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I can’t make it all the way through the videos but have watched some of both of them. Kudos to those of you that have made it through. But it seems like Borchers was the unfortunate one who ended up being the head coach of the team where this dad was involved. This could have been at any school and daddy wouldn’t have been happy that his son wasn’t the star RB. Others have said it in this thread, but the real person I’m concerned about is the kid who has to go to school knowing his dad is posting these videos for all to see. It’s no surprise that the KHSAA is struggling to keep officials and that there are so many coaches stepping away with parents like this. If this dad has all the time in the world and knows so much better than a head coach of 17 years, I’ve seen some posts looking for coaches in the area. He should give it a try. Or maybe he can just keep trying to get Facebook famous.

Honaker was part of the staff at Ryle when they made their first State Championship appearance in 2006 (Lee Teegarden also was on that staff). I believe Honaker briefly left for a college position but returned to Ryle and was the defensive coordinator at some point with Mike Engler. I’m not sure if he had any other positions between the college job and returning to Ryle. For the past 5-6 years I believe, Honaker has been coaching in Georgia. He will bring in a bunch of enthusiasm and will focus on building a strong football program while also building strong young men. Great hire by GC in my opinion. Good luck Coach.

Agreed. There will certainly be a lot of enthusiasm coming in. If it’s who I’m thinking of, he has both OC and DC experience, so I’ll assume he takes on the offensive play calls. I wonder if Mosier would stay in the DC role? I know he left WV when he didn’t get the head coaching job there, but I’m not sure if it would be the same at Gallatin.

100% agree. To hear that Burke has completely ignored invitations to speak to their youth teams is embarrassing for the Dixie football program. Numerous times I have seen Dixie offensive players throw their hands up in the air and stand still during offensive plays because they aren’t getting play calls or don’t know their assignment. As you stated, numerous times Dixie was shut out by their opponent’s varsity personnel and as their opponent subbed in their JV players, Dixie would keep in their starters to pad stats and score a couple TDs to make the final seem more respectable. I’m shocked this job isn’t open right now and it’s a direct reflection on the administration. It will be a long road for a future coach to fix four straight years of wasted development. I truly feel for the players and parents as this situation seems hopeless.

Any names other than Mosier that have come up?

I agree that a 5-5 or 4-6 (not familiar with Badin either) season is likely. But looking at the schedule, 3 of those wins ‘should’ be in district and give Dixie a home playoff game for the first time in Burke’s tenure. After 3 seasons with 3 wins (‘22), 5 wins (‘23) and 3 wins (‘24), I think this can be an improvement for Dixie at least in terms of record. Dixie has only won one playoff game under Burke. A second place finish in the District could set them up for another playoff win this year. I have a hard time predicting improvement with the lack of success Dixie has had under Burke even with Brach Rice and Armani Gregg, but I think they can take advantage of the district alignment.

Why would an assistant in a program with success not want a shot at a local head coaching position? If of course an HC position is their aspiration. Or are there other reasons I’m missing?

Couldn’t agree more.

Sounds like this fits the “former Ryle coach” talk going on earlier in this thread too.

I wonder if @MaddenCurse44 would be ok with that? If I remember correctly, you aren’t much of a Ryle fan right now.

This is the last of the three KCSD schools I thought would be open this year. Wouldn’t be surprised if the other two open soon too.

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You do in many posts. But to go back to the question at hand, the simple answer is when the private schools play in their own division. That would reduce a lot of the big competition that the NKY big schools need to compete with in the later rounds. There’s definitely the chance of something similar to a Bullitt East 2022 run. I could see that out of Ryle the next couple years or Cooper in 2025 if they move to 6A the next realignment (I think that’s when the next realignment is). Outside of those two scenarios, I don’t see it in the near future.

If that Ryle team had an offensive philosophy in general or had the coaches to teach the technique of their power run identity, they certainly had the talent to compete with Trinity that year. The defense held early but was on the field a ton. I wonder what would happen if that team could be fielded with the current coaching staff at Ryle. You hate on the current coaches but I see so much more from their offense having followed them for 20+ years.

If I understand correctly, coaches submit stats to KHSAA. So there is a possibility of inflating (or counting differently) whether it be intentional or not. Some coaches could take it much more seriously than others too.

This is a great analysis. Dixie players look the part and they certainly have the talent, but the coaching and schemes seem very “gimmicky” and lack identity. I voted for Dixie in the poll, but I think it depends on the scheme the staff enters this week with. I can see a close Dixie win if players are put in a position to succeed, or a Woodford win by 3+ scores. Despite my vote earlier this week, I’ll say 31-9 Wofo.

Thanks MC44. You are correct, he said not likely. But that doesn’t answer my question. I still pose my question to Finkle Ray, champs of what? What are they not likely to be champs of this year, but are a year or two away possibly? 5A state champs? District champs? Or champs of something else? Just an honest question. I’m curious how successful others think the team will be in coming years.

Champs of what? Could you clarify?

It’s still football season.

This isn’t an everybody gets a medal thing. It’s get one more game. What I’d give to have one more high school football game.

That’s my misinterpretation then. My mistake! I agree with all about the excitement for these upcoming years in NKY.

100%

How long are we going to hold onto Cam O’Hara and Austin Alexander not playing freshman ball at Cooper? Every week last year in the NKY freshman thread it was talked about that O’Hara was not playing freshman ball. They are both great athletes that played varsity as freshmen. We know. That has been done before.

Understandable. I’m interested to see how they fair in district play after some tougher non-district competition. I don’t know much about Great Crossing, but it seems like the Simon Kenton game will be a good matchup.

What about this year’s Ryle team makes it a disappointing season? Or “normal for them” season? Is it just the fact of being 2-4? Or is it something different? Ryle’s losses have come to 4 teams ranked pretty high in BGP rankings (two are #1 in their class) so I’m curious the reasons you feel it’s been disappointing - if it’s more than the record.