09-17-2008, 06:40 PM | #1 |
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5'5" 135lb high school safety dies of head injuries
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09-17-2008, 07:43 PM | #2 | |
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Tell those kids to keep their head up when they tackle. (I'm not saying that's what this kid did wrong - the article doesn't say)
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09-17-2008, 08:16 PM | #3 | |
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Another boy came out with a pain in the back of his knee. Another coach said "are you hurt or injured?" The kid looked at him not knowing how to answer (what would you expect a 13 year old to do?). The coach then says "play through the pain." Coaches are often jerks and the ones at the youth level are often high school wannabe cast offs. There is no way I'm not at every game this year. football is risky. |
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09-17-2008, 08:48 PM | #4 |
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This was my football coach's favorite line.
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09-17-2008, 08:51 PM | #5 | |
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When I was 14, I dislocated my shoulder making a "routine" hit. I wasn't a very good player, and the coach didn't believe that I was really hurt. So he made me get up and do the drill again. When I got home, I popped my shoulder back in and just took a lot of advil. I've never hurt so bad in my life, and I was too scared of showing up "hurt" to practice the next day. I played throughout high school, and came into my own a little bit (I was never "good" but I played). I got a job as an assistant coach at my old high school while I was in college, and I loved seeing this old little-league coach wishing he was me as we had some success and won a state championship. My shoulder is still pretty weak (compared to the other), though, and it hurts like hell on rainy days. I hope that old coach rots in hell.
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09-17-2008, 09:21 PM | #6 |
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Boron is in the local high school here's league.
How tragic. Boron also plays on a dirt field. No grass for you Boron. |
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