[charlie22]

Let me start by saying I was pulling for Shelby Valley to win it last year and I was pulling for Rowan to win it this year. I'm a big fan of the way eastern Kentucky teams play basketball. I also have a lot of friends from and still living in eastern Kentucky. I spent a lot of time talking to eastern Kentucky folks this past week and consider most of them very genuine, trustworthy and hard working folks.

With that stated, can we get over this whole "no respect for eastern Kentucky" thing? It really is not very becoming to folks from eastern Kentucky. Other than the race card played by Sharpeton and Jackson, it is the most overplayed "woe is me" message I hear and read.

Yeah, I'd liked to have seen Shelby Valley's picture on the program cover. It wasn't. Move on. Good gracious, if a community, a school, its coaches or players needs it's picture on a basketball program cover to feel respected, I'd say there are some real insecurity issues present.

Send your e mails to Tackett if you must. He and his staff just finished up two grueling weeks, working 14 plus hour days to help ensure that the 2 Sweet 16 events were as pleasant as possible for the teams participating and the fans attending. You'd think that would outweigh a slip up or two.

This dang country has turned into a bunch of whining "I've been disrespected" bunch of babies.