[cherokee]

I have a love and appreciation for football, especially small school high school football, that runs to my very core. My oldest son just began playing flag football and just like my dad before me, I will more than likely coach him all the way through jr high (possibly further if I choose to get my teaching certificate)...I find it wildly irritating and disrespectful to the game and those of us who love it most, when people get on these threads and just try to push buttons. Football is a game of INTELLIGENCE, PRIDE, AND DISCRETION. Some people though, just feel the need to bash and try to poke and prod.

Facts are facts. I am not disputing Williamsburg's tallent or quality as a football team, nor am I going to write off Raceland or Fairview. I am a former player and graduate of Raceland High School, but I do not see through "orange tinted glasses". I love my alma mater and do all that I can to try and help the programs feeder system, but as mentioned before, Fairview, Raceland, and Williamsburg have something to prove. If they want to be on the same level as the small school big dogs Beechwood, Mayfield, NCC, Danville, Hazard, and Pikeville(in their hayday), they are going to have to atleast produce some Regional Championships and semi final appearances. Not saying that any of the three schools/teams aren't good quality programs (historically Raceland is better than Fairview, but in the 2000s Fairview has really come to life)...

I dont know a whole lot about Williamsburg's past other than in the last 5 years (this goes for Campbellsville as well), they have come into the play offs with no more than 4 losses and nothing but Championships on the lips of the Yellow Jacket Nation, and here is how it's played out:

2007: Lost in 2nd round by 2pts to Cambellsville. Cville lose in round 3 to Hazard 44-6.
2008: Loss to LCA in the 2nd round 69-48
2009: Loss to Fairview 33-8 in the 1st round
2010: Loss to Fairview 27-20 in the 2nd Round
2011: Loss to Hazard 28-0 in the 3rd round

Not disputing THIS YEARS Williamsburg team from being tallented and having the ability to atleast get to Substate this season, but they have become the Chargers or Cowboys of Kentucky 1A football. Every year around week 6 people start saying, "This is the year, this is the year"...but they end up falling in the 2nd or 3rd round, once they play a very good quality team. Until I see Raceland, Fairview, or Williamsburg in atleast a state semifinal game, they will have not taken the next step. As for my alma mater, I hope that this year is the next step. Because it would be huge momentum for an already stellar-seeming next several years.

I will tell you whats wrong with football and a lot of other sports today is " DADDY BALL " wanting to coach their child all the way through school like you have stated your intentions. What if 20 daddys want to coach their sons on the same team, boy they would be a lot of QB's to choose from. Why didn't you post the great RAMS tradition in the playoffs, I haven't seen no carpet burns on any of their players lately.:dontthink