[Fly Like a Duck]

I don't see many changes coming in CKY (my current neck of the woods). Woodford and Harrison are winless, but Johnson is the AD at Woodford and Furnish had things going well for Harrison last season.

Dunbar was winless and was the only 6A school to miss the playoffs if I looked at it correctly. They have changed coaches quite a bit, so that may be the one school that has a change.

I know Dunbar seems to be THE mystery of Kentucky High School Football, however there are some positives:

1) Financially. Someone with 10-20 years experience and a Rank 1 could go there and make in the neighborhood of 80K give or take both teaching and coaching. It would just obviously depend years of experience and/or rank

2) Nowhere to go, but up. Of course that's been said what seems like most every year since the early 2000's, but it's the truth.

They have 70-80 kids year in year out & have not been very good; as bad as it gets some years in 6A. Who comes out if you start winning just a little bit?

3) I made mention of this in another thread, but I think some of the "BEST" jobs are those where you are having to compete with "like" people. As much crap as Fayette County schools receive in terms of football (and it might be vailid); at Dunbar you are competing against people just like you. Same town. Same enrollments. Same facilities. Same clientele in the school.

In so many districts across so many classes in this state you have said Rural County High School's competing against tradition rich/facilities out the wa-zoo along with talent Independent &/or Private that is a COMPLETELY different community than yours.

That's not the case with Dunbar; nor any of Fayette County.

Why has Sam Simpson been able to stay at Henry Clay for so long. but the rest of the schools can't keep a coach for much longer than a few years at a time?

Scott County is splitting in a couple years; so they will be out of the way. That will leave an all Fayette County district.

4) Facilities. While the sharing of the field/being landlocked has to be a pain; there is something to be said for not ever having to do any field maintenance. Coaches in a lot of places have to spend hours tending to their fields.

5) Go win at Dunbar; even if it's .500 or above a time or two over the next few years.....what place WON'T hire you then? It could be a great spring board for somebody (or maybe it's a place you hang out forever; leaving that kind of money will be hard for anybody unless it's to another Fayette County school &/or Jefferson County).



I could be very wrong, but something tells me that maybe Dunbar has hit rock bottom and realizing they are Einstein's definition of insanity. If they haven't then as the expression goes "Flood the place and start all over". If the administration & parents aren't taking a long look in the mirror this time around, then they never will.

Give somebody the keys. Get the hell out of the way.


GRC was left for dead and Oliver Lucas went in there this year and was able to win some games with his approach. He saw something in them; maybe Dunbar and/or somebody will find the same relationship this time around.