[RunItUpTheGut]

The coach has the right to play who he chooses. It's not up to parents and fans. It's up to the head coach, period. BTW, it's worked pretty well for Hicks. I saw him set his best player for a district game because his leg was too sore to practice but fine on the day of the game. His team played great and won that night.

Hicks us the coach at the biggest public school in the entire state. There's a big difference there.
Sitting kids because they're trying to earn a scholarship or because they were sick the day before "because that's the way it's always been" won't last much longer.
As I said every coach I've known does the same thing.
It's the same reason Whitley has had about 15 different coaches in the last 20 years. The old school thinking is not going to cut it anymore. Practicing 3 or 4 hours even on Sundays is not going to keep players at small schools.
Before you say it worked for Hicks at Corbin, it was a different world then.
Your right a coach can do what he wants, and he can also lose his job after one or two bad years as well.