Team beatings: Not an approved coaching tactic

dixiehack · Jun 16, 2006

http://www.al.com/newsflash/regiona...-8/1150503257305590.xml&storylist=alabamanews

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A high school basketball coach who allowed his players to form a circle and beat a teammate to enforce discipline should not have been OK'd to return to his job, an appeals court ruled Friday.

The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals, in a 4-1 ruling, found the hearing officer wrongly recommended reinstating B.C. Rain coach and science teacher Marion Dunn in 2005.
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A surveillance video from December 2004 showed Dunn watching his players twice beat a teammate during the same practice, knocking him to the floor at least once. The beatings were apparently for cursing and later threatening to quit.
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Ten members of the B.C. Rain team were suspended for several days because of the beatings, which involved players kicking and hitting a teammate inside a circle for up to a minute. Dunn, who timed the beatings, did not allow blows to the head.

The so-called "circle" drills were believed to have been used 11 times during the six weeks leading up to the 2004-05 season. A 16-year-old player complained to his aunt after being subjected to the beatings twice during a practice — once for being late and a second time for not trying hard enough during a defensive drill.

The youth, who was not named, said he was "stomped, kicked and punched," sustaining scratches and bruises to his ribs, legs and back.
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Chuck~Taylor · Jun 16, 2006

WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON AROUND HERE???!!!!

Smallpotatoes · Jun 17, 2006

Don't you just love old-school coaches?

Football_Bat · Jun 17, 2006

B.C. Rain ... Sounds like a good name for a Canadian WNBA team.

Bubba Fett · Jun 17, 2006

Should have just given the kid a fuckin' haircut.

Chuck~Taylor · Jun 17, 2006

Bubba Fett said:

Should have just given the kid a fuckin' haircut.
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How do you want it?

Double J · Jun 17, 2006

A surveillance video from December 2004 showed Dunn watching his players twice beat a teammate during the same practice, knocking him to the floor at least once. The beatings were apparently for cursing and later threatening to quit.
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Yeah, that'll make him want to stay on the team. :

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