[HAIL PIKEVILLE!]

First of all. Congrats to Harlan.

As for us it was a good season for our boys. I really saw some improvement in some players during the course of the season. I believe we finally have a coaching staff that we can rebuild this program with moving forward. Its just going to take time. Just Like it did for Bens dad when he came here in '72. Just like it did for Coach Haywood over at Belfry when they went an entire decade over there without a region title only to come back better than ever.

Im very proud of this senior class. I would be hard pressed to think of a class of football players that has dealt with more adversity than these kids have during their football careers. Just think for a moment. Since these kids were freshmen theve seen 3 coaches in 4 years with major amounts of drama surrounding the arrival and departure of the previous 2. Not to mention drastically different philosophies and offenses to grasp with each change. I place the blame SOLELY at the feet of our administration for that. Theyve played non distict schedules in back-to-back years that maybe 10 teams in our 90+ year history could have a winning record against. The previous 2 coaches as well as the administration can share the blame on that one. But through all that. These boys didnt quit, They perservered, They kept playing when it wouldve been easier to just walk away like some of their teamates did. I hope one day when these boys see what theyve done they can look back and be proud of it. Ben told the Seniors after the game tonight that they laid the foundation for great things to come in the future with this program. I gotta disagree with part of that statement. Our foundation for this rebuilding project is our tradition. Which IMO gives us a leg up on some pretenders out in the county who have no tradition to build on. But, with that said, hopefully these seniors built the 1st story of great things to come at Pikeville....We Shall See. Good Luck to my LIL Bro JR Robinson and the rest of the Senior Panther Football class of '09-10. Now and always I will say GO PANTHERS!