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That is really disturbing. As a parent I would not want my kid in that environment. Ultimately the kids play because they love the game.But to have to put up with that coaching is so unfair. I cant see this as being enjoyable it would suck the fun right out of the game.. Some of the best memories I had were our practices. Shame on this Rutgers Coach.
This is clearly over the line. Somebody (AD or President) at Rutgers need to put on their big boy pants to handle this as it should be handled. He should be fired. If he is not fired, these kids should be allowed to transfer without penalty. This is a clear cut case of bullying by someone in authority.
If that Coach stays there, you can pretty much count on that recruiting pipeline to dry up in time for their Big 10 debut.
The local news, radio, and sports stations all have done stories on this. IMO the problem appears that AD Pernetti never thought these tapes would become public, and he could just sweep this behavior under the rug with a slap on the wrist (after all Rice was his first major hire). Pernetti needs to go as well!
My freshman basketball coach used to do stuff like that 35 years ago when somehow it was acceptable. Quite frankly watching that, you can't believe he is actually doing it. Please somebody fire these 2, today!
Bear Bryant wouldn't coach long today. Im guessing this would be a warmup for him.
He got fired, rightfully so. The AD should be fired too.
Those guys can rot as far as I'm concerned.
Originally Posted by BK_Razorback:
Bear Bryant wouldn't coach long today. Im guessing this would be a warmup for him.
I doubt that Bear Bryant would have humiliated a kid to this point, and John Wooden would never have considered such behavior necessary to properly coach young men.
Tried to keep an open mind, until I watched the video. Agree with the others that the AD should be fired as well. This coach should be banned from not only NCAA coaching, but any coaching that involves school aged kids.
I was actually more interested in comments regarding the following passages from the article. Personally, I think the self esteem movement is getting a little out of control.
"Another father I know told me that his son is now suffering from depression, which he traces back to his high school baseball experience at the prestigious Harvard Westlake School in Los Angeles. “My biggest regret is leaving him in that program for four years,” he says."
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“I believe that institutionalized bullying, which much of today’s coaching is, remains rampant and condoned at the highest level,” says Sally Shultz, whose son played baseball at Yale, and where his accusations of verbal abuse by one coach resulted in coach counseling."
"My friend Valerie, a lifelong baseball nut, is the third member of the coaching staff of tween travel team—she worked her way up from bringing the snacks to pitching coach. She says she once watched one of her male colleagues break a bat in front of the kids, and both men—former professional wannabes—yelled so much that the kids would increasingly go to her for reassurance.
“Their own sons used to ask me to drive them home after we’d lost a game,” recalls the mom-coach. “They were so afraid of being screamed at. I had danced in professional companies, so I was used to harsh discipline. But these guys left us all with the feeling of potential violence.” She thinks about half those kids continued playing."