[DukeBoy]

JPA don’t need to give anyone 150K for his son to coach. RPA has been around it his whole life and would do fine there if given a chance. Guarantee he wouldn’t play politics. He’d be to busy recruiting and trying to win. Huff will do fine with or without transfers. If kids are smart, they will come. It’s hard to find a coach you really love. Also would be football upgrade for them. Dang HS job. Wow. This is comical and that is peanut pay by the way.

[HollerRat]

If these are the names hazard is choosing from, then they are scraping the bottom of the barrel. One would think they would have better names to choose from but maybe this isn’t the job some people make it out to be. Seen a lot of complaining about Al the last few years wanting him gone. If Huff is their man the dawgs will regret what they had been hoping for

[DukeBoy]

Holler Rat, the job is no big deal. Hazard nor any other school in the region is exactly a UK Wildcat recruiting pipeline. It’s small little high school job. Amis, Huff, Adkins, or Parker Carter would all do fine there. Just have to have discipline and hard work ethic. Put the X’s and O’s in and see if they Jimmy’s and Joes can execute. Not a very prestigious job in my opinion.

[FunFan]

If hazard is hiring a mediocre coach in Huff (that basically just got fired at knott) on the premise that he might bring some mediocre basketball players with him, who also happen to be mediocre football players as well, then hazard has much bigger problems.

[DukeBoy]

If hazard is hiring a mediocre coach in Huff (that basically just got fired at knott) on the premise that he might bring some mediocre basketball players with him, who also happen to be mediocre football players as well, then hazard has much bigger problems.

Spoken by someone with a D1 pedigree I’m sure.  Where did you play and coach at Kid?

[FunFan]

One doesn’t need a D1 pedigree to see that Hazard hiring an unproven coach, in part, because he could potentially bring a couple decent basketball players with him, that could also play football, is stupid.

[LOOKAYANNER]

Hearing Lot of things going around Hazard right now.
1. Hazard has already hired Huff
2. JPA is willing to pay 150,000 to get RPA the job
3. Admin trying to hold off both of these guys long enough to get Hurt from EKU interested in the HHS job

Unless something has changed in recent years JPA is not a fan of the Hazard Bulldogs. Years ago when the Dawgs were in the state tournament he was asked if he was going to root for the 14th representative in their Sweet 16 game and his answer was an emphatic, “NO! I’d root for North Korea before I would Hazard!” Lol.

[Wanna-be]

One doesn’t need a D1 pedigree to see that Hazard hiring an unproven coach, in part, because he could potentially bring a couple decent basketball players with him, that could also play football, is stupid.

So you think that a move like that hasn’t ever been done before? When you get immediate success it draws attention and will eventually help pull other kids in for all programs. The names I’ve heard floating around that could possibly enroll would help basketball, baseball, and football all around. If you have immediate success then other kids will come too. Doesn’t sound like that bad of an idea to me but maybe that’s just my way of thinking.

[FunFan]

So suddenly all these players want to follow and play for Huff? The past few years some of the better players in the region were kids that LEFT Knott while Huff was coach there.

[DukeBoy]

Huff can coach basketball. He’s more than qualified. Everyone can’t win every game. Sometimes teams get upset. 99 percent of the time, the kids miss the shots and make the mistakes. All plays can’t be drawn up to perfection.

[SuperTrooper]

Huff will do a good job. Kinda odd though that the hire hasn’t been made official although.

[FunFan]

Immediate success? Hazard is already good in every single one of the main sports and always has been. I’m sorry, but the idea hazard should hire an unproven coach from a nearby rival school, in part, because they could poach a few players is absolutely absurd.

[WaterBoy15thregion]

One doesn’t need a D1 pedigree to see that Hazard hiring an unproven coach, in part, because he could potentially bring a couple decent basketball players with him, that could also play football, is stupid.

Well said!!!!!

[DukeBoy]

Huff must of hurt some of your feelings. Regardless if he brings anyone in or not. The guy will do a good job. If your kids a gym rat then he will do better but if he’s a bare minimum kid like most are in his these parts are don’t expect a ton of success. Huff will do his part.

[Wanna-be]

Immediate success? Hazard is already good in every single one of the main sports and always has been.  I’m sorry, but the idea hazard should hire an unproven coach from a nearby rival school, in part, because they could poach a few players is absolutely absurd.

That’s your opinion which is fine, but I’ll be willing to bet that if the shoe was on the other foot, and talks were making there way around like they are right now and that it would help support your school teams whoever that may be that you’d be all for it. Funny to me how it’s good for some and not for others. Huff seems to work kids hard. If they want to show up and develop is on them. Knott got better and better as the year progressed last season. Had hazards number in the region just came up a couple of plays short.

[TheDick's-n-Karl's]

If this pans out and Hazard does name Huff as their new coach, great hire IMO. They went out and got the best coach available. Not saying he is a HOF. But simply stating it's the middle of May, most coaches aren't leaving their school this late into off season, most coaches are afraid to try and fill the shoes of Al and outside the 14th and 15th region, Hazard isn't close to anything else.

[Midnight rider]

Huff would have won region with Sperry.  Sperry was the Golden Ticket and Honeycutt had him.  Them kids from Knott want to play on a good football team.  That’s probably main reason they will follow Huff.

It is going to be almost impossible for them to get eligible. Under the KHSAA transfer bylaws you cannot follow a coach

You keep repeating this like the more you say it the more it will be true. You are wrong. Maybe the law still technically exists. But it also has to be enforced. Hazard has a way of making transfers work. As they will IF anyone transfers from Knott. Wait and see. 

as far as pay. Well salaries aren’t set in stone and are negotiable. Neither your nor my business. That’s hazard and huffs. But, school systems often have ways to supplement salaries.  And who says he will be in the classroom? Hell Some school systems create positions like text book coordinator just to have a different avenue to provide income. Not saying it’s the case here but happens all over the state. Sorry you don’t like Huff because he didn’t promise your son a starting position.

A system like hazard is so small it’s hard for them to do. And it’s every tax payers business what schools pay. I like huff and think he’s a good coach but happy and Al are gone and so went hazards pull with the KHSAA. And schools are going to put in against this and it will be hard to justify hazard interviewing a coach and then a couple players from his previous school transfers in and then the official hire is made. This is what is happening now.

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Huff will do a good job. Kinda odd though that the hire hasn’t been made official although.

It’s not official yet because they are trying to get a couple players from Knott to transfer to hazard to try and get around the KHSAA rules

[15thRegionFan1515]

Huff is a mediocre coach, but he’s young and still learning. He was only at the helm two or three years at Knott. Give him time.

Will KCC not fight the transfers? I would think Huff isn’t their favorite guy since he was dismissed from coaching, and I’m sure they want their horses there for Honeycutt as he makes his debut.

[WaterBoy15thregion]

Huff is a mediocre coach, but he’s young and still learning. He was only at the helm two or three years at Knott. Give him time.

Will KCC not fight the transfers? I would think Huff isn’t their favorite guy since he was dismissed from coaching, and I’m sure they want their horses there for Honeycutt as he makes his debut.

Those 3 may regret their decision of enrolling. 

• Bylaw 6 (Transfer Rule):
  [color=var(--m3c10)]Bylaw 6, as outlined by the KHSAA, deals with transfer athletes. Coaches cannot encourage a player to transfer to secure a coaching position.[/color]
  

[UKisN1]

Huff is a mediocre coach, but he’s young and still learning. He was only at the helm two or three years at Knott. Give him time.

Will KCC not fight the transfers? I would think Huff isn’t their favorite guy since he was dismissed from coaching, and I’m sure they want their horses there for Honeycutt as he makes his debut.

State your credentials for evaluating coaches. Huff resigned and was not dismissed.

[Shoottheshot]

Technically Huff is not a coach. He was let go from that position weeks ago so how does the rule apply now

[WaterBoy15thregion]

Huff is a mediocre coach, but he’s young and still learning. He was only at the helm two or three years at Knott. Give him time.

Will KCC not fight the transfers? I would think Huff isn’t their favorite guy since he was dismissed from coaching, and I’m sure they want their horses there for Honeycutt as he makes his debut.

State your credentials for evaluating coaches. Huff resigned and was not dismissed.

Just because you resign doesn’t mean you wasn’t told to either resign or be let go. It’s obvious they didn’t want him because he wasn’t doing a good job.

[Enigman]

Huff would have won region with Sperry.  Sperry was the Golden Ticket and Honeycutt had him.  Them kids from Knott want to play on a good football team.  That’s probably main reason they will follow Huff.

It is going to be almost impossible for them to get eligible. Under the KHSAA transfer bylaws you cannot follow a coach

You keep repeating this like the more you say it the more it will be true. You are wrong. Maybe the law still technically exists. But it also has to be enforced. Hazard has a way of making transfers work. As they will IF anyone transfers from Knott. Wait and see. 

as far as pay. Well salaries aren’t set in stone and are negotiable. Neither your nor my business. That’s hazard and huffs. But, school systems often have ways to supplement salaries.  And who says he will be in the classroom? Hell Some school systems create positions like text book coordinator just to have a different avenue to provide income. Not saying it’s the case here but happens all over the state. Sorry you don’t like Huff because he didn’t promise your son a starting position.

A system like hazard is so small it’s hard for them to do. And it’s every tax payers business what schools pay. I like huff and think he’s a good coach but happy and Al are gone and so went hazards pull with the KHSAA. And schools are going to put in against this and it will be hard to justify hazard interviewing a coach and then a couple players from his previous school transfers in and then the official hire is made. This is what is happening now.

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Huff will do a good job. Kinda odd though that the hire hasn’t been made official although.

It’s not official yet because they are trying to get a couple players from Knott to transfer to hazard to try and get around the KHSAA rules

Good try. But again, simply not how it works in the real world. No matter how bad you try to make it a concrete thing. Wait and see. Maybe Hazard got some new enrollments already this week? Who knows

[UKisN1]

Huff is a mediocre coach, but he’s young and still learning. He was only at the helm two or three years at Knott. Give him time.

Will KCC not fight the transfers? I would think Huff isn’t their favorite guy since he was dismissed from coaching, and I’m sure they want their horses there for Honeycutt as he makes his debut.

State your credentials for evaluating coaches. Huff resigned and was not dismissed.

Just because you resign doesn’t mean you wasn’t told to either resign or be let go. It’s obvious they didn’t want him because he wasn’t doing a good job.

His job performance had nothing to do with his resignation or being pushed out. Ask his Senior parents or players, and why if he was a subpar coach would players want to follow him.

[WaterBoy15thregion]

Huff is a mediocre coach, but he’s young and still learning. He was only at the helm two or three years at Knott. Give him time.

Will KCC not fight the transfers? I would think Huff isn’t their favorite guy since he was dismissed from coaching, and I’m sure they want their horses there for Honeycutt as he makes his debut.

State your credentials for evaluating coaches. Huff resigned and was not dismissed.

Just because you resign doesn’t mean you wasn’t told to either resign or be let go. It’s obvious they didn’t want him because he wasn’t doing a good job.

His job performance had nothing to do with his resignation or being pushed out. Ask his Senior parents or players, and why if he was a subpar coach would players want to follow him.

It’s not the BEST players that followed him.

[Wanna-be]

Huff is a mediocre coach, but he’s young and still learning. He was only at the helm two or three years at Knott. Give him time.

Will KCC not fight the transfers? I would think Huff isn’t their favorite guy since he was dismissed from coaching, and I’m sure they want their horses there for Honeycutt as he makes his debut.

State your credentials for evaluating coaches. Huff resigned and was not dismissed.

Just because you resign doesn’t mean you wasn’t told to either resign or be let go. It’s obvious they didn’t want him because he wasn’t doing a good job.

His job performance had nothing to do with his resignation or being pushed out. Ask his Senior parents or players, and why if he was a subpar coach would players want to follow him.

It’s not the BEST players that followed him.

Who’s the best player knott had??

[WaterBoy15thregion]

State your credentials for evaluating coaches. Huff resigned and was not dismissed.

Just because you resign doesn’t mean you wasn’t told to either resign or be let go. It’s obvious they didn’t want him because he wasn’t doing a good job.

His job performance had nothing to do with his resignation or being pushed out. Ask his Senior parents or players, and why if he was a subpar coach would players want to follow him.

It’s not the BEST players that followed him.

Who’s the best player knott had??

Amburgey hands down!

[Wanna-be]

Just because you resign doesn’t mean you wasn’t told to either resign or be let go. It’s obvious they didn’t want him because he wasn’t doing a good job.

His job performance had nothing to do with his resignation or being pushed out. Ask his Senior parents or players, and why if he was a subpar coach would players want to follow him.

It’s not the BEST players that followed him.

Who’s the best player knott had??

Amburgey hands down!

He’s a good player. Osborne is a freakish athlete though.

[Chin Strap]

I wish Hazard would go ahead an announce the hire. I always have looked at Hazard as a classy school system who did things the classy way. But that isn’t the case, doing this whole thing waiting to release the coaching name until kids enroll is some low class bs. Using kids like that will always come back to haunt you. I’ve lost all respect for the Admin at Hazard most of all Eddie Browning. This whole search looks like the football coach was calling the shots. When you use kids the way they have (Huff, Browning, Chandler) you deserve to be run out of town when it goes bad. I cheer for every 14th school at the state level, but I can’t wait to see Hazard Basketball and Football take a nose dive which is what will happen maybe not this year but soon, you do not use kids as pawns in grown up games.

[BlackHawk]

Unsure if it is true but I was told there were some that transferred already.