PRP coach indicted in football player's death

[fistofrage]

Re: PRP coach indicted in football player's death

What are you talking about? How is there no way they have 100 players? They are a 6A school meaning in Kentucky they are one of the biggest 36 schools in the state.

"Both Jefferson County Public Schools and Louisville Metro Police investigated Max's death after The Courier-Journal reported that bystanders near the practice field heard coaches deny the players water. Other witnesses heard the coaches say they would run the players until someone quit the team."

"All the coaches, however, have been named in a lawsuit filed in September by Max's parents, Michele Crockett and Jeff Gilpin, accusing them of negligence and "reckless disregard.""

So even the parents are going after the other coaches.

and they were running, not doing pass blocking or catching drills

George....George O'Leary, is that you?

[Cusefan]

Re: PRP coach indicted in football player's death

Associated Press

Updated: July 1, 2009, 12:04 PM ET

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A school system report released Wednesday on the heat-related death of a football player concluded a Louisville coach and his staff did not break any high school athletic rules, and found evidence the sophomore was ill with a headache and other symptoms before the practice.

The Jefferson County Public Schools report comes after the death of 15-year-old sophomore Max Gilpin, who collapsed while running sprints known as "gassers" at the end of a preseason practice last August. He died three days later of septic shock, multiple organ failure and heat stroke.

Pleasure Ridge Park coach David Jason Stinson has been charged with reckless homicide in connection with Gilpin's death. He has pleaded not guilty and a trial is set to begin Aug. 23.

The report, which is separate from the criminal case, concluded that Stinson and his assistants may not have used "appropriate means" to motivate the players but did not break any athletic rules.

The report also said the district's independent physician, Dr. Daniel Rusyniak, found that there was evidence Gilpin was ill prior to the Aug. 20 practice. The doctor concluded that an illness would have made Max more susceptible to heat stroke, but with no autopsy, the cause of his sepsis was more difficult to confirm.

Gilpin's parents have sued Stinson, five assistant coaches and school administrators in a case set for trial in January.

In the criminal case, Louisville police took statements from Stinson, 89 football players, nine coaches and 25 other witnesses, including parents at a soccer game on an adjacent field.

In the police reports, players and coaches described a routine practice for much of the afternoon -- watching film, stretching and positional drills. But players told police that after about two hours on the field, Stinson, a former college offensive lineman, became upset over goofing off and a "lack of hustle."

Stinson has said he didn't see the 6-2, 220-pound Gilpin collapse.

Jefferson County Schools Superintendent Sheldon Berman said there was no evidence the players were denied water, and the evidence also points to something other than dehydration as the cause of Gilpin's death.

Stinson is still employed in a non-teaching position. He will remain reassigned pending the outcome of his criminal trial. Berman said if he's cleared, he will eligible to apply for a coaching job again.

Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press

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[Burns11]

Re: PRP coach indicted in football player's death

Stinson was just found not guilty

[fishepa]

Re: PRP coach indicted in football player's death

Stinson was just found not guilty

Good.