Quote Originally Posted by Jason View Post
I actually overlooked the part of the best case scenario. I now also see nothing wrong with it. I would have brought it up had Housewright said it the way I first took Thurmans comment. I still love the comment Phil Robbins made but in all honesty he is one of my more favorite coaches in the area. I feel VAHigh will be doing doing something in the next 3 or 4 years and will not be surprised at all if they win Region this year. People are saying GC is the team to beat now in the Region but I wont be convinced until they actually win Region. You remeber last year when they came up and beat Clintwood. When that team left Clintwood that night they made a right turn into Kentucky and was not heard from again. Region D this year is anyones to win. The team I have my eye on sneaking up are the Kelly Indians. They wont surprise me if the win the LPD and Region this year. I cant wait til they play Clintwood, Powell Valley, and Norton. I actually wouldnt mind seeing them win the LPD. When did they last win it?

Whoa friend-appreciate the vote of confidence,but we've played TW and Pound thus far.To hear someone say that they think that our kids can win the LPD in a rebuilding year though is a testament to the remarkable job that B.I. has done at JJK. After the horrible first couple years,folks in Wise were screaming for his head. I kept urging patience,telling people that Rome wasn't built in a day. There were a few of us in Wise that had sense enough to know that B.I. Salyers has been a winner his whole life. He was a winner as a player,and everywhere he's been as a coach as well. It takes time to get your kind of players in,get your kind of program established (especially when you walk into a bare cupboard at the high school level-not like you have D-1 schollie players ). This year's squad IMO is finally the bunch that fits the mold of what he's been looking for (although young in many spots-very fast and very hard-hitting). More importantly,he's teaching these young kids how to do things right. Did you all read Crabtree's quote in the Coalfield paper yesterday? He said that JJK was a class act,that JJK was the classiest bunch he'd ever seen. He said that because up 33-0 in the first,B.I. started pulling kids out. Guys,no disrespect to Pound,but honestly JJK could have scored 100+ Friday night. Playing the game with dignity,honor,and class means the world to me (and it meant the world to guys like the legendary Ralph Cummins). There's more-MUCH more to life than football (much like what Stacy Carter is teaching his kids at Sullivan South).