Can HS Coaches Openly Criticize the School’s Code of Conduct?
An interesting turn of events from Cheshire HS where a captain of the girls’ soccer team violated the school’s Code of Conduct. The school’s Code explicitly said that if a kid is caught in violation of the underage drinking laws (and according to the arresting police officer, she was), then she had to face being … Read more
Making a Tough Call: The Curious Case of the Florida State Soccer Coach
If you run a first-class, top-notch women’s soccer team at a Division I university, isn’t your goal at the beginning of the year to win the NCAA national championship? After all, that means your team is the best in the land. And therefore, all of your coaching decisions should be dictated by trying to reach that goal. But does that … Read more
If Only The Coach Had Done the Right Thing….
Of all the items I went through on my show yesterday, the one that got the most response was about the varsity football coach at Southington HS in CT. Now, by all accounts, coach D.J. Hernandez is a young and talented guy. But when he was confronted with a quick decision a couple of weekends ago, … Read more
Final Reflections on A Coach Stopping a Game due to Safety Concerns…
I spoke at some length this past week with both Alex Lalaoui (of Hudson Catholic HS) and Joe Ratto (of Hoboken HS) about the unusual developments between the two teams in a varsity soccer match a few weeks ago. As you might recall, Coach Lalaoui had serious reservations about the field conditions (very wet grass, … Read more
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