[Bluegrasscard]

Congrats to all those that made the teams and Honorable mention list. Well deserved.

No one gets here without a lot of hard work that impresses coaches.


The CJ does need to take to steps to avoid obvious and glaring omissions given this is the broadest and deepest honor list for the entire state. With three full teams and a lot of HMs there is no excuse for completely omitting top players.

The examples I would use are the quarterbacks from Highlands and Frankfort.

McCoy was dual threat with lots of stats both passing and running and a very impressive overall efficiency rating (182). Over 20 TDs each in both rushing and passing categories and lead the team in rushing overall. I do not care if a single coach did not wright down this name - this omission was glaring.

Hawkins from Fankfort averaged over 200 yards a game passing, over 20 TD passes, averaged over 20 yards a completion and had an efficiency rating of a very impressive 208.

I know of at least 2 other QBs who had efficiency ratings of over 200. And 1 of them was the only QB I found with a higher yards per completion than Hawkins. At least they are on the HM list for QBs.

You can argue 1st, 2nd, 3rd, HM rankings all day long. I am not suggesting these 2 players displace anyone on the top teams at all. But to leave them completely out of the list with the number of players named as HM in addition to the 3 teams? With this broad and deep of a honor roll? Very bad.

The CJ needs to evaluate how it does this. Going solely off the coaches input when less than half the coaches provide input looks to be a problem.

Chasing down coaches for input can be hard. That is for sure. Most coaches are just flooded with emails every day. Getting coaches to respond to emails can be hard - I know from experience. Certainly a lot of work went into this. But it has some glaring omissions that indicate there is a problem with their method. At least the part to ensure no one obvious is overlooked for this honor list.

Again, congrats to all those named - well deserved. Keep up the work.