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Football Officiating => General Discussion => Topic started by: hefnerjm on January 06, 2016, 09:51:16 AM

Title: Another attack on an official...this time, by a coach
Post by: hefnerjm on January 06, 2016, 09:51:16 AM

http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/id/14512653/pennsylvania-high-school-coach-appears-head-butt-referee

Title: Re: Another attack on an official...this time, by a coach
Post by: TxJim on January 06, 2016, 07:26:54 PM

Better View https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP925SxBgUw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP925SxBgUw)

Title: Re: Another attack on an official...this time, by a coach
Post by: bama_stripes on January 07, 2016, 08:09:16 AM

Stop the game.  Call the gendarmes.

Title: Re: Another attack on an official...this time, by a coach
Post by: Joe Stack on January 07, 2016, 08:30:09 PM

He is SUSPENDED, pending review. As a school district employee, my conversation with him the next morning would have been the following:

Mr. _____, please pack up your belongings and make your way off district property as soon as possible. I will finalize whatever pay you have coming but we will hang on to it pending your cooperation with any state or other investigation into the matter. You can tell your union that if I so much as get a protest letter on this matter, no one affiliated with that union will be allowed on district property again.

Have a nice day but do no step foot on district property or I will have you arrested for trespassing.

Any quesitons?

Title: Re: Another attack on an official...this time, by a coach
Post by: hefnerjm on January 08, 2016, 08:44:30 AM

Quote from: TxJim on January 06, 2016, 07:26:54 PM

Better View https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP925SxBgUw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP925SxBgUw)

Holy smokes!  That angle shows it for what it is...the coach was quoted as saying he didnt intend to contact the official...he lunged 3 feet!  Nice knowin' ya coach.

Title: Re: Another attack on an official...this time, by a coach
Post by: AlUpstateNY on January 09, 2016, 08:44:46 AM

Sad sign of the times, and we EACH have a responsibility to watch each others backs.  Lamenting about school discipline, game exclusions is fine, but the inevitable U-tube of a Coach (player, spectator) being led off the court, field, pitch in handcuffs will likely cause any rational individual to pause and reconsider what consequences their emotions are pushing them towards.

We have to INSIST on charges being made, on site if at all possible, but off site, after the fact, if necessary.