[oneijoe]

I tend to side with Oneijoe's argument. Pburg seemingly schedules to the level of their program.

When Pburg is "Up" they schedule "Up" traditionally.That's why they were not afraid to play Belfry out of district in 2009 or 2010. That's why they weren't afraid to play teams like Bell County and Ashland in 2004.

Let's be honest... over the past decade there may have been two...at the most three... years in which Pburg even would have been competitive with JC. I'm all for stretching your legs out and playing teams that will challenge you, but playing teams that will dismantle you year after year is a recipe for disaster. It's the same reason you don't see Matney scheduling elite Ohio teams or schools like Bowling Green or Trinity. It's the reason you don't see Belfry looking to start a series with the same.

I know it is frustrating for JC to struggle to find local teams who want to play them...but at the same time there are not many local teams JC SHOULD be playing

Well put, my friend. And very true.

If a team schedules the same opponents year after year it's altogether too often laziness on the part of the coach (or AD if he does it). It's one of the biggest reasons a team with a brand new coach gets plastered so often in their inaugural year - you're seeing an already made schedule smack up against a team whose coach doesn't know his personnel and had no part in setting that schedule.

Frankly, I just don't get Central's fixation with P-burg. The fixation on Paintsville could -somewhat- be understood due to the schools' common location/history of playing. But there never really was much history between the Eagles and Blackcats. Paintsville, Prestonsburg (and Pikeville) DOES have a long history...but JC was never a part of that old-time bunch of rivals.

Unless Central is satisfied with being the best local team (ignoring school size), the path to success for JC does NOT lie in a victory over Prestonsburg.



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