[WideRight05]

History of trolling aside I understand all your arguments and actually agree with the point that Mueller and Beatty are the standard in KY when it comes to Championships won.

The fatal flaw in your argument thought is you are painfully mistaking the difference between enrollment and talent pool.

There hasn't been any trolling in this thread. Everything I say is fact. Some people, especially Belfry fans, don't handle facts too well. Belfry fans act like they don't have a talent pool to pick from. They have talent. What they haven't been able to do is cash in on that talent.Take 2007 and 2008 for example. Belfry steamrolls their competition in 2007, playing an easy schedule but proves themselves by beating a rock solid Johnson Central team (led by Shawn Grimm) 28-12. They cruise through the playoffs and go into the finals as heavy favorites against Central, only to lose 27-17 with several turnovers, mostly unforced. Then in 2008, Belfry has a very good year, beating a Johnson Central team 21-13 that IMO was the best of the Matney era, a JC team that gave arguably the best Highlands team of the past six years all they wanted in the regional final. That Belfry team comes in as a huge favorite against Breathitt in the semi-final, but fumbles and bumbles their way to a 14-12 loss.

Talent goes up and down everywhere, but it is a good feeder system that will keep your program at the top on a consistent basis. I will give Belfry the benefit of the doubt and say that their feeder system is solid. I'm not even saying Haywood isn't a good coach - he's a very good coach. But the best in the state is stretching it. The bottom line is, Belfry has pulled two championships out of that feeder system and they have had teams that lost in the title game or the semis in games they should have won with ease. Any big-time coach in this state would have cashed in on those opportunities.