Stepchild68

Sadly this entire situation is a result of cowardliness! Somewhere in the past few years, (I suspect its a result of fast tracking a lot of greenies from the classroom to the front office, and now from the front office to the board office) educators have lost their advocates and protection from the administration! These spineless politicians forgot a key rule in life, people only have a voice if you give them an ear to listen. Admin has forgotten the KRS (the law) is on their side, and because of this this omission they kowtow to every angry parent, most of which couldn't submit their complaints in writing nor could they sign it. When the admin is fearful and places being popular over being right, empowering parents and children who are wrong, and sadly giving them a voice when they should be silence or ignored, we get the turd pile sandwich we have today. Lord help us. I am a former teacher, former administrator who left the field to pursue other ventures. When I was working on my admin certification, a dear mentor Dr. Dick Flynn always said....if you're not getting sued, you're not doing your job right. BOE's pay retainers for a reason!!!!!

I want to say Congrats to North Hardin! It seemed North Struggled to Put JH away, and it was more like JH gave the game away. Several Big Plays, Big Calls impacted this game. The Trojan Defense was up to the challenge tonight, but like others mentioned, JH was a train wreck when it came to discipline, and doing the little things that it would take to win this game! I am not sure if NH won this game of if JH lost it.

Let me qualify myself. I am a former high school head coach, varsity assistant, coordinator, and even middle school helper. I coached and taught for 10 years here in the great state of KY. I have coached in the rural wilds of western KY in a school of 400 to the multicultural areas of Central KY in a school with 1600. I think its fair to say I have been around the sport and the state a bit. I think today we can see a huge lack of loyalty on all sides. It has started in the NFL, NCAA, and trickled its way down. This lack of loyalty stems from the what have you done for ME lately mindset. I think there is a perfect storm of circumstances that have changed the game, coaching, and the values that are present in High-school football. Parents aren't loyal to schools (shopping their kids from place to place) Parents do not have realistic expectations when it comes to program development, athletes talent level, and what it truly takes to WIN on a big Level Administrators expect coaches to make chicken salad out of chicken feathers....budgets, staffing, fund raising, program administration, dealing with unrealistic parents, etc..... Coaches develop a me first mentality out of necessity. I feel that if the coaches dont look out for themselves first no one else (well very few will) There is little trust and loyalty in the entire system and many of the participants (admin, parents, and some athletes, do not know the price to succeed at a high level and if they do know that price they say they are willing to pay it but lack the guts to actually belly up and pay the price!!!) So all of these factors lead to ZERO loyalty, and almost everyone is looking out for themselves rather than whats best for the PROGRAM and the Kids! Thanks for reading my opinion and slight rant.