[Westside]

I played for Boyle County in the middle of the 17 years in a row and 19 straight losses vs. Danville. I do think that there are several factors that can add up to about 10% being the reason. Race, economy, etc to me can at the most be about 10% of the reason. To me, in my humble opinion, 90% of the difference is COACHING, administrative support, parental support and expectations. Dudley won at Bourbon. Bourbon didn't win before and hasn't won since.

I was lucky enough to be at Paris while Dudley was at Bourbon Co. I remember standing on the sideline at Bourbon Co. during a Paris/Bourbon Co game and looking at their facilities and players and wondering how in the hell does he win here. I asked an assistant coach at Paris who had been at Bourbon Co the year before how Dudley does it. He said he wasn't impressed with Dudley's x's and o's but he was a great motivator and got the most out of each kid. I think he must be good at both to win like he does. I can't wait to see how he does at U Pike.

Paris' coach at the time was Randy Reese who had won 3 state titles of his own. Coach Reese was a perfectionist, and he was the hardest working coach I personally ever saw. He was also extremely arrogant and I don't mean that as insult because I respected him as much as any person I have ever known. I thought the world of him. I think he had too much pride and thought too much of himself to allow himself or his teams to lose.