Brady, I recently received information on that coach, Peter Woods, who was represented in the article as being infatuated with Shepard's kid. It appears that he has a record with the Kankakee Police Department. He evidently called police to report a non-existant fight taking place at the LumberYard and when police returned the call, it went to Shepard's phone. He evidently admitted to using the alias when questioned by police. Amazing.
The man is sick!! what else can you say?
He is the perfect example of how a parent ruins what is suppose to be some of the greatest times in a childs life.
He is the perfect example of how a parent ruins what is suppose to be some of the greatest times in a childs life.
I have spoken to a few coaches in the travel arena the past couple weeks. Guys that I know happen to know who the coach in question is here and they all just laugh the butts off when I tell them about the article.
Everyone knows that daddy wrote the article and it is full of false information and a very much inflated evaluation of the players abilities.
Everyone knows that daddy wrote the article and it is full of false information and a very much inflated evaluation of the players abilities.
WOW ! That is an unbelievable development about coach Peter Woods of the Northern Metro League! It is a false name this parent has used in the past!
So now we know Peter Woods does not exist, and any other claims in this article are false as well. I knew the story was blown way out of proportion, but this Peter Woods thing, now that takes the cake!
I know for a fact that the coaches at Stevenson and Buffalo Grove have been alerted about this guy, they do not want the son in their program because of this guy. The father has already begun to destroy his son's high school experience. The father tried to volunteer at Stevenson and was turned away. He told them he was a former AAA pitcher. LOL!
It is so obvious this father is trying to live through his son, do you think this egotistical blowhard has ever considered the impact on his son?
Better take one of those scholarship offers in Florida!
So now we know Peter Woods does not exist, and any other claims in this article are false as well. I knew the story was blown way out of proportion, but this Peter Woods thing, now that takes the cake!
I know for a fact that the coaches at Stevenson and Buffalo Grove have been alerted about this guy, they do not want the son in their program because of this guy. The father has already begun to destroy his son's high school experience. The father tried to volunteer at Stevenson and was turned away. He told them he was a former AAA pitcher. LOL!
It is so obvious this father is trying to live through his son, do you think this egotistical blowhard has ever considered the impact on his son?
Better take one of those scholarship offers in Florida!
Are people actually this "sick" ???
That is the story I heard as well. This father is relentless.
Recent quotes from the dad in response to this thread...
"These people came to us, we didn't go to them. Travel baseball is a joke here in Illinois"
"Many of those teams contacted us, we didn't contact them"
"There are very few, very few high school varsity baseball coaches that know what there doing.
Many of them have no clue how to help a player achieve a higher level of play. Most of them have loosing records, those are the ones that ***** and moan the most."
"Let the people laugh, I don't take anything personal. I laugh at it. I don't have to live thru my kid, remember I've been their !"
Right....
"These people came to us, we didn't go to them. Travel baseball is a joke here in Illinois"
"Many of those teams contacted us, we didn't contact them"
"There are very few, very few high school varsity baseball coaches that know what there doing.
Many of them have no clue how to help a player achieve a higher level of play. Most of them have loosing records, those are the ones that ***** and moan the most."
"Let the people laugh, I don't take anything personal. I laugh at it. I don't have to live thru my kid, remember I've been their !"
Right....
Yea he's been there all right! He was constantly in the faces of his 12 year old players in Cooperstown. I am sure somebody "who has been there" always gets in players faces because he knows what it takes. LOL! Just the way he treated his players shows that he has no idea of what it takes. He was never "there". He may not have even played in high school; former AAA pitcher my rear.
J Kennedy - You have a PM
He has been there? What a joke!
I coached against him and during the pregame warm ups he was getting on his kids for every little thing they did that was not "perfect" in his eyes.
Still have not seen him anywhere in Illinois coaching this year!
Where is his "Elite" team?
I coached against him and during the pregame warm ups he was getting on his kids for every little thing they did that was not "perfect" in his eyes.
Still have not seen him anywhere in Illinois coaching this year!
Where is his "Elite" team?
wow sheps at it again,,looks like an exclusive on his kid..if anybodys ever seen this guy at a tournament,,well you know what to expect..its certainly a show..pathetic but a show nonetheless
gotta feel for his lil guy..
gotta feel for his lil guy..
CSG - Back at ya. Thanks.
Another incoming email... This one from a trusted baseball web site.
"He has been shopping his kid to all the top teams, most run for cover. Again we all feel bad for the kid, but this guy is absolutely the worst we have ever seen. He really appears to have psychological problems, not kidding some serious issues there. Scholarships to the tune of 18 grand per year?? First of all no high school can offer athletic scholarships of any kind. The author of the article should be fired. A 12 year old playing for five teams...just ridiculous. He shopped the kid to East Cobb and the SEM pirates they both said the kid wasn't what they were looking for, dad went berserk and started his ranting against the organizations really pathetic stuff."
"He has been shopping his kid to all the top teams, most run for cover. Again we all feel bad for the kid, but this guy is absolutely the worst we have ever seen. He really appears to have psychological problems, not kidding some serious issues there. Scholarships to the tune of 18 grand per year?? First of all no high school can offer athletic scholarships of any kind. The author of the article should be fired. A 12 year old playing for five teams...just ridiculous. He shopped the kid to East Cobb and the SEM pirates they both said the kid wasn't what they were looking for, dad went berserk and started his ranting against the organizations really pathetic stuff."
So,
At what point does a moderator step in and make a call on a thread like this?
I have serious questions as to whether this public discussion is healthy for the child in question here. Is it fair to him that this thread, and the accompanying link, will be associated with his name and family, on internet search engines for a long, long time?
I don't think it is. The necessary outing of a shaky situation seems to have occurred.
I feel that this thread should be closed AND deleted. It's not fair to the kid in question.
At what point does a moderator step in and make a call on a thread like this?
I have serious questions as to whether this public discussion is healthy for the child in question here. Is it fair to him that this thread, and the accompanying link, will be associated with his name and family, on internet search engines for a long, long time?
I don't think it is. The necessary outing of a shaky situation seems to have occurred.
I feel that this thread should be closed AND deleted. It's not fair to the kid in question.
Well, actually, if you do an internet search for the child, you'll never get this thread... the boy's name has never been mentioned here. What you will get is the article that sparked the discussion and no one on this website had anything to do with that being published. If the things people are saying about this dad are true, then this boy will have much bigger things to worry about in the years to come than a thread on a baseball website. It's simply a fact of life that the things we do as parents - both good and bad - do impact our kids. To tell people to stop talking about it is somewhat beside the point, IMO. His life won't change one bit regardless of what happens to this thread.
Gentlemen,
I agree with Coho that enough is enough. The arguments for and against have been made, and I don't think that continuing this thread is in the best interests of all individuals, certainly including the innocent young man.
I agree with Coho that enough is enough. The arguments for and against have been made, and I don't think that continuing this thread is in the best interests of all individuals, certainly including the innocent young man.