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Whitley hands down has the worse coach in the 13th region. They have a 6'8" player on the bench the mojority of the game against a Corbin team who's center is about 6'1" in high heels. Kid had three blocks, clogged the lane in the first half. (Don't get the ball inside ever, what ever happened to inside out??) 2nd half didn't play him when the game was close and could still play zone, but.....this is great....he puts him in the game late 4th quarter when Corbin has a lead....so they can't play zone with Corbin's 7 guard offense. This was the apitimy of good v/s bad. As in the best coach in the region v/s the worse.

Rice should shine in this offense that Whitley runs, they play a slow half-court offense and have some good shooters and a couple slashers. The problem is without Rice they have no release pass at the top of the lane and no one to throw over the defense, they end up passing the ball around the top all night with no cuts and relying on the shooters to create their own shots which is difficult against an aggressive defense such as Corbin’s. Coach Davis at South Laurel does a good job with his big guy Taylor and runs his offense around him and they are successful. Rice has too much potential to shelf him and his body language showed me last night that his confidence may be gone. Bailey Rice is a good kid and I hate to see him no reach his full potential, not many 6’8” kids sitting the bench in this area.