[bball fan]

When you say get the program back to where it once was do you mean the Pikeville of the late 80's ? or the Pikeville of the Matt Branham, Barrett Rogers, Jeremiah Akers era? Because honestly I don't see Pikeville getting back to the 80's form. I think that Belfry draws to many athletes. I know that if I was serious about football and lived in the Pikeville city limits I would be willing to drive 20-30 minutes to Belfry.
There for a while Pikeville was loaded with athletes. And as good as Harmon is, he is no Rogers or Paul Sullivan. Baker is an ok high school wr , but he is no Jeremiah Akers or Chase Gibson. People need to realize that its hard to compete at a high level without the players! And I think the situation at Pikeville has a lot to do with the talent pool going dry. They are losing kids to Belfry and even Pike Central and Valley. So while part of the problems at Pikeville may be Coach Copley , I don't know , its too early to tell, but Hillard Howard isn't walking through that door. And no matter who is the coach at Pikeville it is highly unlikely they will ever get back to state title game...

Best post in the whole thread!! Very realistic analogy!