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11-19-2021, 01:57 AM
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I want start by saying Scott Parkey has been a great role model for the boys of Rockcastle County. he is a genuine good person who loved his students, his players, and his school. Things have been touchy around Rock the last couple of days. But I hope things heal and the Parkey Family stays here because it would be a huge loss for Rockcastle County. The Next Question is who's next? There has been a ton of rumors going with some with lite to no traction. So far some candidates are.
William Blair- former Rockcastle Alum who ayed on the 2001 state runner up team. Blair has been an assistant coach at a number of schools including Southwestern, Madison Southern, and Madison Central.
Chris Larkey- current North Laurel head coach. Son of Rockcastle Hall of fame coach Tom Larkey. Chris played and coached for his dad at Rockcastle. He still lives in Rockcastle. Has had some success at North Laurel but with the Brutle district they have to face Pulaski and Southwestern in the opening rounds of the playoffs.
Slade Calhoun- probably the long shot. Slade is a former Rockcastle Alum who was a assistant coach at Southwestern in the early 2000's. He is currently a head coach on the Memphis TN area where he has had some success. Slade still has family in Rockcastle and has mentioned maybe moving back to Kentucky to be closer to family and friends.
William Blair- former Rockcastle Alum who ayed on the 2001 state runner up team. Blair has been an assistant coach at a number of schools including Southwestern, Madison Southern, and Madison Central.
Chris Larkey- current North Laurel head coach. Son of Rockcastle Hall of fame coach Tom Larkey. Chris played and coached for his dad at Rockcastle. He still lives in Rockcastle. Has had some success at North Laurel but with the Brutle district they have to face Pulaski and Southwestern in the opening rounds of the playoffs.
Slade Calhoun- probably the long shot. Slade is a former Rockcastle Alum who was a assistant coach at Southwestern in the early 2000's. He is currently a head coach on the Memphis TN area where he has had some success. Slade still has family in Rockcastle and has mentioned maybe moving back to Kentucky to be closer to family and friends.
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11-19-2021, 06:30 AM
(11-19-2021, 01:57 AM)ROCKSOLID69 Wrote: I want start by saying Scott Parkey has been a great role model for the boys of Rockcastle County. he is a genuine good person who loved his students, his players, and his school. Things have been touchy around Rock the last couple of days. But I hope things heal and the Parkey Family stays here because it would be a huge loss for Rockcastle County. The Next Question is who's next? There has been a ton of rumors going with some with lite to no traction. So far some candidates are.
William Blair- former Rockcastle Alum who ayed on the 2001 state runner up team. Blair has been an assistant coach at a number of schools including Southwestern, Madison Southern, and Madison Central.
Chris Larkey- current North Laurel head coach. Son of Rockcastle Hall of fame coach Tom Larkey. Chris played and coached for his dad at Rockcastle. He still lives in Rockcastle. Has had some success at North Laurel but with the Brutle district they have to face Pulaski and Southwestern in the opening rounds of the playoffs.
Slade Calhoun- probably the long shot. Slade is a former Rockcastle Alum who was a assistant coach at Southwestern in the early 2000's. He is currently a head coach on the Memphis TN area where he has had some success. Slade still has family in Rockcastle and has mentioned maybe moving back to Kentucky to be closer to family and friends.
Do you think they will fill the position quickly? Could they hire more than one of the coaches? Would one of them be ok with being an assistant? or looking to be the head man only?
11-19-2021, 09:00 AM
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I could see blair coming back to be head or assistant. Only way the other two come is for the head job.
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11-19-2021, 10:41 AM
It’s interesting to look at Scott’s record versus Chris’s record. They’re literally almost identical, you can say Chris has tougher road because of Pulaski and southwestern but there’s tough teams you have to get past in 3A if you want to make it to the third round of the playoffs, which is something Scott couldn’t do. Chris record might become better than Scott’s just because you automatically get into the playoffs in that district.
But when he’s hired they are going to essentially be betting on a 5A coach who has more male students to pull talent from to go to a 3A school with less male students to pull talent from and perform better, and to me that’s a big gamble. Chris doesn’t even have a winning record against teams who are classed below 5A. Not saying it’s the wrong hire and I want everyone to succeed but it is just a puzzling logic.
Also as someone who’s close to coach Blair, I would give it a 10% chance he would leave Madison Central for anything other than a head coaching position, that’s what he wants and he definitely qualified for and ready to be again.
But when he’s hired they are going to essentially be betting on a 5A coach who has more male students to pull talent from to go to a 3A school with less male students to pull talent from and perform better, and to me that’s a big gamble. Chris doesn’t even have a winning record against teams who are classed below 5A. Not saying it’s the wrong hire and I want everyone to succeed but it is just a puzzling logic.
Also as someone who’s close to coach Blair, I would give it a 10% chance he would leave Madison Central for anything other than a head coaching position, that’s what he wants and he definitely qualified for and ready to be again.
11-19-2021, 12:20 PM
I don't think Blair comes back for anything but the HC job.
11-19-2021, 01:00 PM
(11-19-2021, 10:41 AM)Winston Wolf Wrote: It’s interesting to look at Scott’s record versus Chris’s record. They’re literally almost identical, you can say Chris has tougher road because of Pulaski and southwestern but there’s tough teams you have to get past in 3A if you want to make it to the third round of the playoffs, which is something Scott couldn’t do. Chris record might become better than Scott’s just because you automatically get into the playoffs in that district.
But when he’s hired they are going to essentially be betting on a 5A coach who has more male students to pull talent from to go to a 3A school with less male students to pull talent from and perform better, and to me that’s a big gamble. Chris doesn’t even have a winning record against teams who are classed below 5A. Not saying it’s the wrong hire and I want everyone to succeed but it is just a puzzling logic.
Also as someone who’s close to coach Blair, I would give it a 10% chance he would leave Madison Central for anything other than a head coaching position, that’s what he wants and he definitely qualified for and ready to be again.
I don’t know Larkey but he’s perpetually underperformed with the talent he’s had available to him at North Laurel. Only know Coach Blair by reputation which is that he’s a very good coach…Mark Payne DC from Southwestern and GJ Wooldridge from Pulaski Co could also do well imo, could do really well as a tandem or as the lone head man. Never thought I’d see Parkey step down at Rock but it’s hard to follow a legend…
11-19-2021, 02:17 PM
Just can't see anyone getting this job without Rockcastle connections played there or coached there. Very territorial and very Larkey oriented. Just saying.
11-19-2021, 04:18 PM
(11-19-2021, 01:00 PM)TD Hounds Wrote:(11-19-2021, 10:41 AM)Winston Wolf Wrote: It’s interesting to look at Scott’s record versus Chris’s record. They’re literally almost identical, you can say Chris has tougher road because of Pulaski and southwestern but there’s tough teams you have to get past in 3A if you want to make it to the third round of the playoffs, which is something Scott couldn’t do. Chris record might become better than Scott’s just because you automatically get into the playoffs in that district.
But when he’s hired they are going to essentially be betting on a 5A coach who has more male students to pull talent from to go to a 3A school with less male students to pull talent from and perform better, and to me that’s a big gamble. Chris doesn’t even have a winning record against teams who are classed below 5A. Not saying it’s the wrong hire and I want everyone to succeed but it is just a puzzling logic.
Also as someone who’s close to coach Blair, I would give it a 10% chance he would leave Madison Central for anything other than a head coaching position, that’s what he wants and he definitely qualified for and ready to be again.
I don’t know Larkey but he’s perpetually underperformed with the talent he’s had available to him at North Laurel. Only know Coach Blair by reputation which is that he’s a very good coach…Mark Payne DC from Southwestern and GJ Wooldridge from Pulaski Co could also do well imo, could do really well as a tandem or as the lone head man. Never thought I’d see Parkey step down at Rock but it’s hard to follow a legend…
Parkey was asked to step down or he would’ve been fired. The problem with that job will always be you have one middle school and one high school for the county and all the other powerhouse 3A teams don’t have that problem. Whoever gets the job will get time, but consistently getting to the third round will be tough. Even the great Tom Larkey didn’t do that over his 27 years there.
11-19-2021, 05:00 PM
Was told by a high level administrator in the district it is Larkey’s job. I don’t think that’s smart!!! William Blair is more than ready and had some of the best defenses in the state the last 5 years, but he’s sitting in a good spot with Holcomb and making about as much as an assistant in Madison County as he could as the head coach at Rockcastle. Calhoun might but has a good program in TN, but let’s be honest…the Rockcastle job isn’t what it’s was 10, 20, 30 years ago and won’t be in football for some time…at least I don’t see it (I’ve seen middle school games from the district and region they play in). This will be an interesting and HUGE decision for Rockcastle. Wish them well!
11-19-2021, 05:57 PM
(11-19-2021, 01:00 PM)TD Hounds Wrote:(11-19-2021, 10:41 AM)Winston Wolf Wrote: It’s interesting to look at Scott’s record versus Chris’s record. They’re literally almost identical, you can say Chris has tougher road because of Pulaski and southwestern but there’s tough teams you have to get past in 3A if you want to make it to the third round of the playoffs, which is something Scott couldn’t do. Chris record might become better than Scott’s just because you automatically get into the playoffs in that district.
But when he’s hired they are going to essentially be betting on a 5A coach who has more male students to pull talent from to go to a 3A school with less male students to pull talent from and perform better, and to me that’s a big gamble. Chris doesn’t even have a winning record against teams who are classed below 5A. Not saying it’s the wrong hire and I want everyone to succeed but it is just a puzzling logic.
Also as someone who’s close to coach Blair, I would give it a 10% chance he would leave Madison Central for anything other than a head coaching position, that’s what he wants and he definitely qualified for and ready to be again.
I don’t know Larkey but he’s perpetually underperformed with the talent he’s had available to him at North Laurel. Only know Coach Blair by reputation which is that he’s a very good coach…Mark Payne DC from Southwestern and GJ Wooldridge from Pulaski Co could also do well imo, could do really well as a tandem or as the lone head man. Never thought I’d see Parkey step down at Rock but it’s hard to follow a legend…
I don't think he stepped down, I think he was sent down. I don't know Coach Parkey, but by all accounts he sounds like a good guy. I agree it's hard to follow your programs best ever coach. But he had plenty of time and in 14 seasons, they never made it past the second round of the playoffs, not once. It was time obviously.
11-19-2021, 08:17 PM
(11-19-2021, 04:18 PM)Winston Wolf Wrote:Tom did not coach at Rockcastle for 27 years. He went to Harlan Co., then Perry Central. He did go to the state championship game twice while at ROCK.(11-19-2021, 01:00 PM)TD Hounds Wrote:(11-19-2021, 10:41 AM)Winston Wolf Wrote: It’s interesting to look at Scott’s record versus Chris’s record. They’re literally almost identical, you can say Chris has tougher road because of Pulaski and southwestern but there’s tough teams you have to get past in 3A if you want to make it to the third round of the playoffs, which is something Scott couldn’t do. Chris record might become better than Scott’s just because you automatically get into the playoffs in that district.
But when he’s hired they are going to essentially be betting on a 5A coach who has more male students to pull talent from to go to a 3A school with less male students to pull talent from and perform better, and to me that’s a big gamble. Chris doesn’t even have a winning record against teams who are classed below 5A. Not saying it’s the wrong hire and I want everyone to succeed but it is just a puzzling logic.
Also as someone who’s close to coach Blair, I would give it a 10% chance he would leave Madison Central for anything other than a head coaching position, that’s what he wants and he definitely qualified for and ready to be again.
I don’t know Larkey but he’s perpetually underperformed with the talent he’s had available to him at North Laurel. Only know Coach Blair by reputation which is that he’s a very good coach…Mark Payne DC from Southwestern and GJ Wooldridge from Pulaski Co could also do well imo, could do really well as a tandem or as the lone head man. Never thought I’d see Parkey step down at Rock but it’s hard to follow a legend…
Parkey was asked to step down or he would’ve been fired. The problem with that job will always be you have one middle school and one high school for the county and all the other powerhouse 3A teams don’t have that problem. Whoever gets the job will get time, but consistently getting to the third round will be tough. Even the great Tom Larkey didn’t do that over his 27 years there.
11-20-2021, 07:35 PM
(11-19-2021, 08:17 PM)BUFFALO Wrote:No Tom came to the Rock in 1985 and left in 2008. That’s 23 years he was at Rock and during that time he built a dynasty that should have had 2 state championships but it was not to be it just so happened it was during the famous run Boyle County had in going undefeated for like 5 straight years. Had Rock been in the lower class down we would probably have 2 state titles yet we wasn’t and it never happened. During his tenure teams didn’t want to see us on their schedule and for good reason. Tom always had Rock ready and hitting hard was a guarantee even when Rock was down. He coached countless region finals and always seemed you couldn’t keep Rock from playing in 3rd round and most of the time he would reach the 4th round. Parkey took over in 2008 and in his 14 years he never made it past the 2nd round ever. In 14 years he had 1 great team the 2016 team(11-1) and 2 good teams the 2011(9-3) and 2017 team(8-4). He went 84/75 over his coaching career at Rock that is 53% and just isn’t what is expected here. He did however produce 7 winning seasons of at least 6-6 or better which is 50% since he was here for 14 years but that equals out to be 6-6 average and just could never win the bigger games and in everyone it appeared he never tried. He wouldn’t argue over questionable calls and would get out coached in those games. While he is a great person and well respected he appeared to be more of a friend to the players instead of a coach while that’s nice at times it just doesn’t always give you those Wins that is needed to keep your job. While it’s not always about wins and losses at the end of the day that is what coaches are judged by and never being passed the second round of the playoffs is what ultimately was the final straw. Hopefully with the new hire we can get back that traditional mystique that we have desperately been searching for.(11-19-2021, 04:18 PM)Winston Wolf Wrote:Tom did not coach at Rockcastle for 27 years. He went to Harlan Co., then Perry Central. He did go to the state championship game twice while at ROCK.(11-19-2021, 01:00 PM)TD Hounds Wrote:(11-19-2021, 10:41 AM)Winston Wolf Wrote: It’s interesting to look at Scott’s record versus Chris’s record. They’re literally almost identical, you can say Chris has tougher road because of Pulaski and southwestern but there’s tough teams you have to get past in 3A if you want to make it to the third round of the playoffs, which is something Scott couldn’t do. Chris record might become better than Scott’s just because you automatically get into the playoffs in that district.
But when he’s hired they are going to essentially be betting on a 5A coach who has more male students to pull talent from to go to a 3A school with less male students to pull talent from and perform better, and to me that’s a big gamble. Chris doesn’t even have a winning record against teams who are classed below 5A. Not saying it’s the wrong hire and I want everyone to succeed but it is just a puzzling logic.
Also as someone who’s close to coach Blair, I would give it a 10% chance he would leave Madison Central for anything other than a head coaching position, that’s what he wants and he definitely qualified for and ready to be again.
I don’t know Larkey but he’s perpetually underperformed with the talent he’s had available to him at North Laurel. Only know Coach Blair by reputation which is that he’s a very good coach…Mark Payne DC from Southwestern and GJ Wooldridge from Pulaski Co could also do well imo, could do really well as a tandem or as the lone head man. Never thought I’d see Parkey step down at Rock but it’s hard to follow a legend…
Parkey was asked to step down or he would’ve been fired. The problem with that job will always be you have one middle school and one high school for the county and all the other powerhouse 3A teams don’t have that problem. Whoever gets the job will get time, but consistently getting to the third round will be tough. Even the great Tom Larkey didn’t do that over his 27 years there.
11-21-2021, 02:59 PM
(11-20-2021, 07:35 PM)SmashMouth17 Wrote:(11-19-2021, 08:17 PM)BUFFALO Wrote:No Tom came to the Rock in 1985 and left in 2008. That’s 23 years he was at Rock and during that time he built a dynasty that should have had 2 state championships but it was not to be it just so happened it was during the famous run Boyle County had in going undefeated for like 5 straight years. Had Rock been in the lower class down we would probably have 2 state titles yet we wasn’t and it never happened. During his tenure teams didn’t want to see us on their schedule and for good reason. Tom always had Rock ready and hitting hard was a guarantee even when Rock was down. He coached countless region finals and always seemed you couldn’t keep Rock from playing in 3rd round and most of the time he would reach the 4th round. Parkey took over in 2008 and in his 14 years he never made it past the 2nd round ever. In 14 years he had 1 great team the 2016 team(11-1) and 2 good teams the 2011(9-3) and 2017 team(8-4). He went 84/75 over his coaching career at Rock that is 53% and just isn’t what is expected here. He did however produce 7 winning seasons of at least 6-6 or better which is 50% since he was here for 14 years but that equals out to be 6-6 average and just could never win the bigger games and in everyone it appeared he never tried. He wouldn’t argue over questionable calls and would get out coached in those games. While he is a great person and well respected he appeared to be more of a friend to the players instead of a coach while that’s nice at times it just doesn’t always give you those Wins that is needed to keep your job. While it’s not always about wins and losses at the end of the day that is what coaches are judged by and never being passed the second round of the playoffs is what ultimately was the final straw. Hopefully with the new hire we can get back that traditional mystique that we have desperately been searching for.(11-19-2021, 04:18 PM)Winston Wolf Wrote:Tom did not coach at Rockcastle for 27 years. He went to Harlan Co., then Perry Central. He did go to the state championship game twice while at ROCK.(11-19-2021, 01:00 PM)TD Hounds Wrote:(11-19-2021, 10:41 AM)Winston Wolf Wrote: It’s interesting to look at Scott’s record versus Chris’s record. They’re literally almost identical, you can say Chris has tougher road because of Pulaski and southwestern but there’s tough teams you have to get past in 3A if you want to make it to the third round of the playoffs, which is something Scott couldn’t do. Chris record might become better than Scott’s just because you automatically get into the playoffs in that district.
But when he’s hired they are going to essentially be betting on a 5A coach who has more male students to pull talent from to go to a 3A school with less male students to pull talent from and perform better, and to me that’s a big gamble. Chris doesn’t even have a winning record against teams who are classed below 5A. Not saying it’s the wrong hire and I want everyone to succeed but it is just a puzzling logic.
Also as someone who’s close to coach Blair, I would give it a 10% chance he would leave Madison Central for anything other than a head coaching position, that’s what he wants and he definitely qualified for and ready to be again.
I don’t know Larkey but he’s perpetually underperformed with the talent he’s had available to him at North Laurel. Only know Coach Blair by reputation which is that he’s a very good coach…Mark Payne DC from Southwestern and GJ Wooldridge from Pulaski Co could also do well imo, could do really well as a tandem or as the lone head man. Never thought I’d see Parkey step down at Rock but it’s hard to follow a legend…
Parkey was asked to step down or he would’ve been fired. The problem with that job will always be you have one middle school and one high school for the county and all the other powerhouse 3A teams don’t have that problem. Whoever gets the job will get time, but consistently getting to the third round will be tough. Even the great Tom Larkey didn’t do that over his 27 years there.
I think you need to rethink your definition of a dynasty. You need to win multiple championships to be a dynasty. Under Larkey Rockcastle was a quality program. Usually top 10 in their class, but a notch or two below the true powers in those classes. They had 2 really good teams but never came close to a championship, losing by a combined score of 70-7 in their two appearances. Most years they were very good on the district level and had a few regional titles. Looking back from 1990-99 it looks like they made 3 appearances in the regional championship without winning it and lost in the first round of the playoffs 4 times. From 2000-08 is when they had their best run with 4 appearances in the regional final with 3 wins that led to the 2 appearances in the state final blowouts to Boyle County. I don't have their records for 85-89 but I'm pretty sure they didn't win a regional title in that timeframe. That's 3 regional championships and 4 regional runner-ups in 23 years to go along with a very good regular season record. Rockcastle under Larkey was a very good program, not a dynasty by any measure. They've been a middle of the road program since Larkey's departure.
11-21-2021, 05:04 PM
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I think you need to rethink your definition of a dynasty. You need to win multiple championships to be a dynasty. Under Larkey Rockcastle was a quality program. Usually top 10 in their class, but a notch or two below the true powers in those classes. They had 2 really good teams but never came close to a championship, losing by a combined score of 70-7 in their two appearances. Most years they were very good on the district level and had a few regional titles. Looking back from 1990-99 it looks like they made 3 appearances in the regional championship without winning it and lost in the first round of the playoffs 4 times. From 2000-08 is when they had their best run with 4 appearances in the regional final with 3 wins that led to the 2 appearances in the state final blowouts to Boyle County. I don't have their records for 85-89 but I'm pretty sure they didn't win a regional title in that timeframe. That's 3 regional championships and 4 regional runner-ups in 23 years to go along with a very good regular season record. Rockcastle under Larkey was a very good program, not a dynasty by any measure. They've been a middle of the road program since Larkey's departure.
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Its not 1987 anymore. I think probably they aren't going to get better results with the next coach.
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I think you need to rethink your definition of a dynasty. You need to win multiple championships to be a dynasty. Under Larkey Rockcastle was a quality program. Usually top 10 in their class, but a notch or two below the true powers in those classes. They had 2 really good teams but never came close to a championship, losing by a combined score of 70-7 in their two appearances. Most years they were very good on the district level and had a few regional titles. Looking back from 1990-99 it looks like they made 3 appearances in the regional championship without winning it and lost in the first round of the playoffs 4 times. From 2000-08 is when they had their best run with 4 appearances in the regional final with 3 wins that led to the 2 appearances in the state final blowouts to Boyle County. I don't have their records for 85-89 but I'm pretty sure they didn't win a regional title in that timeframe. That's 3 regional championships and 4 regional runner-ups in 23 years to go along with a very good regular season record. Rockcastle under Larkey was a very good program, not a dynasty by any measure. They've been a middle of the road program since Larkey's departure.
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Its not 1987 anymore. I think probably they aren't going to get better results with the next coach.
Scott Parkey coached my two sons for a total of six years at Rockcastle. His first year was my eldest son's first year of high school football. I have a lot of respect for the man because he treated my children with kindness and respect and was a mentor for six years of my children growing up in that leadership role. When my boys were getting close to high school age, I had heard a lot of sideways comments about how the previous football coaching staff and how they treated kids. The previous staff were beloved or they were disliked by the other parents and some of the negative comments were concerning to me as a parent, SO, I watched the Scott Parkey coaching staff with a close eye early on to ensure my kids were being treated as they should when they reached that age. The man treated them like family and that is why I have the respect I do for him. Great Coach? I have had my opinion about that at times and at certain games where I completely disagreed on how the game was coached. It's easy to disagree with these people when you are sitting in the stands and are second guessing them and you seem to be right every time in your disagreeing with them. It is a totally different thing to be the one who gives up family time, get paid not nearly the wages that a coaching job is worth for giving up that family time, and you have the pressure of making game decisions in the spur of the moment. Also as a coach you get invested in kids, watch their failures, their successes and wring you heart out when you make bad decisions or your kids from the team fall to the wayside for one reason or another. It's a tough job, and Parkey and Staff again, were good to my boys during that time. He has my utmost respect.
The administration that is seeing him leave also has my respect. J.D. Bussell (principal of RCHS) was an inspiration for my oldest as a baseball coach and a mentor in the sciences before he became administration. My youngest son found his calling in Chemical Engineering after taking Bussell's AP Chemistry class. He has always been positive toward my boys and as a coach he would correct them when they needed it and give them an "attaboy" when they needed that. I also have great respect for Mr. Bussell for his positive influence.
However all of this falls out, whoever is hired as head football coach, I appreciate all of those involved in making my boys high school experience a positive one. The biggest negative on all of it is how it affects a good local man and his family and their future. I wish that the "cat hadn't been let out of the bag" with rumors flying a month before the end of the season with the team still playing football. I wish Coach Parkey only success in life and have to respect the decision of the administration of Rockcastle High School, many of them whom I also respect. Good luck to Coach Parkey and time will tell if this decision by people who all used to call each other friends will make a positive impact not only on the football field, but in the lives of the young men who are currently playing and will play for the Rockets in the future!
The administration that is seeing him leave also has my respect. J.D. Bussell (principal of RCHS) was an inspiration for my oldest as a baseball coach and a mentor in the sciences before he became administration. My youngest son found his calling in Chemical Engineering after taking Bussell's AP Chemistry class. He has always been positive toward my boys and as a coach he would correct them when they needed it and give them an "attaboy" when they needed that. I also have great respect for Mr. Bussell for his positive influence.
However all of this falls out, whoever is hired as head football coach, I appreciate all of those involved in making my boys high school experience a positive one. The biggest negative on all of it is how it affects a good local man and his family and their future. I wish that the "cat hadn't been let out of the bag" with rumors flying a month before the end of the season with the team still playing football. I wish Coach Parkey only success in life and have to respect the decision of the administration of Rockcastle High School, many of them whom I also respect. Good luck to Coach Parkey and time will tell if this decision by people who all used to call each other friends will make a positive impact not only on the football field, but in the lives of the young men who are currently playing and will play for the Rockets in the future!
11-21-2021, 06:39 PM
Larkey has some great young talent coming up at North, and their feeder program is superior to what Rock has, I just don’t see him leaving North. Plus North has much better facilities
11-21-2021, 07:13 PM
(11-21-2021, 06:39 PM)LogCabinAbe Wrote: Larkey has some great young talent coming up at North, and their feeder program is superior to what Rock has, I just don’t see him leaving North. Plus North has much better facilitiesI agree he has a lot coming up to look forward to but you have to forget he still lives here in Mt Vernon and grew up here it’s home to him and all he has ever wanted. When he took the job at North he in no way would have if the Rock job was open came out of his own mouth. He has always told me he would be here in a heart beat I always make sure every time I talk to him to remind him he is wearing the wrong colors and he makes sure to always tell me to make it happen and he would be here and I simply say I just don’t know how don’t have that kind of pull lol but we will see everyone here has all said it’s a done deal just not made it official to everyone an my family goes to church with him. But he does have North in great shape right now and the future looks bright.
11-21-2021, 07:44 PM
No matter what talent he has coming at North, he's in a tough 5-A district he probably will never win. Rock has a lot of talent coming too.
11-21-2021, 09:47 PM
The last 5 years Rockcastle is 4-20 vs Calpreps top 7000. i.e. good teams.
North Laurel is 4-17.
Why does the 3a school play a tougher schedule than the 5a school?
Is that record a reason to fire one guy for the other? If you're going to fire the guy bring in Johhny Hines or something. He's 18-21 over the same period.
North Laurel is 4-17.
Why does the 3a school play a tougher schedule than the 5a school?
Is that record a reason to fire one guy for the other? If you're going to fire the guy bring in Johhny Hines or something. He's 18-21 over the same period.
11-21-2021, 11:37 PM
(11-21-2021, 09:47 PM)Iam4thecats Wrote: The last 5 years Rockcastle is 4-20 vs Calpreps top 7000. i.e. good teams.
North Laurel is 4-17.
Why does the 3a school play a tougher schedule than the 5a school?
Is that record a reason to fire one guy for the other? If you're going to fire the guy bring in Johhny Hines or something. He's 18-21 over the same period.
Larkey has first pick and as long as he takes it then he will be the next coach. He will do fine here in 3A the district he was in with 5A he probably never would have seen 1st place in the district Pulaski or Southwestern will be your 1 an 2 this year he had a good shot an both blew NL out it’s just how it will be in 5A. This year 3A was wide open most likely will be that way for next few years. He will have more support here at the Rock then he did at NL. I’m sure he will have a good coaching staff that will help his dad will be on the side line I’m sure Tony Saylor will get more involved then he is now even tho he goes to every game talks to the team an yells coverage plays out from the sideline every game lol but would be nice to get Blair to come back home and be DC. Probably won’t happen but would be a complete amazing staff if it happened.
11-22-2021, 03:07 AM
(11-19-2021, 04:18 PM)Winston Wolf Wrote:Seems like one high school in the county should be an advantage. lol(11-19-2021, 01:00 PM)TD Hounds Wrote:(11-19-2021, 10:41 AM)Winston Wolf Wrote: It’s interesting to look at Scott’s record versus Chris’s record. They’re literally almost identical, you can say Chris has tougher road because of Pulaski and southwestern but there’s tough teams you have to get past in 3A if you want to make it to the third round of the playoffs, which is something Scott couldn’t do. Chris record might become better than Scott’s just because you automatically get into the playoffs in that district.
But when he’s hired they are going to essentially be betting on a 5A coach who has more male students to pull talent from to go to a 3A school with less male students to pull talent from and perform better, and to me that’s a big gamble. Chris doesn’t even have a winning record against teams who are classed below 5A. Not saying it’s the wrong hire and I want everyone to succeed but it is just a puzzling logic.
Also as someone who’s close to coach Blair, I would give it a 10% chance he would leave Madison Central for anything other than a head coaching position, that’s what he wants and he definitely qualified for and ready to be again.
I don’t know Larkey but he’s perpetually underperformed with the talent he’s had available to him at North Laurel. Only know Coach Blair by reputation which is that he’s a very good coach…Mark Payne DC from Southwestern and GJ Wooldridge from Pulaski Co could also do well imo, could do really well as a tandem or as the lone head man. Never thought I’d see Parkey step down at Rock but it’s hard to follow a legend…
Parkey was asked to step down or he would’ve been fired. The problem with that job will always be you have one middle school and one high school for the county and all the other powerhouse 3A teams don’t have that problem. Whoever gets the job will get time, but consistently getting to the third round will be tough. Even the great Tom Larkey didn’t do that over his 27 years there.
11-22-2021, 11:58 AM
11-27-2021, 06:08 PM
If Blair isn't offered this job, Rockcastle has nobody to blame but themselves.
12-03-2021, 02:49 AM
(11-27-2021, 06:08 PM)BEChargers Wrote: If Blair isn't offered this job, Rockcastle has nobody to blame but themselves.From what I’m hearing Chris will be coach just have to wait until they can get him a teaching job. A opening will happen at the end of the current school year it’s all but done. Their is more to the Blair not being offered the job. It’s just not going to happen due to certain things that has been said by Blair from what I’m hearing.
12-06-2021, 04:26 PM
(12-03-2021, 02:49 AM)SmashMouth17 Wrote:(11-27-2021, 06:08 PM)BEChargers Wrote: If Blair isn't offered this job, Rockcastle has nobody to blame but themselves.From what I’m hearing Chris will be coach just have to wait until they can get him a teaching job. A opening will happen at the end of the current school year it’s all but done. Their is more to the Blair not being offered the job. It’s just not going to happen due to certain things that has been said by Blair from what I’m hearing.
you hear incorrectly…nobody in Rockcastle will say this out loud but Blair has turned it down! He will be at Madison Central long after Holcomb is gone.
12-06-2021, 11:40 PM
Nope not true. All will come out in a few weeks.
12-13-2021, 10:10 PM
Things have been quit lately. Last thing I heard on the rumor Mill was 7 coaches applied. No names were mentioned. You know how that goes.
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12-14-2021, 11:17 AM
Any updates on this?
12-17-2021, 09:59 PM
Getting close to Christmas decision time. Anyone got any insights? Anything shaking?
12-18-2021, 12:23 PM
It’s gonna be Chris Larkey. It was, is and has been him from the start.
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