[papabear02]

Derossett isn't coming back and that's in the best interest of both parties. As much as I think of Coach D. the program started to decline, during the last three years of his tenure. I believe he was 18-16 during this time, and one of the best classes to come through Prestonsburg left and went to Paintsville. The program is still to this day feeling the effects of the exodus which handed Paintsville a state championship. Not saying it's John's fault, but he was at the helm when this took place. He is arguably the best coach to ever coach at Prestonsburg, but it's foolish to say Prestonsburg's decline began the day he left town.

Its sad to see the Derossett is still being blamed 7 years later...with all the keyboard coaches and moms and pops out there, heck there should be a staff that can be put together to fix things...dont you think?  

Heres a few numbers I put together for everyone to show that the regular season doesnt matter as you say Derossett went 18-16 his last 3 at pburg...he actually went 17-13 in regular season numbers but check out the breakdown below...


Derossett at Pburg


             Overall Regular Season Record     Class 2A Record      District Record     Playoff Record
2015              5-5                                             3-3                       3-2                   0-1
2016              6-4                                             4-2                       4-1                   0-1
2017              6-4                                             5-1                       4-0*                 1-1   *District Champions
Total            17-13                                          12-6                      11-3                  1-3


Brewer 

2021              4-6                                             1-4                       1-4                   N/A
2022              8-2                                             3-2                       1-1                   0-1
2023              5-5                                             4-5                       1-2                   0-1
Total            17-13                                           8-11                      3-7                   0-2

Haywood Last 3 years at Belfry
2021              4-6                                             9-0                       6-0                   5-0*   *State Champs
2022              5-5                                             4-1                       1-1                   1-1
2023              7-3                                             5-1                       4-0*                 1-1     *District Champs
Total             16-14                                         18-2                      11-1                  7-2


Now, some may look at these numbers and have a bunch of excuses and this and that and all this BS...But when I look at these numbers I see the regular season don't mean squat, its the district games and how you finish that matters...
The issues is mummy's and daddies love to see those 10-0 records and the records are all that matters to you all...that's it...as long as you have a 10-0 season you all are happy...now, The last 3 years of Derossett and Brewers campaigns are better than Belfry's last 3 years regular season records...oh my...you mean Belfry went 4-6 in the regular season, lost the first straight 5 games of the season and people started to write them off...and then what happened....they reeled off a state championship and poof, they are Gods again!!

The Regular season records don't mean squat...DeRossett left Prestonsburg with its LAST District championship in 7 years and counting...they were in a 3 team district in 2022 , won 8 games and still didn't win a district title...that was the year of the comeback from the mass exodus...right?  Nope, they dropped off again lets blame it on DeRossett one more time....Lets not take matters into our own hands and take responsibility, lets keep showing and teaching kids to keep blaming our mistakes on other people so we don't look bad....