Moc,
Not sure if anyone said coaches don't have their own set of rules (that usually coincide with their school rules) regarding drinking, drugs, etc. And I agree, coaches are not there to babysit just as your son's professors are not there to babysit either. Certain behavior as a student athlete, a representative of the schools atheletic department, is EXPECTED or you wouldn't be there. But kids are kids and things happen. Our boys are very lucky in the sense that they DO have coaches that can speak to them about expectations, and set parameters, most college students do not.
Just not sure that most coaches would cut the strings if caught drinking or using tobacco during the season.
JMO.
JMO