College of Charleston supports baseball coach after profanity-laced team meeting

I have no issue with tough coaches. My son is who he is because of great coaches in his life and they have been very tough. But for 18 years he learned what was right from wrong from his parents because it was our job to teach respect.

But in my opinion this coach was way out of control. What he said was not necessary and doesn't necessarily make better young men. A loss is ultimately the coaches fault, get rid of the players who are the problems. And don't promote violence.

These days, coaches pretty much keep themselves in check, they don't want to lose their job over something they said. You have to be careful.

JMO

TPM;

You are correct. If I am the opposing Coach, the Charleston Coach has provided me a 3 run benefit with his "tirade" of his players.

Bob

I have always found it interesting that the Augie Garrido rant has been somewhat celebrated as a “show of passion” while other coaches have been crucified for doing the very same thing.
  What Holbrook said (to some extent) is a regular occurrence in college baseball - especially at the JuCo level where half your players are freshmen. It’s not my style, but the more I’m around freshmen and Soph college baseball players the more I understand why it goes on.
  I have seen firsthand what happens when someone records a locker room event. The JuCo HC that I work for had this happen to him years ago. It was orchestrated by a malcontent Asst Coach and 3 malcontent seniors at a D1 mid major. And the fallout was substantial. HC ultimately resigned and it took 3 years for him to get another salaried coaching job. Asst Coach was fired and has never worked another day in college baseball. The 3 malcontent seniors were also dismissed from the team, ending their careers. So all that was accomplished was damage. The locker room is supposed to be a sacred place. And that is a big part of being a team. Obviously there is a line that can’t be crossed. But challenging a player’s manhood & character is on the okay side of the line. Sometimes it’s necessary to create leadership in the ranks. Developing players into leaders is more important than developing their baseball skills IMO. At some point baseball skills erode and at best can only be taught. Leadership skills stay with you for the rest of your life and can be applied to everyday situations and can positively impact many people.
  In case you haven’t noticed, the US is sadly lacking strong leadership right now in every walk of life that I can think of. We need more true leaders. And if it takes a little iron to sharpen iron I am all for it. Society is too soft and needs to toughen up. I have observed (as a general rule) kids that come from a strong 2 parent home have more resilience and tend to respond better to being challenged. Kids from a single parent home are less predictable. Unfortunately the trend for years has been towards more single parent homes every year. The result is that a lot of freshmen show up on campus without having enough discipline in their life to easily conform to the demands of a team and a coach with a strong personality. Making it easier for kids like this is not the answer.