[Hoot Gibson]

I knew I would get a rise out of an administrator or family member of an administrator. I love this site!! They don't play the middle school for that very reason. Don't play the elementary you will never get another middle school game. You put Matney on some pedestal whgen the truth is half of the administrators want him out. That's classic Johnson county. Don't worry your footbll program will fall again, just give it time. You guys always cut your own throats.

Why would Paintsville want its middle school team playing JCMS? How many 50-0 halftime scores is enough? Does Paintsville's middle school team play the county's 7th grade team? Those games used to be pretty competitive. Paintsville does not have enough athletes in a single class to compete with JC at the middle school or high school level. I think that the county grade schools should play Paintsville if they want but the middle school games have generally been as big of a mismatch as the last few Apple Bowls were.

You are probably right about JC's football program eventually returning to a low level. The administration played musical chairs with coaching positions for years, which is why Paintsville was once able to compete with them in football. Politicians can always be counted upon to screw things up in the long run. However, Matney's job is as safe as anybody's in the state. Steve Trimble hired him and his success reflects favorably on Steve. As long as Steve has the board's support, Matney will have all of the support he needs.