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[Purity-Control]

"I wanna see an Uncle or Father go caveman. Walk right up in the banquet, and start swinging on this sucker with both fists and beat him down. That's what he deserved. Swift Justice."

Possibly the best lines from an ESPN employee of all time.

Wilbon should be fired for promoting violence

but to purposefully embarrass a 13 y.o. kid in front of his peers like this is way across the line... kids are pretty tender and impressionable at that age.

I agree with with what Mr. Scot just said

At public functions like this, you should honor the kids who do well, not deride the kids who did poorly.

If this happened in the locker room or on the field then I don't see the problem, but a banquet with probably parents and other teachers there then yeah, WTF

[Darth Biscuit]

If this happened in the locker room or on the field then I don't see the problem, but a banquet with probably parents and other teachers there then yeah, WTF

Yes, this is what I was thinking... it's OK to use negative reinforcement in the locker room or on the field to motivate, not at a banquet... well said both of you.

Did I mention that I would have punched his ass out?

[Epistaxis]

Wrong place.

Poor judgment.

It can be argued, contrary to the stupid (imo) "the coach caused the damage", that the coach was actually an excellent judge of character.

[Mr. Scot]

Wrong place.

Poor judgment.

It can be argued, contrary to the stupid (imo) "the coach caused the damage", that the coach was actually an excellent judge of character.

Maybe. That's a pretty big stretch, though.

I still can't get over how much effort this guy went to. A twenty-four-year-old man (at the time) going to this much trouble just to humiliate a thirteen-year-old kid in front of his friends and parents? Having a special trophy made at his (or the school's) expense? Phoning the kid just to make sure he's coming to the banquet? Heck, just having the idea in the first place.

This guy is a wack job. If I were a parent in that area, I wouldn't want this numbnuts teaching my kids.

[Epistaxis]

Oh, I agree. Clearly the guy is crazy.

However, if his shock and awe campaign was some kind of prescient last ditch battle for this kids future, I'd be impressed. And sometimes, you CAN tell when a kid is destined for big trouble. He failed at that too, sadly, so it can be argued it accomplished nothing but making him look like a fool, not even mentioning damage done to the kid.

At best, he went about it ALL wrong. At worst, he is just a bully and a loon.