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From what I understand is that all that you have to do is ask the BOK. It is a separate entity from NKU, from what I understand and you would be surprised at what you can get done by asking the BOK. Holmes AD Stan Steidel was huge in getting the doubleheader at the BOK a few weeks ago and also in getting the 35th District moved up there.

Clyde, I agree with your assessment and Cooper's defense separates them from the rest. Boone is the weakest of the bunch because I think they have the weakest overall guards. Dixie has Hatton, who can go off at any given time, but will they play enough defense to make a run. Looking at scores, I think allowing Holy Cross to hang around and score a fair mount of points was a warning shot for Dixie.

How wide open is the 16th Region this year? It seems like 6 or 7 teams can win in Morehead.

Holmes seems to be in a little bit of a funk here lately and it seems that their poor execution against zone defense is partly a culprit. They were faring just fine against NCC, until the Breds went zone and it was all downhill after that. McClendon had been shooting it fairly well through the middle part of the year but now has not shot it real well as of late. Harrison County packed a 2-3 zone in tonight and Holmes shot pretty poorly except for their late run in the third quarter. It will be interesting to see how they play the rest of the week in games they should be favored to win and if those teams play zone.

I'd say Ruthsatz. He has a consistent and strong senior season.

Both of these teams are looking for some consistency. I would imagine its difficult especially when Dixie is allowed to play and these two schools are not. Simon has a chance in the 8th, in my opinion, but are going to have to get something going and with Ballard and CovCath lurking it will be tough. Scott still has a big seed game with Brossart left which was cancelled on Friday.

From what I heard today there was a parent of a Holmes player involved in an accident prior to the Holmes game. The story that I heard was that the accident occurred on Johns Hill Rd and their car lost control and hit a guard rail and when they got out to inspect it, another car hit their car and knocked them over the guard rail. I do not know the condition, but that is what was passed along.

The complexion changed once NCC went to the zone. I think they were up one and Holmes had a turnover and a missed layup and lead went to 5 or 6, forcing a timeout, then afterwards they come out of timeout with 6 players and 2 free throws, and a basket off the ensuing possession and the game is at 9 or 10 points. Holmes made a run to get it to 8 but McClendon's technical erased any last chance for Holmes. NCC is just too big and too balanced and in my opinion are a legit threat to win state. If they don't win the region it will be an upset. CovCath may have the best shot because I think they have a little more balanced scoring than what Holmes can offer up. Coach Booher got a technical tonight and it was aimed at the short blonde haired official who he had a beef with all night. Impressive crowd considering the conditions and it was nice to see the CovCath radio crew stay around for the broadcast and see their assistant coach getting all of NCC's play calls as he did the color commentary.

I have a child who attends Ryle and in the future I will have two more that go through Ryle. My child participates in Olympic style sports and is not really reliant on generating revenue. With that being said, for those that think some of these Olympic sports are more individual and not team are kidding themselves. For one, I believe you would be hard pressed to find a school that fields the numbers for Olympic style sports that Ryle does. We are talking over 50 girls in cross country for the girls XC team roughly 30 for the boys. Then you have close to 150 for the track teams combined. That takes a lot of coordinating and coaching. Coach Wiehbrink and Coach Deaton do a tremendous job with those teams. In my dealings, with coaches and observing their interaction with administration, I feel that the administration is very hands off and lets the coaches do their jobs. Now it is not the dog eat dog world of generating revenue like football is but there are a lot of things to consider. Football in Boone County is a different animal. This is just my opinion and I may be totally off base...but I think I have a good eye for what is good coaching and something that is in place for the benefit of kids and an eye for something that is built for something else other than the benefit of kids or putting kids and development first. The Boone County Pee Wee Football League to me is a racket or it once was when I participated there years ago. That is a program that is seemingly built to make a profit and when you are hellbent on making profits you are going to bring in as many people to help and raise those funds. This brings in people to coach that probably aren't the best coaches and then they go forth and think their opinion/voice is of much more value because they are coaching. I may be totally off base on this and may get hammered for this opinion, but it is just that. I have been removed for a while from the BCPWFL, but at that time I was participating as a volunteer there, they were bleeding money and I couldn't see how that was possible. Then they started a middle school league between the schools so I am not real sure how that has impacted BCPWFL or if it has led to many more voices to be heard regarding football in Boone County, and in particular Ryle. From what I understand, Coach Warner was not a teacher and was a para professional. It has to be very hard for one not to be in the hallways everyday interacting with kids and staff and run a organized program top to bottom and not be in a teaching type position at the school you are coaching at...especially one that is high profile like the Ryle job is. I would think this played a bigger part in the parting of ways than many of the conspiracies that people have thrown out there. In then end, administration has to make decisions on what is best for kids. Maybe Ryle was looking for a certain personality. Someone who was energetic and would promote the program and school. I don't know anyone personally associated with the football program at Ryle, but maybe Coach Woolf didn't have the certain qualities in what they were looking for in their next head coach. I am not knocking the decision in any way or saying that Coach Woolf doesn't possess those qualities, but I think too many people are reading into this and trying to make things out to be different than from what they really are.

Has any other team in Northern Kentucky played fewer home games than Scott this year? This was only something like their 5th home game of the year. Scott has a solid group of underclassman.

I think Mason has a better than 50-50 chance of winning the 10th. If the region is at the Fieldhouse, I really like their chances. Is it being held there or at Montgomery? Montgomery seemed like the big favorite but have been up and down lately.

I have seen them twice and they run the open post. It would be a fun offense to play especially if you like getting shots and shooting threes. They don't have any size and they really struggle at finishing at the basket or manning the glass on either end. Bezold is a decent player, not real quick, but can bring 4's and 5's away from the basket and shoot with range. He would be an ideal pick and pop player.

I still think that the Pioneers can make a run in the 8th Region.

The Bluebirds played well and were ready. Holmes will throw in a clunker or two but games like this in February are not that uncommon. You see it all over the region, with possibly the exception of NCC who is just rolling. Cov. Cath. labored through their game against Ryle and so forth. For Holmes to be successful Chames has to be ready to play from the tip and that can't afford their second scoring option to be in foul trouble like McClendon was tonight.

Might as well go ahead and get the teeth gnashing out of the way, because this team is done. Done as in if it makes it past the Sweet 16 I will be shocked. Too many deficiencies and not enough time with this roster. This team has so many deficiencies at this stage that I am not sure if they can correct. One issue is defense. They were making some strides on defense but mercy they slipped on defense tonight. This team is barely in the top 50 in regards to Defensive Efficiency. Without WCS in the game we can't protect the rim. This is a zone team by personnel but Cal reluctant or too stubborn to try it. On offense, this is easily the worst perimeter shooting team since Cal's first team. Zones are coming in heavy doses and until someone steps up and consistently knocks down shots, Randle will have tough sledding in the post. He was exposed tonight versus long athletic post players. I'm slowly tiring of the one and done revolving door. Maybe it's me getting older, but you see these games coming and we all know that its unlikely we win Saturday, but it doesn't sting like it did in the past. We can all whine and moan about players not caring about the name on the jersey, but when the key components are only on campus for 10 months it will be hard for them to care about that name on the front that we all value. Eith that being said, and I saw this quote on another board but many are confusing "not giving a darn" with ignorance. With the turnover, it lacks leadership. I doubt many of us realize how hard it is to mesh a bunch of kids who have likely been coddled for most of their lives and consuming 78% of the minutes to mesh as a cohesive unit on both ends of the floor. We caught lightning in a bottle with 2012 team. Honestly, that year spoiled us as fans and the year prior to that whetted our appetite. Those teams were gifted athletically, but had vets and leadership and a player who had the will. This team has none of the three, IMO. There is talent, but it hasn't meshed and one season may not be enough for it too.

How bad are the roads in Jefferson County? I hear that they are pretty clear. I had a friend just go from Oldham County to New Albany, IN in less than 30 minutes.

Weather has created a lot of issues with scheduling and unfortunately it forced postponement of the Joe B Hall Classic. With teams coming as far as Hopkinsville they had to make a call. It probably was the right call. From what I understand, is that the two dates that were looked at were the 9th and 16th of February. Both of those are on Sundays and with cancellations and seed games to be made up, it is too tight a window to squeeze in. I believe Holmes and Trinity both have standing invites to return to the Joe B Hall Classic next year.

I was originally interpreting your comment along the lines of hearing fans calling for a technical on such attempts at blocking shots. You are correct that there is no goal tend call on that. Its to an advantage of the defense to attempt to block a shot at rim by hitting the backboard in which will create a scenario of not knocking the ball off the rim. Cooper has those baskets with a single support and any action on the board is going to cause the entire basket to swivel. I thought Housley's defense on McNeil was strong last night particularly in the second half. That was my first time in Cooper's gym. It is a really clean facility but the lights are pretty dim for such a big place. Why do they not open up the second level bleachers?

What the announcers may be alluding to is that when the Cooper players smacked the backboard going for the block it caused the basket to move. If ball is on the rim and the entire basket and backboard is moving it should be a goal tend, in my opinion. That happened at least two times this evening and maybe three times. I equate it to grabbing the rim when ball is near hoop or grabbing the net with ball on rim. The basket supports with those long extensions are not real stable and have a lot of wiggle to them. Glover was absolutely huge for tonight and really gave Holmes a lift. Chames was also big as well. Cooper plays tight stingy man to man defense but Holmes ran some dribble motion and Chames was able to attack the basket from the perimeter a few times. Holmes has a tough game Tuesday night versus Mason County.

Didn't do enough of the little things to get the win. I think this team showed some grit and hit some big shots. Still have a lot of things to clean up but still a long way to go. This team is starting to resemble the 2010-11 team. February 27th will be fun when Arkansas makes a return trip to Rupp.

Wow. That is a lot of coin to be paying a DC that some thought was on shaky ground at UGA.

I'm not in his circle and surely have no desire to be Why wouldn't UL introduce him at the game tomorrow night? http://cdn1.sbnation.com/imported_assets/1037911/Pork_Chop.gif

Holmes is playing entirely different on both ends of the floor when you compare this year to last year and essentially have four new starters with the exception of Kilburn. The biggest difference is on defense which is where they run and jump but they are also different on the offensive end as well.

Tom Jurich is all in on a new script for WIAD. "Winning is a Drug". They are so hellbent on claiming that UL is a "destination" job that they have rehired a coach that no other BCS school (some have said he has been blackballed by the SEC) has contacted since his disgraceful fall at Arkansas. He is a very good coach but a despicable human being. All is forgiven Bobby P come on back to the Ville, Just Win Baby! Howard Fineman, a UL Law School grad is dismayed by the hiring of Petrino. I need to see Bengals DC Mike Zimmer's comments about Petrino. Anyone got them available?

CCH was very impressive. Going into the game I was curious to see how CCH had adjusted to the graduation of Frederick and Pauley. They have seemed to have filled it well and they are deep. They did a nice job of beating Holmes down the floor in transition that led to easy scoring opportunities. Holmes for the first time this year that I have seen them play showed that they haven't quite filled to void of the graduated senior trio of Coston, Palmer and Englemon. They miss the scoring threats of Palmer and Coston and miss Englemon's toughness inside. Bolden has got to look to distribute a little more and trust he teammates by passing the ball. He has an uncanny knack of making difficult shots but making an extra pass would and could open a few more lanes for him. Are the districts at CCH this year or are they going to move it to another venue?