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Where did you get that I was ok with anything? I just stated the success factor rule? Unfortunately for us the IHSAA did not reclassify last year. Our enrollment would have put us in 2A, {our enrollment as of last week was 475}. We finished the season at 11-1 but we got beat by a very good Lawrenceburg team in the sectional championship game and if we would have won, we would have played the 3A state champion {Gibson Southern} in the regional. Like yourself we were NOT ok with the IHSAA not reclassifying last year. Believe me, I wish we had been in 2A last year, but we weren't. I would also like to say that Coach Buening and I are very good friends and I want nothing but the best for Southridge HS. Hopefully, the IHSAA will reclassify this year and we both will be back in 2A.

Have you been talking to the “experts” in Seymour?

Exactly. Plus, it helps to have a coach that is committed. Not just with the high school team but also with building up the youth programs so that the kids have the experience and fundamentals they need to be ready by high school. Also, politics have been an issue in the past but I think those days are over now with the new AD and superintendent.

Any success factor adjustment that puts Chatard in 3A and WeBo in 2A is a sham. As @jets pointed out, Southridge was 3A for 3 years after winning ONE title. To make WeBo 3A for one year after winning THREE 2A titles would be absurd.

Not "regulation", relegation. Two different words. And the system is 100% divorced from school population. This wikipedia entry explains it nicely: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promotion_and_relegation

They did that when Coach Beuning was there and still didn't have much success. He has gone on to win a state championship and had multiple deep playoff runs since then so it wasn't a lack of head coaching while he was there, maybe a lack of assistant help. Jennings County is definitely different since he was there. They have made some major upgrades. What they really need is somebody who is going to be there for the long haul. I don't think they need to hire a guy who is wanting to have a few successful seasons and turn it into another job.