[Harry Doyle]

That's a pretty good list. How would you rank those in order of best to worst jobs?

Also, you need to add Hopkinsville to the list.

Lordy, I don't know how I left that one off! The most obvious and talked about job of the bunch thus far. I don't know could rank them, other than Bell County being the best by far, but here is my 2 cents worth of opinion all all of them.

Dayton-1A, NKY, have struggled. Beechwood rules that area.

Campbell County- 6A, NKY, apparently putting the $$$ into it.

Bryan Station- Athletes out the wazoo. Not to mention a very nice facility.

Fairdale- Good talent pool, not much community support. Built a new complex a few years back.

Fern Creek- See Bryan Station. 1 of the top 5 public schools in L'ville.

Spencer County- nowhere to go but, up. No football budget, everything dime you get, you have to earn. New stadium and in a district that you could place 2nd in every year and host a playoff game. You could probably run for mayor there with 5-7, 4-8 seasons and hosting a playoff game. Tough region with Collins, Western, etc.

Madison Southern- $$$ is apparently not an issue. Putting down a new turf field, plus building a new fieldhouse/weight room and one of the highest paying jobs in the state (15-17K coaching stipend).

Bell County- enough said.

Berea- 1A school, never have had much.

Henry County-3A. Good community support. In a district with Central and region with Bell County and Corbin the next 4 years. Realistically looking at a 12 game season at best the next 4 years.

Grant County- Nice facilities, good pool of kids and a booster club helps raise about 100K a year (yes, 100K, through Bingo).

Hopkins Co. Central- WKY, haven't ever seemed to do much. Another uphill battle being in a disrict with Lone Oak, Owensboro and Madisonville, not to mention a region with ACS and Franklin Simpson.

Mercer County- The million dollar question. They probably have a indoor facility. weightroom/filedhouse that is better than any high school in the state. If whomever gets it is given a few years, they could do something in time. They have a large # of kids that play and some very good talent in those numbers.


Logan County- another extreme uphill battle w/ district foes of Warren Central, Bowling Green, Greenwood, etc, then throw in region foes Christian County, Hopkinsville. Nice overall talent pool though and facilities aren't bad either.

Hopkinsville- When you think WKY football over the longhaul, you hear Mayfield, Tilghman and these guys. More of talent pool to choose from than any in the state, but from everything I've heard they could still return to prominance if all of the marbles fall in place.