[Lucky13]

First of all I mentioned that Estill was as strong as any team they played and equally talented! Second of all the change in district DOES NOT mean you have to schedule 6 other gimmees. Look at the teams past record which was on your schedule. Not very convincing. In the past Cawood has been tough, not this year, nor Powell, and I don't believe Fleming had a winning record, however they played a more significant schedule. Outside the district they played Mason Co., Harrison Co., Bryan Station to name a few. That is much tougher than Phelps, Berea, Knott Co. Central, etc. If you know anything about scheduling, you know coaches have a choice in who they play if the dates are open. Why would you agree to play a Phelps team when you can play someone who would present a challenge and prepare you for a "Playoff" game. Breathitt's off schedule, to name a few, Lexington Christion, Prestonsburg, teams with winning records. Cawood played Middlesboro and Somerset for heavens sake. As stated, there is no bashing, just stating facts. All other teams in the district had at least two quality teams on the schedule if not more. I don't need to come and watch practice, I have heard from enough fans which are parents that say it is not rough and to easy. Again, I can promise you that you can find a more competitive schedule, which in turn will help you prepare for the Breathitt's. If I come across as bashing the kids then I apologize, they have no control, and are a great bunch. Did you not scrimmage Nicholas and Allen Central? Why not try Madison Central or Rockastle, it is just a scrimmage but with quality teams. Look up anything I have mentioned, it is facts from the KHSAA. The kids deserve to play the best! And as far as the playoffs, it is a district tournament, another way for the KHSAA to make money. If not, they would go back to sub districts or taking the top two from one district and playing two from another.

First off, check out some of their previous schedules without looking at the KHSAA site I remember them playing teams in the past 6 or 7 years who were not in their district that were pretty tough competitors, including Rockcastle, Clay Co., Bellevue, Belfry, Montgomery Co., and Johnson Central. I agree this past season's schedule was weak, but there's no need for this big of an argument over 1 season. If you coach, or have coached you understand that some things are beyond a coach's control, sometimes things don't work out the way you'd like, not saying that's the case here but scheduling can get complicated sometimes. And as for the easy practices, not quite sure I would agree with that. Practices aren't always meant to be rough, with low numbers it's not always best for teams to beat each other to death, and until you're at practice, and weight sessions with this team, you can't really say how hard they work, or the difficulty level of the practices.