bleeding player + injury question

[kdf5]

What was your wing going to flag? If he was going to flag the coach for mouthing off then your wing needs to get thicker skin. You can't flag a coach for playing a hurt player. You only get to keep a player out for a play unless you deem him unconscious, then he needs a Dr's note to get back in.

[bcl1127]

Originally Posted by kdf5

What was your wing going to flag? If he was going to flag the coach for mouthing off then your wing needs to get thicker skin. You can't flag a coach for playing a hurt player. You only get to keep a player out for a play unless you deem him unconscious, then he needs a Dr's note to get back in.

Honestly, I think he needed to get a thicker skin, this was his first year, and I don't think he liked the coach. Personally, I just thought the situation was sad for the players. I mean everyone is competitive and it is winding down to the end of the season, but come on, if you are up 4 scores and there are 8 mins left, don't play a player who can hardly stand up and get him hurt worse. The funny thing about this is that I am usually one to give more time or the field than most for a player to "recover" from a hit or something, and this is what the coach complains about! I guess some people just like to complain.

[DesertZebra]

"Coach, you see this thing around my neck? It's a whistle, not a stethoscope. And unless you're going to pay me like a doctor to be out here, you're gonna have to live with my decision. He's out for one play, end of discussion."

[Mike L]

I'd also require the ball be replaced.

[ajmc]

If you even think a player is injured, you have the absolute authority, as well as the responsibility, to send him out for at least one play. The coach has no say in the matter, whatsoever.

It becomes his responsibility to check the player out before sending him back in. That much is pretty clearly spelled out, the presumption being that the team will do what is right to protect the student athlete.

Recognizing, and fully accepting, that we are not physicians nor usually have medical degrees, if a player you think is obviously not physically fit to continue in the game (and it would have to be pretty obvious) you are accepting an awful lot of foolish liability by allowing a player you have legitimate doubts about to continue playing, without further delay, examination and/or medical assurance from someone with more medical credentials than a coaching certificate.