[Mama Bear]

Mama Bear,
I strongly suggest you follow the lead of a program like Pikeville when it comes to a PA Man. Throughout the years Pikeville's PA man has always been first rate. The sensory impact of games will forever determine how others view you. When an opposing team visits, thier impression of your program is based solely on four things:
1. The sportsmanship of the coaches (visible)
2. The sportsmanship of the players (visible)
3. The sportsmanship of the fans (visible and audible)
4. The sportsmanship of the PA (audible)

Think of the programs in the mountains which you strive to be on the same level with: Belfry, Bell County, Pikeville, Breathitt, etc.. the resounding word used to describe these programs are "Class", "Tradition", and "Loyal Fanbase". All these programs share common grounds, they all have excellent facilities, large supportive fan bases, and even in their "down" years still cause teams to have to bring their A-game every night. Most importantly though follow press clippings from their opponents head coaches in the media and they will always bring up how classy that program is.

Having nothing more than a cheerleader with a speaker system does nothing but reflect poorly on your entire program. A PA man can get the crowd going a whole lot of other ways aside from being biased and classless.

I'm confident we will meet all those standards. The three schools that are consolidated all had class acts before consolidating, I don't think that will change. Our fan base has been incredible. Even with the four hour drive and the near $5 a gallon gas prices, we had an excellent turn out over in Flemingsburg. I know the players at the game practice extreme self discipline, the Fleming Co. players were discourged and acted out a couple of times and I was so proud of them for not reacting. It goes with out saying how classy our coaching staff is. Our fans are loud and maybe a tad redneck ( ), but spitting or cursing the players, I know would never be tolerated. We are loud though! This transition has been much smoother than even the biggest optimist could have imagine. It's really brought the county together I think. If only we had that new field...........