High school coach fired for hitting player

[pepsicock]

High school football coach fired after video shows him punching player

An assistant high school football coach was fired after video footage showed him striking a player on the helmet during a game in Florida on Friday.

nypost.com

 

[millah_22]

Ope, not supposed to do that.

 

[BubsFinn]

The hardest hit I ever took in high school football was the assistant coach smacking me in the head after I made a touchdown saving tackle. I had to sit out a few plays to get myself together.

 

[Hoosierhawkeye]

Criminal charges probably are not necessary considering he had a helmet on and probably faced worse hits on the field.

However a coach who isn't in control of their anger shouldn't continue as coach.

 

[Hawki97]

The school: "Thank you for your prayers and encouragement in helping us to better fulfill our mission."

 

[millah_22]

Coaches never hit us, but one time the assistant shoved another player pretty hard after a f*ck up and the parent was not having it. Dude made a formal apology after the game. Big learning experience for him, still coaches though. He was a pretty good guy not having his best moment.

 

[CoachH]

High school football coach fired after video shows him punching player

An assistant high school football coach was fired after video footage showed him striking a player on the helmet during a game in Florida on Friday.

nypost.com

Hope that guy hurt his hand.

 

[Stoopsbrother]

scumbag coach

 

[FAUlty Gator]

What an idiot. Seriously. No excuse for being on the field when it's not your formation.

 

[tumorboy]

Meh, Bobby Knight did worse in practice.

 

[millah_22]

Meh, Bobby Knight did worse in practice.

And look at him now. Dead.

 

[tumorboy]

And look at him now. Dead.

But this guy might be a potential HOF coach and leader of men. We shouldn’t be so quick to judge.

 

[tarheelbybirth]

The hardest hit I ever took in high school football was the assistant coach smacking me in the head after I made a touchdown saving tackle. I had to sit out a few plays to get myself together.

Well, you're not supposed to tackle your own guy, you know.

 

[BubsFinn]

Well, you're not supposed to tackle your own guy, you know.

Huh? That's what we did in practice all week. Maybe the coach should have clarified exactly who should and should not have been tackled. I don't see this as my fault.

 

[LuteHawk]

There are high school coaches who do not hit their players.
However, there are plenty of high school coaches who
verbally abuse their players by cursing and swearing
profanities at them. This is not a good way to coach.

 

[pink shizzle]

Back in 5th grade during a Pop Warner football practice (early 2000s) I remember my coach absolutely laying me out on a kick return. My feet were up off the air and I landed on my back/shoulders.

When I look back at it, not good. I didn't think it was a big deal at the time but nowadays definitely a no-no.

 

[Jimmy McGill]

Nothing more pathetic than grown men trying to relive their "glory" days than by coaching like this

 

[Kinnick.At.Night]

He lost it and he deserved to be fired. There's no excuse for that he did. With that said, I think a lot of posters here, let's say forty or older, can remember being clutched with two large hands on the face mask and pulled into the face of a screaming coach. I got my share of it. I'm not sure how much it benefitted me as a developing young man, but I can say that I came to appreciate the costs of not doing what I was supposed to be doing. And I continue to appreciate that message to this day.