[bossman313]

I guess I was raised differently than most people. If we made a mess in our house my mother didnt call someone to come clean that mess up, she "highly recommended" we cleaned it up ourselves. Well we have a mess here in Clay County. Since 1994 we have had 6 winning seasons. During this 20 year period we have been winning at a blistering 39.6%. (93/142)...Also during this time we have hired 7 coaches. (you can do the math on that one)...So I am somewhat bothered today. And confused. I dont mind giving a hard-working young man a chance to coach in his first head coaching job. But I woul be lying if I said I was thrilled that the chance we are giving is to someone outside our community. Im not trying to diss or bash Coach Combs at all. Heck I dont even know the man. The problem is, neither does anyone else from here. yes I know he was "highly recommended" as I have seen no less that 100 times in the past 24 hours. But I would sure hope he was held in high regard by his former bosses. Why would anyone want to speak against a hard-working, young coach who was in search for his first head coaching job? So Im bothered today. I hear about the "rising star" status. I hope thats so for these kids sake and for the sake of a struggling football program. But I am bothered after I looked at the stats. I understand he has been at three different schools in the past 5 years, so saying he helped build a program sounds silly. If in fact he was DC at Pike County Central and Maggofin Co. I would like to share a few stats that were readily viewable off the KHSAA website. Pike Co played 9 teams with winning records in 2013. Thats pretty strong for sure, but they went 3-6 against those teams with the defense giving up 39 points per game. At Maggofin, they played a weak schedule, playing only 4 teams with a winning record. They went 0-4 against that competition giving up 41 points per game. Im sorry, Im just not buying the bottled sunshine here. Last year we gave up 43 points a game and I thought it was the worst defense Ive ever seen. But at least we are moving in the right direction I suppose. So this bothers me. I am also bothered by the fact that our superintendent has born and bred, true blood Clay Countians who have teaching applications sitting on his desk at this very hour and they have all been told we do not have any openings for these young adults who only wanted to go to college, move back home, raise a family and live a fruitful life. Now by some sort of magic we have a teaching position for a new coach from Breathitt County. Should the coach have a teaching job? Absolutely. And it needs to be at CCHS so he can be seen, monitor his players, and stay involved with the student body. I dont have an issue with the new coach having a teaching position, I am just bothered by tax paying moms and dads having to see their children be told they have to apply for work in Laurel, Knox, Whitley and Jackson Counties because we do not have a job for them. Having said all of that I realize no one usually wants your opinion unless it supports theirs. I wish Justin Combs the best. I hope he does well and we can get this program back ontop. Its been a while since we have had a consistent winner. Go Tigers...