[gUrU]

GURU, you have got to be kidding do you know anything about football???? Some of those seniors should have crushed every thing in front of them but they didn't because they did not have any heart or dedication to play 100% but it is so easy to blame Mike, I was at just about every game and watched did you. In life do you think everybody is going to baby you??? You better get a clue, football is about building young men into someone that will not quit and give up when your down they step and give everything they got and some of those players did not do that and I guess you blame the coaching. Mike knows what he is doing and his record shows that, he has several D-1 players that has played for him. You are right about one thing Mike is not Larry. The last I herd that all the kids are working hard in the weight room and have never herd them talk bad about Mike. I was born and raised in Letcher and have seen alot of coaches come in go in my 55 years and last that I can recall is that we have only one Regional championship in the history of Letcher County football we have never been a football power house the way some of you all get on here and talk. We are not a Belfry, Bell they have history and what I mean by that is state titles. I support the Cougars and always will, give them time and they will get better. There numbers are down like only 35 that sucks. Over in Harlan they say they had about 90 out lifting weights. Cougars I hope you guys have a great season and I will be there to support you who ever is coaching go big blue.

MTNTOPBLUE....You are right I do not know a lot about the X's and O's of football. Yes I have been to every game since 2005, home and away. I have never asked anybody to 'baby' my son, I realize on the field is where they become men, this is why we played the game!! I also realize that on the field is where self esteem and confidence are built or beaten down. This is not the military it's high school football. I know that in the weight room is where confidence is gained. I know that they have to relate to the coach before they can give 100%. So I guess my opinion is that Mike may be a **** football genius, his assistants may have glorious ideas, but if they can't relate that to their players, they are useless. But they can brag on themselves, their own accomplishments, hence the D1 player that he happen to have coached. These players are accustom to change and deal well with it, they do not respond to the college style of coaching that this staff brings and it is NOT WORKING. Plain and simple.