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Dilfer Loses His Shit
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Most parents of sarcastic pricks, would not be fine with this. That’s the reason their kids are sarcastic pricks in the first place.theknowledge said:If my son was a sarcastic prick and I knew it, I’d be fine with this. Play silly games, win silly prizes.
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People love to blame the kids and not the parents that raised them.greenblood said:
Most parents of sarcastic pricks, would not be fine with this. That’s the reason their kids are sarcastic pricks in the first place.theknowledge said:If my son was a sarcastic prick and I knew it, I’d be fine with this. Play silly games, win silly prizes.
He barely touched the kid, but will still likely lose his job over it. If my coach had to do that to me, my old man would have disassembled my ass as soon as I got home. Then he'd have put my arm back on, made me write an apology letter with it, then taken it back off and hit me with it a couple more times.
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To clarify, this is a small college team he's coaching. At that level he could jump off the TV tower and give his dumbass QB the people's elbow and I'd have no issue.
Edit: nevermind, shitty source below said it was Lipscomb University, but it's actually Lipscomb Academy, a prep high school. Still, fuck them kids.
https://touchdownwire.usatoday.com/2021/08/30/trent-dilfer-rant-video-lipscomb-academy/ -
Heard a senior Army leader once say “there’s no such thing as bad soldiers, only bad leaders”dflea said:
People love to blame the kids and not the parents that raised them.greenblood said:
Most parents of sarcastic pricks, would not be fine with this. That’s the reason their kids are sarcastic pricks in the first place.theknowledge said:If my son was a sarcastic prick and I knew it, I’d be fine with this. Play silly games, win silly prizes.
He barely touched the kid, but will still likely lose his job over it. If my coach had to do that to me, my old man would have disassembled my ass as soon as I got home. Then he'd have put my arm back on, made me write an apology letter with it, then taken it back off and hit me with it a couple more times.
Same thing applies to dogs, kids, employees. -
You throw you hat on the ground like that, you done for a long time, if I was coach.
I don't think he did anything too wrong. I guess always be careful "touching" someone when it's heated. -
I can see (and live in) a gigantic disconnect between kids and coaches, especially coaches "of a certain age", which I am one. Kids have been empowered to show their emotions, and speak their minds. I've never laid hands on a kid in 35 years, but played for guys that had no issues grabbing your jersey or face mask to make a point with a face full of spittle, and / or then run you until you puke. Today, that is considered neanderthal behavior.
In retrospect, I can honestly say that in my "playing career" (LOL), I never initiated a conversation with a coach, ever, about anything. As Tony LaRussa said, "I've got an office, he's got a locker". Now, all I get is "my hitting / pitching instructor said..." or my favorite, "Have you seen the video on youtube?"...FML, and now Trent can "spend more tim with family"... -
Eh. He shouldn’t have grabbed him like that, of course. But also you don’t really know the context about what’s going on here, and their relationship.
Sometimes kids that get coached the hardest like that are the ones the coaches like the most and are pushing. -
I am assuming he did some sort of late hit/cheap shot type of thing.
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I'm all for tough love when needed. I think coaches have to be given leeway to come down hard on kids where appropriate. I had a reputation as a hard ass coach when I was doing coach pitch, 9u soccer, and grade school hoops. I carried that all the way through 15 year olds in baseball and soccer. Most parents saw the method to the madness and were fine with it. Some wanted to talk things over after practice to make sure of what kind of guy I was.
I never had anyone quit on me and only a family or two who tried to avoid getting their marshmallow kid on my team again. Most were fine with it. I played bad cop and good cop as needed. Kids and supportive parents caught on and grew to appreciate and understand...follow my my rules and everything is zen.
But you can't put hands on kids, at least not in front of people. No parent is going to tolerate a coach physically manhandlinh their kid in public. I understand you guys saying there's no context, it didn't look that bad, etc and even agree. Anyone who denies that they'd react if that was their kid in the video is being dishonest though.
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If that were my kid, I'd have zero issue. Push or hit, and we've got a problem. Do the same thing in a shorts-and-jersey sport, and we've got a problem. Do the same thing with an 8 year old, and we've got a problem.
A varsity football player in full gear, though? I'd be pissed off at my son if there was a legit reason for it.
