[EKUAlum05]

Congratulations to Coach Haywood and his successful career. I would just like to say that no one at Pike Central, or anywhere else has anything but respect for "him" and "his accomplishments". I personally feel that he truly deserves a second award for enduring the "class of ignorance" that he has had to deal with within the Belfry Community. You would never hear Coach Haywood or Coach Chapman for that matter try to show their ignorance by running their mouths about one another or making personal slanderous statements. The same people that are on here this week acting like they have actually played some part in this man's success are the same people who back in 2008 (when Breathitt beat Belfry) were on here and out in the community running their mouths to anyone who would listen about how Coach Haywood was past his prime and needed to be replaced. Statements were made about how his style of football was outdated. But I will say one thing...I doubt that any of the ignorant statements made on this site in regards to other football programs and other coaches were made by anyone that has "actually played" for Coach Haywood. I doubt very seriously if he ever taught anyone disrespect. Most of these posts are obviously made by people that live in some sort of fantasy world.......everyone knows the type. They show up at a game and yell "Hold! Get him out of there coach! Put somebody else in!"......But yet they have never played a down of football.....never coached a game of football..... and more than likely never even raised their own children. So to sum it up....Haywood definitely deserves to be honored. So why don't you truly honor the man and stop trying to connect your "classless behavior" to his name or even to the game of football. Most coaches around the state have a mutual respect for one another (especially the ones that have been around for a while) because they all know what it's like to try to teach young people life skills while attempting to deal with the outside influences.... We all have class.....of some sort.....not always something to brag about! Ask the coaches themselves...... I doubt very seriously if Coach Haywood would want to be associated with anybody that gets on the computer with an assumed name and attempts to personally slander anybody...... Now that is "real class!"

Well this thread won't be dying anytime soon....

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