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Originally posted by Bob Lyle
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Originally posted by wolfpup27
Well, neither you nor Rich know me, and that's alright, sot go ahead and make a "judgment"... Rich didn't go on to say that I would have benched the player even if he had not been ejected (in the context of his reply about the player that got in his face and told him to "mind his own damn business.") BTW kid = young goat, and I happen to think that these young men are not goats, through the course of this posting I am not very fond of the way a minority of people have referred to the youth as "kids" or "lovable youngsters" in a very derrogatory tone. The comment he made above about my mentality of officials are "just hired help" comes from his own "judgment", which again is his perrogative. I beleive quite the contrary, any adult that has an effect upon a young man's life should be responsible for their actions, positive or negative. Youth sports is a great opportunity for learning life's lessons. Occassionally, as you point out, there are some "psychos" in the coaching ranks, but, let's be honest, there are also some out there in the strips that are there for the wrong reasons as well. And the system in place that participants cannot question the "judgment" of officials is ripe for controversy. In our High School league last season, a player from another team was ejected for, in the official's "judgment", throwing a punch during a tackle. Videotaping of the play showed indisputable evidence that anyone could discern that it was clearly a clean tackle. The state never heard or addressed the concerns because his "judgment" cannot be protested. Again, I ask, where is the logic, where is the justice, where is the accountability? I guess no where in our system, but there is a greater system that does hold all of us accountable for our actions...
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"Kid" derives from the German "kinder" meaning child. It has no reference to goats.
Rich, I apologize. This coach is one of the psychos.
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Hey, I had a rough Saturday. I had to eject a kid (calling him a goat would be an insult to goats everywhere) and then find out later that he threatened (likely just running his mouth, I realize) to "put a cap in my a$$." And then his coach defended him and kept cornering me as I tried to leave the field, demanding that I sit there and listen to his rationalization.
So yeah, I might be a little cynical and bitter, but it's Wednesday and I'll have a smile on my face Friday night and Saturday morning like I always do.
The one thing I find amazing is that kids don't act this way in high school games for the most part -- it's the out of control rec stuff 90% of the time where these incidents happen. I'm convinced it's because the coaches are accountable to a principal, superintendent, and school board. Many of the rec coaches seem to be accountable to noone.
--Rich