[baseball1974]

Well boys 3 weeks ago everyone was bragging on the super and new coach!!!! Now they let 3 get away from pikeville probly gonna be in the 1a state finals 2 union va which is ranked 2nd in there class in VA 3rd LCA with a freshman qb and missing best athlete on the team in BARTON. So if Pittman misses practice you don't take away some of his handoffs? How does that help you build a program for the younger kids? I myself won't count this
Jacket team out 6-3-1 With home field playoffs and by that time Barton will be back. And there hard to handle by then. As for you not rooting for the team as long as the super is in. Remember this when you Lay down tonight. Coaches put there lifely hoods on the line coaching 13-17 year old KIDS. Yes KIDS are playing this game. IF YOU TURN YOUR BACK ON KIDS THEN DO IT NOW DONT WAIT!!!!

LCA and Union, VA are two very mediocre football teams. Also, Union has never been ranked that high. They were at #6 in 2A before Gate City embarrassed them and now they are barely in the top 10 in 2A. Virginia also does rankings within the different regions of the classes andUnion is only ranked #4 in that . So their not even one of the better teams in their region and not even close to being one of the best in 2A. LCA has been beaten badly by a few teams including Paintsville beating them by two scores. They also let a very bad Nelson County put up 27 points against their defense, which is two scores more than Middlesboro put up against their defense. Oddly enough Whitman rushed for more yards against Middlesboro. The only reason I am pointing these things out is because the pressure that's been put on these kids is obviously getting to them? The expectations were so high that nothing short of a state title would be sufficient. Middlesboro has had a good descent high school football season and their players have all worked hard. I'm sure the record could be better but I think most teams can say that? They still have a chance to make a statement in the playoffs, but I think they need to know their going to be supported regardless if they do or not? These are teenagers that play because they have fun doing it. Once that having fun part goes away they show it by showing up to games and going through the motions. They have been beat by mediocre teams, and I agree I think their better than those teams, including last night's game. In all reality they should be a one loss team and as soon as they weren't they realized how quick people turn on them. I hope everyone rallies around these kids and let then know their going to be supported unconditionally? I also think the coaching staff should sit the Pittman kid down and make him apart of the solution rather than the problem? He needs to be in a leadership role and he needs to hear it from his coaches that the rest of the team looks up to him. Whether they look up to him or not doesn't matter. He just needs to think that and maybe he will begin to alter his behavior? If he thinks the coaches need him to be a "coach on the field," then he may take a more responsible approach. The kids I've had in the past with that type of behavior have all responded to that way of going about things. I think that's the only way they will turn things around in time for the playoffs.