[kywldcat01]

That is very fair and very real. But you can always play with effort. I'll challenge any team to play with the one thing that I will hope for always and that is Pride.

I'm not saying Holmes is done, not saying that at all. Just have said my observation of a team and how they played on night and have made assumptions of having seen them and put together that along with the games against other teams of late and made my own observations.

I've said it at the beginning of the year and I'm not backing off of it, Holmes is the most talented team in the state. I truly believe that. I just can't fathom playing without pride and effort. This would be like UK knowing they are a top team in the NCAA tournament coming up and then just backing down the effort because they know they are in the tournanament and playing with no conviction.

Join the club, brother. I, like many other Holmes fans, have also tried to figure out why this Holmes team seems to play very well against the better teams, but let teams that they should blow out, hang around because of a lack of effort and intensity.

I guess it's kind of tough for us to question them though. We've seen the same effort the past 2 years out of this group and said the same things being said now but one thing has been constant...when the bright lights have come on, they haven't disappointed and they've put on a show.