Drinking coach gone too far? What next?

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Mar 10, 2020
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This is all social media is good for. It's herd mentality. One disagrees others are compelled to disagree. One is enraged all are enraged.

The OPdoesnt have a dog in the fight so I would stay out of it. The team on the otherhand needs to deal with it IF the accusations are true. Im a bit skeptical and I don't use second or third hand information
Heard mentallity on social media. Everyone compelled to agree with eachother.
More of your nonsense.
Dfp is social media daily people disagree.

The op brought a topic to the forum. Thats it.
They should stay out of it?
Your worthless.
 
Mar 10, 2020
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Not deflecting in the slighest and I dont have a hill to die on.. Again I wasn't there and I dont have a dog in the hunt again. Apparently neither were you , but youre certain this happened.. Thats why I asked what you saw. Thats why I can't comment. I can comment on the amount of unsubstantiated nonsense that blows up on social media. I have difficulty following that thought process.

The people that I coach and I know from the fastpitch community would've beaten down the abuser regardless of who's child it was. I know that for a fact and I've seen it personally. The coach would not have breathed another breath around me if I saw it or it happened to my child. I would not run to social media.

All that said IF my child were part of the team and witnessed this behavior we would have been gone from the jump. Theres more to this story in my opinion
In another post you commented the op should stay out of it
Now a beat down is your answer.
More of your nonsense.
 
Aug 18, 2019
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This is an easy one:
1. Call the police, all of those girls are in danger
2. Leave immediately and document in writing why to the coach and all the team as witness
3. Report issue to org President
4. Report issue to USA softball (or associated affiliated softball org) or local commissioner


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Aug 25, 2019
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This is an easy one:
1. Call the police, all of those girls are in danger
2. Leave immediately and document in writing why to the coach and all the team as witness
3. Report issue to org President
4. Report issue to USA softball (or associated affiliated softball org) or local commissioner


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Not sure why some posts here say call the police. If this guy isn't staggering drunk, nothing the police really can do about it, unless the park he is in has a ban on open alcoholic beverage, then I guess he could get a ticket for that, otherwise, don't call the police, but do everything else on this list.
 
May 6, 2015
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Not sure why some posts here say call the police. If this guy isn't staggering drunk, nothing the police really can do about it, unless the park he is in has a ban on open alcoholic beverage, then I guess he could get a ticket for that, otherwise, don't call the police, but do everything else on this list.
actually many communities have open container bans, so even if not drunk, simply imbibing in public is against the law. might be selectively enforced (ie two neighbors having a couple of beers on their sidewalk no action taken), but you can bet drinking in public park at an organize youth sports activity will draw their attention. and if nothing else, TD should toss them, and probably HC as well.

I do not get it. I enjoy a beer or several as much as the next person, but I just do not get how some people cannot attend an outdoors youth sports event without a drink in hand. Baffles me.
 
Oct 4, 2018
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actually many communities have open container bans, so even if not drunk, simply imbibing in public is against the law. might be selectively enforced (ie two neighbors having a couple of beers on their sidewalk no action taken), but you can bet drinking in public park at an organize youth sports activity will draw their attention. and if nothing else, TD should toss them, and probably HC as well.

I do not get it. I enjoy a beer or several as much as the next person, but I just do not get how some people cannot attend an outdoors youth sports event without a drink in hand. Baffles me.

Alcoholism is an addiction and a disease. While I don't suffer from it, I do empathize with those who do. Must be a bitch.

But to your point, I do know a few alcoholics who never drink or are drunk (in public) around kids. They do have enough resolve to keep it away from games and such.
 
May 6, 2015
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Alcoholism is an addiction and a disease. While I don't suffer from it, I do empathize with those who do. Must be a bitch.

But to your point, I do know a few alcoholics who never drink or are drunk (in public) around kids. They do have enough resolve to keep it away from games and such.
I agree, and if they cannot have enough resolve to keep it away from youth activities, the answer is they must absent themselves. Period.
 
Jul 5, 2016
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I am amazed at the number of parents on the team who know about it, have issue with it yet never address it and allow it to continue to happen simply because “hey, we’re winning all the tournaments”. There are other teams in town with much better environments, but medals are valued higher than the lessons learned when playing youth sports.


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So much abuse of our kids starts with "But he wins a lot..." Everything from bully coaches to Larry Nassar.
 
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Oct 28, 2015
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The coach needs help to stop the drinking but this is clearly child abuse. The coach should be removed from the organization, reported to the proper authorities and not be permitted to work with children anymore. We, as coaches, are always “on the clock” whether we like it or not. We are role models and should behave as such at all times.
 

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