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Jones is a good coach and does a good job. He fielded the best Estill team ever that beat Russell a couple years ago. Whitaker is an offensive genius and if Powell can get their defense much improved they will be alot better this season.

Please don't insult my intelligence about Estill football, for I have been around it for 30+ years. That was not the best Estill football team fielded, perhaps the most talented I will give you that. They gave up more than 30 pts per game. Yes they beat Russell, wow, they have also lost to Powell more than they ever have. Estill has beaten the likes of Scott Co., Breathitt Co., and yes they were good then, Lincoln Co., who has two state tournament trips, Boyle Co, heard of them?. If you don't know, Morgan beat Magoffin last year also, the only game they one, after Powell had whipped them. Anything can happen in football. The best team fielded was 1992 when they went 9-1, only losing to Danville in regular season. The line averaged 135 from tackle to tackle, they only gave up around 12 pts per game. They lost to Cotton Adams and Corbin in the playoffs, Danville went on to win the state. The second best team fielded was 1995. They lost to eventual state champions Breathitt early in the season and ran the table against,Magoffin, Hazard, Mercer co., Corbin, Somerset, Madison Southern, Wayne Co, and the only district loss came at Rockastle Co., the last game of the year. They beat Anderson co. first round of the playoffs at home and lost to Danville in the second round at Danville 12-0, who had Breathitt beat in the semi's until a late punt return by the Bobcats. That team gave up around 14 pts. per game. If you notice the two teams I have mentioned played winning programs. Our non-district schedule last year had 1 team that was 500, Magoffin, which lost to Morgan a one win team. You can win 9 games every year when the people you play don't combine to win 15 games. What happens when you gotta play the big boys, complete disaster. If you want more history on Estill football, I will be glad to give it to you, but what you have been seeing is not Estill Tradition. You see, you can know all there is too know about offense and you can practice it and get real good, BUT, if you don't spend time and a lot of it on DEFENSE, especially tackling, and something easy for the kids to grasp, along with a solid special teams, you can band aid a scar, but the wound will eventually show!