[Mr.Kimball]

:Thumbs: Warren Central won five straight 5A state championships in Indiana and they passed less than JC does. JC needs to develop a [B]more effective deep passing game to compliment its running game when necessary [/B]but they do not need to pass more often. Warren Central's passes went for touchdowns more often than not but it was not unusual for them to have a game with zero pass attempts.

I agree with Matney, who says that the way for mountain teams to win state championships is to master a style that teams from other parts of the state do not see often during the regular season. With most of their key players returning next season, I think the Golden Eagles will have their best shot ever at a state title.

And that is exactly what we did with Tommy Taylor a couple of years ago. I believe he had something like 8 receptions that went for 8 TDs. When he has the personnel in place to do certain things, I dont think Matney has a problem utilizing them. I seem to remember at Sheldon Clark he set state records for passing attempts one season. Most of these Highlands or north Kentucky posters in general that know everything, really dont know enough about either him or his system to even comment on him/it.

I dont think at the high school level you can get to the point that you can have an effective passing game year after year after year. Teams like Highlands, St. X and Trinity may have those resourses, but 98% of high school programs are not able to do that season after season after season. Matney has enough sense to know that you can be very good every year, by doing what he is doing instead of going with a passing system that you can have extreme peaks and valley's with.

Yes I know that Highlands has great teams year after year after year, but lets also keep in mind that this is not the average Highlands team either. One has to remember that this team is also ranked in the top 10 in the country according to some polls. They are always good, but perhaps not this good. Let's not blame JC's lack of a passing game on something that everybody else has not been able to contend with either. Nobody still has been able to come up with an answer to my question, "what about Saint X" either.I still wonder about the hypothethical question of what would it have been like if Collinsworth was not able to have played in this one like he wasn't a couple of weeks ago? Nobody wants to answer that one as well.