[Fanatic42]

I gotta say there’s some really good points being made here in regards to Pikevilles use of personnel. I’ve sat on an opposing sideline from Pikeville for years and years now. Really focusing on the last couple, I used to sit and think, “damn…they just put coach us and put pace us in every aspect of the game”….

That being said. Anthony only being on the field offensively 3 plays and Pikeville essentially running the exact same offense with or without him on the field left me shaking my head. I went back and watched the ‘23 Title game and the ‘22 title game, as well as several other Pikeville games I could find online Pikevilles defense was really damn good, to damn near perfect in those games. But offensively, if you remove Birchfield and Anthony…they aren’t much different than Raceland or the other top teams in terms of what they put up in terms of numbers. Now, I would do the exact thing and use the hell out of those kids, not saying they are stupid for doing that or anything of the sort. But why you don’t call the game different is beyond me without your bell cow. It’s all over film that Raceland has struggled to defend the middle of the field in the passing game. Pikeville has the weapons to attack that. But yet they didn’t. Is Duty? For whatever reason do they not trust him? Seeing his numbers against LCA I thought they would come out throwing and throw it 30x last week. Are the receivers not up to the caliber they need? It just makes no sense because I know what Pikeville has and most would kill for that talent. But that talent just seems to be there for eye candy at this point.

As many times as you say it, it's still not true. That's like saying if you remove Lundy, Raceland would have had 20 passing yards the last 3 years. Nobody is going to buy that Pikeville has had all these great teams because they always have one more good player than the rest of Class A. It's nonsensical.

so what is the explanation of the game at Pikeville last year and the game this past Friday? What’s the difference in those two games and the title game last year? I’m really serious here. Not discrediting Pikevilles defense. Not discrediting that they have other athletes or play makers. It’s hard to deny that Anthony has been 80% of their offense.

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For whatever reason Coach Mac plays pretty Vanilla on Offense in some games and Raceland always seems to be one of them. Doesn't make sense to me because Pikeville has so many Athletes that could really make that Offense hum up and down the Field in many different ways.