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In reply to the discussion: "The Rape Crew" I found out today when I was at the Steubenville Rally with some [View all]OldDem2012
(3,526 posts)...each with a staff of three to twenty football coaches depending on the size of the program and the funding available to support each team. Are you trying to tell me that ALL of those coaches are "demonic"? Seriously??
Let me tell you a story. My late father coached football at the high school level for 55 years. He helped more than 400 kids earn football scholarships at colleges around the country, to include more than 100 at what is now the FBS level. Quite a few of the kids he coached who didn't earn football scholarships earned academic scholarships. Even more of Dad's players went to school by working whatever jobs they could find. Dad's personal papers are full of letters from guys he coached who went on to become successful lawyers, doctors, senior military officers, teachers, coaches, and any other profession you can think of....and they ALL credit Dad for helping them achieve their dreams.
Dad's story is not an isolated story. There are literally tens of thousands of coaches who are considered to have been a positive influence on the hundreds of thousands of kids who played high school football over the last 50-60 years. The same is true at the college level...the vast majority of college football coaches are viewed favorably by the young men who played for them. To call them "demonic" is beyond my ability to comprehend. Do you consider all teachers to be "demonic" because of the criminal acts of a few? Of course not.
But somehow, the only coaches who get profiled by the media are the individual monsters who prey on their kids sexually or allow their kids to commit criminal acts that should NEVER be tolerated by ANY football coach at any level. Those people are the true "demons", and should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
Next time, try thinking before you post complete and utter nonsense.