[thegr81]

thegr81,
I disagree with you and completely understand where UKisN1 was going with his statement. When this season began nobody had high expectations just high hopes for this young group of kids. We lost the majority of varsity experience last year with our senior class and the kids that returned this year were very young and inexperienced. We are mainly playing with sophomores and nobody knew how they would respond to being thrust into starting positions. Yes we have lost a few games that I thought we had a CHANCE to win but we were never the clear cut favorite in any of those games with the exception of possibly the Jenkins games. 14-9 at this point is not a horrible record for these kids and I feel that with the experience they have gained this year will only contribute to a better record and some higher expectations for next season. I do feel that in the past we have underachieved a little bit but to say this team has underachieved is a big statement that I just do not agree with and I think you would have to look long and hard to find many people in Letcher County that would agree with you. This season is not over, these kids can upset anyone on any given night in this region as the close scores with Perry and Knott has shown.

You are missing my point. I didn't mean to come off like they are an underachieving team. The first statements were saying that the cougars have won alot more games than they were expected to and from looking at their schedule I thought that they would have won at least the same amount of games that they have and could have possibly won more. They are a young team and I think from a basketball standpoint they are more talented than anyone thought they would be, but from a win/loses standpoint their schedule was so watered down(and with what they loss it should have been) that from the begining I thought they would win at about the same pace that they are. The bottom line is that looking at their schedule at the first of the year I would have expected them to win every gme that they have won and maybe a couple more, so I don't think their record is a surprise. Also I never mentioned that they underachieved in years past!Which they have!