OT: Football Coach Shot in Iowa
Sad, sad thing to see.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/24/football.coach.shot/index.html
No details, but I pray it's not because some parent was pissed about playing time. Nothing excuses this.
What the fuck
It was just on ESPN. He died at the hospital.
RIP Ed Thomas
You just know that's what it was. Some nutbag parent upset that their kid got cut.
Clearly, insanity is a growing plague.
Isn't football one of those sports where anyone can join the team at the HS level? Or was that just my school?
Probably, but many coaches use cutting under performing players as a motivational tool for the others.
STICK! STICK! STICK!
It depends on where you are. Some places take it way too seriously.
was the coach that the Big 10 Network did a focus story on after a tornado leveled their town and stadium in May 2008. Some former Iowa players who attended high school there (Jered Devries being one) went back to help.
He appeared to be a great man. Where I live some parents sit behind the school and watch their kids practice football everyday. They really need to get a life.
they also had a story about him on E60. he was really integral in that towns recovery from the tornado.
Yeap. I retract my previous statement.
New concept on motive: Drug induced paranoia in a guy who couldn't let go of the game creates a, "My High School coach is why I'm not making millions in the NFL! He wouldn't let me start that one game! I'll show him!"
I am a M alum living in Iowa and on the local news tonight they stated that the former student was taken to a hospital to have a mental evaluation.....only time will tell what the real reason for the shooting.
looks to have a lot of problems...many more so now.
He's had one hell of a week.
That is unbelievable. Absolutely unbelievable..