Youth Baseball Coach Decks Blue

[GIMNEPIWO]

Youth baseball coach fractured 72-year-old umpire's jaw after ejection, league says

The coach allegedly fled the scene before police arrived.

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[schwabach]

It looks like the team is paying a price and I imagine the coach will be charged with assault.

Teams need to pay a steep price for poor behavior by coaches and parents.

 

[mimid]

On Sunday,10u DGD was slapped in the face by an opposing team member in the after game high five line. On purpose, player basically said it was what she gets. The rest of the team was slapping the girls hands hard. One of our coaches stopped giving high fives because of the harshness of the hand slaps.

This team was one of the teams running the tournament. This particular teams’ manager was the league president. During the game the parents from the other team were making disparaging remarks about our girls physical attributes.

Our manager sent a statement to this league president addressing the issue. The league president/manager sent a conciliatory statement back saying it had been discussed at the after the game meeting, not appropriate behavior etc. etc. Neither our girls nor coaches received any apologies until our manager sent the statement today. This should have been addressed to us yesterday after their “meeting”.

 

[Westwind]

I’m disgusted by the behavior of that coach. Any parent that didn’t already quit that team and demand a refund of dues is a tool.

What people think is good sportsmanship really isn’t.

The high five line is stupid and should be dumped.

 

[_MIA_]

Baseball dad coaches are whacko..Like "take softball Dad coaches and add to it the possibility of little Johnny making millions in 20 years" whacko..

 

[Westwind]

I can picture that vibe!

 

[Shawn]

I’m tired of the low level umpires I’m seeing. Do you know why there are so few good umpires? Because of crap like the article. Coaches and parents have driven off all the good umpires.

 

[CoachJD]

I’m disgusted by the behavior of that coach. Any parent that didn’t already quit that team and demand a refund of dues is a tool.

What people think is good sportsmanship really isn’t.

The high five line is stupid and should be dumped.

I had hoped Covid killed the high five line for good, but alas, it has returned.

Forced sportsmanship isn't sportsmanship at all. If players who know each other want to exchange a few words postgame, cool, but I really don't see a need for it to be a team thing.

 

[Westwind]

I forget which member came up with that- I remember thinking at the time “I don’t know about that”, but with time I have come to think he’s right!

 

[GIMNEPIWO]

I had hoped Covid killed the high five line for good, but alas, it has returned.

Forced sportsmanship isn't sportsmanship at all. If players who know each other want to exchange a few words postgame, cool, but I really don't see a need for it to be a team thing.

This probably should be a thread on its own.

1.) Forced sportsmanship ? Parents, coaches and the like are lucky to have an opportunity to educate, shape and lead by example ... 10U athletes (and much older - aka Freshman 15) would eat ice cream for dinner if left to their own devices. IMHO it hurts no one (minus Covid19 protocol) to show them that it is just a game, leave it on the field and tomorrows another day.
2.) It also serves as a way to make new friends (great catch #8 !) and not burn bridges.
3.) It's a team sport, that's why.