[lcgrad2002]

I'm going to say something and it will make people mad. Before I do. I want to say LC has great kids. Their good kids. The coaches are great guys. However out of all the schools I have seen this past year LC has put in the least amount of work. Giving it their all is more than just playing hard that night on the feild. Giving your all starts the day the season ends the year before. That doesn't happen in LC. The effort was not put in this offseason. That's what needs to change. The mind set. You go look at a successful program like JC down the road and most of their kids play three sports and they put time in the weight room. That's just my frustrated opinion though.

Lawrence County has some great coaches in place and the numbers are up for the Bulldogs which shows that kids are buying into the system and what coach Alan Short is doing. I will say that these kids have put in the work in the off-season. They started from the end of last season through the off-season so your statement is incorrect. There are benefits to kids playing multiple sports but there is also a danger of burning out with no passion. The old saying holds true "winning breeds success." A lot the kids playing now didn't win many games at the youth or middle school level. It all starts there and working and molding them as they grow up. Lawrence County's youth program has gotten a lot better over the past years and they are competing and winning games where they used to get blown out. The middle school numbers are up and athletes are out, it just takes time.

I think the area they need to improve in, which is evident, is defensively. The tackling needs to improve, too many kids with their heads down, diving at the legs. I would venture to say that the coaches do not teach this, it's probably been bad technique they have grown up with. With so many kids out this year, I don't think it would be a bad idea to give other kids chances at positions that they are getting exposed at.