[Mezzo]

you speak like some lc fans about cook. you all think that all it would take is for the administration to say "cook stay" and he would have. what did he want? a raise? not gonna happen. what has he done? back to back 20 win seasons? that's good. but titles get you raises. people say his job was in jeopardy. no shot that's true. every year non-tenured teachers receive the same type of letter stating that their job may not be rehired. seldom ever happens and never happens to head coaches of major sports. so that debunks theory #2.


i know it is hard for people to understand but there is a life outside of eastern kentucky. some people like the draw of larger populated areas. easier to get talent year in year out. besides, lc was good mainly out of two kids to transferring in. it is hardly that cook "built" the program. he fell in to a nice situation.

And I debunk your theory that LC was only good because of two kids transferring in. May I remind you that some of these boys have been playing together since they were in 1st grade with the coaching of Tim Parsons. Those being Matt Ratliff, Shawn Moore, Austin Chaffins and Grant Kiser with some other good players that have since quit or moved. They have played in numerous games, tournaments and leagues and brought home many victories and trophies. Tim Parsons had a lot to do with the way this team was shaped. Then in middle school they won the MMSC in the 7th and 8th grade. Richardson was the only added player that moved in. Yes the other two are an awesome addition to the team and well loved but they or no one else is the team. Several of these boys go way back and has had talent and high expectations to go far. Any one who takes this job will fall into a nice situation because not only are these talented boys but a great group of boys as well. Also cook did a good job coaching because before cook there was Miller with no coaching "sense" at all. You can have a lot of talent but if you don't know how to use it then it can fail. Vice versa, have tons of talent and not know how to make it mesh and it won't win. Cook made it work. LC should have tried to keep him. If we can pay the big bucks to the central office people for doing S*** then we could have offered a little bit more to keep a good coach. That is one of the problems about this school system is the administration not caring about anything but themselves. Think about the kids for once. We can pay huge bucks to send the "now gonna be ex super" to earn a useless degree but we couldn't pay extra money to keep a coach or his job that proved he deserved it. Whatever.