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Prestonsburg is using the “committee” approach to disguise the buddy hire.

My opinion on a good hire would be Josh Murdock.  Murdock was a player at Prestonsburg and graduated in 02.  He’s been an assistant under Landon Slone at Paintsville. 

He’s a Prestonsburg boy, lives in Prestonsburg and will more than likely stay at Prestonsburg if hired. He won’t jump ship unless Pburg politics gets in the way.

Buddy hire?   Do you think it’s Dougie Hopkins for sure?  He seems like the only buddy hire.   I would rather try and hire Craig Ratliff or let Kory Thacker have a shot at it.

Doug Hopkins would be the only one with head coaching experience, has coached and won something at the middle school level, and would be here for the long haul.

Craig was a great player but no one knows how is would be as a head coach of basketball. Is he going to give up baseball? You cannot coach two high school sports at a high level and be successful. The seasons overlap, it takes a lot of energy to coach at a high level, and you have no off season work because you’re coaching the other.

Kory Thacker, admittedly don’t know a whole lot but I understand promoting an assistant. The issue is he was an assistant on some very bad teams.