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I know people often wonder if Beatty could win at Highlands like Dale does...I think he could.

Here is the thing about both coaches. If you think they win just on talent alone, you're dead wrong. Trinity has schools like St. X that is usually right on their level, and other schools like Scott County and Simon Kenton that have proven capable of competing with them every few years. To get through that division is not a cakewalk. It is 6A. The largest class in KY. There are a lot of really good teams and you should bring your A game every night. Highlands has a tough class as well. If we rely on talent alone against Lexington Catholic, Covington Catholic, Ashland, Johnson Central, etc. we are not going to win. It takes much, much more.

Beatty coaches at Trinity, and being such a huge private school he does have a ton of talent up there. He should be contending for a state title every year, but he's not doing just that. Trinity is competing to be the #1 school in the nation for back to back years. Football in Kentucky doesn't receive the exposure that the Florida, Texas, and California teams get, which makes it that much harder for any team to ever win the title. But he didn't let that stop him and through his great leadership he led Trinity to #1. They also have a great chance of doing it again given that they return their skill players on offense. I know he will have a line, and a defense that will be tough. I have no doubt that Beatty would succeed well at Highlands because of that. He took a great school and made it greater. He didn't just meet expectations and he certainly didn't disappoint.

I am confident Dale Mueller could do the same thing at Trinity that Beatty as done. Dale has, as a previous poster mentioned, a scientific approach to the game of football. He knows his stuff and is a great leader for the kids. He led Highlands to a strong finish at #2 in the country a couple of years ago, which is extremely tough given the situation here compared to the big states, as I had mentioned in my paragraph about Beatty. Highlands is a traditional powerhouse, but winning 5 straight titles is just ridiculous. Trinity has a lot of big, big massive kids (and they can move). Highlands does not. I cannot tell you how many people have seen our team play in recent years and compliment that our team does so well given that our teams are so small LOL. Dale stresses speed, speed, and more speed instead of brute strength and he has won big using that philosophy.

The bottom line is, it's fun to debate but I don't think anybody will ever know. I take Mueller just because I'm biased. I think it is an even match between the two. But Beatty should not be discredited just because he is at Trinity and has the athletes he does...it takes much, much more than that to win and any coach will tell you that.