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Old Mon Aug 20, 2007, 02:23pm
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Is the term Rat used perjoratively or tongue-in-cheek or both?
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Depends on the Rat.
Glad to hear.
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Old Mon Aug 20, 2007, 05:24pm
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Are your association officers and league officials (district and school athletic coordinators) aware that you write in such a derogatory manner about the coaches, in at least some cases, of their member schools?
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Old Mon Aug 20, 2007, 05:29pm
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Are your association officers and league officials (district and school athletic coordinators) aware that you write in such a derogatory manner about the coaches, in at least some cases, of their member schools?
Coaches like you are the main reason that the term "rats" is so widely used.

Just saying.......
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Old Mon Aug 20, 2007, 05:30pm
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Why should we care what the school district administrators think? I only see AD's at playoff games anyway.
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Old Mon Aug 20, 2007, 05:48pm
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They sign your checks, for one thing.
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Old Mon Aug 20, 2007, 07:02pm
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They sign your checks, for one thing.
And I provide my service.

Remember, these are the same people who call us stupid, blind, cheaters, homies, and these are the nice things!

Yawn!
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Old Mon Aug 20, 2007, 07:18pm
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They sign your checks, for one thing.
My checks are signed by my association President. We work on a 4 year contract with the local HS leagues in our area. The schools pay their respectives leagues.

I hear what you are saying, however; I consider the players/coaches to be our real 'customer' if you want to use that kind of terminology. I never consider the school administration or AD's in the same way.
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Old Mon Aug 20, 2007, 08:44pm
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LL baseball, Williamsport, Rats, focus on the subject guys.

Gawd I will be glad when the tournament is over so the feeding frenzy will end.
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Old Mon Aug 20, 2007, 10:07pm
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rats causually lie so we casually call them RATS.

only folks here getin upset bout that are the RATS. wonder why that is?
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Old Mon Aug 20, 2007, 06:06pm
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Are your association officers and league officials (district and school athletic coordinators) aware that you write in such a derogatory manner about the coaches, in at least some cases, of their member schools?
Coach, I suspect some are. Just as we are aware of the derogatory terms and language used by certain area coaches towards umpires.

The term Rat is an old one and, in part, refers to the fact that some coaches, while appropriately acting as lobbyists for their teams, take that to such an exteme that, during the game, what they say becomes suspect and disbelieved. Some of the top Spokane area coaches have outright lied to me and tried to cheat during games and admitted it afterwards, shrugging it off as, "part of my job."

Hard as it is for some beginners to believe, we accept that, although we still consider it dishonest and rat-like behavior.

Off the field, I have an excellent relationship with many of the coaches who display this kind of behavior on the field.
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