[crazytaxidriver]

Not to burst anyone's bubble....but:

1. Pike Central may have larger feeder schools, but Belfry will have a Middle School next year. This will be a tremendous benefit for Belfry. The kids entering Belfry will have had the opportunity to play the sport for 3 years together before stepping into a high school jersey.

2. 2 of the coaches that were listed as Pike Central Assistant's were former Belfry players. Paul David Slater and Big Irv Dotson. They are great people and athletes. They know Belfry ball, as did Casey Lequire when he was an Assistant Coach for Pikeville.

3. Wasn't McNamee Pike Central's coach once before? A coach makes a difference, but the boys on the field and the way they play ball is what decides a win or a loss.

I wish Pike Central all the luck in the world, but I think that building a program comparable to the likes of Belfry and P-burg is going to take more than just a coaching staff.

McNamee was Central's coach from 96 to 98 I believe.. maybe 99.. But during that time he had started to set right what Paul May couldn't do in the schools first 3 or 4 years.. Getting a good coaching staff is a huge step in the right direction. I mean the past few years the staff has consisted of maybe 4 or 5 guys who were former players, and parents who knew the game and wanted to help out.

But now they actually are trying to start a program. They are sending someone to the feeder schools to try and integrate the HS style into the middle schools.. Something that hasn't been done before at PC. The last time Mac was coach, PC didn't go scoreless on Belfry. Belfry still one but I can't remember if they actually beat them by more than 36 or something like that.. I'll have to check into that

This coaching staff now consists of former players who actually played some football on the college level. So its definately a step in the right direction, and if they get the middle schools involved then I can see them competing with Belfry and P'burg year in and out. It's got to start with the little kids though.

And as far as Quirvon being the team leader in tackles.. well that might be what the papers show, but I have a hard time believing it. He might have jumped in on almost every tackle, but I think whoever kept the books might need to be a little more precise.. I could be wrong but I don't think that is right.