It is rumored that a player at Bryan Station filmed a Mike Allen tirade at halftime that showed inappropriate language towards the players. He has been suspended indefinitely for verbal abuse. I'm guessing, since this is not the first time, that he will be relieved. If this comes to reality, does Jaron Brown get the job or do they open it up????

Hadn't heard the part about the video. If there's that kind of evidence, then it's hard to counter it.

 

I fully expect Jaron Brown to be the next coach at Bryan Station.

I fully expect Jaron Brown to be the next coach at Bryan Station.

 

Is he coaching at Station right now? Does he teach?

Is he coaching at Station right now? Does he teach?

 

To the first: I'm pretty sure. To the second: I'm unsure.

He is the interim from my understanding. He is not listed on their staff directory.

Whoever Bryan Station eventually ends up with, I hope they get the program on track.

 

I'm starting to wonder how desirable the job really is though given the situations with Ligon and now Allen. If I'm a coach, I'm probably approaching the job with tons of caution, fair or unfair.

I haven't seen this video. I guess the chances are likely that a coach at halftime said some inappropriate things. But when did it become legal to film someone without their knowledge and permission?

I hate this world we live in where kids can unknowingly film you in the locker room and use that to have you fired. I'd have to see the video to give a true opinion though.

I haven't seen this video. I guess the chances are likely that a coach at halftime said some inappropriate things. But when did it become legal to film someone without their knowledge and permission?

 

It's not. There's a reasonable expectation of privacy that underlies most of the law on things like that.

 

There is some precedence for saying that in some situations, the reasonable expectation of privacy standard doesn't apply (or applies differently, according to jurisdiction). One instance of this is people filming police officers (varies according to jurisdiction and I don't know what the law in KY is). Anyway, the idea is that someone, especially a public servant, doesn't have a reasonable expectation of privacy in something illegal (or something similar). I'd imagine that if that's the case, the player/parent who filmed it, if sued by Allen, would probably say that Allen had no reasonable expectation of privacy when it came to the parts of the incident in question because of their nature. Again, I don't know what the laws are in Kentucky specifically, so don't take this as legal advice.

 

My guess is that, if the allegations are true and you are the administration and you've seen the video, it's easier to do an indefinite suspension where there's no chance for further liability as far as the coach's interaction with the team goes (and if there is interaction while the coach is on indefinite suspension, then they've committed a fireable offense), wait out the rest of the year, then go with the "choose not to renew" rather than a "you've been terminated".

Jaron Brown IS in some kind of teaching capacity at Bryan Station. I met with him last Wednesday in a classroom that had students working in there.

 

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Jaron Brown IS in some kind of teaching capacity at Bryan Station. I met with him last Wednesday in a classroom that had students working in there.

 

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Thanks for the update.

Without seeing the video, it is premature to reach any conclusions. But if the video shows inappropriate behavior, I hope the coach's defense is not that the video should not have been taken. Any alleged expectation of privacy should not protect an adult who acts inappropriately toward high school students over whom they have authority.

What constitutes inappropriate language? Racial stuff? Profanity? Personal slurs? What exactly?

Without seeing the video, it is premature to reach any conclusions. But if the video shows inappropriate behavior, I hope the coach's defense is not that the video should not have been taken. Any alleged expectation of privacy should not protect an adult who acts inappropriately toward high school students over whom they have authority.

 

Agreed on it being premature to draw conclusions. At the same time, I have heard that Allen hasn't been on the sidelines lately, which makes me wonder about whether or not the school has already made up their minds.

 

As for the defense/reasonable expectation of privacy, that's pretty much what I was trying to go for in Post #9. Some states have said that the situation led them to conclude that there was no reasonable expectation of privacy in certain situations.

What constitutes inappropriate language? Racial stuff? Profanity? Personal slurs? What exactly?

 

That raises a different, and difficult, question in my mind. Reasonable minds certainly can disagree about what constitutes inappropriate behavior. I tend to give coaches a lot of leeway, particularly with regard to things like profanity, but racial slurs are definitely out of bounds. The issue of personal slurs is the most difficult for me, as the coach is usually in the best position to know how to try to motivate a player.