[FOR REAL]

TOTALLY AGREE I WANT TO PULL MY HAIR OUT. HE STICKS WITH NOTHING AND GIVE ME A BREAK LETS START 4 FRESHMAN AND 1 SOPHOMORE SURPRISE ON WHO IT WAS AND THEN LOSES BY A SMALL MARGINE AND EXPECTS THE PLAYERS TO RESPECT HIM AND DO WHAT HE WANTS THEM TO. HE HAS LOST HIS MIND AND HOPEFULLY HIS JOB. WE NEED TO GET RID OF HIM AND PETITION THE BOARD TO ALLOW LIVELY TO COACH NEXT YEAR ITS A POWELL COUNTY RULE TO NOT LET HIM DO BOTH NOT A STATE RULE. HELP US PLEASE

It does'nt matter how good or bad a team is, if your playing for a coach the players should show respect no matter what. Maybe that's the problem here. Get behind your team with a positive attitude and stop bashing the coach and some of your not so favorite players. Maybe you'd see a change. Hey what do you have to lose ,right!

[Crazy Horse]

I hope you all are not talking about coach Hall like this just over the Cordia game. Cordia is better then Powell. Powell did beat them in a scrimmage but Cordia did not have #34 and #24 two starters. Cordia did have Randy Lewis but he could not play his way out of a wet paper bag. Give coach Hall time and don't be like Kentucky. Everyone was saying to get rit of billy g until he won the sec coach of the year by going 12-4 in the sec. Just give him time and let him get the players that are willing to get the job done. Like I said earlier, he needs kids with heart and want to...and a coach can not give players that, players must realize this and come and work hard every practice.

[FOR REAL]

I hope you all are not talking about coach Hall like this just over the Cordia game. Cordia is better then Powell. Powell did beat them in a scrimmage but Cordia did not have #34 and #24 two starters. Cordia did have Randy Lewis but he could not play his way out of a wet paper bag. Give coach Hall time and don't be like Kentucky. Everyone was saying to get rit of billy g until he won the sec coach of the year by going 12-4 in the sec. Just give him time and let him get the players that are willing to get the job done. Like I said earlier, he needs kids with heart and want to...and a coach can not give players that, players must realize this and come and work hard every practice.

Very well said Crazy Horse.:Clap:

[hot wheels]

It's people like you that is destroying the program The Only One. You do more harm to this team by getting on here and bashing the coach, than any coach could ever do to this team. Get a life, or better than that get another team. Be positive, negativity get's you nowhere.

[14thspecialist]

I TOTALLY AGREE THAT HE HAS DONE A HORRIBLE JOB AT HIS LAST TWO SCHOOLS AND I BLAME OUR ADMINISTRATION FOR WAITING TILL THE LAST MINUTE TO GIVE LIVELY THE PRINCIPLES JOB AND THEN EXPECTING TO HIRE A DECENT COACH I THINK WE NEED TO PETITION THE BOARD TO HAVE THE RULE CHANGED THAT DOESNT ALLOW LIVELY TO COACH AND BE PRINCIPLE. THAT IS A POWELL COUNTY RULE NOT A STATE RULE. AS FAR AS THE SCRIMMAGE AND WINNING BECAUSE OF DAVID HAWKINS I WATCHED THAT GAMW AND HE INJURED HIS ANKLE AND DIDNT PLAY MOST OF THE GAME. SO I CONCLUDE THAT WE WERE BETTER THEN WITH WAT WE HAV NOW THEN WE ARE NOW. THAT MEANS THAT WE HAVE LOTS OF TALENT WE JUST NEED SOMEONE WHO DOESNT JUST KNOW X,S AND O,S BUT CAN TEACH AND COACH THEM OR SOMETHING ELSE. I CANT TAKE THIS ANYMORE AND BELIVE WHN SAY NEITHER CAN THE PLAYERS.

i was at this game 2 and hawkins didnt come out until the 4th quarter when powelll had a big lead then he got hurt , tht being said i think the pirates would be alot better THIS YEAR with him but in the long run it would have hurt them because his terrible attitude would have rubbed off on the younger players ..... also i hear he is eligible now , how is he eligible and crowe not eligible ?

[FOR REAL]

It's people like you that is destroying the program The Only One. You do more harm to this team by getting on here and bashing the coach, than any coach could ever do to this team. Get a life, or better than that get another team. Be positive, negativity get's you nowhere.

Again, well said my freind!

[piratefan24]

Thank You theonlyone for agreeing with me.I think next year there will be a great change in Powell County if he just leaves.That will help our team more than anything.And the 8th graders coming up r pretty good, after they got a better coach this year. Oh and i almost forgot, congrats to coach hall for ruining his 3rd basketball program!!!

[piratefan24]

I hate to go and watch the basketball games at Powell now, because the opposing team is in a Giant lead they just quit playing.After the lose to wolve county Powell is waz a whole Differrent team. They just lost theirs heart for the game of basketball. And it really suxs to see my friends doing so bad and it really hurts them to lose. So coach Hall can u do us all a favor and quit.Go ruin another basketball program, feel sorry for who ever gets this coach after Powell finally gets rid of him.

[sports-fan1]

The board does not have a policy that prohibits a principal from coaching but they ask that they not do both, I think some of you need to re examine what you are talking about. Coach Hall is a very good teacher and does a good job with his assistants to try to teach the kids, the biggest problem I see is that maybe he needs to not reward the kids that give him attitude like the ones who have left this season and they both needed to be let go and more may need to but it is not the Coach it is a problem that goes deeper into the feeder systems but they now have a solid Coach at the MS and they do need to address the elem teams that is where it needs to start. Good luck the rest of the season everybody needs to support the boys and the coaches and see if that helps. we all need to give the Coach a chance.

[the old WASP]

Coach Hall does a great job....he left a very successful Betsy Layne team that had a lot coming back to take over a Powell County team that does not have near the talent he left. Between injuries, boys not playing, boys transferring, what else do you expect. Powell County had its run. It has nothing to do with the coach. A coach can only do so much without any talent.

If you can't hold a coach responsible for the team then why have one? Youi can't just say he doesn't have any players . Its his job to produce a team, if he can't then mpve on.

[the old WASP]

It does'nt matter how good or bad a team is, if your playing for a coach the players should show respect no matter what. Maybe that's the problem here. Get behind your team with a positive attitude and stop bashing the coach and some of your not so favorite players. Maybe you'd see a change. Hey what do you have to lose ,right!

Some of you people act like coaches are God. No matter who you are you have to earn respect. There are just too many coaches that are just bullys. I have learned overe the years if you show respect you will get respect.

[the old WASP]

The board does not have a policy that prohibits a principal from coaching but they ask that they not do both, I think some of you need to re examine what you are talking about. Coach Hall is a very good teacher and does a good job with his assistants to try to teach the kids, the biggest problem I see is that maybe he needs to not reward the kids that give him attitude like the ones who have left this season and they both needed to be let go and more may need to but it is not the Coach it is a problem that goes deeper into the feeder systems but they now have a solid Coach at the MS and they do need to address the elem teams that is where it needs to start. Good luck the rest of the season everybody needs to support the boys and the coaches and see if that helps. we all need to give the Coach a chance.

Why do people keep wanting to give coaches 4 or 5 years to get it together" These players don't have that long they need a coach now. After the game is about the players, I f coaches loved the game like the kids do, they would coach for free. How many do you know that will do that?

[THEONLYONE]

It does'nt matter how good or bad a team is, if your playing for a coach the players should show respect no matter what. Maybe that's the problem here. Get behind your team with a positive attitude and stop bashing the coach and some of your not so favorite players. Maybe you'd see a change. Hey what do you have to lose ,right!

well heck what do we have to lose. lets see we have lost 9 of 10 games. your right we have nothing to lose because we now have nothing good one. i am definalty not bashing the coach. i am asking some obvious questions. like why is our best free throw shooter not shooting the technicals, or whay would you start 4 freshman in a game and wonder why you lost by so little, or why not run plays around your two best players creech and reed, and yes i have the stats to prove this. and hey why arent they working on lay ups since they miss so many and hey why is the coach constantly screaming at his good players and then apologizing have proof really. want the stats here they are.

AFTER 10 GAMES

CREECH 119 TOTAL POINTS AVERAGE 11.9
REED 103 TOTAL POINTS AVERAGE 10.3
CONELY 93 TOTAL POINTS AVERAGE 9.3
RICE 52 TOTAL POINTS AVERAGE 5.2
ARVIN 46 TOTAL POINTS AVERAGE 4.6
JONES 42 TOTAL POINTS AVERAGE 4.2

SO MAYBE THE COACH WOULD TRY A TEAM THAT IS SMALL AND FAST OR ALLOW CREECH AND REED TO DRIVE THE BALL MORE INSTEAD OF RUNNING ONE OF OVER 22 PLAYS THEY HAVE TO REMEMBER THATNT EVERYONE GETS MOST OF THE TIME. BY THESE FIGURES OUR BIG GUYS SHOULD BE GETTING MORE POINTS. HOW DO WE HELP THEM DO THAT? THEY ARE ALL TRYING I THINK THEY HAVE PLENTLY OF TALENT AND ARE DEFINATLY NOT THIS BAD. I HOPE THEY CAN SEE THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL.

[FOR REAL]

Some of you people act like coaches are God. No matter who you are you have to earn respect. There are just too many coaches that are just bullys. I have learned overe the years if you show respect you will get respect.

You sound very bitter. Trust me, it's not that bad. Take a nap and maybe that will help o.k!leep:

[the old WASP]

It's the coach. If he hadn't run off our best 2 players, then we wouldn't be down.

The same thing happened at Allen Central. The principal owed Mark Martin a big favor. She fired a very good coach Johnny Martin to give him this job, and he has ran off 4 players. Three of them were his top 3 players, and he is getting beat by 45 and 50 points. These boys basketball is over because of him' and people say give him a chance. If you are a real coach you don't spend your time talking about the coach you replaced

[the old WASP]

You sound very bitter. Trust me, it's not that bad. Take a nap and maybe that will help o.k!leep:

No, i'm not bitter just honest this is about the boys not some coach

[ky_fan10]

those 3 8th graders for cordia on the freshman team is looking pretty good i think one of them is #10 i cant remember the other 2

[Colonel Kill]

Why do people keep wanting to give coaches 4 or 5 years to get it together" These players don't have that long they need a coach now. After the game is about the players, I f coaches loved the game like the kids do, they would coach for free. How many do you know that will do that?

I can think of a couple of reasons..... 1st- They have to deal with players and parents not buying into their system what ever it is because a lot of the time if a kid has played under a previous coach they have it in their head when the new coach is teaching they respond by saying that is not the way coach so and so did it and the parents are often just as bad; 2nd- A coach is only as good as his feeder system, if a coach had to come in and teach basic fundmentals of passing, rebounding, defense then it is going to take at least a year or two because after the fundementals he will put in his system.

Also I don't think coaches run kids off, they quit. If you are going to play any sport you do as that coach says or you don't play. A kid with heart and desire plays and gives his best effort every time he steps on the floor (practice or game) you work through the tough times and make something out of it. What is that kid going to do when he gets a job and doesn't like his boss....Quit?

As for the pay, I don't think the coaches are compensated nearly enough for the time they put in, the just about do it for free because they do love the game. I don't think any high school coach has got rich from coaching.

I understand the AC kids were put in a bad situation with the firing of a great coach for no apparent reason. But if you look back just about 5-6 years ago Coach Johnny Martin had a couple of terrible seasons with a young team and look what happened because the kids stayed and played their hearts out. What would have happened if those kids had said he did not know what he was doing and quit?

[PoCo]

Okay, first off coach hall didn't "run off" hawkins and crowe, they quit because they were frustrated after a pre-season SCRIMMAGE. I wish the best of luck to them in there new teams, but they chose to leave.

Next lets not forget one of our starters from last year transfered before coach hall was even hired. if any team lost 3 starters, no matter who the coach is they will have a rough season.

And last, if you don't play then you don;t know what hes like in practice, you don't know how he tries to teach, you don't know jack, so quit talking like you do, cause you don't. Also, I heard that the freshman team for powell just killed estills freshman today. Watch out for that group in a couple years.

[Protect_This_House26]

I TOTALLY AGREE THAT HE HAS DONE A HORRIBLE JOB AT HIS LAST TWO SCHOOLS AND I BLAME OUR ADMINISTRATION FOR WAITING TILL THE LAST MINUTE TO GIVE LIVELY THE PRINCIPLES JOB AND THEN EXPECTING TO HIRE A DECENT COACH I THINK WE NEED TO PETITION THE BOARD TO HAVE THE RULE CHANGED THAT DOESNT ALLOW LIVELY TO COACH AND BE PRINCIPLE. THAT IS A POWELL COUNTY RULE NOT A STATE RULE. AS FAR AS THE SCRIMMAGE AND WINNING BECAUSE OF DAVID HAWKINS I WATCHED THAT GAMW AND HE INJURED HIS ANKLE AND DIDNT PLAY MOST OF THE GAME. SO I CONCLUDE THAT WE WERE BETTER THEN WITH WAT WE HAV NOW THEN WE ARE NOW. THAT MEANS THAT WE HAVE LOTS OF TALENT WE JUST NEED SOMEONE WHO DOESNT JUST KNOW X,S AND O,S BUT CAN TEACH AND COACH THEM OR SOMETHING ELSE. I CANT TAKE THIS ANYMORE AND BELIVE WHN SAY NEITHER CAN THE PLAYERS.

I forgot that Hawkins did hurt his ankle...but when he did play, he scored a lot and put the Pirates up. And when he came out, they didn't play as good.

[Protect_This_House26]

I hope you all are not talking about coach Hall like this just over the Cordia game. Cordia is better then Powell. Powell did beat them in a scrimmage but Cordia did not have #34 and #24 two starters. Cordia did have Randy Lewis but he could not play his way out of a wet paper bag. Give coach Hall time and don't be like Kentucky. Everyone was saying to get rit of billy g until he won the sec coach of the year by going 12-4 in the sec. Just give him time and let him get the players that are willing to get the job done. Like I said earlier, he needs kids with heart and want to...and a coach can not give players that, players must realize this and come and work hard every practice.

No, its just not the Cordia game. Its been the whole season. Him running off our two best players, and a big man that was very good down low. He lost the Wolfe Co game for us. He is just a horrible coach.