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I’ll say I don’t disagree with anything you’ve said but you have to understand something here….Almost all of the Corbin faithful feel Haddix was treated unfairly and forced into accepting the Boyle Co job…Whether that’s actually the case or not, the way our current coach was hired lends plenty of credence to that fact…I don’t expect that Haddix would automatically just accept the Corbin job if it became open, but imo we need new leadership and not just as a football coach…It’s sad that a whole lot of this has been aired in a public forum but the powers that be aren’t listening to the fans or voters that have put them in their positions…I’m happy for Coach Haddix and all his success and would never want to see him return, thinking of his family, if he couldn’t be in an absolute ideal situation, unfortunately Corbin can not currently offer that at this time Imo…All that being said I know where our football program was at when Coach Haddix took over and imo You dance with the one who took you to the prom, you can’t have another coaching search and not reach out…It may not matter but I know for a fact Haddix wasn’t our first choice when he was hired and neither was he Boyles, done extremely well no matter the pecking order….in closing no I don’t think he’ll ever be gracing the sidelines in Corbin I wish it where different but who could blame him….

Understood and see where you are coming from on almost all of the points you make. I'm not privy to as much info as most posting in this thread-- I didn't know that Haddix wasn't the first choice for Corbin or Boyle County when he was hired, or at least didn't remember that now if I'd known it at the time.

At this point, Haddix has won three straight titles and is winning two games as a favorite away from his fourth. Neal Brown may not last through the offseason at West Virginia, but imagining him coming back to the high school ranks is a complete pipe dream. Chuck Smith is probably now in his mid-60's, has retired, "only" won one title in his last six tries, and went out having lost a semi to Haddix's Corbin and a final to Johnson Central.

I can see a situation where Boyle maybe feels that they are slipping in terms of: losing regular season games to in-state teams, not having the most impressive margins of victory in the playoffs, and seeing fewer 3*, 4*, and 5* kids being produced, but if you are going to fire a coach who is only 20 years removed from his high school graduation with the type of success he's had, then there's either more to the story or you are playing a very risky game.

If he's holding up his fourth in a few weeks and isn't leaving to become a college coordinator (or due to an issue that would have led to anyone's firing) but Boyle still wants as a replacement, then they'd better know that it is going to work right away.

Maybe there's a scenario where he feels wrong at Boyle and has something to prove by beating them, and this leads him back to Corbin, otherwise I can't see it. Even then, I think he's got enough security that we are years from being in a situation where he could be forced out.