Jun 20 2006
Coach Punched by Angry Father
In a story from wcbstv out of Lake Carmel, N.Y., an angry “baseball father” took his frustrations out on the nose of his son’s coach.
Police in Kent arrested Eugene Barnett on an assault charge for allegedly punching the coach, Robert Andrews. Both men are 48 and live in Kent.
Andrews told police that he had just coached his team of 9- and 10-year-olds in a game Saturday at Ryan Town Park in Lake Carmel and had told Barnett that his son was suspended for the rest of the season for being insubordinate.
I wonder where the 9/10-year-old son learned to be insubordinate…
I have been involved with youth sports for the past 8 years and I am continually amazed by the behavior of some parents. I don’t understand why or how it happened, but we have forgotten that sports are supposed to be “games” and the kids are meant to enjoy themselves.
