Posted on 06/29/2023 7:16:58 PM PDT by Morgana
Harvard University has vowed to overhaul the culture of its women's hockey team after a long-time coach retired amid accusations of abusive behavior that one player compared to a 'mental health Hunger Games' in early June.
Katey Stone, 57, stepped down as head coach June 7 after a 29-year tenure that included four national championship appearances, but was eventually dogged by accusations she'd emotionally damaged players.
Multiple outlets have reported on a toxic on and off-ice culture for the program, including allegations that players felt forced to drink and perform 'sexually-charged role playing' as part of hazing rituals, according to the Boston Globe.
At practice, players were allegedly forced to do a 'Naked Skate' where players were told to dive on the ice in a Superman-pose while completely nude, often leaving skaters with ice burns and bloody nipples, The Athletic reported.
Athletic Director Erin McDermott announced Wednesday in a statement that the school plans to revamp the culture after Stone's retirement.
In a 2020 interview that was published on one of Harvard's official YouTube channels, Stone paid tribute to promoting a highly competitive atmosphere among her players. 'Coaching gives me the opportunity to stay competitive... [The players] have no idea what they're really capable of and if we continue to challenge them on a daily basis, the accomplish so much more.
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Agreed- even if they didn’t tell authorities, they all talked about it and everyone knew it was goign on in the school- and there is no way it wouldn’t have gotten out to the parents at some point
On the other hand, "Ice Burns and the Bloody Nipples" would be a great name for a band.
Might want to take another look at the team photo before saying that out loud.
Looks to me like a case of a coach out of tune with basic human decency.
These players are all adults.
No one forced them to play hockey or follow this coach’s training methods.
Oh come on! I don’t remember this crap going on when Peggy Flemming, Dorthy Hamil, Kathy Rigby and Nadia Comaneci won the gold.
This has just started in the last 25 or so years. Predators have been more brazen since the internet came out.
It’s called “losing a scholarship” same thing with those swimmers who had to use a dressing room with a man named Lia Thomas.
would make a great episode of South Park
Ah - scholarships and things, and why give that up to drop out of Harvard - well, we know, but most don’t.
Without photos, I do not believe this. I hope we see them soon so we can all see the depravity of that coach. And no pixelizing please.
Pretty tame compared to what I went through in HS and college sports. I think our sensitivities are heightened these days. You know, the whole Karen and woke thing we hear so much about. Don’t misunderstand, I think its a good thing we’ve come to realize as a society that this stuff should stop.
I’m not sure she’s even a woman!
Harvard. You have to be smart to go there they say. That is why they are so suggestible...
This is the Atlantic. Chances are it is complete cr#p.
I doubt she’s even human!
In Cambridge Mass you want a fair trial? You from Neptune or something?
Oops it’s the Athletic. Misread that
What year are we in?
29 years... hmmm. 22 women in that photo, and probably a third graduate each year and replaced. So...back of the envelope math, that’s somewhere around 440 chilly hardbellies, and 880 cold nips.
Fascinating.
The story is from the Atlantic. Usually, that’s French for “It didn’t happen.”
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