Doppler Don

Elitists. Gotta love'em.

I told my next door neighbor about this story. He immediately purchased an armadillo. Not sure what to make of that.

Here is a coach who is trying to use his position to do good for students in general - not just his players. There are good and bad coaches, just like good and bad kids. Most coaches love the kids they coach - by a huge majority. Not sure why you are turning a very positive thing a coach is doing into a negative about coaches. Coach Siple should be commended for doing this. My guess he has no motivation other than helping kids. Also - there are a few comments regarding where a coach's responsibilities begin/end. I dont think this falls under the heading of a "responsibility" for a coach. But - it sure is a great thing for them to get behind and support!!! Athletes are "cool". If a coach can get them to use this "coolness" to display compassion for others......PRICELESS!!!

Pretty awesome stuff. Kudos to Coach Siple. I hope he gets support within the football community. It would also be cool if other major high school sports would follow suite. I will forward this to a few coaches I know.

Can you elaborate on the bold/red above?

Wow. Sounds more like they were given extra PTO days. Kind of turns a punishment into a desirable benefit. I may go pee on someone at work!!

I wonder if that can be accurate? That doesn't sound rational.

I thought this same thing - delete it so one of the kids wouldn't do something stupid and post it on Twitter/Facebook, etc. Not sure that in itself the coach asking that the video/pics get deleted indicates he has done anything intentionally wrong.

WOW

If I were the coach - the perps would not come back the remainder of the season - regardless of what the victim does. I would also highly encourage the victim to return.

It's amazing to me that even young kids would be upset at the media for reporting such an event. And even more amazing that some would trash the victim. Most kids that I know are better than that. Most kids I know in this age range are GREAT kids. A minority are simply pukes.

It is pretty embarrassing for the Highlands program. Even small incidents at Marquee schools become big news. This in my opinion is no small thing.

Absolutely true. The more prestigious and recognized a program, the more interest generated. That's life!!

U I completely agree that the story now has new life.

0% is an absolute. Nearly 0% is not an absolute. I like 0% better when it comes to HIV.

Just because someone is critical of unacceptable behavior by others does not indicate they believe their children are perfect.

Poor, poor kids who urinated on someone. Shame on anyone for speaking poorly of them.

If the school ends up handling this in a way I feel appropriate, I would do neither. No reason to. From what I have read in this thread - they still have not made a final ruling.

Agree with this. Why would you put the poor kid through more. I'm sure he probably doesn't want attention for being "that kid".

My two cents, if in fact urine was thrown, tossed, poured, squirted, or intentially dribbled on a player (anything other than accidental): Asking for leniency for a first time offense is ridiculous. Sometimes first time offenses require strict penalties based on the severity of the action. This was not pop or Gatorade. It was urine. Dismissing this as boys-will-be-boys is rediculous. I don't know any boys that have thrown urine on other boys. I've witnessed a lot of pranks in my days. None have involved urine. Those directly involved should not be allowed to play baseball this season. High school sports are a privilege not a right. There is a code of conduct in most schools for most sports that must be adhered to. There are penalties, to include dismissal from the team, if student athletes do not represent their school and their sport in a respectable, responsible manner. Tossing urine on another person is neither responsible, respectable, nor a positive reflection on the school or he sport. This probably won't be popular, but there are many posts that indicate the victim will be scarred for life. I don't know the victim personally, and he may be. But I think most kids this age would not be scarred for life. No doubt this was demoralizing, degrading, and humilitaing. No doubt the victim will be negatively impacted. But doubtful it will leave a long lasting mental scar. But again I don't know. I think the perps have a better chance of having long term scars. They are the ones that have acted in such a fashion that they will be looked down upon for a very long time by students, faculty, and parents. AND RIGHTfULLY SO. To whoever said the perpatrators should not be kicked off the team because they have "already been punished enough". No they have not!!! This was pre-meditated act. Kids don't accidentally urinate in a bottle and then think "now what am I going to do with this urine? Hey I know, let's throw it on someone". The kids that did this are not nice kids. Go ahead and say that I don't know them so how would I know. You are correct, I don't know a single one of them, nor their parents. Again if this is Gatorade or pop...it's a prank. If it's urine, it vile and disgusting. Lapse in judgment? That's a grossly irresponsible understatement. Not sure how the coach could be held responsible, unless he encouraged it to happen, saw it happen, knew it happened, and laughed it off as a prank. No respectable coach or adult would do that. My guess is that this did not happen here either. Summarizing: urine bad, kids bad, severe punishment required. I wanted to use the phrase "Urine Idiot" somewhere. But couldn't fine the right spot. Sorry.

Sorry but it didn't seem like a serious basketball topic or question.

Depends on how WNBA players smell: Pretty and perfumy Owensboro goes 0-34 Like sweaty men Owensboro goes 34-0

Bras and panties coming off. Makes a guy want to make a girl mad enough that she wants to strangle him!

No.

Why is it important for you to do this at all? It never changes anything. I doubt that the ump is sitting back thinking "wow that's a great point". Many times when I hear a parent telling the umpire "how they feel", it seems to me all they're doing is trying to show up the ump, or to show everybody in the stands they know more than the umpire. I do think positions of authority need to be respected. Does that mean we follow them blindly? No! But showing respect sets a very positive example for your kids. I am not perfect in this regard. I do mumble stuff under my breath (sometimes audible) when there is a bad call, especially when my kids are playing. It's difficult not to have an emotional attachment. But I do not blatantly complain so that the umpire can hear me. Doing so to me is disrespectful, immature, and self-serving.