[long_time_pirate]

I do not totally agree. I do think JC gets the best game out of both SC and Belfry due to the Mateny connection and the sucess of the Eagles. All are talented, but no other team has been as consisent recently as the Eagle and it takes talent to do this.

I can not think of any coach in our area that has done more than Matney has recently at JC. If another coach is better, lets here some names.

I do agree that JC probaby has more size than Belfry and granted, they DID beat us last year but how does that rank him with the likes of Haywood? Coach Haywood has 2 state championships, 3 state runner-ups, numerous regional championships and can't count the district championships yet your comparing what Matney has done at JC to that? Coach Haywood's 2nd and
3rd year at Belfry, we went to the state championships and came home with a 3A runner-up trophy both years. Coach Haywood has not had the first losing season since he has been at Belfry, which is, at my calculations about 26 years. Granted, Matney played at Belfry back before Coach Haywood took over at the helm, (Matney played for **** Roddy, who also took Belfry to state Championships while head coach) but to compare him at this point and time to the Haywoods, Howards, Holcombs, and Hilton that have been at this for the length of time they have, have the records, state titles, regional titles, and district titles, just isn't right. Give him a few more years at the drivers seat at JC and you are correct... He MAY just rank up there with this group of men!