Totally agree.
He also needs to admit for the kids that he was in the position of authority, and what happened is on him not the kids. He should have done a better job of teaching them right from wrong.
Suspended Cardinal Ritter player mom interview
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Totally agree.
He also needs to admit for the kids that he was in the position of authority, and what happened is on him not the kids. He should have done a better job of teaching them right from wrong.
Its been reported on social media that Affton reported the player who got thrown out of their jamboree. When the reporter was looking for that suspended player. He found Bill Jackson in uniform. The reporter was on a show in Saint Louis on Monday. The head coach of Ritter had vidoes on his IG page with the player in #24 leading the team out. Then the following week, the same player had on #4.
https://www.facebook.com/bettasport...mnx5eHFzpTo9F3NYL23-O6Xf4T4_OrEfKCsPvNgvM_0bp
So mom found out about the kid playing after the first game, but it didn't come out till someone else exposed it 7 games later? She may have had nothing to do with the original decision to play him, but she's just as complicit in the coverup as anyone and should share some culpability for the entire debacle IMO.
Okay here in lies a very big problem with the coach player, parent relationship.
This was a coaching decision, I don't know how many times I have seen coaches call out somebody on this board for daring to question them on a coaching decision, be it play call, leaving somebody in to long, or running up the score. Coaches want the kids not to question their decisions they want them to trust them in their decisions on and off the field. They need the kids to trust them, and they need the parents also on board. I know I have heard that talked about many times on here when building a winning program. I have heard it said many times I want them to run thru a brick wall for me.
So I think no matter how anybody wants to spin this.. the ultimate decision was the head coaches end of story!! The parent put their trust into the coaching staff to do what was best for their kid and the team, for better or worse, along with the school administration and governing board. I am also sure if the parent knew about this, I am certain others within the school who could have reported it also knew. That is why I believe the archdiocese stepped in and cancelled everything.
This is a case of a coach doing whatever it takes to win...this was a rouge coach. And for this to happen those in charge of the school turned a blind eye to the signs that the program was going in the wrong direction. Because hey we are winning!!
As a parent I should be able to trust our coaches and their decisions, I hope we are hiring the right people to lead our kids. And who knows maybe she did ask the coach and he said don't worry about it and she is covering for him. She said she still has faith he will do what is right for her child and she believes she still needs him. She may not want to speak out against him.
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I agree that it is not the role of parents to question coaches' decisions, but this wasn't a decision about why my kid didn't get to play QB last Friday or why we pitched it outside instead of busting it up the middle on 4th and 1. This was a willful decision to cheat by disregarding MSHSAA rules and is not merely a coaching decision.
unless a football mom is heavily involved I seriously doubt she even knows who or what a “MSHSAA” is. Yes she could have been aware but to me all of that is irrelevant.
The people who deserve all the blame are the people in power who hit the unemployment offices this week.
“What’s a MSHAA and why they telling me my kid can’t play???”
The coach claiming he didn't know the rules on the suspension is hogwash. This isn't a case of a simple mistake on his part. It is fraud. Plain and simple blatant fraud. Be a man and own it.
I wonder if Cardinal Ritter has the same mom problems as Kearney?
Now you're just making excuses for the parent. True, she may not know about MSHSAA, but she damn well knew her kid was supposed to be suspended for a game, and that he failed to fulfill his punishment, yet she did absolutely nothing. She obviously shares in the culpability, along with the coaching staff, school administrators and every other adult who looked the other way.
I don’t get it. Kearney is having a rough year but i’ve never heard any allegation of cheating especially at this level.
Not on the field anyway.........
What makes you assume she automatically knew he was suspended the first game of next year? Shockingly, not every parent knows how the ejection rules work, especially when carrying over in to the next season. Maybe she did know, but I’m not going to assume that she did, just because most of the guys on mosports knew that rule (and I’m not totally convinced that the majority of posters on here would have guessed the correct enforcement of suspension had a poll been made with multiple choices.)
According to the article in the OP, the player's mother "said she didn't know her son had played in the game until he told her after it was over." She knew he was supposed to sit out; why else would the team's star RB not play?
Clearly, the coaching staff shoulders the blame here, but many others, including the school admins, other players and parents who knew (including mom), also share some of the blame for it getting out of hand. Had someone came forward after game 1, it could've been addressed without forfeiting the whole season.
Did you even read the article? She didnt go to the game nor did she find out he played until she picked him up afterwards. What was she to do?
Plus you expected a Mom who may or may not even really understand football to pierce through and be the white and shining light to uncover a National news story scandal against her child??? Who would she go tell?? The AD?????
Like I said all of this is irrelevant, the people who are 99% responsible are the ones who are jobless.
Raw missed something. What a surprise!! What Shoot is referring to, was from another thread. The thread was discussing the rough season Kearney is having. A rather new poster made a post about the coaches being distracted by the hot moms in Kearney. Which is why the team was doing so poorly. The post suddenly disappeared shortly thereafter.
Yes, I read the article and quoted from it in my post. She said she didn't find out he played till after the game. That's when she should've taken some action, including notifying the administrators and/or telling her son that since he didn't sit out Game 1 as required, she's holding him out of game 2. That would've taught him a lesson about taking responsibility for his own actions instead of the lesson she's teaching him now about complaining and blaming others when you get punished for something you did.
We do agree on the fact that the coaching staff is responsible for the decision, but there are multiple other people who should've taken action earlier in the process so as to have avoided forfeiting the season, including school admins and any parents who knew.
Ok well Im sure there's a Parenting Forum somewhere you can place this logic but this one is for high school football.
The coaching staff came up with this scheme - the player/team went along with it - the administration didnt stop it.. They are the actual ones at fault.
The Parent who wasnt at the game, probably would have been told by any administration: Coach/Teacher/AD that it was ok for him to play since they were all in on the lie.
Holding you're kids out of games when he is allowed to play by the coaches (who as far as she knows makes it ok) isnt something that would happen in real life and you're playing the result.
Her obvious motives for doing this interview is the 8 game suspension for next year. She feels that the current punishment is enough and she is pretty much only focused on getting her child a full ride scholarship to attend a 4 year university. She thinks this will hinder that so she is upset. A very reasonable and understandable stance for a parent. But like I said its a Parenting Forum if you have an issue with her valuing a full ride scholarship > sitting out Senior year over Jr Year crime. Parent isnt in the wrong the Jobless are.
you mean like the one every coach is required to pass online before every season?
I have a problem with the fact that this coach caused this kid all these problems and the mom says 'yes coach is going to work with him outside of school.' I am not sure but I would get as far away from this coach as humanly possible.
Exactly, she is one of the "ADULTS" she is blaming for all the problems. I don't want to be that guy but I am anyway. First if my son throws a punch on the field he will be begging dad all off season that he only has to serve the one game suspension. I then find out he cheated and played the one game anyway he would have a whole year to try and convince me that he deserves to play his senior year. I love watching my kids play and I probably get a little too wrapped up in them winning but, if they are not able to play, win or lose, with integrity and class they will not play.
