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I personally liked Coach Humphrey and he did have experience. His team was probably in better physical condition than any team that JC has ever had. My sons thought the world of the man but his offense was ridiculously complex and he just was not head coach material, IMO.

On the other hand, Coach Ross' teams were probably the most poorly conditioned team every to play at JC. He told his players that he did not believe in extra conditioning and that they would play themselves into shape. I don't remember whether it was Ross' first or second year, but JC lost one game against Paintsville after dominating the first half. Most of the JC players were exhausted before halftime because they were so out of shape. Paintsville dominated the second half and won going away. (Ryan Brown stripped the ball from an exhausted JC running back and returned the fumble for a long touchdown.)

A 1A football team should never be able to physically wear out a 5A team but that is exactly what happened. Johnson Central's linemen were gasping for air before the end of the first quarter and that was their coach's fault.

From what I remember, Humphery wanted to run a style of offense that he needed more over all team speed to run. If he would have run the wishbone belly offense he would have been a lot more successful. That team was suited perfect for that, and If Musick would have stayed they would have been a lot more successful. Ole Musick wasn't that great at coaching as far as x's and o's went, but he was a heck of a motivator and his teams were always in good shape.