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celica18l in booju_newju

Ripped from the headlines

Oct 26, 2011 10:23

Your child's High school football coach is caught on audio via cell phone yelling (and swearing) at his football players. One of the players posts it on youtube for the world to hear and all hell breaks loose ( Read more... )

sports, teenagers

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owlsarentaholes October 26 2011, 15:39:40 UTC

1. Definitely not.
2. It's up to my kid, but I would not encourage the kid to quit over having a coach that yells and swears.
3. I didn't play when I was in high school, and I don't have kids who play now. I tend to think that sports SHOULD be highly competitive and the job of the coach is to push the team hard and be tough on them in an effort to make them the best they can be. I've never thought that coaches were supposed to be super nice, sweet people who are all friendly with the team.

wolfden October 26 2011, 21:05:42 UTC

I gotta agree with this 100%.

That recording wasn't that bad.

mistresstrixe October 26 2011, 15:41:02 UTC

I considered posting this story here, lol.

Honestly, I think it is good that he resigned. I am sure that this wouldn't be the first time these kids have heard language such as this, but I do not feel that it is appropriate for a teacher or a coach to speak to them in such a way.

The only sport I played in high school was varsity golf, so my experience is probably not the same as someone who played a more um, team intensive sport. But I would not like my child to be subjected to this sort of behavior from a coach.

celica18l October 26 2011, 15:45:37 UTC

yeah I went to this high school and my facebook page is freaking out because he resigned. He is a good teacher.

randomjen October 26 2011, 16:14:25 UTC

That sucks...good teachers need to be doing what they do best. I totally get coaches yelling and swearing, it's kind of part of the deal as long as it isn't personal attacks or abusive.

sister_anne October 26 2011, 15:48:05 UTC

Aren't most high school football coaches dicks, anyway? idk

1. No. I'd push for an apology for losing his shit, though.

2. Up to him.

3. I'm just as uninterested in high school sports now as I was back in my day.

cme2694 October 26 2011, 15:57:41 UTC

1. No. Gee, a coach is mad after losing a really close game and decides to yell? NO WAY. I'm pretty sure it's not the first time these kids have been yelled at nor heard swear words.

2. Yes, assuming that my kid wanted to be on the team. From the article, it sounds like a lot of the kids didn't like the coach.

3. Not sure, I wasn't in sport in high school and my kid isn't in high school.

I wonder what their state laws are on recording others. In some states, both parties have to know about the recording. Depending on their laws, this coach might be able to press charges against the student.

kaowolfie October 26 2011, 17:52:47 UTC

The rant happened BEFORE the game, not after.

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journalismgirl October 26 2011, 16:13:02 UTC

How would we feel if our boss started yelling, swearing at us, and calling us names because of a project loss or something similiar?

Maybe it's just my field, but that tends to happen a lot in most of the places I've worked. It's awful, but as adults, you just learn to suck up and deal.

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journalismgirl October 26 2011, 16:18:43 UTC

I did report the most recent -- when it crossed over to my performance review, that was my line.

I have a high level of suckitupitude. The benefit of that is that when I *do* complain, it's treated as a top-level priority and it gets addressed.

I'm not going to be the girl who cries wolf.

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