[The One and Only 13]

The Blackcat basketball team has never been a great rebounding/hustling ball club. The coaching staff doesn't seem to have a firm grasp of respect from these players. I have yet to see a blackcat dive on the floor after a loose basketball this year and I have to credit this as a lack of discipline enforced by the staff. I believe the players have a manner of respect for their head coach, Jackie Day Crisp, but they don't seem to have a bit of respect for the assistants and quite frankly, I have to question whether or not Coach Crisp has the right kind of staff around him. I've seen these assistant coaches coach JV and Freshman games as well and most of the time, they have been unsuccessful in developing the talent that has come through there in recent years. This team is a shining example. The talent is there. You can see that when Hall and Tackett explodes from the perimeter or when Stephens bangs the boards inside but the lack of effort and drive I continue to see from this ballclub year after year forces me to question the coaching staff's grasp on this team. It may finally be time for a change of personnel in Prestonsburg.