Post by PhillyJim76 on Apr 14, 2022 8:25:33 GMT -5
I have a youth lacrosse story too. My pal-chum that I coach soccer with talked me into helping out with lacross this year. I've never played or watched the game in my life and until a couple weeks ago I think I had only held a lacrosse stick once in my life. But I can yell at 6-8 year olds and tell them to get back in line and stuff, so sure, I guess I'll help. Yesterday at practice there were 2 kids who had already been told once to stop hitting each other with their sticks, so when I saw one of them do it again I pulled him off the field and told him he had to sit out for a few. As I got him to the sideline, his dad informed me "He was hit first. He shouldn't have retaliated but why is he the only one being punished?" A fair question, but I told him I didn't see it start; I only saw him hit the other kid in the head, and it was at least his second warning. When I got back on the field, I noticed that thankfully another coach HAD seen the whole thing, and had also made the other kid sit out so it seems like we're all good.
Now, the reason I even bring this up is that the kid I removed from practice is the only black kid (out of nearly 60 kids in the whole program, and about 20 who were there last night). And the stupid fucking internet and all the fake race-baiting assholes out there had me fully expecting this dad to accuse me of punishing his kid because he's black. Thankfully he seems to be a non-dickhead and everything was fine. He also seems to realize his kid is kind of an asshole, and was later yelling at him for pretending to be hurt.
Cool story, Wolf.
that story is unbelievable
and going to hell