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I never said you or anyone else did say that. I was just pointing out the history of the program. The "not too much to ask" is asking for consistent results above what has been produced over the past 19 seasons (3 different HCs and any number of other coaches). or so. How often would you like to see 6-7 win seasons? 23 season had a 1 PT lose to Beechwood in OT. 7 point lose to Cov Cath in the final minute and a 7 point lose to state runner up Cooper. It also had a first round running clock win over Woodford. Looks like an improvement from year one to year two. From one of the previous posts due to graduation some young players were forced to play bigger roles than maybe they were ready for. That's the way it is at a lot of schools. Add playing young and inexperienced players with a schedule of 5 state semi finalists, 2 runner ups and 1 state champion the results can be a little rough.

Dixie hasn't beaten Cov Cath since 07. They are 5-23 against them going back to 98. Dixie is 5-10 against Beechwood going back to 06. They last beat Beechwood in 20 and you have to go back to 14 for their next win. From the 2006 season to the 2021 season (16 seasons) Dixie was only above .500 four of those seasons. Nine seasons were below .500 and three seasons were at .500. This is all regular season win totals and across two other head coaches. Let's not act like Dixie was cranking out 6-7 win seasons on the regular or beating Cov Cath every couple of years.

Where is Vanderpool going?

They did. Then they were welcomed back by being put in a district with Fredrick Douglas (the previous year 6A, Scott Co (the previous season was 6A runner up), Great Crossing and Montgomery Co. Little known thing about dropping out of district play. When you return you are forced into a 5 team district. Good decision on Holmes part. Hopefully this has been in the works for awhile so they could get games lined up.

Look at the schedule that last two years. Those were pretty tough too.

Ohio St is on a scorched earth tour after losing to Michigan.

Coach Miller has been named the next coach at Shelby County HS. I believe he had Coach Lucas as his OC at the time when he played for Coach Shipley. His father was a large part of Shelby Co football during the 80-90s.

My understanding is Coach Rash has no interest in being a HC again. For a lot of people it’s not worth the headaches. On top of the fact Rash could pretty much coach wherever he would like.

He isn’t stepping down from coaching is my understanding. He is having surgery and just won’t be around for a period of time.

UC missed a chance here. They switched brands from under armor to Nike. That means they have to get rid of all their UA stuff. They could have saved the lawsuit and donated to the MS.

Yes they did. Now Sayre’s tuition last time I checked was very costly. Which probably makes what they have done under Pennington even more impressive. Comparing Sayre though to pretty much just about any program is not a fair comparison.

Is that a school issue, football issue or both? Part of it is just the make up of members on this board but I feel like people can talk about the school portion of places in a lot of places in the state. Lexington schools in general are kind of an enigma.

This isn’t always true. This more of a general statement and not necessarily a thing with Carroll (this is why I’ve always wondered wants the catch.). You might be told/promised a number of things and those things don’t happen. Things can change in a district due to any number of factors. It’s not as simple as knowing what you signed up for at times because what you sign up for and what you get could be very different. The geography might help attract HC but it doesn’t help at all getting a staff. Outside of large population areas or possibly areas with a local college filling a staff can be extremely difficult. It’s getting harder and harder even in the larger population areas.

I believe 3 of those playoff wins came when the current HC at Scott was there and then got run out. Before him Hunter Cantwell I believe was the HC. Things are tough in today’s game. Fewer guys get into coaching and/or stay in coaching. Guys are getting HC spots before they are ready and often aren’t given the time to grow (I’m have no idea if this is the case here). That also affects building a staff. Throw in the geography, the range of pay scales of teachers, and the expectations of parents/community and things can get rough. That’s not even getting into district/admin issues. Carroll is a strange place from the outside. They typically had good numbers with a good mix of kids. Facilities are pretty good. They appear to have community support. It’s a job you look at and wonder what’s the catch.

The paperwork has to completed in a certain time frame. I believe it is 24 hours but I don’t remember exactly. If not completed within the time frame it causes issues with enforcement.