[theoldballcoach]

I'd say a lot of the reason his plays have been limited is because of his erratic play with penalties and general lack of leadership. He should be a leader on this young team, yet he has shown none of those qualities. His penalties for unnecessary roughness have killed scores and cost them dearly in their struggles. I would love to see him come around and become the player he has the potential to become, but he hasn't shown it yet. Plus, he needs to quit doing that weak showboating celebration routine whenever he does anything on the field. I know I shouldn't be so critical of a kid, but too much inflation of his importance has been stated on this thread for me to lay off. Watch the game, and see for yourself what he contributes on the field, not much thus far except some key penalties cracking back on the smallest kid on the field thirty yards from the ball.

This is a little much. Prater hasn't had much impact on the field this year but he is a good kid. I agree that he isn't the leader like he should be but neither is anyone else on Paintsville's team. I think the biggest problem with leadership starts at the top with BMR and then works it's way down to the kids. Paintsville isn't 0-3 beacuse of how one kid has performed on the field. Paintsville is 0-3 because they have not been prepared as a football team. This should be a bigger point of concern and not on a 16 year old kid.