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[COLOR="Blue"]Coach Randy Davis is a great coach and a even better person. He would do a wonderful job wherever he was given the oppurtnity.

To say the only reason BL and Virgie have had sucessful MS programs is because they were older than everyone else is just wrong. But eveyone is entitled to an opinion. It would be more truthful to say that Virgie and BL have been sucessful because their holdbacks were better than the other schools. Just to name a few BL, Virgie, Dorton, EC, Belfry, Wesley, Adams, SF, Mullins, Pikeville, Allen Central, Allen, Milliard, and Johns Cr. Not throwing off on any of these schools at all. As you can see there are not many schools that have not had kids retained and thats just in 2 counties.

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Randy Davis is the best middle school coach in Pike County, hands down and would be an excellent coach at the high school level after an adjustment period.


That is where our agreement ends.

Pike County as a whole has just got on the holdback train. Yes Virgie and to some extent Dorton and Pikeville have been doing it a long time. Doesn't make their coaches any less of a coach. Heck Varney and Turkey Creek did it years ago.

But lets get into some facts.

A few of those schools you mentioned that have got on the holdback train won because they were bigger, faster, and stronger because of their age. I've watched 15th region basketball and middle school ball for dang near 20 years and some of you guys that "think" your big time coaches and constantly undermine/talk about your high school coaches need to get in the real world. Without the age advantage and the size/strength that comes with it you would be lost.

You would get ATE ALIVE coaching at the high school level. Some of you really have NO CLUE as to what it takes to coach and win at that level and you never will.