[TheTruth!]

Huge pick up

[Slim one]

I really like the kid. Just goes about his business and can shoot lights out. Wouldn’t trade him for the two Hazard transfer ins.

[BlackAndYellow]

Huge pickup indeed.

Being able to replace Woods & Bakun with, IMO, even better players in Combs (transfer from Hazard) & Hacker (transfer from Leslie) is major for the Dores. Add in Miller, Sumner, Prater & Robinson and you have a pretty solid squad.

Im also interested in seeing how incoming freshman big man Josh Miller progresses since last season.

And you never know with Perry or any other 14th region team, they could add one or two more players between now and the start of the season.

[Medusa]

I’d take Seth Caudill over anyone on Perry’s team all day long every day. Combs is a really talented player though. Hacker isn’t better than Woods or Bakun. Not even close.

[Bluecat]

Can Combs create his own shot? Is that the only thing for me? He is a great shooter and kid for sure, but can he, or is there anyone on Perry's team who can create that for him? At Hazard, most defenses will be focused on Caudill, which would open a lot of opportunities for him.

[Shoottheshot]

Can Combs create his own shot? Is that the only thing for me? He is a great shooter and kid for sure, but can he, or is there anyone on Perry's team who can create that for him? At Hazard, most defenses will be focused on Caudill, which would open a lot of opportunities for him.

I think Combs did himself an injustice by transferring especially out of fear that Caudill would outshine him. You are absolutely correct when saying that defense will focus on Caudill leaving Combs uncontested a lot and considering Huff was reported as telling Combs he had “free rein” makes his transfer, not a smart move. Perry has a team of 3 pt shooters all competing for that spot light and everyone in 3 regions knows the Perrys game is the 3 pointer consider they have no inside man. Just my take but I think maybe daddy didn’t think that move through…

[Medusa]

Dumb move in my opinion.

[BillyCrystal6]

This transfer makes 0 sense to me but I guess that is the current culture of high school basketball. Instead of buying into your role and trying to do whatever you can to help the team win, you transfer out to somewhere where you think you will do better individually. Is Seth Caudill a better player than Combs? Yes, I think so. But are individual accomplishments worth more to you than winning? if so I think he made the right move.

Some interesting stats from Combs in what I would consider "Big Games" for Hazard last season
WYMT Championship vs. Harlan Co.- 2 pts (1-4) from 3
14th Region All A Championship vs Breathitt- 9 pts (1-5) from 3
1st round of All A state tournament vs Green County- 3 pts (1-4) from 3
2nd round of All A state tournament vs Clinton County- 8 pts (2-5) from 3
All A Final 4 vs Danville Christian- 6 pts (1-9) from 3
54th District finals vs Perry Central- 2 pts (0-3) from 3
14th region tournament 1st round vs Knott- 5 pts (1-3) from 3
14th region finals vs Breathitt- 5 pts (1-2) from 3

Combs PPG vs Buckhorn, Prestonsburg, Leslie, Moore, Jenkins, Wolfe, Jackson City, and Lee= 14 PPG
Combs PPG vs Breathitt, Perry Central, Knott Central, Harlan County, Madison Central= 8 PPG

These are stats taken straight off the KHSAA website. To me, this screams, "When times get tough, or things get hard, run and hide" Transferring to a rival school fits the same motto.

[Bluecat]

This transfer makes 0 sense to me but I guess that is the current culture of high school basketball. Instead of buying into your role and trying to do whatever you can to help the team win, you transfer out to somewhere where you think you will do better individually. Is Seth Caudill a better player than Combs? Yes, I think so. But are individual accomplishments worth more to you than winning? if so I think he made the right move.

Some interesting stats from Combs in what I would consider "Big Games" for Hazard last season
WYMT Championship vs. Harlan Co.- 2 pts (1-4) from 3
14th Region All A Championship vs Breathitt- 9 pts (1-5) from 3
1st round of All A state tournament vs Green County- 3 pts (1-4) from 3
2nd round of All A state tournament vs Clinton County- 8 pts (2-5) from 3
All A Final 4 vs Danville Christian- 6 pts (1-9) from 3
54th District finals vs Perry Central- 2 pts (0-3) from 3
14th region tournament 1st round vs Knott- 5 pts (1-3) from 3
14th region finals vs Breathitt- 5 pts (1-2) from 3

Combs PPG vs Buckhorn, Prestonsburg, Leslie, Moore, Jenkins, Wolfe, Jackson City, and Lee= 14 PPG
Combs PPG vs Breathitt, Perry Central, Knott Central, Harlan County, Madison Central= 8 PPG

These are stats taken straight off the KHSAA website. To me, this screams, "When times get tough, or things get hard, run and hide" Transferring to a rival school fits the same motto.

Interesting numbers. The kid can shoot, but again, he is going to have to find a way to get his own shots. Easy to guard someone if they are stationary. Along with Miller and Sumner, that seems to be the case for their offense. Hacker will create more than Combs, Miller, and Sumner, which may open some kickouts if they help on defense. There is no Woods or Caudill out there to create the shots the others got last year. One of them is going to have to step up their game to take more initiative to create offense for themselves and their teammates. Not basking either kid. That is just their style of play. Hopefully, one of them opens their game up. If they do, then Perry will be better for it, as will the other players.

[Midnight rider]

This transfer makes 0 sense to me but I guess that is the current culture of high school basketball. Instead of buying into your role and trying to do whatever you can to help the team win, you transfer out to somewhere where you think you will do better individually. Is Seth Caudill a better player than Combs? Yes, I think so. But are individual accomplishments worth more to you than winning? if so I think he made the right move.

Some interesting stats from Combs in what I would consider "Big Games" for Hazard last season
WYMT Championship vs. Harlan Co.- 2 pts (1-4) from 3
14th Region All A Championship vs Breathitt- 9 pts (1-5) from 3
1st round of All A state tournament vs Green County- 3 pts (1-4) from 3
2nd round of All A state tournament vs Clinton County- 8 pts (2-5) from 3
All A Final 4 vs Danville Christian- 6 pts (1-9) from 3
54th District finals vs Perry Central- 2 pts (0-3) from 3
14th region tournament 1st round vs Knott- 5 pts (1-3) from 3
14th region finals vs Breathitt- 5 pts (1-2) from 3

Combs PPG vs Buckhorn, Prestonsburg, Leslie, Moore, Jenkins, Wolfe, Jackson City, and Lee= 14 PPG
Combs PPG vs Breathitt, Perry Central, Knott Central, Harlan County, Madison Central= 8 PPG

These are stats taken straight off the KHSAA website. To me, this screams, "When times get tough, or things get hard, run and hide" Transferring to a rival school fits the same motto.

Or maybe it was the offense. Al slows down the game especially in big games

[HCS]

This transfer makes 0 sense to me but I guess that is the current culture of high school basketball. Instead of buying into your role and trying to do whatever you can to help the team win, you transfer out to somewhere where you think you will do better individually. Is Seth Caudill a better player than Combs? Yes, I think so. But are individual accomplishments worth more to you than winning? if so I think he made the right move.

Some interesting stats from Combs in what I would consider "Big Games" for Hazard last season
WYMT Championship vs. Harlan Co.- 2 pts (1-4) from 3
14th Region All A Championship vs Breathitt- 9 pts (1-5) from 3
1st round of All A state tournament vs Green County- 3 pts (1-4) from 3
2nd round of All A state tournament vs Clinton County- 8 pts (2-5) from 3
All A Final 4 vs Danville Christian- 6 pts (1-9) from 3
54th District finals vs Perry Central- 2 pts (0-3) from 3
14th region tournament 1st round vs Knott- 5 pts (1-3) from 3
14th region finals vs Breathitt- 5 pts (1-2) from 3

Combs PPG vs Buckhorn, Prestonsburg, Leslie, Moore, Jenkins, Wolfe, Jackson City, and Lee= 14 PPG
Combs PPG vs Breathitt, Perry Central, Knott Central, Harlan County, Madison Central= 8 PPG

These are stats taken straight off the KHSAA website. To me, this screams, "When times get tough, or things get hard, run and hide" Transferring to a rival school fits the same motto.

That's a lot of work to make a high school kid look bad.
Saw him tonight at Harlan County and was extremely impressed. I didn't keep stats, but he must have hit his first 5 or 6 3s. He looked a lot better today than what I saw last year. Only one scrimmage, but if he keeps that up he may be the second best player in the 14th behind Caudill.

[Wanna-be]

Looked like a deer in headlights sometimes to me. Can’t call yourself the best shooter in ky with that kind of production. Kincaid came in off the bench from what I understand and played some big minutes and hit some clutch shots. Combs may do great at Perry but how will him and the kids already at Perry coexist and factor in hacker also. You’ll have a lot of so called shooters on one team. Sounds like a blowup waiting to happen but best of luck to them.

[BillyCrystal6]

This transfer makes 0 sense to me but I guess that is the current culture of high school basketball. Instead of buying into your role and trying to do whatever you can to help the team win, you transfer out to somewhere where you think you will do better individually. Is Seth Caudill a better player than Combs? Yes, I think so. But are individual accomplishments worth more to you than winning? if so I think he made the right move.

Some interesting stats from Combs in what I would consider "Big Games" for Hazard last season
WYMT Championship vs. Harlan Co.- 2 pts (1-4) from 3
14th Region All A Championship vs Breathitt- 9 pts (1-5) from 3
1st round of All A state tournament vs Green County- 3 pts (1-4) from 3
2nd round of All A state tournament vs Clinton County- 8 pts (2-5) from 3
All A Final 4 vs Danville Christian- 6 pts (1-9) from 3
54th District finals vs Perry Central- 2 pts (0-3) from 3
14th region tournament 1st round vs Knott- 5 pts (1-3) from 3
14th region finals vs Breathitt- 5 pts (1-2) from 3

Combs PPG vs Buckhorn, Prestonsburg, Leslie, Moore, Jenkins, Wolfe, Jackson City, and Lee= 14 PPG
Combs PPG vs Breathitt, Perry Central, Knott Central, Harlan County, Madison Central= 8 PPG

These are stats taken straight off the KHSAA website. To me, this screams, "When times get tough, or things get hard, run and hide" Transferring to a rival school fits the same motto.

That's a lot of work to make a high school kid look bad.
Saw him tonight at Harlan County and was extremely impressed. I didn't keep stats, but he must have hit his first 5 or 6 3s. He looked a lot better today than what I saw last year. Only one scrimmage, but if he keeps that up  he may be the second best player in the 14th behind Caudill.

To make a kid look bad? It is stating the obvious... I am a realist, and if this kid was not made out to be some kind of second coming of Ray Allen then I would not bother looking into these stats. I never once in my post said he was a bad player. He is a solid role player and good set shooter in this region. Nothing less and nothing more. And if you, or anyone else on this site, is a realist and knows the game of basketball, you will agree he was nonexistent when things got tight in big games. Now, with that being said do I think it hurts Hazard by losing Combs? No! but it definitely doesn't help. He is a good player that will make Perry Central a better team. But does he make them a regional contender? No! 

And after re-reading your post, of course he hit 5-6 threes in a summer ball game. He gets on the AAU circuit and gets hot often and does well. Maybe his game just doesn't translate to high-stakes, high-pressure, high school basketball. He may turn out to be a great college player he has some offers.

[HCS]

I haven't seen anyone comparing him to Ray Allen. Where is that?
You may be right and he may not play as well when the season starts, but he looked really good yesterday. I haven't seen a high school player attacked like he is on this thread since Sperry the last couple of years.
I thought Perry looked quite a bit better than what I saw last year.

[Wanna-be]

I haven't seen anyone comparing him to Ray Allen. Where is that?
You may be right and he may not play as well when the season starts, but he looked really good yesterday. I haven't seen a high school player attacked like he is on this thread since Sperry the last couple of years.
I thought Perry looked quite a bit better than what I saw last year.

It’s hard to make a comparison to last year or any kind of evaluation on a kid based on summer ball whether it be good or bad. Perry’s downfall next season will be defense, or the lack there of.

[Shoottheshot]

I haven't seen anyone comparing him to Ray Allen. Where is that?
You may be right and he may not play as well when the season starts, but he looked really good yesterday. I haven't seen a high school player attacked like he is on this thread since Sperry the last couple of years.
I thought Perry looked quite a bit better than what I saw last year.

I don’t think anyone is attacking but more less stating facts and observations. Did it hurt Hazard he left?? No. Did it help Perry? Maybe. Bottom line is whether they admit it now or not but the PCC parents were livid last year that Woods was taking all the shots so considering Combs went to Perry on the assumption that he’s going to be able to shoot until his arm falls off will probably become an issue. I watched this Hazard team play last week and if the vibe keeps up they’re right back where they need to be. Selfishness has no place on any team and I don’t think the Combs kid has that mentality but mommy and daddy do..