Type of coach

[Johnny Ringo]

LEEDS, Maine (AP) - A high school basketball coach was fired after telling his players at halftime to reach into their pants to "check their manhood," administrators said.

Leavitt Area High School Principal Patrick Hartnett said coach Mike Remillard told the varsity boys Jan. 23 that "tonight's game was about who had the biggest (male genitalia) in town."
"He then required his players to all stand up and put their hands down their pants and check their manhood," Hartnett said in the statement, which was read to school board members Thursday by Superintendent Thomas J. Hanson a day after the coach was dismissed.

All but one player followed the coach's instructions, Hartnett said. The team won the game.

Remillard, who was in his fourth season as varsity coach, called the pep talk "normal locker room banter from Fort Kent, Maine, to San Diego, California," but said he still should not have done it.

"Was that tactic appropriate? No. And I'm paying the price for it," Remillard said.

[deecee]

they won so whats the big deal -- coach just proved that his team's manhood was bigger than his opponents

[tjones1]

Hmmm, interesting...

I'm guessing the one player who didn't do it is the one who turned him in, and probably had something against him to begin with... maybe not, who knows.

[blindmanwalking]

Originally Posted by tjones1

Hmmm, interesting...

I'm guessing the one player who didn't do it is the one who turned him in, and probably had something against him to begin with... maybe not, who knows.

Are you defending the coach's actions and condemning the kid's if it happened as you say? Just wondering.

[truerookie]

Originally Posted by blindmanwalking

Are you defending the coach's actions and condemning the kid's if it happened as you say? Just wondering.

I think what TJones is saying is the tactic use by the coach was motivational and one kid took exception to it

[Mark Padgett]

I thought the officials are supposed to check the balls.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

I thought the officials are supposed to check the balls.

That's it! I quit!

[mick]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

I thought the officials are supposed to check the balls.

Aaaaaarrrrgh !

[tjones1]

Originally Posted by blindmanwalking

Are you defending the coach's actions and condemning the kid's if it happened as you say? Just wondering.

I'm just saying that usually there's something that happened in the past to get to this point, whatever that may be...in other words some previous friction between the coach and player who took exception to it. I did say usually, may not be the case here. I know when I played, if this happened, we would have just laughed and got pumped about it and carried on with our lives.

Originally Posted by truerookie

I think what TJones is saying is the tactic use by the coach was motivational and one kid took exception to it

You got it.

[jmaellis]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

I thought the officials are supposed to check the balls.

Watch it ... rainmaker might get all bent out of shape if anybody finds your off color comment to be funny.

[Time2Ref]

OK. No more shaking hands with the team captains.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by Time2Ref

OK. No more shaking hands with the team captains.

Use those little plastic disposable gloves.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by jmaellis

Watch it ... rainmaker might get all bent out of shape if anybody finds your off color comment to be funny.

Anybody = a man of the male persuasion.

[mplagrow]

My question is, what would the coach have said if he was coaching the girls' team?????

[jkjenning]

Originally Posted by Johnny Ringo

LEEDS, Maine (AP) - A high school basketball coach was fired after telling his players at halftime to reach into their pants to "check their manhood," administrators said.

Leavitt Area High School Principal Patrick Hartnett said coach Mike Remillard told the varsity boys Jan. 23 that "tonight's game was about who had the biggest (male genitalia) in town."
"He then required his players to all stand up and put their hands down their pants and check their manhood," Hartnett said in the statement, which was read to school board members Thursday by Superintendent Thomas J. Hanson a day after the coach was dismissed.

All but one player followed the coach's instructions, Hartnett said. The team won the game.

Remillard, who was in his fourth season as varsity coach, called the pep talk "normal locker room banter from Fort Kent, Maine, to San Diego, California," but said he still should not have done it.

"Was that tactic appropriate? No. And I'm paying the price for it," Remillard said.

Sounds like fear of litigation (from the 'one kid') won out over strong character - anybody who takes such a reprimand with an attitude like that has something positive inside that should probably have been recognized as grounds for a second chance. I'm not saying that I admire the coach for encouraging players to physically "check the contents of their pants" but it does sound like the coach would have responded quite well to a reprimand that allowed him to stay - and that is a quality that should be appreciated.