[charlie22]

What you don't seem to be getting is that I said it was admirable
for the Highlands program to NOT want 6 classes. That indicates
they DON'T want to water down the competition or titles. Your
original post said it was the logical choice for Highlands, not the
emtional one, for going to 6 classes. The only logic to that
sentiment would be that it became easier to win a title.

OK...sort of. You are certainly correct: I didn't understand that your posts were saying Highlands opposition to 6 classes was admirable; I interpreted them as you stating that you did not believe me when I said Highlands was opposed to 6 classes.

My original post said my vote on the 6 classes as a Board of Control member was based on logic; not emotion. It did not say Highlands choice was based on logic, or emotion for that matter. All it said was the Highlands coach was not in favor of 6 classes. Paintsville Tiger had made a comment about emotional arguments being made. I was responding that my argument, decision and vote in favor of 6 classes was not based on emotion.

One other point: did you notice the part of my post that said there were blowouts even when we had 4 classes? It undermines the contention that if we got rid of 6 classes and went back to 4 classes we wouldn't have blowouts in the playoffs. We would. Maybe a few less, but there would still be blowouts. Furthermore did you also happen to notice that when we had 4 classes when I played, there were only 2 playoff games and then the state game? You only had to win 2 games and you were at State. Some would say that made it pretty easy to make it to state (and to be honest, it was for my team as we easy beat Knox Central and Cawood). Under the system as it is, there are an additional 2 playoff games played before making it to state. Those are additional opportunities for kids to practice and play the game they love; additional opportunities for kids and programs to get better. It was the position of the head coaches that just one more week of being able to practice and play would be good for their programs even if it meant getting blown out in the first playoff game. They felt their players and programs would benefit more than they would suffer. I deferred to their thinking believing they would know better than me on that issue.