[HCS]

The Cats Pause ratings I do are voted on by coaches - for over 30 years. I walk around at summer camps/scrimmages with a clipboard and update rosters with coaches and get votes. I ask for the top five teams/players. not including their team and players. I think we had 15 vote in the 13th boys last summer. I don't have as much luck in the 14th since I call most of them, except the ones I see at Hazard or Perry or in the old days at the KBA in Lexington. I usually get anywhere from 8 to 12 coaches in the 14th. Some teams don't even have a coach in June if they left or were let go in the spring.
I don't send out ballots or anything like that for basketball. I've done it at times for football.