If you're a follower of Carlisle football and think the Thundering Herd is going through some lean years, check out this story from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.Butler, a member of PIAA District 7, has hired its second coach in as many years and fifth since 2000.
This might be one of the more challenging programs to turn around in Pennsylvania but the Golden Tornado picked a good man to tackle it: Clyde Conti, who is in the Pennsylvania Hall of Fame and experienced great success at both Clarion-Limestone and Slippery Rock high schools.
The difference between Butler and Carlisle is that the former is the largest school in District 7. There's no excuse for this program to be in such shambles and for the team to get run over on a weekly basis every single year.
At the very least, Carlisle has an excuse for struggling in the Mid-Penn Commonwealth Division: it's a small Class AAAA school playing giants like Chambersburg, Cumberland Valley, Harrisburg and State College.
Butler, which had 74 players on the roster last year, according to the article, can't complain about numbers or lack of depth.
It's absolutely amazing to us that a school of this size can be so bad at football year after year. Remember, there's nothing more important in District 7 than football. It's one of the stronger districts in the state, if not the nation, every fall but for some reason, the passion is non-existent in the halls of Butler Area Senior High School.
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