[Hatz]

First off I'm not a johnson central supporter. I'm firmly in the Corbin camp. Second, most of those years johnson central gave highlands a better game than anyone they played the rest of the playoffs. While they weren't shoe ins, they would've had a much better chance of winning it all. That being said, this is all subjective. You don't have to agree with me, and I don't have to agree with you. Lets see your list of top ten all time coaches in the mountains. Not top five, that's a cop out. This thread title is top ten.

To the first bolded, it doesn't always add up that way. Particularly to assert that the Eagles would have won if not for those games (which I detailed and quite frankly only one was close enough for JC to win) is pretty fallacious. If that logic were true, then we say that Boyle and/or Bell must have been clearly better than HHS those years because they both handled Central easily.

As for a cop out, I can list as many as I want.

But here's my stab:

6. Archie Powers (Corbin) Dude won 2 titles and lost another while fielding some very strong teams in the 70's to 1980.

7. John Cain (Somerset). Never won the title but always fielded excellent teams. Hard to call them Mountain but since everyone here does I will put him there. He took some fine teams to the Finals and won. Still believe his 1982 team was the best team in AA that year and if not for that 1 point loss to Boyle would have won his only state title.

8. Jim Matney (Johnson Central). Won a title and has 2 other runner ups. His teams for the last 8 years have always been tough and competitive.

9. Mark Dixon (Hazard). Seems to contend a lot for the Finals. 1 title. 3 Runners Up.

10. Tom Larkey or John Hines. Hines has a title and a couple of runnerups and a title. But he's young in his career (relatively speaking). Larkey was a great coach who might have had 2 titles if not for Boyle County. (remember that argument? :Thumbs

So there is 5 more for the list. No I'm not copping out. nicker: