Coach fired after rousing halftime speech

[Queasy]

Hey, they did win though

LEEDS, Maine (AP) - A high school basketball coach was fired after telling his players at halftime to reach into their pants to "check their manhood," administrators said.

Leavitt Area High School Principal Patrick Hartnett said coach Mike Remillard told the varsity boys Jan. 23 that "tonight's game was about who had the biggest (male genitalia) in town."

"He then required his players to all stand up and put their hands down their pants and check their manhood," Hartnett said in the statement, which was read to school board members Thursday by Superintendent Thomas J. Hanson a day after the coach was dismissed.

All but one player followed the coach's instructions, Hartnett said. The team won the game.

Remillard, who was in his fourth season as varsity coach, called the pep talk "normal locker room banter from Fort Kent, Maine, to San Diego, California," but said he still should not have done it.

"Was that tactic appropriate? No. And I'm paying the price for it," Remillard said.

 

[SirStev0]

this is nothing compared to my hs football coach. He could somehow curse like a sailor mid praying.

 

[Feldenak]

Good grief...what bunch of nancyboys got their panties in a twist over this?

 

[tfinch2]

And the pussificiation of America continues...

 

[BigJ]

I don't even know why sh!t like this is an issue.

 

[jhayx7]

Originally posted by: tfinch2
And the pussificiation of America continues...

Agreed. Apparently the one "boy" had his vagina offended

 

[UNCjigga]

Originally posted by: Feldenak
Good grief...what bunch of nancyboys got their panties in a twist over this?

All but one player followed the coach's instructions, Hartnett said.

Based on that statement, I'm betting it was the nancyboy (singular) with the smallest prick who complained.

 

[NuAlphaMan]

Originally posted by: tfinch2
And the pussificiation of America continues...

Here here, I'll second that! This is ridiculous!!!!!

 

[zebano]

what a pansy.

 

[SagaLore]

What is bad about this? Certainly not a speech I would give - but - its not like he told everyone to make crude gestures at each other.

 

[SonnyDaze]

Recockulous.

 

[JRich]

Originally posted by: Queasy
Hey, they did win though

LEEDS, Maine (AP) - A high school basketball coach was fired after telling his players at halftime to reach into their pants to "check their manhood," administrators said.

Leavitt Area High School Principal Patrick Hartnett said coach Mike Remillard told the varsity boys Jan. 23 that "tonight's game was about who had the biggest (male genitalia) in town."

"He then required his players to all stand up and put their hands down their pants and check their manhood," Hartnett said in the statement, which was read to school board members Thursday by Superintendent Thomas J. Hanson a day after the coach was dismissed.

All but one player followed the coach's instructions, Hartnett said. The team won the game.

Remillard, who was in his fourth season as varsity coach, called the pep talk "normal locker room banter from Fort Kent, Maine, to San Diego, California," but said he still should not have done it.

"Was that tactic appropriate? No. And I'm paying the price for it," Remillard said.

Manhood not found.

 

[jhayx7]

Originally posted by: SagaLore
What is bad about this? Certainly not a speech I would give - but - its not like he told everyone to make crude gestures at each other.

Unless the coach told them to reach in each other pants to check their manhood then it would be a problem. But if the basketball team were made up of ATOT members, it would be just like any other friday night.

 

[slackerinabox]

What if a male gymnast coach in High School told all of his students to grab their vaginas to be in touch with their feminine side?

 

[thraashman]

They won the game, it looks like the pep talk worked. Bet the one guy that didn't will be quitting the team soon since odds are the other players rag on him constantly now.

 

[crystal]

Originally posted by: jhayx7

Originally posted by: SagaLore
What is bad about this? Certainly not a speech I would give - but - its not like he told everyone to make crude gestures at each other.

Unless the coach told them to reach in each other pants to check their manhood then it would be a problem. But if the basketball team were made up of ATOT members, it would be just like any other night.

fixed.

 

[Jeff7]

It's a good thing he didn't do the check himself.