Cardinal Spellman High football coach resigns mid-season citing harassment from parents
enterprisenews.comSubmitted by zelticgar t3_xydwd6 in massachusetts
Don’t know much about Spellman but parent behavior like this would not happen in some of the other catholic schools I’m familiar with on the north shore.
Chippopotanuse t1_iribq1d wrote
> “After our Fenwick game last night, there was a group of parents that if there wasn’t a fence that I was concerned for my safety,” said Chace.
This is a high school football coach saying this. He probably played Hs football himself and doesn’t look like a small/weak guy. I’m sure he can handle his own.
So if he’s afraid for HIS safety…holy shit, how insane are these parents?
And with Aqib Talib starting a fight that turned fatal, and now Legarette Blount trying to assault folks…I don’t blame this coach one bit.
And for parents who think being a tough-ass who yells and degrades and assaults coaches or refs when you think they are doing your kid wrong…lemme take y’all back to Thomas Junta.
He was a 6’3” 275 lb teamster trucker. He bludgeoned a Pee Wee ref to death after a hockey game in Reading because he felt the ref wasn’t calling checks against his son. His own son was screaming at him to stop during the murder. The ref’s 3 kids witnessed their dad being killed.
And Junta goes to jail. Dies of cancer at 58 after getting out.
But here’s the legacy;
Junta’s kid Quinlan (who was yelling at his dad to stop)? Dead by 21. Was arrested for serious felonies by the age of 20.
Ref’s kid? Also dead at a very young age. Also had immense criminal record by the time of death.
Turns out having an explosive and violent asswipe for a dad who spends your formative years in jail is really goddamn hard to escape.
As is watching your dad get murdered by other parents.
I wish high schools and sports leagues took a ZERO TOLERANCE policy on this stuff. It’s just youth sports. Any threat of violence from parents ought to earn the parents and/or the kid a ban.
Good for this coach for resigning. You can’t please some of these parental maniacs.