[Mister D]

I said ONE of the top coaches. Last three seasons, very impressive. No doubt about it . Seasons prior to that, he lost regional games that he had no business losing.  Also, you can't keep losing to a Corbin team with less talent and be ranked ahead of the Corbin coach.  Two more losses to Corbin this season and two straight on the Panthers home court.  

 Zero regional titles with Markelle Turner and those other studs is unfathomable. That included several more losses to a less talented Corbin teams ,  including a head-scratching 55-52 loss in '17   and  75- 60 in '18 . Pietrowski beats Patterson with less talent.  When that is reversed for three or four years, I'll move Patterson up the list.  He's still behind Davis and Pietrowski, in my opinion.

I have a feeling he could win the next 10 regional championships and you wouldn’t give credit where it’s due. He’s coached 6 seasons so based on your comments he should have won at least a couple of more with Markelle Turner. Something like 5 regional championships in 6 years? That seems like a reasonable standard to hold a coach too. 

Has Knox lost some games they should have won? Absolutely. Has Patterson made some mistakes? Absolutely. But he’s done a heck of a job in his first six years.

He's done some good things, no doubt about it.  Because I rank him third best in the region means I don't give him proper credit? Third is pretty damned good.  I give him credit for winning region titles with the best talent in the region .  He also lost regionals to teams with inferior talent.  Again, I'm not saying he's a bad coach. I think he's done a very admirable job.  But he's still behind Davis and Pietrowski, imo  . Both of those coaches have worn Patterson out .  These three regional titles have moved him into the top 3, though.

Patterson vs.  Davis   :

(L)   40-77
(L)   47-72
(L)   57-71
(W)   65-62 
(L)    58-67

I think it’s reasonable to say he is in the top 3. It just seems like you have two completely different sets of standards. One for Patterson and another for Davis and Pietrowski. Davis has won one regional championship in 10 years at SL (you could say he’s won a region 10% of the time). Pietrwoski has 4 regional championships in 20 plus years (20%). Patterson has 3 in six years (50%). Seems like simple math 50% vs 20% vs 10%. 

My point is it’s completely fair to rank other coaches ahead of Patterson but you lose credibility when you use different standards.