Post by coachbigelow on Sept 28, 2007 1:30:25 GMT -6
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So this season of high school football in Utah has been one of the craziest I have ever seen. The backstory here is that there was a confrontation on the field at the game against Bingham High school. Coach Morgan said obscenities and also grabbed the player by the pads and depending on who's version of events through the player or just forcibly moved him out out of the way. The player also swore about the offense being Bull**** and then said that's great coach when he was benched and patted the coach on the head. The head coach was suspended for the next game of the season by the school and the star player who was also a captain of the team was kicked off. By the way this player is also a senior.
The star player transferred to a rival high school and the state athletic association had a hearing on whether he would be eligible to play for this new school or not. The ruling came down that he could play for the new school with four games remaining in the season. The panel that made the decision decided to let the player be eligible to play because of the fact that the coach was suspended for a game by the school. They also cited the physical and verbal abuse of the coach.
The reason I am posting this is because there are many in the sports community here who believe that this has opened a can of worms that will cause many problems in the future. As some have put it, all the 22 players from Hillcrest needed to say was that they were physically and emotionally abused by the coach and they probably could have transferred. What do you coaches think? I can't link to the Deseret News article but it also has some other info not in the Salt Lake Tribune article.
As a sidenote to all this. The team won it's first game of the season without their head coach and star player last week. They started 0-5 but since they were all non conference games, they still have the chance of making the playoffs.
So this season of high school football in Utah has been one of the craziest I have ever seen. The backstory here is that there was a confrontation on the field at the game against Bingham High school. Coach Morgan said obscenities and also grabbed the player by the pads and depending on who's version of events through the player or just forcibly moved him out out of the way. The player also swore about the offense being Bull**** and then said that's great coach when he was benched and patted the coach on the head. The head coach was suspended for the next game of the season by the school and the star player who was also a captain of the team was kicked off. By the way this player is also a senior.
The star player transferred to a rival high school and the state athletic association had a hearing on whether he would be eligible to play for this new school or not. The ruling came down that he could play for the new school with four games remaining in the season. The panel that made the decision decided to let the player be eligible to play because of the fact that the coach was suspended for a game by the school. They also cited the physical and verbal abuse of the coach.
The reason I am posting this is because there are many in the sports community here who believe that this has opened a can of worms that will cause many problems in the future. As some have put it, all the 22 players from Hillcrest needed to say was that they were physically and emotionally abused by the coach and they probably could have transferred. What do you coaches think? I can't link to the Deseret News article but it also has some other info not in the Salt Lake Tribune article.
As a sidenote to all this. The team won it's first game of the season without their head coach and star player last week. They started 0-5 but since they were all non conference games, they still have the chance of making the playoffs.
