[jetpilot]

I definitely have given some Paintsville posters and some Raceland posters some crap over the years but the truth is, I like it when all are good. But I posted previously, I think Paintsville is getting ready to go through a really rough stretch on the gridiron, and when I say stretch I mean for quite a while. I asked a question that I’m not sure anyone ever answered, did they end up even having a middle school team. I know I was told in August that they weren’t even having a team, not sure if that changed. Now they could always get some kids from across the creek or some kids from neighboring counties but I think they are getting ready to be real bad.

It’s crazy to think they were putting out D1 players for a few years and had a state championship team just 3 years ago.  I know Chirico leaving hurt but it seems like they built their program for the short term rather than making their success sustainable for the long haul.

I don’t have the numbers in front of me but I know Paintsville is one of the smallest schools that plays 11 man football. I would guess we are the smallest to ever win a title (just a guess). We are going to have years where numbers are down. 

I’m not sure what you mean about building for short term success? Those players transferred in as eight graders and it elevated the program. What should have Paintsville done, refused to play them? Haha

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Also, Paintsville did have a middle school team last year.

By short term success I was referring to the run between 2013-2020 when 10 win seasons became the norm and expectation.  During that run it just felt like you guys weren’t going anywhere and I wouldn’t have guessed that the program would have gotten down.  I wasn’t trying to be disrespectful, I actually want to see Paintsville be a top shelf team because it makes Class A football better.

Same here 2000