MUNCIE, Ind. — Kyle Padgett didn't get a ringing endorsement of Muncie Central and its football program when he was named head coach in March.
"Coming from outside Muncie, you kind of feel like Muncie is (a bad) school. That's how people treat it," Padgett said. "People were saying with the football team (that) the kids were an issue and they wouldn't show up and they wouldn't do these (the necessary) things."
Although he can't speak from experience, multiple returning players confirmed that how the Bearcats previously conducted themselves in practices and games, which led to a 3-24 record over the past three seasons, gave the team little to no chance of success.