[blue1424]

I do not always agree with Hoot and do not agree with everything he is saying about this subject, but he is 100# correct in saying those coaches of 0-10 teams would not come to top programs and keep them at the top. Alot of people think Highlands has 40 D1players walking the hallways. An opposing NKY coach a couple of years made a comment that Dale (HHS coach) takes a bunch of small average athletes and turns them into a crazy football machine. Highlands is usually smaller with less overall talent than most teams but wins do to excellent coaching. Not any coach could just stand on the sidelines of a team like HHS (or JC like Hoot said) and win. There is a lot of bad coaching in KY football. I have seen a lot of teams over last ten years who had better talent than Highlands and should have beat them but didn't because of lack of coaching. Just one game that always comes to mind is the playoff game couple years ago against Bryan Station. That team had scary good talent all over the field and incredible size and speed. However some of the worst coaching I have ever seen. I have always felt sorry for that team because they deserved better. Coaching is so important in HS football

The same can be said for a lot of Louisville schools. There are many teams that Collins has faced from Louisville over the past couple of season that have a ton of speed, size, and talent, but have zero coaching or discipline. Teams like Western and Doss have never been as successful as they can be because they have never had good enough coaching.