Coach sent boy home in only his socks and underwear

[Prrkitty]

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.

[ZTC]

What a load a bull. I hope that coach gets fired.

[phattonez]

I bet that kid liked to talk back and it probably wasn't the first time that he's done something like that. That said, it doesn't mean that the coach was innocent, but something tells me that the kid is full of it.

[Aegix Drakan]

...that's just wrong.

I can maybe understand disciplining the kid, but asking him to remove his pants and go sit down in the bleachers? I can't imagine the parents being very happy about this...


I hope karma bites him, and he gets mugged for everything on his back, and has has to make HIS way home in his underwear.

[mrz84]

Uh... what the hell was that guy thinking? You don't treat kids like that, whether you're a coach or not. That is just plain *puts on Lex Luther mask* WRONG! *takes off mask* Seriously though. This guy should be fired for abusing his authority as a coach. Maybe tar and feather him. And then flog him. With a frozen tuna.

[gdorf]

This sounds bad on a headline, but I have a feeling the kid had it coming. Here is how I imagine it going down:

Frustrated Coach: "I'm sick of your shit, gimme all your gear and go home!"
Scheming Teenager: "...Even my pants?"
Frustrated Coach: "Whatever, just leave!"
Scheming kid proceeds to disrobe, return home, and immediately call NBC, FOX news, and the local newspaper

Bottom line? I doubt this kid is in emotional turmoil over walking around in boxers and a T-shirt. The coach probably stepped over the line, but just barely. I think his biggest fault was underestimating the exaggerative effects of the media.

[King Aquamentus]

Humiliation is an extremely important factor in training, but if it isn't taught to you, you'll have to find it for yourself, and then it might not happen at all. If you're serious about what you hope to achieve, you'll accept the humility received during it. Be you a boot camp private making your peers pay for your stupid mistake, or simply being the student of a martial artist "wax on, wax off"

Now, I expect the coach to get some odd stares from people, but I'd watch this guy. and the kid. If the coach is doing this, it is possible he wants to improve the kid, and will perhaps at a later date allow him to return as a much greater player. If the coach is really serious about dropping him though, then humility is misused, and the coach acted in the wrong extremely.

[Trevelyan_06]

Humiliation is an extremely important factor in training, but if it isn't taught to you, you'll have to find it for yourself, and then it might not happen at all. If you're serious about what you hope to achieve, you'll accept the humility received during it. Be you a boot camp private making your peers pay for your stupid mistake, or simply being the student of a martial artist "wax on, wax off"

I agree that humiliation is indeed a tool sometimes used for training purposes. However, it's usually used in cases such as military boot camp. I personally don't see where some school football team is worth putting a kid through this kind of humiliation.

Even if humiliation on this scale was justified, why did the coach pick something that seems a relatively minor discipline matter? Granted, the kid may have had other infractions against him, but merely walking back down the hill instead of running doesn't sound like it deserves the punishment of being humiliated in front of your friends and classmates.

Bottom line, I don't think the coach handled this situation right. Further, I don't like high school sports as they currently stand. That's entirely too much pressure to put on a kid for something as stupid as football. Sure, if they want to play they have to be serious about it because it'll teach them about responsibility. However, if you can't get through to the kid, kick him off the team and have done with it.

[Rijuhn]

Don't people understand that this is how school shooters are born?

[Prrkitty]

Don't people understand that this is how school shooters are born?

Quoted for emphasis. And too true as well.