[Cactus Jack]

I'm not trying to be mean here, but I am kind of baffled by some of the "Corbin should just go rehire Haddix" sentiment unless it's just wishful thinking.

Over the last 25 or so years, Boyle County has: put more kids in major D1 programs, had more recipients of Mr. Football; had more alumni go on to major D1 coaching gigs; put more players in the NFL; and won many more state titles than Corbin has in their entire history.

There's no emotional angle of Haddix having grown up in Corbin, having played there, or having some deep ties to the community that you can't put a price on.

Yet this solution almost seems to be: "let's just ask him back, throw plenty of money at him, promise that we'll fire some people and there's no way he can refuse".

I'm not saying Corbin doesn't have plenty that makes it an attractive destination for a coach, but I doubt many look at it as being on the same level as Boyle County, much less being the school that you leave Boyle for, and that's before you even get into things like having other strong programs in your school (read: basketball and baseball) that will take some of your kids or the perception of your program in the state at-large.

Unless you are talking about trying to be nationally ranked every year and needing to be at a St. X, Male, or Trinity to realistically do so, I'm not sure that there's a MORE attractive job in Kentucky than Boyle County unless there's something that I'm missing.