Green Death
Apr/02/09 09:46 AM
Alright, so I didn’t realize that this whole Green Death controversy in Scituate was that big of a deal until I just saw a still frame of ESPN talking about it (!).
Apparently the coach of the Scituate Rec 7 year old girls soccer team resigned the other day because of parent uproar over a sarcasm-laden email (click to read) that he sent to the team. The email included phrases like “The kids will run, they will fall, get bumps, bruises, and even bleed a little. Big deal, it’s good for them (but I do hope the other team is the one bleeding)” and “And speaking of meat, I expect the ladies to be put on a diet of fish, undercooked red meat and lots of veggies. No junk food. Protein shakes are encouraged, and while blood doping and HGH use is frowned upon, there is no testing policy”.
Well, appreantly phrases like that hurt the feelings of all these Scituate parents. As the story has spread across the nation, writers and bloggers have torn apart these “PC parents” from “goody two shoes Scituate”.
Barstoolsports.com, a local Boston sports commentary website, is even selling t-shirts with the team motto, Losing is for Losers, printed on them.
I’m going to have to agree with the majority of bloggers. This sounds like a funny, dedicated coach trying to have a little fun with his team who was stopped by a bunch of obnoxious parents.
Here’s the original Patriot Ledger article. Check out the comments (112 of them at the moment). Some of them are pretty funny.
Apparently the coach of the Scituate Rec 7 year old girls soccer team resigned the other day because of parent uproar over a sarcasm-laden email (click to read) that he sent to the team. The email included phrases like “The kids will run, they will fall, get bumps, bruises, and even bleed a little. Big deal, it’s good for them (but I do hope the other team is the one bleeding)” and “And speaking of meat, I expect the ladies to be put on a diet of fish, undercooked red meat and lots of veggies. No junk food. Protein shakes are encouraged, and while blood doping and HGH use is frowned upon, there is no testing policy”.
Well, appreantly phrases like that hurt the feelings of all these Scituate parents. As the story has spread across the nation, writers and bloggers have torn apart these “PC parents” from “goody two shoes Scituate”.
Barstoolsports.com, a local Boston sports commentary website, is even selling t-shirts with the team motto, Losing is for Losers, printed on them.I’m going to have to agree with the majority of bloggers. This sounds like a funny, dedicated coach trying to have a little fun with his team who was stopped by a bunch of obnoxious parents.
Here’s the original Patriot Ledger article. Check out the comments (112 of them at the moment). Some of them are pretty funny.
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