Football team loses 91-0 and sues for being bullied

[Dolomite_supafly]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/10/22/parent-accuses-texas-high-school-football-coach-bullying-after-1-0-blowout-game/

 

This is insane. Once again lets punish the winners and protect the loosers.

 

I have a big problem with this because all kids must learn to deal with loosing to prepare them for real life. Sometimes you are the winner and sometimes you are the loser, that is a fact of life.

 

 

 

The coach of a Texas high school football team has been accused of bullying in a formal complaint after his team beat another school 91-0.

 

In the complaint, the dad of a player on the Western Hills High School football team claims Aledo High School football coach Tim Buchanan encouraged his players to bully their opponents by running up the score. Buchanan learned of the online complaint against him Saturday, the day after his team beat Western Hills in a 4A matchup.

 

"It wasn't good for anybody," Buchanan said. "I've sat and gone over and over and over it on what we could have done differently. The score could have very easily been 150 to nothing."

 

Buchanan tells MyFoxDFW.com he pulled his starters from the game after the first quarter and even eventually brought in his third-string players, but it was clear the game was going to be a blowout. The clock was also run continuously starting in the third quarter.

In the report, which was released Tuesday, the unnamed dad lists both football teams as victims and the Aledo High School coaching staff as the offenders. The parent claims “everyone in the football stadium” was a witness to Buchanan and his staff’s “unsportsmanlike conduct.”

 

"We all witnessed bullying firsthand, it is not a pretty sight," the complaint reads according to MyFoxDFW.com. “I did not know what to say on the ride home to explain the behavior of the Aledo coaches for not easing up when the game was in hand.”

Buchanan, whose team is averaging 69.3 points a game and is on its way to a 7-0 record, said he is not sure what else he could have done besides telling his players to take a knee.

 

"I'm not gonna tell a kid that comes out here and practices six to seven hours a week trying to get ready for football games ‘Hey, you can't score a touchdown if you get in, you're gonna have to take a knee,' cause that may be the only touchdown that kid gets to score in his high school career,” Buchanan told MyFoxDFW.com.

 

Under state law, Aledo's principal must investigate the complaint and prepare a report. The complaint was filed with the school district, which the law requires to provide bullying complaint forms on its websites.

 

The University Interscholastic League, the governing body for high school sports in Texas, only has a mercy rule for six-man football that ends a game when one team gets ahead by 45 points by halftime or later. There is no mercy rule for 11-man football, though coaches can agree to end a game early, UIL spokeswoman Kate Hector said. Buchanan said he wasn't aware of that option.

 

There were about 1,500 fans still in the stands at the end of the game, most of them Aledo's, he said. About 5,000 were at the Bearcats' stadium in Aledo at the beginning because it was a recognition night for band members' parents. A cold front that brought rain added another reason to leave when the game started to get out of hand, Buchanan said.

 

While blowouts are not uncommon in Texas high school football, Aledo has racked up several of them this season, due in part to being placed in a new district that has not been as strong in football. The Bearcats' average victory margin in four district games is 77 points.

The University Interscholastic League bases its realignment decisions on enrollment and geographic location to minimize travel time, a move aimed at reducing class absences. When Aledo was placed in a different district before last season, its travel time to the furthest location was cut from two hours to about 35 miles, Buchanan said.

 

Buchanan's team ran just 32 plays but scored on about every third one during Friday's game. Aledo rushed for 391 yards. It scored eight touchdowns on the ground, two each on passes and punt returns, and one on a fumble recovery.

 

"It certainly didn't seem like they were trying to run up the score in this case," Hector said.

 

Western Hills had 79 yards rushing and 67 yards passing.

 

The UIL follows NCAA rules, but most other states follow guidelines of the National Federation of State High School Associations, said Bob Colgate, the federation's director of sports and sports medicine.

 

Colgate said many of the federation's 48 member states and the District of Columbia have adopted a mercy rule in 11-man football. He noted that a survey published in February found that 16 states reported using a mercy rule with point margins, which are set by individual states, ranging from 30 points to 50 points.

 

Aledo Principal Dan Peterson said his report on the bullying complaint should be completed this week. It will be given to the father who filed the complaint and the staff at Western Hills.

 

Hector said anyone can submit a proposal for a rule change which could then be considered by the UIL's legislative council.

Buchanan said his school, winner of four state titles since 1998, and district are very supportive of the football program. The same, he said, cannot be said of Western Hills.

 

"It's not so much money as it is lack of emphasis," he said. "If you're going to have a program, support it."

 

 

[Lumber_Jack]

Wanna talk about bullying, be the kid who's mom complained. That kid will get bullied.

This is stupid, if you can't handle losing don't play. The winning team ran the ball every play in the 4th quarter. Those kids were backups and most if them hadn't scored before. And that's not counting the defensive touchdowns

You can't ask kids to stop playing. What did she want the winning team to just take a knee 3 times and punt.


Quit teaching your kids to be pussies and they'll be less pussies in the world

[hlb14]

the wussification of America continues...

 

if anyone should get fingers pointed at it should be the loosing head coach first for such a poor coaching performance and second for scheduling such an onslaught in the first place

Edited October 25, 2013 by hlb14

[Guest CCPT]

Good night... This "bullying" crap has gotten way out of hand. Either deal with it or stop being a dork.

[TMF]

I bet the kid of the father who complained is just loving his new social life.

[greenego]

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Defence Lineup for losing team :stir:

[rugerla1]

^^^LMAO!

[Guest TankerHC]

True Story

 

My High School Football Team blew out another local team. (Not this big though). Words were exchanged after the game. It came down to Saturday, no coaches, Fort View Park, full contact game replay with no pads and no helmets. Bones (Fingers) were broken, heads were cracked and teeth were lost. in the end, everyone was friends again.

 

But a lot of us played Ice Hockey and raced Motocross so there wasnt that big of a difference.

 

I would LOVE to be 16 or 17 and play these guys.

Edited October 25, 2013 by TankerHC

[NoBanStan]

Good night... This "bullying" crap has gotten way out of hand. Either deal with it or stop being a dork.

Sorry, but this is an ignorant statement. Stop being a dork? I get the point of saying bullying is an overused term...as it is in this garbage lawsuit, but dimissing all kids who are bullied is a bold statement.

[TripleDigitRide]

This is asinine. Not to mention, somewhat makes light of those who are truly being bullied. 

[Mike.357]

it is ONE parent,  not even newsworthy.

[Grunt67]

 This in no way falls under the category of bullying. It is the defenses' job to stop the offense from scoring. If you can't

 do that, get better or try another sport.

 Whinny butt!

[DaveS]

Here's my take on this subject; I don't see it as bullying.However, if I was the winning coach and knew that the game was out of reach for the other team, I would have done every thing I could as a coach, not to humiliate the losing team with a 91-0 loss. There was no reason for it. Period. All it did was embarrass the hell out of those kids in front of a bunch of spectators. What was accomplished? That's probably the same thoughts the parents are having from both teams.

 

DaveS

Edited October 25, 2013 by DaveS

[whitewolf001]

Yeah, this isn't bullying, this is just whining at best. Go cry me a river.

Good night... This "bullying" crap has gotten way out of hand. Either deal with it or stop being a dork.

Tell that to the graves of kids who have killed themselves because nobody would do a damned thing about it.

Edited October 25, 2013 by whitewolf001

[Dennis1209]

This just makes me feel warm and fuzzy all over. It's become the American way to punish the productive achievers and reward and protect the non productive.

 

I'll bet my very last Bippy that the cry babies get their way and be pacified and coddled. The school board will probably initiate policy to prevent such a travesty from ever occurring again.

[Mike.357]

Here's my take on this subject; I don't see it as bullying.However, if I was the winning coach and knew that the game was out of reach for the other team, I would have done every thing I could as a coach, not to humiliate the losing team with a 91-0 loss. There was no reason for it. Period. All it did was embarrass the hell out of those kids in front of a bunch of spectators. What was accomplished? That's probably the same thoughts the parents are having from teams.

 

DaveS

 

apparently the winning coach did that.  What was he supposed to do?  Tell his third stringers to take a knee.  Wouldn't that be worse?

[mikegideon]

One of my Facebook posts from a few days ago. 

 

[Joseg]

You know what, I don't consider this bullying. I coach Rec Basketball, I went 0-10 in one season and put a team out during the playoff same year. I tried everything to make it competitive couldn't find the match up till playoffs came around.. 

 

Mercy rule should have applied but you still have to complete the game.. Losing team, needs to hit the weights a little more and the coaching staff needs to resign since their coaching ability sucked.. Geez, at least tell a player to drop a few of them on their heads geez.. 91-0.. 

[DaveS]

I had a similar situation when I played High school football. We were beating the other very badly. Our coaches switched up the roster (we pretty much played iron man football anyways) and put offense on defense and visa versa. The other team did score (we still won), but we showed some awesome sportsmanship toward the other team. No one was embarrassed or humiliated. Hands were shaken at the end of the game and all was good. But to keep hammering a team over and over and humiliating them does nothing for no one. It's not just about winning is it?

 

DaveS

[bersaguy]

I can see putting in a program where if a team is being beaten to the point they have no opportunity of winning or making a comeback to end the game before it becomes and embarrassment to either side. They have been doing it in the Little League World Series for the last 20 plus years and it does not seem to bother the kids at all. They are all still friends when they walk off the field and still hang out together after the game. I do admit the the winning coach did about everything he could do by putting in his entire third string team which did show great sportsmanship on his part. If the opposing team could not even stop a third string team they are the ones with a coaching issue and that is what should be addressed for sure. I'm sure the kids that won were not about to rub salt in any wounds. I would not call the losers wussies. They were just out matched and that's all. Maybe Sonny Listen should have sued Mohammad Ali for knocking him out in less the 2 minutes of first round in their fight for championship. Would that have made since? Or When Tyson knocked out one of his opponents in 35 seconds of 1st round should have been sued. I was stupid enough to buy pay preview for that one fight and it lasted 35 seconds and cost me 30 bucks for Pay Preview. Maybe I should have sued Viacom because it was a quick knockout. As someone mentioned also, you can bet the kid who's father made the complaint is going to have it rough but his father never thought about that. You cannot fix Stupid and that father is stupid............jmho

[Dustbuster]

Time out in the corner for setting the house on fire, grounded w no cell for a day for stealing the car and running 3 people over, suing the other team cause they were too rough..wah wah wah........

parents need to start instilling fear of god  into their kids through disciplinary ass kickings and groundings with no electronics, misbehaving needs to be punished w hard labor at home, it instills respect for rules and character....... i agree w dolomite,kids need to learn to lose,its part of winning instead of running to lawyers wtf is this country coming to?? im slightly hard ass but thats the way i was raised w 4 siblings. we had fear, we had balls,but we respected our elders, and parents,and learned to behave while winning when we were. We learned to win without pulling knives,razors or breaking kneecaps,  sue the other team for being rough was unheard of......

Edited October 25, 2013 by Dustbuster

[DaveS]

 "disciplinary ass kickings"

I actually like that!  LOL

 

DaveS

[hipower]

Soon to come...no scoring contact...uh,... no. Make that non-contact sports for the kids.  They can't actually touch each other. Might get a nasty scratch.

 

And after all, we just can't have those nasty points being given and  "winners and Losers" declared.

 

That's just not fair for one to be better than another.

[bersaguy]

+1 one on the ass kicking but hope when you do they don't arrest you for child abuse if your kid calls the Abuse Hot Line..........jmho

[Dustbuster]

That's when u grab the phone from em and dial for them and sign a complaint against em for being incorrigible and let the judge have the final word..... Or use a phone book ;)


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