[HAIL PIKEVILLE!]

Ive never been a proponent of talking a kid into playing football. If the kids walking the halls had the passion and dedication it takes to be a good football player at any level. They'd be on the team already. In my experience, for every one kid that you talk into playing that turns out to be a good player. You have 5-10 that quit because they either, don't like hitting or getting hit, don't like practicing, don't like the position they're playing because it doesn't involve throwing, running with, or catching the football oddly enough. Those aren't very good odds. I understand football is a numbers game at any level. But I'd rather have 25 kids on a team that ALL want to play than a team of 40 who I had to talk into playing. It's like my dad used to say "If you have to talk someone into something, someone can come behind you and talk them out of it just as easily". Coaches need to focus on getting the kids who want to play ready to play. If they do that properly then the rest will take care of itself. Just my opinion and my opinion + $1.50 will get you a bottle of Pepsi in most places...