I received this article in a link from one of our loyal readers over the weekend. I know that several of my friends and former teammates in the coaching fraternity will enjoy it, but I also know they will be incredibly disappointed that political correctness continues to rob this country of fabulous motivational material. My greatest disappointment after reading the article was the fact that the coach, Mike Remillard, apologized.
Long story short if you didn’t read the article, Remillard challenged his players at Leavitt Area High School (Maine) to reach into their shorts and check their manhood at halftime of a game on January 23, telling them that the contest that evening was about who had the biggest balls (or was it dicks?) in town. He was, predictably, removed from his coaching position. But at least his efforts weren’t in vain; his club rallied to win that fateful night.
This should have been held for the contempt file on Friday, but I was oh-for-the week so far and I needed the material. So here’s the guilty parties here…and none of them are the coach…
The knee-jerk administrators who…ironically…lack the balls (or any other parts of the package) to stand behind a coach. The inmates run the asylum around schools these days, and that is primarily because administrators lack the toughness to put power where power belongs.
The legal system…Ours is an increasingly litigious society, and we have become a group of whiners (perhaps this would be a good place for the use of some female genitalia slang?) who go running to court to solve our problems. And guess who is setting on the bench…a bunch of judges with nothing swinging beneath the robe. Justice is blind…and maybe she wasn’t always a lady. Maybe she’s just been neutered.
And finally…the little bastard or bastards that went running home and told their parents what the coach did. The report said one player refused to check his manhood (hey, I remember THAT guy in the locker room)…maybe he was the snitch, and maybe he had lots of company. Either way, if any of those kids had any manhood at all, they should know that the locker room is just like Vegas. What happens there, stays there. I’d love to tell you what happened in some of the locker rooms I was in…but I can’t. It’s just part of the code. I can tell you that I had multiple coaches challenge my manhood and I can also tell you that I enjoyed playing more for those coaches than the ones who spent all their time being “appropriate”.
Where I come from, “appropriate” was usually code for “chickenshit”. Sometimes a situation calls for a certain motivational style, and while there ARE lines that shouldn’t be crossed, what Remillard did wasn’t even close to the line. He was merely looking to light a fire under his ballclub (which he apparently did), and not attempting to embarrass, shame, or degrade anyone. Coaches shouldn’t be afraid to challenge their players. They should be able to set high expectations for them, and they should be able to use any means within reason to help them become better players and better people.
And like it or not, there are times in all walks of life when it’s about who has the biggest balls…
Yes sir. So they actually removed the coach, i do not know or remember any of my coaches not challenging my man hood, hell I would not just grab it to check it, I would show it to them and might even shake it at them,
Well, most administranerds have no clue about motivating athletes or students for that matter. Administranerds that do not support their coaches probably do not support their faculty, and would probably stand back an watch some bully assault a child with out checking their own manhood, stepping in and assaulting the bully themselves. My coaches had a few names for these types of people, gutless wonder is the one that comes to mind.
My question is, what is their reasoning for firng the coach?
Please do not tell anyone about the time I told my players to get ready a take one in the ass because we were playing across state lines. I am glad that I did not have them practice that shafting business to prepare.
Chief,
I hope this incident does not get out of hand or we could have a big mess to clean up. Sorry, you are correct what happens in the locker room stays in the locker room. Who ever was the snitch deserves to be pantsed in the Senior Hall.
Once again the over protective politically correct people of this planet will ruin civilization for all of us.
Chief,
Absolutely nothing amazes me any more! Honestly, I enjoyed the days when someone in the Locker room would tell someone else who was acting like an idiot to eff off! Sad to say it but “The Balls” speech should’ve been given to a certain fuzzy little coaching staff I once knew!
Whatever happened to the good old days when ballplayers would take infield in the gym and BP in the outfield?
Darth