[bulldog42]

To all the kids at Lawrence County please read this and take notes. Lawrence County has and will always have some idiot posters on this site. A lot of them have a personal agenda. Over the years I've found some posters to be disgruntled mothers that have no idea about football. Ex Convicts that aren't even around the program etc. When you can hide behind a computer it's easy to cut on people's character with no repercussions. It's cowardly but it is what it is.
D O G G for months you've attacked Coach Cecil on here. He works at the Middle School as the Vice Principal and is around the school all the time. Not a hard guy to find if you have so many problems with him. Perhaps you can take your expertise and win it all! For you to come on here and say he might have no interest in coaching anymore or take stabs at his commitment is absolute horse crap! Maybe you should go over to the field on a Sunday while he's cutting the grass with his two daughters running around so they can be around him! That's right Lawrence Co has such little support he has to cut the grass! I've coached beside him. He puts in COUNTLESS hours of film work etc to put together outstanding game plans. He's had opportunities to go countless other places but has instead chosen to stay here and try to help our kids in Lawrence Co. He has a solid reputation in coaching circles so some putz on the internet really doesn't matter outside of the kids getting fed this cancerous attitude. Cecil is not only a great coach but in my 20 years around football I've never been around a man that makes men better people! If you can have that influence on men then you know he has a huge one on kids.
Bulldog4life. You choose to come on here and bash me personally and the "good ol boys". Let me just go ahead and show how stupid you are for the Bulldog kids that are reading this. You've thrown my name out so here's some of my resume:
4 year letterman at LC
Top DB Sr year with school record still in pass breakups
Graduated winningest class in school history at the time
All State Honorable Mention
Played for Billy Goldsmith and Chuke Williams the top 2 winningest coaches in school history.
3 year starter went 11-0 Soph, 3pts from state Jr, 12-2 Sr.
Worked summers for Chuke and came back to coach with him on Fri nights while in college in the late 90's when LC broke Breathitt's 42 win streak and back to the final 4.
Took head middle school coach at North Oldham and played in multiple Mid Bluegrass Conference Championships.
Helped start the new program at North Oldham High School who has been one of the better programs in the state.
In the mean time started the Lawrence County Legend's Youth Football camp from 3 hours away. Was able to pull kids I coached back like Gerad Parker, Jason Michael, Alan Short, Dontae Wright, Mike West etc to work with our youth guys like Blake Bradley, Hunter James and Turner O Brian.
Went to Georgetown camp with Coach McPeek to help LC when Hoss, Dontae, Mike etc played to help LC there.
Moved to Lexington and Coached with guys like Bob Shire and Bill Letton. Bob is one of the top 2 passing coaches in the history of this state. He has been coach of the year in KY and GA. Bob won state in KY and made it to championship in GA. Bill won state in KY and had one of the greatest upsets in KY history when Pburg beat Danville. We all won a state championship coaching together. The 1st one in the history of Lexington Catholic and the 1st in Lexington in 20 years.
I came back and got to coach under Coach Goldsmith who built the Lawrence County program, Coach Salmmons who was the Coach of the year and Coach Cecil is an extremely intelligent football coach and man.
This "good ole boy" has had multiple offers multiple places. I've left my 2 kids at home MANY nights trying to make the program the best we can be even though I'm working multiple jobs. For almost 25 years I've been involved some way with this program.
I passed up 4 times the money and multiple coordinator jobs (just like Coach Cecil has) to try to help the kids in Lawrence County and build this program. When Coach Salmmons left he offered me the Defensive Coordinator job and a lot of cash. I decided to stay one more year with Coach Cecil to try to help keep the program at a high level.
I've also flown to Dallas, Minn driven to Chicago, Notre Dame, Cincy etc to clinics trying to not only coach with the best guys I could coach with but learn from others outside of here to help be the best we can be.
So this "good ole boy" coached with one of the best rushing coaches in the state in Chuke Williams. Coached with another state championship coach in Coach Letton. Coached with and coaching with again the State Coach of The Year in Coach Salmmons. Coached with and won a state championship under maybe the best passing coach in state history and multiple state coach of the year Coach Sphire. Coached with the guy out of all of them that made me a better man and is as intelligent as any of them Coach Cecil. I've been with programs that shut Highlands out at Highlands! Beat Trinity. Lost by a last 2nd FG to St X. Beaten teams like Scott Co, Cov Cath, Lex Christian etc. Coached in NFL camps. Started youth camp in Louisa and gave every penny back to the youth league. Pretty much been involved for 20 years in the LC program.
You're right this "good ole boy" isn't qualified to be coaching at Lawrence Co! There are people all over the place in Louisa that are much more qualified and love the program and kids more. Coach Short sure isn't qualified either. Lets hide and bash him since all he did was lead LC in the late 90's to the final 4 against Highlands. Forget all the huge hits he took great highlights he had and all the games he won. Forget he played QB in college and was a captain! Forget he's coached High School ball before he came here. Forget he's coached COLLEGE football! There are way more qualified people dying to move to Louisa that probably love our program/kids more.
Guess Coach Salmmons didn't think I could coach since for a 2nd year in a row he offered me the farm to come over and help revamp their defense. No trust there since we're preseason #3 in big schools the highest in school history and he has more pressure on him that he's ever had coaching. He's just taking a stab I might know what I'm doing! Ultimately my plan was to go to Paintsville and Coach my nephew until he graduated. Things didn't work out this year but I still hope to have him while I have a chance to be with him. I've turned down money + opportunities before but this time I took it for my family and my 2 kids. My family is in Louisa. I plan to be invested in the program at different levels in the future.
End of the day Lawrence Co has a rich tradition from being a top program in the state in the 90's. They had some outstanding players including some of the best in the history of this state. Multiple D1 kids etc. They had a leader in the Administration that's son is now coaching in the NFL. He LOVED the football program and did everything it needed. When Coach Salmmons went in and asked for 21 things he got ZERO! When Coach Anderson went in to try to work something out he was told good luck in a 15 sec conversation. For all I've done for the program I straight got lied to about being paid and put my family out of a couple of grand but still kept coming back to coach.The two times the job has come open there have been an average of 3 people apply for the football job! The school has been under the gun with the state for multiple years now. There are NO jobs here. This isn't the 90's and the faster people understand that the faster they are going to realize how much time guys like Coach Cecil and Coach Salmmons put in to take care of our youth! We all have different philosophies. That's life. I don't agree with everything either coach has done and they aren't going to agree with everything I have done. The difference is we are men. We go face to face to talk about things and try to get better. If you all LOVE the program so much then go be a man and talk to them. Right now all you are is a cancer to the program. Like it or not our kids get on here and read this crap. They have no idea who it's coming from they just read it. That crappy attitude is contagious and does nothing positive for the program.
For the kids reading this the bottom line is this. You would be shocked at some of the idiots that post on this message board. The majority of the loudest have never played a down of football and have ZERO clue about the sacrifice you all make. If you want to get thumped feel sorry for yourself. Listen to all the neh sayers that try to build excuses of why you will fail or how bad you are going to be etc. If you are a winner you will learn to look at these people like idiots. Like people that are trying to tear down everything you have worked for. You will look at these people like they don't believe in you, your family, our family! You will use the garbage they post that they don't have a clue about and fuel you to be great! You have 2 options. Feel sorry for yourself and get beat or take it all in to piss you off to be great! I hope you choose the 2nd! I know how hard our coaches and kids work. I've lived it. Believe in each other and believe in your coaches. Don't believe in the cowards that hide behind fake names and take shots at good men that sacrifice leaving their families behind to make you better players and even more important down the road men!
I love you guys! Barring something bad happening I'll be there with my family cheering you on Fri night vs Ashland! Leave it all on the field!
Coach Preece