Just Truth

Stockdale is a great football coach and incredible leader for this program. If this is true, this is a homerun hire.

This entire process has been a complete failure from the start.

Serious question - Is there any evidence that knee pads do anything to prevent injuries? I would love to see some documentation.

Congrats, Coach Kuehn!

Manual was in a difficult position having to hire a coach in July. Coach Gillispie stepped in under difficult circumstances and did a solid job. I'm sure that will weigh in his favor in this process. On the other hand, the school did not get a chance to do a full search for their new coach. This program hasn't made it past the 2nd round of the playoffs in 15 years. They haven't beaten their rival on Preston Highway for 10 years. For a program that is consistently in the top 10 in 6A, that is a surprise. They owe it to themselves, and more importantly, their kids to see if there is an applicant they think can take their program to the next level. Keep in mind, there are lots of things we can't see from the outside that impact the long term performance of the program. Most of us only see the scores. How did the staff function this year? How does the team feel about Gillispie? Were the players held to a high standard on and off the field? Were the players supervised appropriately? etc. Finally, the staff this year was mostly the same people hired by the previous coach. It may be that Manual wants/needs to make a clean break from all or part of that group and start fresh. I certainly wouldn't blame them if that's the case.

5 point game - Boyle County 4 point game - Lexington Christian Academy 3 point game - Male 2 point game - Bryan Station 1 point game - Union County

I have a novel idea: Instead of picking and choosing which plays to call a hold, why not call ALL the holds? Players will adjust and stop holding if the rule is consistently enforced. The fact that it's usually not called makes kids think it's ok to do it.

This problem is easily solved. The top 2 or 3 teams in each district make the playoffs. Let the teams that did not make it schedule an additional game the week of round 1. Then those kids get to play a competitive game.

2013 Male Bulldogs (12-2). They beat St. X and Trinity in consecutive weeks in the regular season and lost to Manual the following week. In the playoffs, they beat St. X and Trinity in consecutive weeks again. This state they lost to eventual state champion Scott Co. the following week.

What are the considerations the Board is supposed to consider for making a change? I assume travel time. I remember in the past they said they were also considering other factors, like similarities in the schools, like income. Am I remembering that correctly?

It would be nice if KHSAA would release the names of schools that have requested to play up and which schools have accepted the opportunity to move down in class.

Tough timing to tell him at the end of the day the last day before break. Didn’t give him time to tell the team face to face. Admin dropped the ball on that.

Here's my take on 5A. There are 11 teams west of the Louisville area. I doubt they will force 1-2 of those teams to travel all the way to Louisville, so I think there will be a 5 team & a 6 team district in the west. Similarly, there are 6 schools in Northern KY that all very close to one another and not really close to anyone else. I think they create another 6 team district for those schools. In the Louisville area, I used I-65 as a dividing line because that's what they did last time. District 1: Graves Co., Marshall Co., Madisonville N. Hopkins, Muhlenberg Co., Owensboro District 2: Bowling Green, Greenwood, Warren Central, Grayson Co., Barren Co., Ohio Co. District 3: Butler, Iroquois, Fairdale, Bullitt Central District 4: Atheron, N. Bullit, Seneca, Moore District 5: Woodford Co., Collins, S. Oldham, Anderson Co. District 6: Highlands, Scott, Dixie Heights, Boone Co., Conner, Cooper District 7: Madison Southern, Montgomery Co., East Jessamine, West Jessamine, Scott Co. District 8: Southwestern, Pulaski Co., North Laurel, South Laurel, Harlan Co.

Christian Co. is playing up in 6A.

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