10-04-2009, 09:17 PM | #1 | |||
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Watch your language, prep football coaches
Watch your language, prep football coaches
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10-04-2009, 09:25 PM | #2 |
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I'd say a zero-tolerance for profanity policy is largely unrealistic, and particularly in a football environment. Most of today's teens can likely outcuss me & that ain't easy. My normal vocabulary is quite blue & hits several of the most common words, but not without purpose or unintentional (i.e. it's never "pass the fucking salt" or "hand me a fucking pencil" it's "he's not just an idiot, he's a complete fucking idiot")
That said, I've only come close to letting a word slip once all season working with the webcast crew at the school off-air (caught that one in midair) & never once let a word slip on-air in my whole career, so there is a certain filter that you can create but it probably has to be so ingrained that it becomes automatic. I seriously doubt that I could avoid it with the kids if I didn't have the radio background where I had to really hone the skill. Noting that 2 of the 4 coaches mentioned in the article being fired were volunteer coaches, all I see this sort of thing doing in diminishing the number of qualified people willing to be involved.
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10-04-2009, 09:41 PM | #3 |
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I agree, it's rather unrealistic, especially in a sport that elicits strong emotions like football. I can see disciplining a coach if it gets out of hand, but an occasional curse word is not a big deal.
I'll also add that you have to take each situation into context. If you have a coach who literally makes young men better people, is it such a big deal? What if it helps him get his message across better? Do we really want to fire coaches who are helping to mold young men because they said fuck one too many times? I think football is one of the greatest things a child/young man can ever experience. It teaches so much. A coach should be judged on that, not his language (unless it gets way out of hand). Last edited by RainMaker : 10-04-2009 at 09:48 PM. |
10-04-2009, 09:59 PM | #4 |
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My JV coach would never curse. He would say jimminy-christmas, son of a buck, etc. One time during practice, he was so angry you could see a vein ready to burst, and he's standing there yelling at us and says, "You guys are playing like...like....HORSE FEATHERS". We ended up running for a very long time because no one was able to hold their laughter.
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10-05-2009, 01:04 AM | #5 |
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I would be lying if I said I never cursed and won't say I am proud that I do. I try to be cognizant of what I say but I slip on occasion. I can say I never have directed profanity at an indivdual player in my entire career, that to me is unacceptable.
Here is an example of the context I usually use it in. After beating a team we badly outclassed we started pratice off extremely lethargic and before we went into team Offense I calmly called the squad together. Part of the talk consistented of telling them how much of my free was spent breaking down our next opponent, working on practice plans and scouting reports so they would be ready to play. I admitted there were times I would rather be doing other things, like spending time with my family, but that I had an obligation to prepare them to the best of my ability and that they should expect that from their coaches, the same way we expected them to work hard every practice. In closing (and getting a little louder) I referenced the school we had just soundly beaten and let them know that even if I was the coach at that school the players there would still get the same work ethic from me because... "I have fucking pride in what I do and whether we were unbeaten or had not won a game that would not change. You guys better take the same pride in playing for this program because you still have a lot to learn and a lot to prove before you finish here and if you are ready to quit working, you are ready to quit playing." Could I have left the F Bomb out, sure, but it emphasized a point that whether you are good, average or struggling as a team, there is never an excuse to not work to improve and give full effort everytime you step on the field, game or practice. Again not that I condone rampant profanity around teenage players, but I feel totally comfortable defending my words in the example above. Now if I ever called a kid a fucking idiot or a shithead, etc for missing a block or fumbling the ball or jumping off sides, then I would have no pausible defense and would expect to punished. |
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