[The Guru]

It sure would be nice to see the Tigers return to the great football like in the mid 70's to mid 80's. They were in the top 5 every year then. Those teams always had at least 45 players out. What did we have this year? Maybe 25?

Ok...I am not trying to rag on you, but....I am a little tired of hearing the numbers card played about Paintsville.
I played at Paintsville 78-81, We were good....very good. My Sr. year, we were ranked 4th in state, finished 8-2 and didn't make the playoffs. (lost the tie-breaker) That was our worst year.
In those four years we averaged 36 players on the team. To be honest with you....Paintsville had better players and transfers were never a factor.
Tony Mayes is probably one of the top 3 -4 players ever to come out of Paintsville(All-State, First Team All-SEC @ UK, Led the SEC in interceptions) and when we were freshmen, he very seldomly even got into the games! Now adays, Freshmen are counted on to start and be huge parts of the team!
I guess what I am trying to say is that....yeah, 35 players is better than 25, but both are low numbers.
Paintsville had success because we had a system......Keep it simple, practice, execute at every phase!
Remember that these are just teenagers, let them do, what they do best and minimize what they don't do well.