bigdaddyk318

Long long story short as best I can and this is very personal to me and I guess you just triggered it. Maybe it’s good for me to say this for anyone that knows our family that would even care to know. 2 things and I said this to Coach Baugh when he called to ask why we were moving to West Monroe, not 24 hours after he found out asking if anyone had done something wrong. I told him absolutely not, their were some business promises and dealings that were made to my family and what they said they would do and didn’t follow through on and second, our Judicial Court System and the way the divorce proceedings were handled knowing all the truths was crippling knowing rights and wrongs. This was Black and White to me, no gray areas that attorneys try to find to build their cases for their clients on. To allow my kids to be dragged through all of it was disgraceful with all parties involved. Everyone seemed to only care about what they could get out of it and it wasn’t about the kids. Sorry, I’m on a rant and it still gets my blood boiling.

Judge made a mistake early on and could never admit he was wrong as he was too prideful and in turn caused grief and emotions for my family and to suffer through a 5 1/2 year custody battle as I was in and out of courtroom over 30 times will do something to you. It was a like a funnel you couldn’t get out of. The most horrible thing to endure and to put those kids through. Can’t put a price on that to get them in a safe, secure, loving environment. I had to sell a business and it was a money grab by lawyers and trying to deal with someone that couldn’t reason even though I tried for the sake of the kids.
I will never apologize for fighting for the best interest of my kids. I wasn’t going to be a once a week and every other weekend Dad. One of the greatest days of my life was driving over to Mississippi and picking up my 3 kids and checking them out of school that the judge had let go to Mississippi, Madison/Richland area because of a guy my ex had met online and judge said he looked good with a coat and tie on sitting in the courtroom. Unbelievable. These words were actually spoken by the judge on initial decision and where they should be. It took a court ordered escalated case to a child psychologist down in Pineville interviewing the kids, family members etc. to write a scathing report criticizing the judge, the ex, etc. to a point where the local judge had no choice but to tell me I could go get my kids. Should have never had to come to that. Lost a lot of respect knowing rights and wrongs of our case and how the judicial system works. Hayes was 6 at the time. The kids whole support system was from my side of family and the grandparents. Not been easy of course but I have some great kids that have made good life choices this far. I, myself needed a life change based upon these circumstamces. Hayes has told me numerous times he was glad we made that move and he has made great choices during his high school career and the crowds he associated with and the ones he chose not to.

That’s exactly why we transferred from Ruston to answer your question. Have the utmost respect for that program, the kids and families I know, Coach Baugh, Kyle and others.
You definitely weren’t expecting this long winded answer I’m sure. I needed to vent I guess.

I will say, though, don’t sleep on West Monroe this year! They are loaded with 45 seniors. D-Mike will have them attacking and they know the talent and believe in each other and what they have. They will be dangerous. I’m done posting, I’ve shared a lot and probably too much already. Just want the best for my son, he’s earned everything that has been given to him and it’s been due to his good choices. You want your kids to be better than you and have life success. I do at least. LSU has a good one suiting up for the purple and gold! I’ll leave it at that. Thanks for all the kind words. I do not need to be posting. That one just hit a nerve that only God can heal. I apologize for the rant. Geaux Tigers!!! #53 is special to me.

He had a great Sr year, Was a team captain at West Monroe as we originally were from Ruston, kind of like outsiders moving over. At Ruston, we knew all those kids and families as they had a great run with Coach Baugh and Kyle. Coach Sumrall at Tulane brought us up last summer at camp and offered him as a defensive end. I told him West Monroe had just moved him to offensive tackle in Spring. Kind of an under the radar player with nice upside would be a fair assessment of Hayes. He’s very aggressive. Just needs to put weight on and keep getting stronger. Athletic for his size.