[HazzBeen]

I respectfully disagree. I followed closely the situation when they were replacing Coach Mac. I remember that he was hired specifically because beating good teams at a school that wasn't known for ever having any football success, several of them in the playoffs (including teams that have won state titles).

I also think (and think others would agree) that beating LexCath at LexCath in a second round playoff game IS considered a "big win," even though it wasn't the semi-finals or finals. Especially considering Oldham Co. hadn't even won a playoff game at all for over 10 years before he got there (again, got that off of khsaa.org).

If the only "good coaches" are ones that have won a final or semi-final game, that really narrows your list down as to who could be their coach. Why then, didn't they ask Coach Howard to come back? He and Coach Haywood are about the only ones in that area still coaching that fit in that category.

Another interesting question since that comes up: how do you think Coach Howard would fare TODAY without being able to get all the best players in Pike Co. (and Texas, and Maine, and West Virginia)?

Also, do you think coaches that HAVE "won against a good team when it matters most -- state finals and state semi-finals" (your definition of "a good coach") were good coaches BEFORE they'd won that "big game" or did they only become that AFTER they'd won it?

If you were the owner of the Colts, would you have traded Peyton Manning prior to this year for Trent Dilfer? After all, Manning had never "won the big one" and Dilfer had won a Super Bowl AND a Conference Championship game.

I think you bring up some interesting points, but this thread is about next year's QB at Pikeville and you have turned it into bashing the head coach for an offensive attack that appeared to be a one-time thing after losing their QB in the first game of the season. I am very good friends with a couple of the assistants at Pikeville, and from what I'm hearing from them, I don't think they're planning on running "that offense" again; who the qb will be will come down to who can best do ALL the things a qb has to do to win a close game. They think that COULD be Honaker, but others will get a chance to show they could do it too -- and the point about Honaker being utilized somewhere else is a big factor, I believe.

You call yourself a Panther Fan and you bash Coach Howard. I think most of the Pikeville faithful will agree that you are not a true Panther fan so don't get on here and pose as one.