[zaga_fan]

IMO Perry’s biggest football issue in the past had nothing to do with facilities or lack of money put into the program. It was always a lack of interest in general from the kids to want to get out and play. I graduated in 08 and our team at one point had only 28 players and from a 5A school that’s terrible lol. Of course back then in perry county everyone’s son was raised Thinking they would be the next micheal Jordan so football wasn’t really a focal point. But in the last couple of years it has rly picked up and you see them with teams with 40 to 50 players so I think they’re moving in the right direction. But with all that being said they really need to get on the ball and get someone in the drivers seat with spring ball just around the corner. They can’t expect to hire someone last minute and expect them to come in and implement a whole new offense in 2 months time.

Anyone who has followed the program would agree with that. It’s hard to compete in 5A when you have 7 or 8 kids playing both ways.

We just have some people in this particular thread offering opinions and it seems they don’t know enough about the situation to have an opinion to start with.

Interest in the program from grade school through high school has picked up and the administration wants to keep that interest going and preferably increase it.

Six weeks into the season this year, every youth team in Perry County was undefeated. Since Larkey and Cannady came from Harlan County, Perry County feeder school kids have stayed with the program instead of going to neighboring schools. Perry just took second place in the state weightlifting competition. The school has the facilities to rival any school in the area and the compensation to match.

This is not a bad job right now and the hiring officials are in a position where they don’t want to settle on something too early, but they know a new coach needs to be in fairly soon to make sure they’re ready for the season. I wouldn’t expect this to drag on much longer.