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Kentucky 42-17.

Simon Kenton  28-14.

Boyle Co. 28-7.

Douglass 56-7.

Madison Central 42-20.

Danville 35-14.

On 4/30/2022 at 5:38 PM, Calico Jack said:

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What’s even more amazing with that is number of administrators and/or those in the community that think it reflects a chink in the “academia armor” for a school. When studies after studies show the benefits of it as it’s tied into the entire academic process and it goes without saying the benefits for the student athletes, especially those who are multi sport that are playing 2, 3, even 4 sports a year. 
 

But, some “people don’t know what they don’t know.”

Boyle has 5 periods of it a day.

From west to east (I’ll bounce around some), these are the schools that I know for a fact have at least one period of it and most of them have multiple periods of it throughout the day.

McCracken County, Mayfield, Trigg County, Hopkinsville, Christian County, Bowling Green just implemented it this year and/or for the fall of 2022 for I believe most or all of the school day, South Warren (and, guessing Warren East and Greenwood have it as well since they are under the same school system). Edmonson County has 7 periods of it (even back in their glory days under Rick Wood and Kyle Pierce- it went away for a few years and just got it back last year if not mistaken). Franklin-Simpson. Hart County has implemented it during their school day under Chad Griffin and they’ve seen some of their best years in the last 2-3.   
 

Bullitt East and North Bullitt have multiple periods of it throughout the day (and, like Warren County, guessing Bullitt Central does as well).
 

Taylor County has multiple periods a day and a male and female instructor.  Nelson County just implemented the same as did Thomas Nelson.  
 

Green County has two blocks of it.  Bardstown has 7 periods of it with their last period of the day I believe being incoming freshmen and those 8th graders are given a PE credit for it (makes too much sense).

Central Hardin, John Hardin and North Hardin all have multiple periods of it a day.  E-town has had at least one period of it the last year or two which is new for them.  Washington County has a period of it.    Mercer County has multiple periods of it.  
 

Boyle as mentioned earlier. Garrard County now has it, with Jeff Hester doing it multiple periods a day like he did at Boyle.  Lincoln County has had a period of it and Jaggers will be doing that all day long next year at Lincoln.  Danville I believe has reinstated it into their curriculum some and it used to be all day long for years, especially back in 90s and 2000’s.   Pulaski County has multiple periods of it and Johnny Hines does those. Southwestern has it as well. I’m not sure about Somerset, but I’d guess they at least have one period of it. Wayne County and Corbin both have at least two periods of it as does Knox Central.

Madison Central has multiple periods of it as does Scott County.  Ashland has a couple periods of it as does Lawrence County and Belfry (I believe they have it all day long or at least the majority). Breathitt County has a period of it as well.

Im sure I’m leaving off some who have it and might have some wrong in the aforementioned in regards to how many classes they have it.

You go south of Kentucky? Especially into Georgia, Alabama and Florida? It’s rare to find a school that doesn’t just offer it, but one that doesn’t offer it all day long. 

Somerset has it the last period of the day.

Kentucky 75-58.

Kentucky 79-74.

Kentucky 78-69.

Congrats to the young ladies!!!

Kentucky 73-67.

Boyle Co. 68-58.

Kentucky 84-68.

If Wheeler doesn't play, Arkansas 78-72. If he plays, Kentucky 79-74.

Kentucky 76-68.

Kentucky 85-77.

Kentucky 70-67.

Los Angeles Rams 27-24.

Kentucky 80-68.

Kentucky 75-67.

Kentucky 80-75.

On 2/3/2022 at 1:46 AM, 16thBBall Fan said:

The Cats are scheduled to play at Bama on Saturday at 8:00pm on ESPN. I guess if they are able to get out of town with the impending storm coming. This will be another good road test for the Cats. Alabama defeated Baylor last Saturday and lost by 4 to Auburn on Tuesday night.

Alabama lost by 19  100-81.

14 hours ago, Calico Jack said:

I forgot about that instance. 

The reason I said that in the above post is because most coaching families these days have maybe one, and more times than not only two moves or so at the most in them.   When your wife and kids get invested into their jobs/communities/schools then the harder it is to move for a profession that “isn’t about the money, but is about the money” (at least in this state. Georgia, Alabama, Texas, etc? Different situation.  You see a lot more moving and shaking there because more times than not you are getting significant financial incentives to pack your family up and move). 
 

You saw it more in Kentucky back in the “old days” because, well, let’s just call it how it was: the dad was the primary bread winner, so families followed the money.   
 

Nowadays? That isn’t the case and in many cases wives have just as good of a quality + paying job, if not better.   So then it becomes a battle between what your heart says and what your head says. 
 

Point being? There are jobs to be had for first time head coaches.  The question is: How important is it to you and yours?

I know the @theguru has said it before and I couldn’t agree more, but head football coaches should make in and around that 100K salary or more for the job requirements both in the classroom and on the field because they are both full time jobs and don’t ever let anybody tell you different, expectations, figure heads for the community, etc.  

If the pay actually matched the job or other requests/demands were met? You wouldn’t see those who apply then withdraw, or offered then not take or job accepted only to have second thoughts in the coming days later.
 

It’s a total 180 as an assistant compared to a head coach.  They aren’t even in the same breath of discussions.  All those “friends” and boosters that are parents of players you thought you had as an assistant? Be the one who holds the key to whether or not their son starts, gets enough passes, touches or playing time and you’ll find out real quick just how much they care about you. They’ll drop and hang you out to dry like a bad habit and won’t think twice. 

I call these supposed assistant coaches Kling-ons, as they Kling-on to the program any way they can.

Kansas 80-74.