The Oracle

A great business at a fair price is superior to a fair business at a great price. HHS football can be a great business. They've had coaches from multiple states and both the college & HS football apply. If you're expecting someone to pick up and move their family from out of state for a job where they may be given the boot in 2 or 3 yrs if they don't succeed, you better be offering them a fair price to do so. I call $16K fair for that. I'm confident all my HHS friends think $16K is fair for that, and they're the ones footing the bill. Listerman is obviously a fine coach, but the expectations of basketball are not the same as football at Highlands. Just look at Listerman's record from his first few years. That's why he's not making the same as the football coach. And were they searching HS & college coaches in multiple states when they looked for new coaches to hire for the hoops and baseball team like they are for the football team? I have my doubts. Also like somebody said already the Oline coach is responsible for coaching roughly the same number of players as the basketball and baseball coaches. Say what you will about responsibilities beyond that, but I think an assistant football coach has a lot more going on than an assistant for most other sports programs.

CCH also has Lasalle tonight in Cincy.

What happened to the good 'ol days when all of the Highlands fans used to do so much talking about how success attracts talent?

Anybody know the drive time from Park Hills to Belfry? Asking for a friend.

I don't think they played each other in the 80's. Could be wrong but I don't think so.

Indubitably.

Swimming and wrestling would be the only other two that would ever possibly have state tourneys around then. I don't think they have.

Knowing Bishop Foys, that is what I'm saying. Doubt all you want. You haven't ever spoken to him.

CCH is young and still developing at this point of the season. Could easily be a win by Trinity.

Clearly you don't know much about the bishop of the Diocese of Covington then.

Easter is April 4. Boys tourney is March 31 thru April 3, so Holy Week. If a Catholic school were to make it to the Sweet 16 I'd be shocked if they were allowed by their district to play on Good Friday, if any of those days.

Exactly what I was told. I can't say if it's 100% fact, but I assumed it was since I heard it from 4 different folks in Ft. Thomas. One of them works at HHS. They're not on any committee, but I figured if they work at the school they probably had good insight.

I heard the principal and Lickert graduated from HHS together and the principal had a grudge from ye olden days. Heard one of them was in the band and one of them was the star quarterback, or something like that. Imagine if Screech didn't want AC Slater to get hired back at Bayside to coach the wrestling team.

I think he does.

Don't know if HHS asked Clevanger to interview, or if Clevanger applied himself for an interview and then reconsidered. Was told a while back that he called the day before and cancelled though.

There it is.

The newly ex Highlands staffers tell folks around NKY a different story. Including long tenured staff.

No idea who your boys are but the CCH boys I talked to all agreed "He has a handful of explanations he gives for why he wanted to leave, depending on who he is talking to. But he told most everyone he was buddies with that he was hacked off about not starting JV basketball."

All of this talk about being HC and AD. Can someone confirm or deny that part of the reason Chris Wolfe is not currently the HC is because he either hinted or straight up asked for the AD job?

Yep. And he was a Highlands guy who didn't give the time of day to the middle school league coaches and players. BW hardly gave the time of day to a lot of his assistant coaching staff too. Simple answer, they had a deep-down Highlands guy but not the right deep-down Highlands guy.

I hear he was unhappy not to be starting on the JV basketball team, and that sealed the deal.

I pitched in little league. Dad was my head coach. I was the third best pitcher on the team and pitched every third start until a kid from Maryland moved into our town and joined the team. Dad moved me to left field and relief pitching. I was the coaches son, and was there on the team before the kid from Maryland, but my Dad made the best decision for the team as the head coach.

I hear the principal stepped in and announced he's principal, like you're alluding, and laid down the law about one of the interviewees.

The Bluebirds need to hire a Bluebird.

I think Highlands needed a non-Highlands guy when they hired Duffy, but right now I think Highlands needs someone who is a deep-down Highlands guy.