[TD Hounds]

Nothing at all against Clay but trying to compare them to Bell right now is doing the kids at Clay and Coach Sizemore a disservice.  Bull knows me well enough to vouch for me that I’m no Dudley Hilton fan at all, I mean at all, but even I can’t deny the man’s coaching acumen.  Could Clay compete with Bell in 3A right now it’s hard to say cause Clay’s still in 4A however Bell’s the team to beat in 3A in the 13th region and it’s not really even close since Corbin moved to 4A and unless / until Clay moves to 3A and starts knocking on their door Bell imo is gonna stay there.

A big key to that is when/if it comes time for Clay to compete with Bell in 3A, Dudley might have finally decided to hang up the whistle by that point. They have usually dropped off when he has stepped away there in the past.

I doubt your ever gonna see Dudley completely leave the sidelines at Bell again..From everything I’ve heard it’s being set up for his son to take over once he’s ready to hang it up and I don’t see him just completely leaving to let his son fall on his face.  All that being said I really like Coach Sizemore and what he’s doing at Clay if football can keep catching some traction there he could compete whether Dudley’s there or not it’s just gonna take time and a lot of support.  Pre Mark Stoops UK was in the same boat you could ask someone about the UK ball game anywhere in the state and they’d automatically start talking basketball, if Coach Sizemore can turn start turning some of the attention his way he could possibly take the program places it’s never been, but some of the culture has gotta change for him…