Butch Jones?
I've been a youth football coach for 20 years. This article is spot on and to Suicides and Laps, I'd add Up Downs and Snaking the Field.
WTF is wrong with these people? The Coach is 100% correct and set a proper example. It's TEAM first. Always. For every player. It's not a democracy, it's an absolute dictatorship with me at the helm. My players answer questions in only 2 ways: Yes Sir or No Sir. My teams have won 2 Championships. My players and parents REPEATEDLY ask to be on my team. They have never once complained about the way I enforce team related discipline.
This is such a gross distortion of all that is good with team sports. I suspect the people that made this decision have never once volunteered their time to coach children.
Parents are paying for this when they have their kids play youth sports. Its part of what they are paying for.
Butch Jones?
In the modern narrative bullying is wrong only if the victim is a sexual deviant. Otherwise the victim of bullying is to ALWAYS be considered an immediate threat to everyone else and that’s much more important than whatever the bully did.
Our son’s championship team - it was “grab a brick.” Same thing.
Well said.
Football is under attack.
Good grief! Coach made us run laps for ANYTHING! If he thought you were looking at him funny you ran laps. Same thing with the gym teacher. Running laps is acceptable, normal and EFFECTIVE discipline. We are losing our minds in this country...
One of my friends had nine kids.
Whenever they misbehaved she would have them run around the house,outside,for a fixed amount of time.
It was pretty funny.
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Some people get nervous about seeing any discipline ever for anybody, regardless of cause. These are the same people saying ‘we need to support those who are bullied, let them know we have their back!”. This is what ‘having their back’ looks like. And no, the culprit is not going to be happy while receiving their due punishment. It’s not supposed to make them ‘happy’. It’s supposed to make them think and gain better control of how they act.
I 100% agree. Make the offender sweat and think. This was a classic, time tested, proven character building exercise.
We called them ladders. Next time just suspend bully from the team for the season. Parents all say, “Not my little Johnnie!”
As a former youth coach in various sports I wouldn’t coach these special snowflakes today for love nor money.
These folks who complain should have gone to Catholic school.
We had to run the bleachers. Up one aisle, down the next, four aisles. Usually ten times. We also played twice for the CIF title, but lost, both times. :(
Coming to a drill Sergeant near you.
Aww, poor little snowflake. Give the bully a pat on the head and a tootsie roll. That’s punishment enough for any kid. He’ll be able to look at his participation ribbon with pride.
My middle son plays junior high free safety at a large champion level southern public school
The moms are who screw it all up
Plain and simple
Fortunately by high school their influence is hugely diminished
That’s already happening by junior high but it’s in progress
Honestly who has emasculated boys
Women controlling younger aged education culture
Imposing their insecurities on boys
I ain’t backing down I’ve been watching this silliness 12 years now
I’m and old dad...they don’t mess with me
“I’ve been a youth football coach for 20 years.”
Then you should have known the kid was suppose to get a trophy not laps!!! /major sarc
This took place in Connecticut, wonder if that is significant.
When I coached the kids were great but their parents were terrible. Hint to parents. Don't go to practices let the coach coach.
why on earth did they do that? I thought they hated bullying
Oh wait.. probably not the RIGHT KIND of bullying