[Jshort5]

Well, here is my input on the whole situation.

I have no clue who this Marc Shepherd fellow is. I'm sure if I seen him, I would know who he is, but to hear the name I am clueless.

In my opinion, we have had too many Shepherds running this team. Russell, a good man, and may God rest his soul, was simply not aggressive enough to be a coach. Then it got turned over to Bobby Shepherd, who was a good little league coach, but also not cut out for coaching High School. Then here comes Marc Shepherd, whom I assume is related to the other Shepherd boys. Now, Zeth Shepherd has applied for the coaching position. I think Prestonsburg needs to go in a different direction than hiring another Shepherd. Justin Arms was a good player and I think he would be a great coach at Prestonsburg. I've also heard Randy Tincher's name thrown around some. Randy and I have known each other for a little while and he is very knowledgeable when it comes to baseball. I know he ran the rec leagues at Archer Park for a couple of years. He had a son that played for Prestonsburg that could also sit on the bench with Randy and was a good baseball player in high school. I personally would pick Randy with the help of Cory to lead Prestonsburg. Naturally, my pick doesn't mean anything around here though.

As far as playing sports at Prestonsburg, everyone knows that the DeRossett's run Prestonsburg High School. When weightlifting is considered a class for the football players, then you know you have your way with the school board. Now, other schools may have weightlifting as a class as well, but I haven't heard of any. Football is the reason no other sport will ever be worth a darn again at Prestonsburg. When basketball season is in full swing, they have to wait until the football team is finished playing before they join the team. When basketball has summer camps, football players only attend when it doesn't interfere with their football schedule. Same thing goes for baseball. While basketball season is going on, the football players are still in the weightroom everyday preparing for the upcoming football season. While I think it is good to have weightlifting during basketball season to strengthen up, I also think it affects your shot if you're involved in a heavy workout program.

Until Prestonsburg High School decides that their are other sports at the school besides football, then Prestonsburg will never be a true threat to win in any sport. And to be quite honest, as much focus is on the football team, you would think they would at least be a little better than what they are. When you spend 365 days a year preparing for football season, and to have an "all world coach", you would think a state tournament appearance would be a regular occurrence instead of appearing once every 10 years. But hey, what do I know?

I hope that Tincher comes in and turns the baseball program around, and I also hope Jack Pack shows what he is made of and turns the basketball program around.

LCC has it as a class also.