In one of my classes we were talking about abuses that coaches can do to their players. Sometimes coaches have questionable behaviors when theironly concern is winning. A coach in Texas had football practice in 95 degree heat, with more than 90% humidity. You can only imagine how hot that actually is. One of his players only a little boy died of heat exhaustion. What coach in their right mind would even attmept to have practice in weather like that?
Also we talked about a story where coaches would stick players in a cage that are having problems and let them "settle their problems." This storymade my mouth literally drop. I didn't even know ow to respond to something like that. Of course when the school got wind of this the staff was let go.
How could coaches that act like this even be hired. Now there is a mandated background check on people who want to be hired as coaches. I think that is certainly needed. These stories just blew my mind. I know this is not on topic with exactly what my blog is about, but I thought that this needed to be addressed, because this jus amazed me.
Has anyone had a coach that winning was everything and the most important thing, even at the expense of his/her team?
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It really makes you think doesn't it? Heat exhaustion seems to be the number one concern for student athlete deaths over the years. Recently, ESPN did a story about a college student (can't remember where) who didn't even have his paper work in yet, and the coach made him run 4 miles in the heat. Not only was he not cleared medically, but it was before school started, so the coach didn't have the authority to make workout. The boy ended up collapsing, and died a short while later. A lot of coaches are from the old school - tough discipline that they believe will only make one better prepared. They basically live by the idea that if it doesn't kill you it makes you stronger. However, what happens when it actually does kill you? My problem with all of this is that no one does anything until there is a tragedy. At this college, there will probably be a lot more caution taken, but why couldn't they take the neccesary precautions to stop it before it happens?
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