[jammin' jamey]

Your idea works and could prove to be the best way, but how do you accomplish your idea? Do you think that maybe the best alternative is to find a way to assign within the BGR staff a different region within state begin posting threads on that area. It would require research and work, but would prove fruitful in building interest in those area's of the state that minimal or no support is at.

I think that if you worked with the rest of the BGR staff to make that happen, then that would help us build this into a true statewide site. Each member could take each of the regions, choose the schools and begin opinion threads or game predication threads. By simply creating the game prediction threads, which have been prominent on this site for a limited area of the state, this could create the interest in those areas in which you speak.

I truly believe that you are onto something, but it's going to take someone with the foresight to get this going. If no one is willing to take that approach, then how do you expect to grow the site statewide. If there is nothing on the site, including game finals posts, for games played in every region of the state, then we are putting absolutely noting on here for those folks to add comment to.

I don't feel it is as easy as you think for new members to just begin logging opinion columns/threads. For many new members to forums, they no nothing of the protocol. Thus, we the experienced must help promote that and begin by putting the words into their mouth. By doing that, you get a reply. Once a new member feels they can reply without hesitation, they become more active.

You are looking at this as an experienced forum's user. No disrespect, but I truly feel you need to step back and look at this as a new member venturing into an unknown land. You say that no one should be afraid to post anything. Easy for you who knows the site, not easy for those who know nothing o the site.

I think this is excellent banter, I truly appreciate you views and opinions. I think that you may be overlooking the complexity of how to drive growth may not be looking at this from it's most elemental position. I'm on your side to grow this site. I have brought an idea and a means to attempt that and to get the rest of the BGR staff and current members to think outside the box. I am an extremely new member to this site. You have been a member since 2005, can I ask what you and the rest of the long term members have done as an approach to grow the site. I certainly do not want to start something that may have failed in the past. But if this in new and has yet to be tried, why would you, a long term member wish to limit it without even seeing it merits anything.

This has happened for a week. What have we learned in a week, that it's not comfortable. Well is growth a challenge? Aren't challenges meant to be uncomfortable. Look, as mentioned before, I do not have to be the martyr. If this is something that the BGR staff does not feel comfortable from a new site member and you feel someone so new to the site may be doing something to undermine the site, then I ask that you work with the rest of the members who have been long term and divvy up what I have started. If this is not the approach, that's fine, but it's an idea that I brought to the table and one that I have been taking inordinate amounts of time to try to help this site.

I like this Jammin Jimmy, I beleive this is healthy for all of us to be challenged to do better or learn from our failures. But it's not a failure if it's not even tried!

I think you're reading too much into this from my post. Most of my comments have been directed at you. If you do the leg-work just be telling us more about your region and starting more open forum threads about that region's sports scene - it will grow. That's the process. We didn't have anyone in your area that knew/understood enough about the sports scene there to expand honestly into the area. Now we have you and it will begin to grow.

We don't have the time or financial resources to truly market the site and expand ambitiously into the entire state in the right manner. We as staff have discussed ways to market the site through advertising before, the only problem is money. And honestly, no matter how much research and time I put in to learning about basketball in Region 2, I'll never know enough to realistically make a truly insightful post that's fair to that area.

Let's take it one place/one district/one school at a time through word of mouth. We saw that happen at Powell County, Estill County and Harlan County the past couple of seasons and things have begun to move and grow there. It just takes time.