[Hoot Gibson]

Again, do you think coach Beatty could come to Mccreary county and do the same thing? What about Marshall county? Several same size schools that even if he was there, wouldn’t improve a whole lot.

And haddix had Corbin in the semis in two years. Would have been one year if not for a shoe string catch thay bounced off another shoe haha. But he done that in two years. With a smaller school with less numbers to pull from. But he couldn’t do the exact same thing at PCC in the same exact time with bigger numbers? He would have more advantage at PCC if that was true. So many bigger schools than boyle, Corbin, Jc, etc that any of those coaches can go to and not succeed. Corbin and boyle produce more talent than entire county schools. Now coaching has some to do with it, but not as much as the god gifted talent they are born with. So why doesn’t a big county with all those kids have more?

I already answered the question. A head coach has to have the full support of the administration. A school that has weak football teams year after year has an administration that has not adequately supported its football program. A head coach cannot solve systematic program problems without some help. A bad head coach can destroy a good program much faster than a great coach can build a strong program. For example, if Beatty went to McCreary County, how many teaching positions or other jobs would be available for staff members that he might want to hire. Or would he have to train most of the staff that was already in place, and gradually bring others in as job openings became available? What kind of feeder system would he have to work with? That is a very important part of a good high school program.

This is what I mean when I say, "All else being equal," when I talk about the role that enrollment size plays in football. Some districts have such a bad reputation in football, they have an uphill battle just to convince a good coach to interview for the position. Johnson Central started with no program and none of the high schools that consolidated to form the school fielded football teams. The politics of school board members from the five schools squabbling among themselves was not helpful, and it took a long time before the program really started to improve. 

Having a weak football program has nothing to do with the potential of a school to build a good football program. Any two schools with 500 boys are capable of being competitive with one another if all else is equal. Football genes are scattered pretty randomly.