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Until i know the facts I will not speculate. I do know that Ben Howard has a great offensive mind and that he has the potential to be one of the best coaches ever. I also know that whatever his dad Hillard does--that he has touched the lives of many that will never forget him. I want nothing but the best for them both. They certainly contributed to the success of many eastern ky kids( mine included). So many times, people want to sit back and say this or that without knowing who or what they are talking about. The truth may be that he is gone--if so, I along with many wish them both the best.Instead of getting on here and giving people **** that are going through trials and tribulations, we should be offering them caring and support. I choose to do the latter

I think we all pretty much know what happened by now! I think it's great that Hillard Howard helped your kids and was a big influence to them. He did a great job in the late 80's with Pikeville.
What kind of influence do you think Ben had on his kids at the two places he was Head Coach? Of course everyone wants the best for him and his personal trials. The fact is , he srewed up on more than one occasion. He deserves every bit of scutiny or criticism he gets on this site. I'm sick of everyone feeling sorry for poor Ben. What about the poor kids in the two programs that he embarassed. What about the poor parents that have and had young kids coming up in those two programs that sacrificed time and money to help build those programs? I don't see a lot of pitty for those people! He's been given every opportunity(a lot more than most that's in the coaching profession) that he needed and blew it because of his "personal trials and tribulations." Let's all be adults on here and quit trying to sugarcoat everything just so some people don't get their feelings hurt. To me, that's one problem in our society right now and it's a big problem with our kids, everyone's to sensative. When you scew up, you screw up, period. Expect to be criticized when you do what he did, twice! I do hope he gets his problem under control and fixed.