[augustus]

Big E and Daddy#62, in comparing coaches, you have to look at a lot of criteria and it is not fair in a lot of situations, especially at Powell Co. Bruce Reynolds had the nerve and the guts to start a program from scratch there. We played them the 1st or 2nd year of varsity football. He had his hands full and it took a lot of hard work to do what he did. Tom Posey did a great job there as well. If I'm not mistaken he still has the best single season record. I do not recall Phillip Stockdale but I do remember Dave Collins. Tom Posey had a couple of great assistants but the only one I remember is Coach Dayne Brown. Each coach had their good points and bad and each had different support both in and out of the school. The districts each were in, needs to be considered as well. Every coach that has been at Powell has brought and left something (good and bad). The overall program needs to be considered as well from the structure, to the up keep (program & facilities), to the performance just to name a few. "IF" Mike Whitaker gets or takes this job I believe he will have the first winning season but again should you compare him to Bruce Reynolds who had to play Danville and Lex Cath, or Tom Posey that had to play Belfry, Pike Central, Johnson Central, etc., or Doug Martin or Bruce Jones that had to play Russell & Fleming & East/West Carter? I'm hoping that any coach that takes this job will have support from the new administration and that the fact the state dept. (supposedly coming in next year) is not going to hinder their ability to get the job done on the field. Those are tough situations if you are a teacher but when you are both teacher and coach it can be disastrous. Hats off to all of the coaches and players that came before and best of luck to the new coach, players and program.