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It is hard to keep good coaches when they can't get the support they need. Coach Burchett is the finest coach and person I know, and to here him being put in the same category as whitaker made me sick. Coach Burchett is the reason Powell County has had the success they have had. whitaker had a soft schedule to get his winning season. Coach Burchett had a very tough schedule. Beating Pike central, Lewis 2 time, Bourbon and going to the elite 8 and beating Estill for the first time in years. They need to appreciate him more.

Coach Burchett has done a tremendous job! I give credit where credit is due and coach Burchett has done a great job at Powell county. But I will say that coach Whitaker's schedule was by NO-MEANS soft. Breathitt county(who played for a state championship that year and had Channing Fugate who is palying at Tenn.), Estill county( who had the best team in Estill history finishing with an 11-2 record who played Breathitt in the regional finals, Estill's only 2 losses came to 3A state runnerup Breathitt), Harlan Central( who was headed to 5A the following year but due to scheduling got to play that season in a 3A district), Bath county( one of the best teams in Bath history, made the 2nd round of the khsaa playoffs), Taylor county( the 1 seed, defeated Somerset to win the district, a game in which Powell had a shot to win but was beaten in the final minute). These are the teams that beat Powell that season, none easy. Coach Burchett has done a super job but coach Whitaker did a great job as well. Both of them are great coaches. Like I said I give credit where credit is due. Coach Whitaker got the first-ever winning season in school history, coach Burchett took Powell farther then they had ever been. Both did an excellent job.