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I just can't root against my team no matter the situation. I will be honest though, I told several people that if we had to lose I would not have been upset to lose to JC. I was born to great parents and had tons of support from many people. But I've seen many players through the years that had almost nobody. For 6 or 7 months a year some of these kids are around their coaches more than their parents. You had better hope those coaches are good people. I've seen many kids who had almost no male leadership examples in their lives who had coaches that were almost more of a father to them than a coach. I'm not saying Johnson County is nothing but poor people with broken families. I'm talking about Boyle county kids. I'm talking about Danville/Boyle County areas and surrounding county kids. There was a season when my son was playing at Boyle that over 50 of the 85 or so players were on free or reduced lunch. Sometimes it's not that high but sometimes it is. I can't tell you how many times the BCQB club has purchased cleats for players.

I say all of that to say this. Coaches today are so much more than the guys who are deciding who starts and what position they play and whether to run or pass the next play. I've seen the impact they have on players lives. I'm still upset about the Boyle loss two years ago but Coach Matney passing away this year really shook me up. I know what he meant to so many. Coach Scroggins in Louisville touched so many lives. Given the circumstances I think the Eagles made their coach unbelievably proud. I have faith that the powers at JC will put the right man in place to carry on what Coach Matney built. I will probably be a low key JC fan from now on. I hope JC makes a run several times the next few years. Your coach is proud, I guarantee it.