[EKUAlum05]

Great game tonight by the Pirates... I want to commend Harlan Co. on such a nice facility, my only fault is not having visiting locker rooms. I understand it is going to be completed in another phase. But how about a least a tent or something with some lighting ...instead of having the visitors huddle behind their bus at the half. Anyway Harlan Co. has a good team but they use way too many of their play makers both ways.. really hurt them tonight!

I agree. Belfry has had to learn the hard way the value of minimizing two way players. Harlan County also has the sure up their Special Teams play to get to that next level. Belfry has had "adequate" Special Teams for years and that has bit them in at least three Championship Games. This is the first year I am actually feeling comfortable with our ST play.

Harlan County is going to be a darn fine team,, aside from the above the other areas for improvement:

- Reducing Penalties. This is definitely a big area to improve on. Belfry didn't convert any of the defensive penalties that aided drives.. but they had at least two penalties on offense that hurt them.

- Belfry's quickness up front gave the bigger Bears big trouble. The radio crew was surprised how narrow their splits were...that tells me the HC staff was concerned with that quickness from the get go. The good news is HC wont see a D as quick as Belfry all season.

- Long is an electric player, but he has a real bad tendency to try and bounce it outside. This resulted in a big loss more than once when he could have gained a yard or two instead. In addition, Long is elusive and quick as a house cat..but when he gets hit.. HE GETS HIT. I am concerned he could get injured against a very physical JC.