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My speculation is this will be a nightmare of a can of worms the KHSAA will wish they did not open. They are going to have to pick and choose who they allow to move up and who they don't. It is impossible to do this in a reasonable, fair manner. They should have left well enough alone.

Don't know about Ward. Player Bio: Jacob Doss - University of Wyoming Official Athletic Site Jacob Doss Stats - ESPN Justin Burke Bio - Louisville Cardinals Official Athletic Site Football | NCAA | Player Stats - Justin Burke - Louisville Cardinals - washingtonpost.com

First of all, nobody is discrediting Coach Engler. I am sure he will do a good job and will definitely be able to develop QB's. Thank you for fact checking me. I stand corrected. Since the year 2000, LexCath has played with a D1 QB all but 4 years. Over the past 14 seasons, LexCath has played 10 seasons with a Division 1 QB. You are right, they DIDN'T always have a Division 1 QB. Just 10 of the past 14 years. 2000-2002 - Jacob Doss - D1 U of Wyoming 2003-2005 - Justin Burke - D1 NC State - U of Louisville 2006- Tyler Hancock - NAIA Georgetown College 2007 - 2009 - Nick Ward 2010 - 2012 - Kyle Bolin - D1 U of Louisville 2012/2013 - Reese Ryan - D1 Offers from UofL and Illinois

No. You should actually read my post. I said, the question of "who will be the QB?" was never a question at LexCath because they always seemed to have a D1 kid waiting in the wings. I did not mention anything about "passing the ball". I also, said the new coach will select the kid that gives them the best chance to win.

This is the point. You are either D1 or you are not. Coaching, system, stats, etc. don't matter. Kids either have D1 talent or they don't.

No kid has ever been given a D1 scholarship because of coaching or a system. The kid either has D1 skills, height, arm strength, etc. or he doesn't. Coaching and a good system helps kids make the right reads, have good mechanics, footwork, etc., but it will not make him D1.

This is a question that was never a question at LexCath. They had D1 QB after D1 QB for the past 10 years or so. I am sure the new coach will select the kid that will give them the best chance to win.

Don't know much about this situation, but my two rules for hiring committees are: #1 - Parents of current or soon to be players should never be on a hiring committee and #2 - Parents of current or soon to be players should NEVER be on a hiring committee.

This is a good get for the Tigers.

This is probably for another thread, but how important is HC experience? Does a person need to have successful head coaching experience or just head coaching experience? I believe this is completely overrated unless the person was successful as head coach.

This job became instantly more attractive for coaches when they were placed in 3A for 2015 - 2018.

The school has to agree to play down. I assume if a 1A team wants to move up, they will start at the bottom and ask everyone in 2A if they want to move down until they find a taker.

I predict that there will be many requests from 4A teams in the East to move up in class. 4A East is tough. 5A East is weak. There will have to be some type of parameters set other than, 'we want to move up'. With 6 classes, I really dislike the idea of allowing teams to move up in class. It is too easy to dodge people.

Why can't his son get a teaching job at Boyle?

Name the last Boone coach that did this. Rick Thompson stayed over 15 years, Bryson Warner was forced out after 10 years, Trosper isn't going anywhere and neither is Borchers. The open/closed district debate is comical. In 2006 Ryle made it to the Title game and in 2010 they beat Highlands and played Trinity very tough. In 2011, Boone was a point away from playing for a state title. In 2012, Cooper played for a state title. Pretty impressive for a district that is so handicapped by being a closed district.