Pussification Of America: High School Basketball Coach Dismissed For "Pushing" One Of His Players. If You See A Push Here, Please Tell Me.
“Push” happens at 1:00 mark. Another angle at 1:48.
LAKE OSWEGO, Ore. — Lake Oswego High School has removed Mark Shoff from his head coaching position with the basketball team. School district spokeswoman Nancy Duin shared the following statement with KATU: Mark Shoff will not be coaching the LOHS boys basketball team for the remainder of the season, following an investigation of concerns raised at last week’s Les Schwab Invitational Tournament. Lake Oswego High School will conduct a search for an interim coach to complete the season; current assistant coaches will manage the team until an interim coach is selected. A search for a permanent head coach will be conducted in the spring. LOHS administration and staff are focused on supporting their student athletes and families during this transition, and on ensuring the inclusive and safe school environment that the Lake Oswego School District stands for. As a matter of policy, the Lake Oswego School District does not discuss information involving personnel records. Shoff has been coaching the team for nearly 20 years. One of his former players is Kevin Love, currently a star with the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers. Today, Love’s parents told KATU they support Shoff. Stan and Karen Love said, “We feel like he got a raw deal.” They went on to say, “Our son wouldn’t be the player he is today without his high school basketball coach.”
Of all the Pussifications we’ve ever done, this might be the most preposterous. As I get older I don’t want to become one of those “when I was a kid…” guys, but having said that when I was a kid I was pushed like this roughly a billion times. Make a stupid play and coach is going to push you, pinch your traps really fucking hard while he talks to you, grab your facemask and jerk you around, slap you in the head, etc. That’s your punishment for committing a turnover. No one with a brain looks at that play then grabs their pitchfork and calls for the coach’s head. Especially a successful coach of 20 years. Spend two decades coaching good basketball and churning out a little NBA talent then get kicked to the curb because you lightly tapped a player. It’s disgusting. If this guy deserved to be dismissed then every coach I had from little league up deserves to walk the Green Mile.