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Not going to say there wasn't anybody because there may have been someone who had interest. I think they were on such a crunch time-wise that they went with someone who could basically be there the next day (translation-someone with no attachment to another program, who might have to get transfered into the school system, etc).
Good information to know though, because I recall them basically contacting anybody who had coached, was coaching, etc in the system to find out if they wanted the job.
James it wasn't Bubba although he entertained the idea but decided against it.
bare in mind when setser was there they played clintwood and ji burton in addition to haysi...add to that the cumberland was a little bit tougher then with st. paul having a pretty good run of athletes and tommy walker was much better then than they are now....i remember ervinton beating twin springs a time or two during those years and they played ji burton really tough one year. 2 of ervintons wins were against 0-10 teams last year and another was against tv who was 2-8. the only game they have won that they were not supposed to since this staff has been in place was big upset against a 3-7 castlewood team last year. i give them credit for that but it was somewhat erased by losing to an abyssmal st. paul team 25-0 providing them with what i believe was their only win other than tommy walker.
Good point James but Setser was not doing Ervinton any favors scheduling a Tough schedule he would have been better off IMHO going the Hurly route and play the worst schools that you possibly can for 2 to 4 years to get the wins that will lead to more interest in the program sure playing Burton, Clintwood and Haysi would make them better BUT wins over Tug Valley, ParkView, and Jenkins would probably do more for the moral of the team and maybe get a few more kids out the next year.
Heck it is what Saunders did at Wise first thing they did was pick up Ervinton and Betsy Lane and beat the snot out of them the next cycle when he was better they started picking up some tougher teams.(Looks like he may be following this blueprint at Shelby Valley with the whipping they put on a week Phelps team)
But that is what Setzer done. I would venture to say he set this schedule up because Crabtree came in way too late to get a schedule set up on his own.
Phelps made the play-offs last year and was predicted to beat Shelby Valley this year.
Well i have not seen so much interest in Ervinton on this board. As the Historian i always tell the truth and can give you some cold hard facts.
I think Ervinton never gets any respect so when they show up and have any success everyone on here is surprised. The truth is Ervinton is a small school and historically struggles. But if you look closely you can find some good and even great years. Over the past say 25-30 years the rebels put togehter a couple nice runs. They have had during that time 9 haed coaches. With doug ward they recorded wins over appy,powell valley, norton, coeburn,pound
with his best record being 6-3-1. He was followed a nice couple season by Curt Newsome who lead the Rebels to an 7-3 record. Both of these coaches were inn the LPD. after some down years in the late eighties with the best record being 5-5 by ed johnson Mark Palmer took over with the rebels in the cumberland. He lead the rebels to an 7-3 record which with Newsome equaled the most wins by a rebel team. mike setser then took over and had a best record of 4-6 or 3-7. Now crabtree has come in at a time when things are down but in two years must receive some credit for a turn around. Sure give the players credit for his succes but do the same for ward,newsome and palmer.
I feel like the rebels will 6 games this on the stength of the backfield but are not strong enough along the front to win the cumberland but do have a legitamine shot of making the playoffs for only the third time ever. The other two was under palmer.
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Great turn around, winning 3 games. Way to go!
Honistly I do not know anything about Phelps other than what some of my KY co-works have told me and that was that they were not going to be very good
i think they win 4 again this year...they will start fast and win a few games but as the schedule gets tougher they will fade...i highly doubt they beat castlewood again this year....they will probably go back to a 1-9 or 0-10 team next year