[Old School Hound]

And akal shouldn’t be on any list, his team is running fast break street ball with no plays, direction, or goal other than to shoot threes and dunk. He’s truly riding on his talent.

Well that isn't thinly veiled. 

I don't see anyone else on the list with a school of his size and feel that he gets about as much out of his team as anyone else could.

If you are small and quick it makes sense to play at a fast tempo. It just seems that you are making some lazy comparisons and applying labels.

Also, maybe it looks like he has lots of talent because their program is very good at player development, strength and conditioning, etc.
 
All that said, I think it's fair to say that many people think that they are a bit too reliant on the three and susceptible to losing games they shouldn't on nights they go cold from the floor.

Also, wasn't the Harlan girls usually good when Akal was the coach? Seems like he knows what he's doing.

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I think one of the main things you would look at when trying to choose the top coach, would be how is the program now compared to when they were hired, has it improved, stayed the same, went down hill. To me Tony has got the program running at a high level the whole time he been there. Davis has had a couple decent teams but not at the level South has been in the past. Sizemore has improved Bell since he has been there. Parrot has improved Jackson county since he’s been there. Akel has done great at Harlan. Nobody will ever replace Bobby Keith, but Marcum kept the Bar real high at Clay. But it’s a disaster now. I’m not sure now anybody could say he done a good job. To me you need to be at school for a few years before you can tell anything about them, and will see how Valentine does after this year.

Something is definitely amiss at Clay. It must go well beyond X's and O's because Glenn is a good in-game coach. I've seen him outcoach some of the best.  There seem to bigger issues going on at Clay.  Smells  like local politics.