[Paula Dean]

There is more to it than just what was said, it was the tone that it was said in. They said the statement in a smart ass tone, poking fun of those kids. Here you have two WYMT puds that would probably be the first to admit that they never played a down of football in their life mocking a defenseless group of 14-18 year olds on live TV!!! How would you take it if was your son or daughter that tuned in to watch a show only to see these bozos publicly criticize them? What if they had said Whitley County couldn't beat their way out of a Davis Produce Brown Paper Bag? Or Bowling Green is a mighty fine team, but are just lucky because when Highlands was in 5A they couldn't beat them? Belfry is racking up a lot of wins against district teams that their middle school could beat but they can't beat Louisville Central. Raceland is a good team but can't beat Williamsburg. Williamsburg might as well stay home because Mayfield will put 60 on them this year. Put yourself in their shoes, their parents shoes about this. If it was an open round table discussion, sure we could deal more with it but the backhandedness and the secrecy of their comments is disgusting. Asking many of you to do that is about as likely as me winning the lottery because everyone loves to be a hater or an internet tough guy.

I find it a big ol pile of poopy to have a station that is to represent the mountain schools in a positive light but are putting down a program, kids and a community because of failures against one team. I mean my goodness, Keith Casebolt's commercial made the game this Friday Night with Letcher Central and Harlan County sound more exciting than the thought of me baking a cherry pie. He hyped it up, displayed a positive public image on a game that features two teams that have struggled. Over the past 8 years JC has probably been the most dominant program in the mountains. No they don't have any state titles to show for it, but you put everyone else in their same region and they don't make it to the day after Thanksgiving either. People live to take cheap shots over their schedule and say they aren't beating anyone. Yeah they are, it just happens to be no one local because no one local will play them. Who else is there to play? They have beat everyone willing play them during their open dates. You have to give Belfry credit, they have taken it to us in some games and we have taken it to them, but they are still always willing to play. I can't think of how many times we have called them on short notice after a team backed out and they have allowed us to come to them or them come to us for JV and Freshmen games.
Yes JC has not beat Highlands but they do own a .500 record against the other team mentioned. These are not two slap dick programs, these are consistently two of the best teams in 4A and the entire state. Hell Highlands is a Top 25 program in the COUNTRY. When a school goes almost 4 years without losing to another team in the state of Kentucky that is all I need to know. No one else in the bluegrass state is beating them either. Why hold one team, especially a local team, to some standard when you ignore everyone else in the state struggles with that same team? All of this is over pure hate and jealousy, no way around it. People love to see winning programs fall on hard times. People loved it when Paintsville fell off the map. People love it when we were the cellar dwellers. People love it when the Patriots lose. Envy of another because they have something or have a program you can’t size up to brings out the worst in people. It is a dang shame that two culprits happen to be people that are supposed to be fair, honest and unbiased in covering their viewing area. So you can kiss my big fat dimpled rear WYMT.