[HazzBeen]

That's a rediculous statement. How do you you know how the whole community feels?
Pikeville needs someone that knows the kids and that the kids love playing for.
Pikeville needs Copley more than Copley needs Pikeville. If you look at what Copley has done with these kids since he's been there, then there's no way he shouldn't get the shot at head coach. The kids love him and will do anything for him. Look at the athletes he's made since taking over the weight training program. Heck, most of the coaches in the other sports are jealous of him because of how the kids respond to him. Coach Williams publicly acknowledged him and gave him due credit for making the players stronger and quicker during last season. Coach Preode also intrust Copley with his baseball players for their weight training. I would say that some key players on Pikeville's team will have alot to say before it's all finished. Pikeville's belly offense was put in place this past season by Copley, but he was'nt allowed to run it completely. Jackson wanted him concentrating more on the defense. Howard and some of these other coaches being mentioned on here run spread offenses, so why would a 2100 yard rusher want to come into his senior year on a team that likes to chuck it through the air 75% of the time. Remember that Ben Howard is not Hillard Howard( who was a wishbone belly coach). These are just some facts that I think are important to talk about.

First of all the spread offense is one of the best offenses to run out of (ex. West Virginia) because there is less people in the box to defend the run. Ask Barret Rogers who played with me at Pikeville. My offense at LCC ran the ball 458 times for 3,431 yards which is an average of about 7.5 yards every time we ran the ball. We threw the ball only 261 times for 2067 yards. So if that is "chuckin it" up 75% of the time, you need to work on your math. Don't get on here and talk about stuff you don't know about. Obviously you don't know much about football or you would know the spread offense is a great offense to highlight one particular running back. The wishbone is based on having 3 great backs.

I have not been contacted about the Pikeville job and I don't plan on getting contacted. I am perfectly happy here at LCC and I feel we have the chance to do something really special here. While I still love Pikeville football, I don't think it is meant for me to be there at this point in my career. Now that I have spoken to you all concerning this issue, I wish you would leave my name out of this thread. If you want to say stuff about my past experiences, please don't post them on the Internet. I messed up and that is all I can say. I learned from it and I have moved on. Thanks!