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Bell is not horrible this year... they are simply "average". It's just when you are used to the product Bell normally puts on the field "average" makes people want to exaggerate how down they are.

Bell will not be a big factor in the 3A Title race..but they are still the type of team who can ruin your night if you overlook them.

You took the words right out of my mouth. If you took a look at the game on WYMT with Knox and Prestonsburg like I did then there is no way you can say that Knox is at the level they were the last 3 or so years right now. With that said a win is a win and that is what a young team needs to get the ball rolling. I know Bell is young and the talent level is down a little right now but you can never underestimate how big of a loss it is when you have a coach like what they lost. Like the man or not he was a winner and talented kids wanted to come play for him and just because you get a coach that had a lot of success at another school or someone who worked under the old coach don't mean it will translate to anything near what the old coach did. With all that said I still think the Bell coach knows how to build a good program and I think Bell will be back in the mix of things in a season or two.