[CoachJ]

The word on the street is his own coach screwed him out of the award and gave it to #2.

Alright jetp, I know you're not exactly a fan of mine on this board -- I've never challenged any of your critical comments on here about my coaching...but this one is over the line.

1. "Word on the street"??? Where could you have possibly gotten any kind of information that I would have somehow tried to HURT Daniel Harmon's chances for ANY award? He's actually one of the few players I promoted to other coaches at an area meeting as deserving of 1st team ALL-STATE recognition!

2. The voting for District Player and Coach of the year was done by EMAIL by coaches in the district sent to Mark Dixon of Hazard. There was no chance for "lobbying" by coaches for ANY player to have received it (though if I would have been able, I think I'd have been smart enough to lobby for my own player that would be the REPEAT WINNER and rushed for OVER 2,000 YARDS this year).

3. Your "word on the street" is more than likely YOU coming up with something to try and disparage me as you have something to gain by my not being here next year. It is EASY and COWARDLY to hide ANONYMOUSLY behind a made-up screen name and damage a coach's reputation by professing to have "heard" something he'd done with ZERO proof of it.

Thank GOD Daniel is one of the highest-charactered and BEST ALL AROUND kids I've ever coached, or I'd be worried your comment might have damaged me in his eyes.

I'm available at the school after 2:00pm to discuss this with you, face to face, man-to-man, using real names. As civil as you want it to be. But if you have the GUTS to back up your "word on the street" (which I realize makes it easy for you to back out of it saying YOU didn't say it yourself, and you're just 'repeating someone else') to me without hiding anonymously behind a screen name, I'll be waiting.