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Post by dubber on May 22, 2009 11:05:01 GMT -6
I don't mean to hijack the thread, but holy crap!
3 girls pregnant at the same time?
That is some MAJOR baby-momma drama.
That kid will NEVER get to keep a dime he makes.
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Post by dbeck84 on May 22, 2009 11:55:54 GMT -6
I think as coaches it's easy for us to forget that we are coaching kids and football is only one small part of thier lives. I can understand no big risks during the season, but we have to let kids live their lives and put out fires where necessary.
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Post by coachks on May 22, 2009 12:30:14 GMT -6
Football is incredibly dangerous, no other coaches should allow their players to participate in football. If you're at a small school, that would devastate your team.
The kid got hurt playing a game with his teammates.
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Post by mitch on May 22, 2009 14:24:04 GMT -6
Football is incredibly dangerous, no other coaches should allow their players to participate in football. If you're at a small school, that would devastate your team. The kid got hurt playing a game with his teammates. Huh? This is out of left field.
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Post by airman on May 22, 2009 14:56:22 GMT -6
I think this makes a good case for ending all summer sports for kids period. no basketball, no football. kids should be kids. I realize this a 20years ago but I never remembered doing much in the summer time but drink beer and hang out at the beach. life was so much less stressful back then.
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Post by coachd5085 on May 22, 2009 16:18:04 GMT -6
Air- this is just me playing the role of the "be careful" guy. I think you need to be careful where you place values of participation in football vs participation in the community. There are always community thing and you want your football players and football program well represented in the community, ENCOURAGE the kids to participate and wear your program gear- this goes beyond this season and goes into your overall program. Just another view point. i agree here. Remember, to US on the board, you are a passionate coach who is investing a great deal of time, effort, sweat and tears into your program. To the community and new school, you are (in their eyes) the new guy who has won 2 games in the last two years, and didn't even make through the whole school year your first go round as H.C. Not exactly the background I want when I start being abrasive. Just some caution.
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Post by coachd5085 on May 22, 2009 16:19:23 GMT -6
Football is incredibly dangerous, no other coaches should allow their players to participate in football. If you're at a small school, that would devastate your team. The kid got hurt playing a game with his teammates. Huh? This is out of left field. I believe this is an example of someone sarcastically playing devils advocate.
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Post by chadp56 on May 22, 2009 17:04:48 GMT -6
I'm putting a rule in about dangerous activities because we have a bunch of kids who are doing this MMA fighting. A bunch of them got into it this winter. They show up with sprained knees, black eyes, etc. I don't think I'm going to let that go on. I'd also like to ban them from this teen nightclub sine one of our players got drunk and got his but kicked there. He got a half season suspension, a minor in possession fine, his but kicked, and a trip to the hospital. One of my players actually said he didn't understand why they shouldn't hang out there after this occurred. As far as stuff like softball or toilet racing, I don't think I'm going to go that far. We had a kid break his foot jogging up to the school from practice. You can get hurt doing anything. I don't think I'm going to suggest they sit at home and drink beer like airman suggested!
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Post by los on May 22, 2009 18:09:26 GMT -6
Thats a good point Phantom.......Good thing you weren't our coach Airraider.......you'd have really lost it, if you caught us playing full contact sandlot football or full court (no fouls called) basketball, on the weekends, during football season .......nobody got hurt.....too bad ;D
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Post by schultbear74 on May 22, 2009 18:29:54 GMT -6
had kids hurt, playing basketball, driving go carts, run over by tractors, swatted by tree limbs while chainsawing, and I could go on. Some have been injured or died in auto accidents and one committed suicide. Life is dangerous. Football is safer.
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Post by coachorr on May 22, 2009 21:51:56 GMT -6
Bad news, but you have to pick your battles. Is this one worth falling on a spear over?
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Post by 44dlcoach on May 22, 2009 22:12:21 GMT -6
Its funny that everybody keeps bringing up skateboarding as we've had three guys get hurt doing it over the last year (actually its been "longboarding", which must be even more dangerous, since they all love it so much). We don't try to run their lives all the time, but we do have an agreement with them that there is no skateboarding in season. Who knows how many of them actually follow it.
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Post by warriorhog51 on May 22, 2009 22:52:48 GMT -6
Is it just me or does it always seem like that football players always get hurt doing something outside of football, and the baseball or basketball player never get hurt playing football? Just a thought.
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Post by coach31 on May 23, 2009 9:56:37 GMT -6
It goes both ways. Our DE/TE tore a tendon in his finger week 6. Total freak accident. Couln't use his hand for 10 weeks. Missed him a ton in football. Missed him as much in basketball.
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Post by airraider on May 23, 2009 12:16:53 GMT -6
It wasnt so much that I didnt want them playing in the softball tournament at school out of fear that they would get hurt..
I just did not want them running around on a field hours before we play our spring football game.
The fact that one of our starters got hurt the night before playing the same activity only made the matter worse.
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Post by tiger46 on May 23, 2009 13:52:34 GMT -6
I agree that you can't stop kids from taking risks. You can only try to caution them against doing really stupid stuff. As the other coaches mentioned, the type of kids that will play football with all their heart typically aren't the type that will shy away from other risky activities. It doesn't always turn out bad. I remember this guy from my HS days. He was the starting NG at 5'8" and about 150lbs. And, he was a RB on offense. www.wranglersports.com/tradition/pros/jsharp.htmNow, just think if the coaches had tried to prevent him from risking injuries outside of playing football.
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