[russellpride]

This non-district schedule was combined 26 wins - 48 losses and Greenup County and West Carter both lost a bunch of Seniors, and GC, their coach. That will probably result in an incredibly successful season for the Eagles. I always hope every team in eastern Kentucky does well, and I hope the Eagles do well, too. There are kids on the Fairview team that I think of some of the greatest kids ever.
Playing teams that are down is a great way to build your self esteem, but it's false if it's not earned. When you pad your schedule, there's no sense of reality for that team, and in the playoffs, they'll play teams like Lexington Christian, who have truly earned their self-esteem. The result, blowout.
I certainly don't judge what any team does, but the difference in Raceland and Fairview is this: Raceland has ALWAYS played up to higher competition dating way back to the days of Bill Tom Ross and even further back, and Fairview doesn't.
Russell and Lawrence Co, as well as Ashland, Rowan County, Johnson Central would have all welcomed Fairview onto their schedules, and those games would be great measuring tools to find out exactly where they are as a team before the playoffs. So, my response to the initial question of the thread is this: Play at least a few games where the kids are challenged, and grow from the experience. Growth NEVER comes from success, it comes from failure. Grow the program, not the profile! Just one guys advice! Good luck, Eagles!

So what you are saying is Nate should say I'm sorry I scheduled the teams I have scheduled and should give back the wins? You are crazy man, winning breeds success, okay let's play really tough competition every single game and go 3-7 and 4-6 but that is better for us because it will help us in the playoffs? Don't think so buddy, also the score of LCA Fairview in the regional was 23-12 and that was on a late TD from LCA was a heck of game. The main difference between Raceland and other schools is they give NO ONE credit for growing their program. Fairview is now doing things right because of a good administration, good coaches, and good kids that are working hard. Like I have said before I know Nate and he tried to schedule a couple of good teams like Russell and Lawrence but it didn't work out so they play who he can get. Not many people wanna play a good solid single A team and that is what he ran into from what I was told. While I agree with you on the facts, how is it their fault those teams aren't very good. I'm pretty much done on this topic because people are going to say what they wanna say, but it's a dead horse. HAve a good day sir