[Blacksmith]

harold will give them what they have needed for a long time…..Stability. If kids leave ohhhhhh welll. Didn’t need anyone who wasn’t committed anyway. He has done it at every level and had success and if people will buy in he will have success again. Too much is made about who a coach is, instead of what can we do to help him succeed. My advice to Pburg players and parents would be to try and help him succeed instead of complaining it wasn’t the coach you thought they should get.

Here is the problem with that statement. Prestonsburg is a small school who doesn't have an abundance of talent walking around the halls of the high school. So, when kids leave, who are they going to replace them with? You can't say "the next man up", when you don't have the players who can fill those roles. As someone mentioned earlier, this is a safe hire, but it doesn't make it the right hire. I will support Harold and everyone should do so, but they should have taken their time and weighed all of their options.

If you cant get athletes to stay, or even want to play then you have a problem in your program.  Decision making concerning athletics at Pburg have not always made sense. Not referencing this newest hire. Just history in general