Email I sent to the Athletic Director of our school after one of our players was seriously injured (1 Viewer)

[chet]

The injured girl was hauled down from behind and landed on her back/head.  She received a serious concussion and has missed two weeks of school.  I saw the AD today and he requested that I send him an email.  Players on our team also said the other team was cheering just after the injury occurred.

After Mary returned to the bench and the XXXXX player was given a red card, the XXXXXX coach charged onto the field and very aggressively argued with the referee about the call.  Several parents, including me, yelled at him to get off the field and to play a clean game.  He then told the referee that he wanted us to move to the other side of the field.  It was an awful display by the coach and he should have received a red card too.  

After the game, I returned to my car and overheard the XXXXX team huddling near one of the goals.  One player said, "They stole that game from us.  We shouldn't have received a red card." Someone else said, "Yes, but we injured their player."  The coach was in the huddle and definitely heard the XXXXX players bragging about injuring Mary. 

I have been involved in organized team sports in one way or another for most of my life.  I have never seen a more disgusting lack of sportsmanship. In my opinion, the XXXXXl coach should not be involved in youth sports in any way and if he were coaching my children, I would pull them from his team.  It's evident that he encourages his players to injure and win at any cost. He also doesn't discipline his players for cheering when an opposing player is injured or for bragging about injuring the opposition.  He is dangerous and represents the exact opposite of what a high school coach should be.  

 

[GOB]

Buy them, sack the coach, and relegate their club.

 

[HellToupee]

Rashomon.

I don’t doubt what you saw but it sounds like their coach saw things from a different angle & perspective 

Hope the injured girl is ok

 

[El Floppo]

Rashomon.

I don’t doubt what you saw but it sounds like their coach saw things from a different angle & perspective 

Hope the injured girl is ok

Plus Ronin.

 

[Galileo]

XXXXX is a terrible name for a school.

 

[chet]

Rashomon.

I don’t doubt what you saw but it sounds like their coach saw things from a different angle & perspective 

Hope the injured girl is ok

Apparently, the coach is well known as being a complete #### stain and #######.  He definitely lived up to the hype that day.

As for the play, the injured girl was going in for a breakaway (is that a soccer term?) and an opposing player grabbed her shoulder and yanked her backwards causing her feet to go up and her to land on the back of her head and shoulders.  Absolutely no question it should be a red card and it was called correctly.

 

[Skipdog77]

Hope Mary makes a quick, full recovery. 

It may make you feel better, but the letter most likely won't do anything. It's your word vs. his as far as what you heard. 

And I didnt think people still named their girls Mary.

 

[Quint]

Apparently, the coach is well known as being a complete #### stain and #######.  He definitely lived up to the hype that day.

As for the play, the injured girl was going in for a breakaway (is that a soccer term?) and an opposing player grabbed her shoulder and yanked her backwards causing her feet to go up and her to land on the back of her head and shoulders.  Absolutely no question it should be a red card and it was called correctly.

i though that was referred to as a "professional foul". 

 

[Chemical X]

are you all in same organization or are you playing other orgs?  i mean, is the other coach part of the same org you are?  if so, i would set up a conversation with him.  nothing heated, but airing concerns.  emails and non direct contact lose effect.

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

You’re a stand up guy, Chet. Good effort, and keep pushing.

 

[jhib]

XXXXX is a terrible name for a school.

I think it's actually Pope Pius XXXXX, but he's just trying to protect identities here. 

 

[chet]

are you all in same organization or are you playing other orgs?  i mean, is the other coach part of the same org you are?  if so, i would set up a conversation with him.  nothing heated, but airing concerns.  emails and non direct contact lose effect.

I learned after the game that their coach is a tyrant and as I said above, has a bad reputation. Our AD is talking with their AD about our concerns.  

 

[Ghost Rider]

Sleep with the coach's wife. 

Just don't mention it here, because adultery is a banned topic. 

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

XXXXX is a terrible name for a school.

I heard they originally considered XXX.

 

[Mario Kart]

Game footage

 

[comfortably numb]

I dont get it. Is the coach joe pesci?

Im so confused.

 

[Binky The Doormat]

I learned after the game that their coach is a tyrant and as I said above, has a bad reputation. Our AD is talking with their AD about our concerns.  

good on you chet. There is far too much of this kind of behavior from frustrated "coach athletes".  Too many people don't speak up outside of their kid's playing time. 

 

[ChiefD]

The injured girl was hauled down from behind and landed on her back/head.  She received a serious concussion and has missed two weeks of school.  I saw the AD today and he requested that I send him an email.  Players on our team also said the other team was cheering just after the injury occurred.

I'm gonna tell him everything. I'm even considering making up some sheeeit.

After Mary returned to the bench and the XXXXX player was given a red card, the XXXXXX coach charged onto the field and very aggressively argued with the referee about the call.  Several parents, including me, yelled at him to get off the field and to play a clean game.  He then told the referee that he wanted us to move to the other side of the field.  It was an awful display by the coach and he should have received a red card too.  

I went up to the coach rather aggressively and said: "Do you realize it is snowing in her head godammit!???" He looked at me, almost drunken like. I then said: "Do you think she's having fun looking catatonic on the sideline?" He still looked at me like a 16 year old #######. He then said: "Why do you have to be such a waanker"

I replied: "Because I get off on it."

He then said: "That was a joke."

I said: " That's not a joke. That's a severe behavioral disorder. Next thing you know you'll be wearing a training bra on your head."

After the game, I returned to my car and overheard the XXXXX team huddling near one of the goals.  One player said, "They stole that game from us.  We shouldn't have received a red card." Someone else said, "Yes, but we injured their player."  The coach was in the huddle and definitely heard the XXXXX players bragging about injuring Mary. 

I have been involved in organized team sports in one way or another for most of my life.  I have never seen a more disgusting lack of sportsmanship. In my opinion, the XXXXXl coach should not be involved in youth sports in any way and if he were coaching my children, I would pull them from his team.  It's evident that he encourages his players to injure and win at any cost. He also doesn't discipline his players for cheering when an opposing player is injured or for bragging about injuring the opposition.  He is dangerous and represents the exact opposite of what a high school coach should be.  

You know what time it is for him? Time to pay the fiddler.

FYP.

 

[The Future Champs]

Game footage

Ya, this was the first thing I thought of.

 

[RokNRole]

It’s a little gauche

 

[Otis]

Surely your e-mail will have a strong impact. 

 

[mr fancypants]

Telling it like it is

 

[wilked]

Not quite as unsportsmanlike as this 

https://youtu.be/7t6UvixLNJg

 

[chet]

Surely your e-mail will have a strong impact. 

I saw him and he asked me to send it.  You’d have ignored his request?

 

[Tom Servo]

I heard they originally considered XXX.

Vin Diesel is their coach?

 

[Christo]

Sleep with the coach's wife. 

Just don't mention it here, because adultery is a banned topic. 

Unless you regret it.

 

[Ned]

I saw him and he asked me to send it.  You’d have ignored his request?

Look at me!!!!!!  The AD thinks I’m important!!!!!

 

[Smack Tripper]

Good email, unfortunately absent game film the only way to take action against these types is to build the case which this email will do potentially down the line

I just can’t imagine taking girls sports this seriously 

 

[matuski]

Surely your e-mail will have a strong impact. 

Especially when he admits in the OP he is inclined to make sheeit up.

 

[Da Guru]

Sportsmanship?  Very little of that left anymore.

 

[Otis]

I saw him and he asked me to send it.  You’d have ignored his request?

I’m just confused. You are complaining to your coach that another coach was unsportsmanlike?

This sounds like one of those things where you complained to your coach and, to humor you, he suggested you send an email about it. 

 

[El Floppo]

I just can’t imagine taking girls sports this seriously 

Why not?

 

[Keerock]

If your school/district is anything like ours, nothing will happen.  Hope it made you feel better to vent, though.

 

[nightmare]

Game footage

The girl in white elbows the girl in Red in the ribs so she had the punch in the back coming.
The other girl tried to give the girl in red a wedgie so the hair pull take down is excessive but 
that's how some people play the game.

I don't think Chet's email(by itself) will lead to anything. If the other coach's haven't done anything
by now then nothing is going to change. 

 

 

[chet]

I’m just confused. You are complaining to your coach that another coach was unsportsmanlike?

This sounds like one of those things where you complained to your coach and, to humor you, he suggested you send an email about it. 

X

After I told him, he said could you please send me an email detailing what you told me.  I am in the process of emailing their AD and firsthand accounts from parents are really powerful.  I will make sure I remove your name so they can't identify you.

Wrong again, GB.  But what do you know about this type of thing.

 

[dickey moe]

XXXXX is a terrible name for a school.

You should see XXXXX State.

 

[Soulfly3]

Wrong again, GB.  But what do you know about this type of thing.

Chet got me like...

 

[Tom Servo]

I just can’t imagine taking YOUTH sports this seriously 

FYP

 

[Otis]

X

After I told him, he said could you please send me an email detailing what you told me.  I am in the process of emailing their AD and firsthand accounts from parents are really powerful.  I will make sure I remove your name so they can't identify you.

Wrong again, GB.  But what do you know about this type of thing.

I would say the same thing to a parent in a situation in which I had no intention whatsoever of doing anything with the email. Your coach is +10 diplomacy points. 

 

[Skipdog77]

I just can’t imagine taking girls sports this seriously 

Why the qualifier?

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

You wanna know how to get XXXXX coach? They trip a player, you punch one in the boobs. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue.  That's the Chet way! 

 

[Ned]

I would say the same thing to a parent in a situation in which I had no intention whatsoever of doing anything with the email. Your coach is +10 diplomacy points. 

This is where you keep making the mistake, which PROVES you don’t know what you’re talking about. 

Hes working with the Athletic Director, who’s the coach’s boss. This obviously elevates the importance factor x10. 

 

[chet]

I would say the same thing to a parent in a situation in which I had no intention whatsoever of doing anything with the email. Your coach is +10 diplomacy points. 

Of course you’d say the same thing if that were your intention. However, you’d also say the same thing if you had the opposite intent. You also don’t know the players. I appreciate your attempt to play the devil’s advocate but you’re wrong in this situation. I’ve known the AD for 12+ years and I trust he’s doing what he thinks  is right here. 

 

[Short Corner]

AD's take enough crap when they fire coaches because of complaining parents.  No way they want the headache of defending a dismissal because opposing parents were upset.

 

[AAABatteries]

XXXXX is a terrible name for a school.

 

 

[AAABatteries]

After the game, I returned to my car and overheard the XXXXX team huddling near one of the goals.  One player said, "They stole that game from us.  We shouldn't have received a red card." Someone else said, "

Yes, but we injured their player."  The coach was in the huddle and definitely heard the XXXXX players bragging about injuring Mary.

Couldn’t that be interpreted like the girl is saying, yes the red cost us the game but we hurt their player so it was deserved?

 

[Alex P Keaton]

Is this real?   What is the point of this thread?

 

[Angry Beavers]

You mean a HS school acted out of bounds? Color me absolutely shocked!

Hope the girl is OK

 

[AAABatteries]

Is this real?   What is the point of this thread?

Alex, meet Chet. Chet, Alex.

 

[chet]

Couldn’t that be interpreted like the girl is saying, yes the red cost us the game but we hurt their player so it was deserved?

Yes of course but not if you heard the way she said it.  She sounded proud of the injury.

This school is very religious.  The girls wear full body suits and head dresses for every sport--soccer, volleyball and basketball.