High School Game

in various sports, I can tell you that parents and youth sport coaches can really suck. They will often ruin it for the kids.

I love football like we all do. I played and have really fond memories of it, right up there with baseball, and I dont really have any desire to push my kids into it. I wont forbid it, but when you look at in totality it thru an adults eyes youre kinda like ehh, its all pretty fucked up.

shove one our players Friday night after being tackled out of bounds on their sideline. Then later in the game he walked out to the middle of the field to scream at our head coach after one of their guys committed a PF. He tried to apologize after the game but we weren't having any of that bullshit. Fucking disgraceful.

First, the coach should not touch you under any circumstances. He should be ejected and suspended. Second, I don't like coaches who think the score and time left should dictate penalties. A penalty is a penalty is a penalty. Third, this is especially true of a brutal hit of the dirty nature like this.

Semi-related to my second point, I hate when you hear the complaint like, "You can't call that in the 4th quarter" or "You can't call that in a tie game" or that officials shouldn't decide the game. Well, not calling something also determines the outcome. And to me, a penalty, foul, etc. should be called the same from the 1st quarter to the 4th qaurter, regardless of score, down, or distance. Period.

saw him shove our guy. But it's clear as day on the video. Whether or not we choose to do something about it is another matter. He has a history of being very volatile. And this is a Catholic school to boot that preaches fair play, honesty and values. Whatever.

I could be wrong but I didn't read that as he literally and physically jumped on him but instead verbally did.

In comment 13649428 steve in ky said:

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I could be wrong but I didn't read that as he literally and physically jumped on him but instead verbally did.

In re-reading it, you are probably right.

In comment 13649421 B in ALB said:

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saw him shove our guy. But it's clear as day on the video. Whether or not we choose to do something about it is another matter. He has a history of being very volatile. And this is a Catholic school to boot that preaches fair play, honesty and values. Whatever.

Your school should really send the video to the league. That sounds like something that should be addressed, especially if he has a history.

tourney this weekend. They have two seniors on the team and the majority of the players are 9th and 10th graders with five 8th graders playing. They went 3-1 and played in the championship game against a full varsity team that won the NC state title last year.

They were losing 18-2 with about 3 minutes left and after a call, the opposing coach rushes onto the field and screams in the refs face. Winning by 16 in a Fall tourney!

In comment 13649461 FatMan in Charlotte said:

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tourney this weekend. They have two seniors on the team and the majority of the players are 9th and 10th graders with five 8th graders playing. They went 3-1 and played in the championship game against a full varsity team that won the NC state title last year. They were losing 18-2 with about 3 minutes left and after a call, the opposing coach rushes onto the field and screams in the refs face. Winning by 16 in a Fall tourney!

Some people just get lost in their douchiness

In comment 13649473 steve in ky said:

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In comment 13649461 FatMan in Charlotte said: Quote: tourney this weekend. They have two seniors on the team and the majority of the players are 9th and 10th graders with five 8th graders playing. They went 3-1 and played in the championship game against a full varsity team that won the NC state title last year. They were losing 18-2 with about 3 minutes left and after a call, the opposing coach rushes onto the field and screams in the refs face. Winning by 16 in a Fall tourney! Some people just get lost in their douchiness

Parents suck. My daughter is coaching HS softball and she's had to tell off parents twice her age to stop yelling at players on their own team - parents who coached her in travel ball, no less.

should be enforced more stringently, not less. Those kinds of hits in blowouts often lead to ugly stuff

were exactly right to enforce the game the way they did

In comment 13649359 EricJ said:

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in various sports, I can tell you that parents and youth sport coaches can really suck. They will often ruin it for the kids.

+1 I was a youth hockey and soccer ref and stopped the former - parents were out for blood.

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You wonder why almost 30,000 less kids are playing high school this year.....

Yeah, probably more so because of the "head not clear" comment. Youth football participation rates are down because of the threat of injury; particularly the unknown causes of CTE.