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1993 Defensive Prep Notes: Campbellsville HS September, 1993, the Campbellsville HS Eagles coached by Perry Thomas, were ranked #1 in KY Class A. Good grief those guys were good.  We (the Paris Greyhounds) were also undefeated and ranked in the top ten of Class A.  We were playing at Campbellsville and were excited about the challenge. Their head coach, Perry Thomas, was a good friend and still is today. We had become friends through Chuck Smith because he had been on Chuck's Allen County- Scottsville staff in 1987. They both went to Campbellsville HS in 1988. We did not get off to a good start. We had not charged our headsets. Strike 1. During pregame, I hollered at a coach, "throw me a ball."  He throws me an old kicking ball. I throw it back, "throw me a game ball!"  He throws it back at me and says, "We forgot the game balls. This is all we got."  Strike 2. The game gets started. This was a good football team. We were battling, but they could move ...

 Here are Coach Blanton Collier's "Quarterback Reminders."  Once again, coaching of the eyes and attention to detail are the overriding theme to his insights.

Blanton Collier was famous for his ground breaking work in video analysis. Here is a window into the thoughts and work of a genius. Head Coach, Paul Brown assigned developing a film analysis to Coach Collier when they both coached the Cleveland Browns.  Now with Hudl and the extensive video work at all levels of football, we take for granted that someone blazed the trail. In the modern era of football, when coaches evaluate video, the roots of that process and what they are seeking to understand and evaluate, go back to Blanton Collier.   Kay Collier McLaughlin (Blanton Collier's daughter) was kind enough to share this with me a few weeks ago. Considering his NFL winning percentage (76 - 34 - 2; .691), World Championship with the Browns in 1964, innovative contributions to the game of football, and his legacy of how he treated everyone, Coach Collier is most certainly deserving of induction into The Pro Football Hall of Fame.