Didn’t hear this one, but there is something hilarious about the “accuser” having so much “rage” it cost his team the game the last time they played over in Dalton.
I was in high school in the don’t ask don’t tell 70s. Only once did the shoe drop and that was on the track team my sophomore year. The whole team except me and two other guys got suspended for crossing the border from El Paso to Juarez to drink in the bars. The suspension was for one meet. I got a lot of pats on the back from teachers, but a year later I gave in to the temptation to do what every other bored boy did in desolate west Texas.
I hear ya.......but all alcohol related incidents are not created equal IMO. Broc Dial suspended several of his top players for far less than what happened at Dalton this offseason. He pretty much gave Northwestern a win against Dalton that year, and almost gave Rittman one a week later because Dalton was so shorthanded. This year's Dalton staff handed out really light discipline for a much more serious offense. It's easy to say "everybody is doing it," but that is far from reality as the offenses increase in severity. It is all a big joke until it turns into tragedy. Teenage athletes, testosterone, alcohol, and driving cars really fast has never been/nor ever will be a good combination.
I never heard that one either. I think Gill had a personal foul for every Siders TD in that game. Gill was a tremendous player, but he was surely no Greyson Siders!
Your right about that, and to be clear I don't make light of any rumor or situation involving drinking and kids. I have seen the discipline firsthand exactly as you describe but trust me when I say that it was sorely needed as part of the culture/turnaround there (meaning Tuslaw)
I am disgusted with this thread and all its past transgressions. I never sipped alcohol in HS and definitely never evaded the law through a cornfield a couple dozen times. I’ll tell you that! I never ONCE suffered physical injury hauling “full tilt like a peterbuilt” until the ground disappeared and I discovered a creek that no one knew was there or slept where I lost consciousness. Gross.
1. Call me ignorant, but I was told a few years back that most schools had a discipline matrix for all athletics. Something like 1st strike = 1 game, 2nd = 10%, etc, etc. And if they don't, in this day & age, WHY NOT? Would definitely protect the admin & coaches from accusations of unfair treatment.
Riggins on Friday Night Lights wasn’t too far off.
I think this is the case.
I 2nd that, it still exists may or may not have been tweaked over the years. Whether it's followed or not, who knows. I'll keep it anonymous, but I know of a situation where an athlete was busted puffing the cheeba, and coaches/admin at the school were fine with whatever the minimum punishment was but kids father stepped in and said the kid was done..... for the season. Kid wasn't necessarily an all-county kid at said school at the time, not the point, but coaches even contacted the family trying to see if they would change their mind. Maybe a bit much, but at the same time, I'm not judging and, in this case, at least some households are holding kids accountable. It all starts at home boys...... Ok, I'm done with the negative weed and drinking talk, almost game time for everyone!
I'll take the bait....
I think this is pretty common thing. My sister in law coaches near Columbus. They have almost the exact same rule.
Awfully quick trigger. I can’t agree or disagree with whether they were valid. But some of that laundry came out faster than one could reasonably assume a foul was committed. With that being said…Dalton has needed to clean some stuff up all year that they haven’t by week 8.
Yes I put the score in backwards
I got the score reversed Waynedale 20 Chippewa 0
