Prrkitty
09-11-2007, 02:47 PM
http://www.wlwt.com/news/14085833/detail.html
Quote: Aucherae Washington explained that his coach had kicked him off the team after he deviated from team rules during a practice drill that had players running up and down a short hill.
“I chose to walk down the hill,” Aucherae said. “I ran to the middle of it then started walking down so I don't bump into (anybody), because if I do that I'm going to knock them probably a couple feet back.”
The boy said his coach berated him in front of the other players.
"’You're too slow for the team, you're no good for the team,’” Aucherae said the coach told him. “He told me to take off my stuff and give it back to him, and he said, ‘While you're at it, take off my pants.’"
Aucherae said he complied with the coach’s order in front of his teammates and some parents and took a seat in the bleachers, wearing only a T-shirt and boxer shorts.
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Paul and Duane think the "humiliation part" was valid because the boy deviated from the coaches commands.
I think the coach was wrong... ALL the way around. I do not believe that humiliation is a good way to help train/educate/etc anyone. That coach has now set that boy up for his classmates to perpetuate the humiliation.
And on top of that... an adult, ANY adult, telling a child to disrobe in PUBLIC is SO damn wrong. And to have sent him home that way ...
I'm just appalled that the coach has not received any criminal charges.
Edit: my title should have been "t-shirt and boxer shorts"... not "socks and underwear". Sorry for the inaccuracy.
Quote: Aucherae Washington explained that his coach had kicked him off the team after he deviated from team rules during a practice drill that had players running up and down a short hill.
“I chose to walk down the hill,” Aucherae said. “I ran to the middle of it then started walking down so I don't bump into (anybody), because if I do that I'm going to knock them probably a couple feet back.”
The boy said his coach berated him in front of the other players.
"’You're too slow for the team, you're no good for the team,’” Aucherae said the coach told him. “He told me to take off my stuff and give it back to him, and he said, ‘While you're at it, take off my pants.’"
Aucherae said he complied with the coach’s order in front of his teammates and some parents and took a seat in the bleachers, wearing only a T-shirt and boxer shorts.
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Paul and Duane think the "humiliation part" was valid because the boy deviated from the coaches commands.
I think the coach was wrong... ALL the way around. I do not believe that humiliation is a good way to help train/educate/etc anyone. That coach has now set that boy up for his classmates to perpetuate the humiliation.
And on top of that... an adult, ANY adult, telling a child to disrobe in PUBLIC is SO damn wrong. And to have sent him home that way ...
I'm just appalled that the coach has not received any criminal charges.
Edit: my title should have been "t-shirt and boxer shorts"... not "socks and underwear". Sorry for the inaccuracy.