[JackRabbitSlim]

Gravy (Me) is not certified to be a teacher just yet, neither is Matt Branham, Derek Sword is going to medical school pretty soon. All 3 of us help right now. I am a full time assistant (4 years of varsity experience, 1 year of jr high, 2 years of little league), Matt is part time (3 years head jr high coach, 1 year varsity experience), and Derek did an awesome job helping out not only with football but as well as weightlifting (1 year of varsity and jr high experience).

This is not a direct insult to you Gravy or Matt or any of you guys but come on. I just don't feel that you could take on a varsity level coaching job. There is so much more that goes into it that people don't realize. Not only that, but without any head coaching experience it would be hard to come in and do a good job because of the constant scrutinty. In order for Pikeville to get any type of respect from the community is to go out and hire an established head coach who has a lot of background and history in winning and building a program. So many schools try to go for the cheap way out and hand over head coaching jobs to first year head coaches in a program that demands winning, and that just isn't a good fit. What you need to realize is that if you want to win and continue to win your going to have to put your greed aside and find someone that can not only build a program, but continue a tradition that the community expects.