All Time All Mountain Team.

**More Cowbell** · 09-01-2011, 01:58 AM

I Rule The World Wrote:Here is the link..

http://espn.go.com/page2/s/list/highschool.html

Interesting link, I'm glad to see Couch mentioned as one of the Top 10 high school athletes of all time. He is probably my all-time favorite UK football player, and he would've had a good pro career if the Browns hadn't totally set him up behind an o-line about as tough as Kleenex. But...

It's pretty obvious that the reason he's on that list is 99% for his football accomplishments, setting all those national high school records. While Couch could certainly ball and knew how to score, his basketball career is simply a footnote on the end of this story. (And an inaccurate one, at that. They listed him as a Mr. Basketball winner, not football. Doh!)

I Rule The World · 09-01-2011, 11:11 AM

Yes, that is inaccurate...
Dameon Fishback was Mr. Basketball that year.. And Charles Thomas was Mr. Basketball Tim's junior year..

rojas · 09-01-2011, 09:19 PM

More Cowbell Wrote:Interesting link, I'm glad to see Couch mentioned as one of the Top 10 high school athletes of all time. He is probably my all-time favorite UK football player, and he would've had a good pro career if the Browns hadn't totally set him up behind an o-line about as tough as Kleenex. But...

It's pretty obvious that the reason he's on that list is 99% for his football accomplishments, setting all those national high school records. While Couch could certainly ball and knew how to score, his basketball career is simply a footnote on the end of this story. (And an inaccurate one, at that. They listed him as a Mr. Basketball winner, not football. Doh!)

Couch was a heck of a basketball player. If I remember correctly, he averaged about 38 ppg and lead the state in scoring. Of course he was a better football player than basketball player. Other than his problems with the expansion Browns, Couch also had a hard time learning the west coast offense and was cut by the Packers.

Jon419 · 09-02-2011, 06:32 PM

Scotty doesn't know Wrote:I agree with this! I think that is a team that in their prime (EJ still is) could hang with just about anyone!

No way Justice belongs on this list

NewGuy · 09-02-2011, 06:52 PM

Its hard to compare era's, but if there were10 players that were better than Todd May and Nick Sanford I would be amazed.

**More Cowbell** · 09-03-2011, 02:36 AM

NewGuy Wrote:Its hard to compare era's, but if there were10 players that were better than Todd May and Nick Sanford I would be amazed.

I don't know about Sanford, but I'm sure there weren't 10 mountain players better than Todd May.

**More Cowbell** · 09-03-2011, 02:37 AM

rojas Wrote:Couch was a heck of a basketball player. If I remember correctly, he averaged about 38 ppg and lead the state in scoring. Of course he was a better football player than basketball player. Other than his problems with the expansion Browns, Couch also had a hard time learning the west coast offense and was cut by the Packers.

Yes, he was a great basketball player, and I remember he did lead the state in scoring with an average something like that. I'm just saying I don't think he's in the all-time top 10 mountain players.

nedreader · 09-03-2011, 08:15 AM

Nick Sanford was an NBA-type athlete. He also had a brother that was a couple of years older that looked like an NFL linebacker. I also remember a player from Middlesboro named Lawrence Buell who was really good.

hypersport · 09-05-2011, 10:27 PM

I will make my list from names that have been left off thus far: Mark Myers, Craig Ratliff,
Stoney Newsome, Jimmy Kent Kerr, Jody Thompson

Wesley Coach O · 09-06-2011, 11:32 PM

I think this is good list

09-08-2011, 03:09 PM

Landon Slone from Paintsville....Jeremy Hall from Allen Central...WAH WAH Jones....