[PCBaseball]

You're confusing facts with opinions, which of course, you are allowed to express; you simply shouldn't state them as "facts'.

The only fact I see is that, yes, coach Potter is under .500 for his career, but as a rule, most of Wolfe's teams over the past 35 or 40 years has had losing records, and he's only been there 6 or 7 years, so he can't be blamed for that! No, there is another reason, and it's simple: players win ball games, and traditionaly Wolfe County, with a very few exceptions, simply never has enough good players to win with. Wolfe, along with MOST other small schools oftentimes has to use players who, quite frankly don't have enough God-given talent to make a decent little leaguer. This is not a slam on these kids in any way, not everyone is going to be a good player, but if the talent is not there........ and anyone who coaches probably thinks he can turn some of these kids into great players, but reality is what it is, it simply ain't gonna happen.


Yes, Stamper was a great player, no doubt was the Wolve's cornerstone that year, but the "fact" is, he joined a senior-laden team that year, and many of them put up pretty good stats that year. Would they have won the district that year without Stamper? I believe they COULD have (maybe not, also), but Chris simply put Wolfe County head and shoulders above Breathitt and Jackson that year. Once again, talented players won.


Gene Combs not doubt did a GREAT job at Lee, and I know he put a lot of work into it, but I believe he would tell you he had quite a bit of talent over there, as well. This small school is more of an exception rather the rule. Not counting the city school south of us, how many other A schools in the region has a good team on a consistant basis? None, and there are reasons for that, but the biggest thing is simply not enough talent. I guess they get laughed at, too.


BTW, you have a funny way of "not trying to offend anyone."

I am sorry you took offense. That being said, lets examine how Gene Combs got that talent. He built it from the groun up. He used to bring 9,10, 11,and 12 year old teams down here to Powell which he coached himself. [building the program] He had his hand on every player in that county and taught the game at every level in order to build his High School program. In short, he worked his a.. off to build the program. He had talent because he built that talent himself. I can remember a time when Wolfe was very competitive and even came down here to Powell and handed our buts to us in the first round of the District and then took out the Regional powerhouse at that time, Lee County to win the District championship that year. I can't remember the coach's name, but I remember that every year he had them they were very good and after he left they have been going down hill every since and your coach now is not just a little under .500 he is way way under .500. When I played against Wolfe from '79 thru 82 they was plenty of talent on those teams and they were in the region almost every year and I have seen some of their young kids that travelled and played in the summer over the past few years and they would beat our allstar teams rather routinely,so I know that there is plenty of baseball talent up there. This leads me to the conclusion that it is a lack of coaching rather than a lack of talent.