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Post by fantom on Aug 30, 2013 21:42:56 GMT -6
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Post by amikell on Aug 31, 2013 5:46:29 GMT -6
1. I think it's odd that a coach has a party/gathering for the players at his house after the game, but we go camping at our HC's in the preseason, so maybe it's a team building thing.
2. If underage kids were drinking and there's some proof of it at an adults house, how are the cops not involved? Our state laws hammer parents who have parties where this sort of thing goes on, but this coach is getting by pretty clean.
3. How does he still have a job? I know he didn't know about it, but it just seems to me that it would be hard to justify keeping him after something like this.
I coached and taught in a private school for a while, and I know that they operate under a different set of norms than public schools. However, I still think it's hard to keep him employed.
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Post by fantom on Aug 31, 2013 7:59:58 GMT -6
1. I think it's odd that a coach has a party/gathering for the players at his house after the game, but we go camping at our HC's in the preseason, so maybe it's a team building thing. 2. If underage kids were drinking and there's some proof of it at an adults house, how are the cops not involved? Our state laws hammer parents who have parties where this sort of thing goes on, but this coach is getting by pretty clean. 3. How does he still have a job? I know he didn't know about it, but it just seems to me that it would be hard to justify keeping him after something like this. I coached and taught in a private school for a while, and I know that they operate under a different set of norms than public schools. However, I still think it's hard to keep him employed. In the comments a parent said that the party wasn't just for players. He invited players and parents so there were other adults there. The kids who were drinking weren't players so it's fair to assume that they were kids of the other adults. As soon as he found out he stopped it and reported it to the school administration. |
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Post by newt21 on Sept 1, 2013 8:35:45 GMT -6
This is why I would never put myself in a situation like this. Did he offer them alcohol? No, did he take it from them and get rid of it? Yes, but does that matter in the end? Not so much. He's still responsible for the kids that show up at his house if he is there. I'm a firm believer in if you don't want something bad to happen to you, keep yourself out of those situations and unfortunately for him, he put himself in this position.
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Post by coachcb on Sept 1, 2013 9:30:49 GMT -6
I know a number of successful coaches (some on here) that have these kinds of social gatherings at their homes during the season. IMO, he shouldn't have allowed anyone other than players and parents in his home and that's what bit him in the a$$. But, I think that was his only lapse in judgement.
IMO, a few idiot kids caused a coach a headache.
You have to remember that this is a private Catholic school as well. They tend to be very heavy handed with violations of the "Catholic Code Of Conduct" and this situation falls in the category. The dioceses avoid bad PR at all costs.
I taught/coached in a Catholic school and was chastised when one of my assistants had too much to drink at a local bar after a game. He wasnt falling-down drunk but he was noticeably intoxicated.
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Post by gdn56 on Sept 1, 2013 11:54:37 GMT -6
In reading the comments it appears that his son attends the school and the kids there were his friends. Apparently they snuck the alcohol into the second floor of the house by throwing bottles up to people at the windows. This is a tough situation. What if any of you had a kid who had friends over and someone got caught drinking? You pour the alcohol out, call the parents, tell your admin. What else can you do? Do you simply tell your kids they can never have friends over? I don't have kids and am not sure how I would handle this.
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Post by coachcb on Sept 1, 2013 12:54:06 GMT -6
In reading the comments it appears that his son attends the school and the kids there were his friends. Apparently they snuck the alcohol into the second floor of the house by throwing bottles up to people at the windows. This is a tough situation. What if any of you had a kid who had friends over and someone got caught drinking? You pour the alcohol out, call the parents, tell your admin. What else can you do? Do you simply tell your kids they can never have friends over? I don't have kids and am not sure how I would handle this. I can tell you this, my kid would have his social calendar cleared for six months and he'd have some nice callouses on his hands from all the manual labor he'd be doing. |
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