[The Ole Man]

No way they take a step "back" They may not win the region this year, but that is because they lost a lot. The talent is still there. That's the main thing in softball in the 14th. Estill will win it 80% of the time if not more. But in my opinion, they will take a step forward in terms of competing at the state level in future years.

I just don't see it. Coaching is what made Estill Softball, Estill Softball. Sure, there was talent there, but coaching is what did it. You can't just have that dominance for over a decade without it being 70+% coaching. There's no way that for nearly 15 years girls in Irvine were all double the softball players of the players in other parts of the region. Coaching played the biggest role. Now we bring in a whole new staff, We basically, cleared house from a coaching staff perspective. They might piggyback off the previous coaching for a little bit, but we will definitely take a big step back to the pack. This is my opinion, we'll see what happens. Very frustrating.