[BlackcatAlum]

Again, you are decent people and I see your point, but we are not talking decent people here. The disipline they recieved at the hands of these men is likely the only real disipline they ever had, and it kept them from robbing,raping and stealing for a few hours a day. Maybe they left the crack pipe alone until after practice. When an animal won't mind sometimes you have to smack them around a bit to remind them who is boss. The threat of punishment is what makes the dog behave. When I was raised in the hood, I was beat up and threatened on a daily basis by thugs of every age group. We had guns at every window and door. At age 8 my dad told me to shoot to kill. This is the reality of the inner city. At age 12 I got fed up with it and began to carry a .22 pistol. When word got around that I had evened the odds the beatings stopped. These people only understand the threat of pain and bodily harm, all else is useless. This is why I must remind good people that if youv'e never lived with this it is impossible for you to understand. Just take a walk through Over The Rhine at midnight and see how far rational behavior gets you.lol!

I get the point you're trying to make, but please stop comparing humans to dogs.

I realize life in the inner city is tough on kids, because majority of them see no discipline like you eluded too. But in that video, there is no excuse for treating a kid like that. Those coaches were nothing but trash! They don't deserve a job at any school in the country. You should never lay your hand on another persons child, especially at probably the most safest place for these kids to be... school property.

There are many different ways those coaches could have handled their coaching practices and discipline examples. None of theirs were acceptable at all.