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Old Thu Feb 04, 2016, 04:39pm
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According to all I've read and heard, he has a wonderful reputation as a teacher. And, to be fair, I have not heard about previous incidents.
He may well have such a reputation. I'm just saying I have a hard time believing this is the first time he's been this stressed.

I also have a hard time believing coaching a basketball team is more stressful than teaching special education students. If I had a special education child in his class, I would have pulled him as soon as I saw this video.

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So having him fired is the only thing that would make you happy?
I can't speak for him, but either that or jail time.

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Many otherwise normal and professional folks lose their $!! in unexpected ways in the emotion of a sporting event -- a kind of emotionally charged event that doesn't happen in the same way in a classroom. Of course this guy should be sanctioned in his role as coach, and the criminal charges are not inappropriate. But judging an entire teaching career on a single moment on a basketball court is gross overreaching, as is assuming there must have been other misbehavior. Without any indication of inappropriate behavior in a classroom, I'm hard pressed to see why anyone would be stressed about a kid in the class -- I wouldn't. (Nor would I have any problem whatsoever reffing his game unless this was a repeat incident. He f'd up. He probably knows it. He's probably embarrassed by it. And I think it's unlikely to be a repeat. [I also think the school was completely right to fire him as a coach; I just don't see it as necessarily a life-time ban.])
Sports creates tension, stress, that reveals character, IMO. I have a difficult time believing, however, that coaching a basketball game is more stressful than teaching special education students on a daily basis.

The charges they filed are a joke.
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