[Fly Like a Duck]

I actually didn't see your post. But, I will say this, too, since I'm not in the business of keeping things P.C, but many of these schools don't have the talent. They just don't.

Highlands basketball will come back around.

You and I have engaged in discussions here and privately. It's safe to say that there are things we agree on and things we don't, all the while respecting opinions.

So, I must say; that it takes a heck of a lot more than just a great coach to change a football program in the community. Bear Bryant coming back to life, Nick Saban and Urban Meyer couldn't do anymore at some of these places across our state than what's being done. They just couldn't.

I played at an Independent powerhouse program in this state and have coached in the past at both Independents and the most rural of schools. When you get knee deep involved, or should I say to the point of where your nose is barely above the water involved, then you truly see the sharp contrasts.

It's like education. Fact is, some of these schools will never get out of the gutter. Ever. I don't care if Harvard professors were to come and teach, or more realistically, some of our tracers from the top academic schools across our state, like Highlands, couldn't change what's going on at these schools. It goes sooooo much deeper than just who is leading the program. Again, I know that will be frowned upon by many, but it's fact. The same goes for football.

For the record, even though Highlands has struggled as of late in basketball, many of your final 4 teams the last several years have been from schools in one of those criteria (mostly bigger schools from our most populated communities/counties).