[Blacksmith]

I have no words

Most of us up this way gave up trying to articulate the words  a while back...   Nothing surprises me anymore...

I feel sorry for the families and kids that love football down that way.

Floyd County Schools have failed their athletes during most of my life, especially the last 20 years. Coaches are criminally underpaid, but expected to win at a high level, each school in the county lacks something for a sport that's popular with their athletes, whether that's not having a track at FCHS or BLHS, BLHS football lacking modern strength training equipment, Pburg not having a proper place to practice wrestling, etc. 

Hopefully the next superintendent for FCS makes athletics in this county more of a priority going forward. It's no secret that the two best academic schools in our region also have the two best athletics departments too.

I agree and Ive seen it too.. While they love to win, the board just does not seem to hold athletics in a very high regard.. I know several school administrators personally and while they are fine folks, love the kids and like to win.......They just don't see athletics as any kind of priority, more like a side hustle... They get by as cheap as they can, and get what they can from it inside those parameters... I mean when you have the newest, nicest and biggest school in the county having to have non-football coaches help coach football then things are not being taken seriously by someone...Not a knock on those folks helping t all. I commend them giving their time..