[EKUAlum05]

There is no denying the greatness of Beatty and Mueller. They were given programs that were already elite and still managed to elevate them to unprecedented levels and create dynasties.

Haywood's greatness lies in doing unprecedented levels of success with fewer resources. 8 State Title and 14 Finals Appearances for a rural Public County school in Appalachia. Belfry was a solid program when he inherited it, but it wasn't an elite program. He had spotty facilities, a spread out school district with windy 2 lane and one lane roads where some kids would have a 35+ minute commute by car, let alone bus, just to get to the school.

To win 8 State Titles and sustain the level of greatness Haywood while building a mecca of football in a town that technically doesn't even have a town like Haywood has over the better part of five decades is wild!

Here's a hypothetical question:
Mueller... 11 State Titles and 3 Runner-Ups
Beatty... 15 State Titles and 2 Runner-Ups

What does those stats look like if Mueller is the Head Coach at Harrison County and Beatty is the Head Coach at Meade County instead for their tenures? Do they have 8 State Titles each at those two schools? Not saying they wouldn't.. but I am positive they don't have 26 State Titles and 31 Finals between them even though both programs would have been pretty solid programs even when they inherited them.