Unnecessary Drama
Yet another example of how bad parents are ruining our schools, our community, our world. Why does such an ignorant fool get to remain anonymous?
They don't pay coaches enough to deal with this kind of abuse.
UPDATE: Coach resigned and the anonymous fool's name is Steve Nesfield.
I hate hate hate it when the bad guys win.
posted by kate @ 9:58 AM
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7 Comments:
As a local high school sports official I deal with this all the time. Parents think that little Johnny or Suzie is going to be their meal ticket to a college scholarship so anything that detracts from that causes them to fly off the handle. It is getting worse every year. Team sports are no longer about the team due to overly zealous parents. Good for the coach getting a restraining order. As for the player I am sure the parent has already asked for a transfer to a more sutable school.
Can't imagine where the player picked up that attitude problem.
I am getting a link to the peanut butter recall.
Teachers always say the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Believe it.
Link is fixed now.
This is my response to the Coach Irwin situation. I doubt if the St. Pete Times will put it up on their Site, so if you will indulge me I will place it here.
On the face of it and only knowing what is in print, this parent’s behavior is way off base—if you will pardon the pun. The man cursed at an adult teacher/coach and had to be escorted off the field by a deputy sheriff. Is it any wonder some of the students in schools today can be so disrespectful to authority.
In that softball park were professionals performing a service for the students, their parents, and the general public, and this man had the audacity to behave like a savage within civilization. I, too, am a teacher for Hillsborough County and I try almost daily to impress upon my students the importance of civility no matter what happens. In society we have ways of dealing with situations that do not threaten other people involved. There are other avenues one must take to solve disputes and none includes violent behavior, which this man admitted engaging in.
If it were not enough that he lost his temper in such a violent fashion, he goes on to dismiss his behavior—shame on you sir. You make it doubly difficult for professional educators to teach your children the benefits of civil society when you behave in such a way.
Again, if what I read is mostly accurate, you owe that your daughter and Mrs. Irwin an apology. If you were my student, sir, I would calmly discuss with you the importance of making every attempt to get along with others. I would review with you the various avenues available to you for satisfying your complaint. I would implore you to be the best example you can be for those subordinate to you. Finally, I would encourage you to swallow your pride, be a man and genuinely apologize to those affected.
No one, especially I, will deny you the anger you felt that night. You have every right to be upset and to be displeased with Mrs. Irwin. Everyone knows the feelings of uncontrollable anger. However, we must all, also, remember that we live in society where most people do the very best they can at any given moment. Just like you are to be excused for your, perhaps legitimate, outburst, you owe the same courtesy to those who offended you, particularly Mrs. Irwin.
In vain!
Goad further!
Cruel goader!
Thus Spake Zarathustra (Part Four)
by Friedrich Nietzsche
Uh, please tell me he meant "pariah."
If he did, then his use of the word "piranha" confirms that he is in fact an idiot, and cannot be trusted.
Xanthippas, (sir?) I salute your powers of observation--nice catch.
BTW, I spoke with the deputy sheriff who removed the man from the park. He said it was not as bad as portrayed in the paper; however, Nesfield's father, Steve, did enter the field cursing at Coach Irwin. If Irwin felt threatened that, in and of itself, borders on assault.
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