Texas HS football players say coach told them to hit (blind side) referee

ESPN ^ | September 18, 2015 | John Barr and Michael Sciallo

[Zakeet]

The two Texas high school football players, suspended for blindsiding an official during a Sept. 4 game, both say they were following a direct order from their assistant coach before delivering the infamous hits.

John Jay high school senior Michael Moreno, 17, and his teammate Victor Rojas, a 15-year-old sophomore at John Jay, spoke publicly for the first time since the video of their blindside tackle of referee Robert Watts went viral.

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Moreno told OTL he was standing on the sidelines next to teammate Trenton Hobdy, when his position coach, John Jay assistant Mack Breed, took the two players aside and ordered them to hit Watts. Moreno said Breed had grown angry after Watts used racist language and ejected John Jay's starting quarterback earlier in the game.

"Right before I was going to the field he pulled me and Trenton to the side and told us, 'You need to hit that m-----f-----,'" Moreno said. "He was like, 'You need to hit him. You need to make him pay the price,'" Moreno added.

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"People [are] talking about [how] we're criminals and thugs. They just know us by that video," Rojas said.

"I think we're just seen as these thugs and gangsters and we did this on our own," Moreno said. "We would never seek violence as an answer. We were just doing what we were told that's what everyone needs to understand," Moreno added.

Moreno and Rojas both described Breed as "a second father."

[Zakeet]

John Jay is predominantly a minority school and Marble Falls High is a predominantly white school ... the John Jay quarterback was ejected by the Referee for pushing an opposing players and told the assistant coach the Referee used the N-word ... the Referee also allegedly told one of the defensive players "We're in America, speak English" ... shortly after that, the players blind-sided the Referee and then speared him while he was down.

Michael Moreno, left, and Victor Rojas ... assistant coach Mack Breed ... We would never seek violence as an answer. We were just doing what we were told that's what everyone needs to understand!

[dfwgator]

So when will Obama invite these two thugs to the White House?

[Diana in Wisconsin]

“People [are] talking about [how] we’re criminals and thugs. They just know us by that video, where we acted like criminals and thugs” Rojas said.

Fixed. :)

[SaveFerris]

Fine. Put all three of them in jail then.

[AU72]

“Coach Breed! Did you order a Code Red on the Ref?”

[4yearlurker]

Fire this A$$hole coach and forfeit every game for the rest of the year.

[freespirit2012]

You want the truth?

[Charles Henrickson]

If true, not only should the two players be banned, the coach should be fired and banned.

[longfellow]

I’ve have a sports injury and took a year to rehabilitate the leg so I can walk again. They stay with you forever and can predict weather.

These punks should be banned. They could have really injured the ref.

[The Toll]

The racial slurs angle is a constant lie, not to mention it doesn’t matter. This is America, words are not excuses for assault. People need to learn this or die!

[needmorePaine]

17 and 15. That’s old enough to know right from wrong, regardless of what coach told you to do. I suppose if their coach told them to sweep the leg they would do it.

[billyboy15]

“I vuz only following ordahs”

[tumblindice]

“Fire this A$$hole coach and forfeit every game for the rest of the year. “

They’ll just find a simpatico judge and get reinstated.

[dead]

Doesn't make the kids less guilty, just adds another idiot to the court date.

The new trend is this, whenever a black or hispanic person is caught red-handed committing violence, they say the person they attacked said something racist, as if they believe this is exculpatory! The media encourages this false narrative.

"Trayvon had to beat down that cracker, acause he disrespected him fo being black!"

[beelzepug]

“You want the truth?”

Here’s some truth. If this had happened in Super Bowl XL, I could’ve gotten behind it 100% !

[dead]

“Sweep the leg!”

[lee martell]

Those two players must be even dumber than the look.

[Texan5]

John Jay HS has always had a larger student population of ethnic Latinos-being fairly close to LAFB, it also used to have a high percentage of military kids-don’t know if it still does. But none of that is an excuse for unsportsmanlike behavior, especially if it was encouraged by a coach...

[raybbr]

John Jay is predominantly a minority school...

Things don't even have to make sense anymore.

[vpintheak]

These little crap-weasels need to MAN UP. Quit lying, admit their wrong-doing and take their punishment.
Just following orders and the race card, huw utterly leftist of them.