeding then we are left with stuff like this.

No debate there. They could not compete with them. Then again who not named Trinty or X has come close to Trinity or X in the finals. Its not a NKY problem its a state problem facing these two.

NKY 6A has always been matched up with the Louisville District. It wasn't till recently the started rotating district that you saw NKY 6A teams of Ryle and SK go all the way to the finals. So similar to what Ram said they were just playing different people.

Yes we get it. Trinity is good. And yes the proposal was to benefit NKY not duck Trinity. You have to play them at some point anyway so how are you ducking them. Dixie elected to play 5A on their own. Nobody left them behind.

You are preaching to the choir when it comes to tax money that leaves the area. NKY tax dollars support a lot of the state as well. If my memory serves right it was not the rest of the state that complained about the old system it was some of the Jefferson County schools that didn't want to complete at the highest level when they were smaller. Its when they bolted that the old system began to crumble. Going to regions would almost guarantee a Louisville representative like the old system. They are superior to the other regions now playing so you should like this. But no you want a system that can get two teams to the finals. Wait a minute that sounds like a plan that only serves one area. Sounds like the OP but it was obviously an attempt by NKY schools to beg to keep from having to play Louisville schools in the playoffs.

Different topic. This WAS a nice discussion thread...

Fortunately the Camel's offense has to change very little from the last two years if either of these players becomes the starter. They will be a run first and throw enough to keep you honest offense. The offense would have to change a whole lot if the other player decided to keep playing. It's an easier transition this way.

Trinity and X have been the cream of the crop in 6A and have been for awhile. Take them out of the equation and 6A is a pretty wide open field in my opinion. To compare NKY 6A success against them is impossible but just as impossible with comparing the rest of the state's 6A success against Trinity and X. No other 6A schools holds a candle to them when it comes to success. The request by NKY 6A schools was done for the benefit of the NKY districts, not to run from Trinity or X. If someone from NKY is going to make a run they would have to play Trinity or X at some point. Normally you can't win a 6A championship with out facing one of the Big 2 at some point. So if the request is passed or not you will still probably have to face them. So if WKY or NKY 6A face them in the regional round what's the difference. NKY did it for years before it started to rotate. And no NKY was not the ones that wanted that changed. I believe that request came from Coach McKee at Scott County.

No one is afraid of Louisville 6A schools. Its 2 schools, Trinity and St. X. NKY 6A schools can compete with all the other 6A schools in the state. But then again no one in the state competes with them consistently so what is the beef. They will be matched up with somebody. Because NKY schools make a proposal that would benefit them as far as playoff travel and gate they are "begging" not to play Louisville 6A. Think you miss read this situation. "Overblown" by people that have a great program and want to constantly remind people how great their program is. I think its funny how these same people talk how 6A in NKY is so bad because they can't compete with the all mighty Louisville 6A (Trinty and X, wink wink) but is any other 6A schools in the state been able to do it before this past season? Between 2001-2012 the winner in the biggest school class in KY was either Trinity or St.X. The losers included other Louisville schools, Scott County, Ryle, and Simon Kenton. But only 6A in NKY is bad. If they are bad then so is the rest of 6A besides those 2. So everyone else just needs to do what ever the big 2 deems is best for all less we will be begging not to play them. And they wonder why they can't find games in KY.

I agree. Most of the top teams in the west would have beaten Williamsburg. Mayfield (who did), Frankfort, Beechwood, even Bellevue last year would have given them a run for their money. The West was just stronger than the east. Maybe this year will be different. I like 6 A where they mix it up every year with which district plays which in the playoffs. Kind of gives a Sweet sixteen feel when the set up is different every year.

I agree with almost everything you said. It is on Walton to build their program to the point where out of district players want to go there. However to say they have more students to draw from is ilrelavent when the area NCC, and Beechwood get them from is unlimited. It can be for Walton too but I am guessing all their players live in district. Only if their district has great players bigger numbers help. You can only put 11 on the field at a time. Let me give you an example. Campbell County has more students to form a football team than Highlands. Which has a better team and why Maybe it is not because Campbell is doing a bad job but Highlands is doing a better job and attracting players from outside their defined district boundries. Thus their 11 are better than Campbell's 11. So to say Campbell's team should be better because they have more students would be wrong in my opinion. It can help but I think there are a lot more important factors that Highlnds has done and is doing a better job at. If all schools could only get students in their district than I believe population moves to the top of the list of importance. The way things are I don't think it is all that important. And Kudos to those NCC, Beechwood, Highlands etc. that use the current rules to the fullest.

I agree that is the biggest advantage. When the Bellevue's, Dayton's, Walton Verona's, etc. of the world have a small defined area where their student athletes come from and others (and I include Beechwood and Highlands in this, not just Catholic schools) get kids from all over it gives them a big advantage. They are not breaking any rules so other schools just have to deal with it, build success, and maybe start drawing other out of distrrict kids to their schools. Which came first, the chicken or the egg?

It's a very tradition rich program. Kids go there as legacies and expect to be successful. They are also very well coached and very hard nose mentally tough kids. They also have unlimited geographical boundaries and draw kids from all over Campbell County and maybe some from other counties as well. This is a huge advantage in almost all classes of football and especially in the smaller classes of A and AA.

Walton has done a great job of growing their program from scratch, they are just not ready to compete with the likes of NCC.

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6 A will probably be: -4 of the 5 WKY schools -The most north or east of the WKY will probably be with the Hardin Schools and maybe a Louisville school or Madison Central. -4 of the 6 NKY schools would be a district. The other 2 will probably be with Scott County and Bryan Station. -the rest of Louisville and Lexington will be split up into the others. Some schools will have to travel more and some will travel because others decided to play up.

The KHSAA wants 8, 4 team districts. There are going to be schools in NKY and WKY that will have to travel a little more.

most schools use Hudl now and it is super easy to do.

Ouch. Was at Newport for many years.