Comments on: Roundup: Fish Grabs Man’s Arm, Won’t Let Go, Mark Sanchez and the “Sunk-Cost Effect” & Why Radio Host Steve Czaban Gave Up Twitter

By: The Stigs American Cousin

The Stigs American Cousin — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 18:01:19 +0000

Yeah, I don’t want the parents of my players thinking I am doing something unsafe with their kids because some idiot wrestling coach thinks dropping weight in a dangerous manner is a great idea.

By: PeerLessPrices

PeerLessPrices — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:57:42 +0000

As an educator when another employee of the school does something like that, the entire staff gets the blame.

Oh for sure. I don’t worry myself with what parents may think directly of me because of another teachers actions. But it does suck, especially working at a school with a bad rep (scores/income/behavior etc) and how outside people view you individually because of that. I see your point

By: The Stigs American Cousin

The Stigs American Cousin — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:54:15 +0000

Oookay. We’re just looking at it different ways. As an educator when another employee of the school does something like that, the entire staff gets the blame. At least in my experience.

By: PeerLessPrices

PeerLessPrices — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:50:48 +0000

Yes. Again, reread it. The only thing I wouldn’t care about is that coach making me look bad for his actions, since I would have had nothing to do with it

By: The Stigs American Cousin

The Stigs American Cousin — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:49:21 +0000

And the situation being described is one that puts a child in danger. So….

By: PeerLessPrices

PeerLessPrices — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:46:26 +0000

My last sentence covers that

By: The Stigs American Cousin

The Stigs American Cousin — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:45:03 +0000

Eh, not really. I coach too, and it wouldn’t bother me from making me look bad point of view. Now if one of my players were a part of that coach’s team,or I noticed a kids health in question then I’d have problems.

That is an adult putting children at risk.

By: Smallie Bigs

Smallie Bigs — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:44:27 +0000

The body can hold five pounds of feces
How often did you weigh yourself before and after?

I do this every now and then when I have an especially big growler building. One time I hit 2.5 pounds. That was a proud day.

By: MP

MP — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:41:01 +0000

Good quote.

By: heldover

heldover — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:40:43 +0000

I wrestled my freshman year of high school. I weighed 95 pounds soaking wet and was maybe five feet tall. You had to be at least 100 pounds to make the JV team, so I was essentially competing as a non-factor in tournaments. Went 1-7. I wasn’t that good, but I was persistent. Coaches took a liking to me.

My dad and older brother (both went to my high school) both thought I was crazy for wrestling. I kinda did it just to shut them both up.

I kinda wish I’d stuck with it for at least another year.

By: MP

MP — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:40:26 +0000

Soccer is for kids who aren’t athletic, but you dump them on a field an no one can tell at age 8.
Not if you know anything about the sport. Agree the rec leagues can be a mess but if the kid is any good he/she should be in a travel or club program at age 8 anyways.

By: otis sistrunk

otis sistrunk — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:38:19 +0000

Stigs i learned it from covering his team not as a wrestler of his

By: PeerLessPrices

PeerLessPrices — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:36:02 +0000

But if I heard of a coach doing any of that stupid shit I would not be pleased. It makes the rest of us look bad.

Eh, not really. I coach too, and it wouldn’t bother me from making me look bad point of view. Now if one of my players were a part of that coach’s team,or I noticed a kids health in question then I’d have problems.

By: The Stigs American Cousin

The Stigs American Cousin — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:34:00 +0000

Learned from one coach who was also a science teacher
The body can hold five pounds of feces

How often did you weigh yourself before and after?

By: Black Douglas

Black Douglas — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:32:14 +0000

The body can hold five pounds of feces

That’s nothin’
/John Wayne

By: otis sistrunk

otis sistrunk — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:28:05 +0000

Learned from one coach who was also a science teacher

The body can hold five pounds of feces

By: The Stigs American Cousin

The Stigs American Cousin — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:27:31 +0000

No, I coach tennis. But if I heard of a coach doing any of that stupid shit I would not be pleased. It makes the rest of us look bad.

By: angry

angry — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:26:43 +0000

Nice to see a roundup carry through the morning.

By: kazzythekid

kazzythekid — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:25:45 +0000

Also, not sure if I have smelled a worse smell than the wrestling practice room at my HS.

By: otis sistrunk

otis sistrunk — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:25:33 +0000

12 years of covering preps for a daily and my three seasonal beats were fb then wrestling then baseball. Yes wrestling is the toughest and yes wrestlers can be strange…like X Games individualism

I loved the beat and the people in the sport appreciated the coverage because they were used to hoops being the main winter glamor sport for the media