[KentuckyHillBilly5321]

Isn't this LCA's head coach's first season at the helm? If so why do you think he has had such a quick turnaround. LCA had always been a fairly decent/good team, but nothing like they have shown this season.

Paul Rains has actually been at LCA for 4 seasons (I think) now. Now, they were not very good before Rains, but he defintiely has had an impact. I don't think that they had a quick turnaround since Rains has arrived--I think that they have a great plan in place for success. We circled LCA last year and knew that they were going to be good (regardless of the score of our game last year). The talent that they have is extremely solid--however--they lose it all this season. I am not at the point where I am extremely worried about their future in 1A. They have a plan in place to be successful--but it is hard to have Danville, Mayfield, Beechwood, NCC, Pikeville talent every year. Time will tell there.

In regard to Rains--he has been around. He was a Coordinator/Head Coach at Hazard for a while. He was also head coach at Montgomery County (who handed my first coaching assignment a huge upset in the first round of the playoffs in 1994). He has a solid pedigree of success. But to the dismay of the LCA people--I am already hearing rumors that the is ready to head somewhere different. Time shall tell there as well. I think he also spent time at Madison Southern (or Central)--they always confuse me.

Rains has also been known to run some crazy offenses during his tenure. That makes him interesting to some, a genius to others and yet still--desperate to a different population. There have been some interesting rumors about LCA. For instance: Tyrell Hayden just "happened" to come to LCA from Montgomery County. Their FB/ILB also came from somewhere for the specific purpose of playing for Rains. That is there right (I am not in favor of the split by the way), but it does raise some flags. (Especially after the new Lex Cath thing that just broke--the athletic department paying for athletes tuition, etc--keep your eyes open for this one).

I think that LCA has some solid kids--and that they were building for this season. So far, it has worked out. But, at this point, I don't see sustained success. Even with their solid future planning.