Coach Stinson trial

[HiDefFisherman]

Mark, I am with you all the way. If he was at fault, then why was only one player affected?

Don't get me wrong, it is a crying shame that the young fellow lost his life. I feel so greatly for his family, but he chose to play football. I never understand how so many choose to do something, then if it turns out baddly, they blame those they chose to do it with... in this case playing football.

Heck, I remember many a two a day vomitting!!! Back then, if at least 5 of us did not heave ho, the coaches were thought to be going too easily on us.

I can guarantee you no coach goes out to have a player pass away, and I can promise you that every coach I played for truely cared for each of us on the team, and I can't imagine the agony he would put himself through if one of us had passed away.

My prayers are with the family, and the coach,

tight lines,

HDF

PS, I failed to include this thought in my original post... I chose to play football, I chose to run the drills, no one forced me, although my dad did put a lot of pressure on me. Ultimately though, the decision to allow the young man to play rested with the young man, and his parents... mother and father. I did not know the father was there. He could have at any time said "I choose to not allow my son to participate any further." and then the young man would still be with them??? I guess that depends on your view of destiny. Now we are getting into religion, and I'm not prepared to discuss that here.

Tight lines,

HDF

[know1]

I also think it's wrong to go after the coach like this. As someone else said, if it was more than one player who had an issue, perhaps it was the coach's fault, but this is one kid out of 50. Something else was at play here.

[CTFSHWHISKER]

i know him,he is not a hard nose man at all,maybe a hardnose coach,but most any good ones are.He has done absolutley nothing any other coach hasn't.when i played if we had too many go out for the team that is how they were weeded down,run them out.After just completeing my stint on a grand jury,i don't see how they even sent it to trial..most anyone i have talked to feels the same as us.

[cra97]

I agree with everyone else here on this issue and feel for both the coach and family on this issue. I got particularly concerned when I read the comment on "volunteer coaching positions" though. In Louisville, we rely on the kind-hearted parents (in most cases anyway) who choose to come out and coach our kids in youth sports all the time. How IS this going to effect this now? I was at a recent football practice, where I was helping coach the defense, and the rules that these coaches have put on them now are INSANE!!! I called this one kid a "bonehead", not in a loud, outrageous way either, and the head-coach "talked" with me about only being able to call the kids by their "given names"!?!?!?!? Its no wonder the team stinks and is 0 for the season!! If they ever "talked" to every coach I had growing up that called someone a name, let alone cuss (which in the Fern Creek Optimist League here, the ones I am talking about specifically, will get you fired), we would have NEVER had any coaches!! This is going to have such far reaching ramifications that I am afraid our kids are soon going to be talking back to the coaches like the some of the kids already do in schools. Were does this insanity stop and good "old-fashion coaching" start back again?? Ok, enough ranting on this I guess, hope in the end the coach is let go and the parents put this to rest while trying to move foward after this terrible turn of events.

Rob Appleby

[RoadToad]

I guess you all saw this already, but if you didn't, he was acquitted:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/09/17/...ial/index.html

[jcb]

Yep didn't take the jury long to do the right thing. I hope Stinson, and the Gilpin family can put this all behind them with time.

[mhall]

The system got it right for once, Hoorah! Now somebody hire this man and maybe he can get on with a normal life.

[Tim_T]

Unfortunately, he still has to face the civil suit, so it hasn't completely gone away. Glad to see justice served though.