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Originally Posted by TAKEaSHOT
I would agree with Dan, run from the cops get your a$$ kicked! But you (Dan) asked what you missed? The perp was tazed at 2:33 of the video. I have been tazed and there is not much fight left in you after it is over. When he went to the ground watch his legs they never move, not one bit. If I am guessing the coach is the one who threw the left hook. At that time of the video to other officers were in a struggle to take him to the ground. To me it looks like the left hook knocks the guy out. But I don't understand what this video has to do with what happens at a wrestling tournament.
I asked earlier and nobody wants to air what happened which is fine but it led to a lot of speculation. Which ref was it, who was the coach, what was said, who started it, and then some video of a police chase.
I did some research and all I can say is there is no reason to go all Serena Williams (at the US Open) on a ref. If threats were made then AAU Wrestling and the MSHSAA Officials has problem to address. I am sure if this did happen they will be.
This situation is an example of why high school refs should be used at little league tournaments and why little league coaches will never be taken seriously.
By the way before you all start calling me a criminal because I got tazed, I was not tazed to be subdued by the police. My taze was just a short burst to see what it feels like. At my place of employment we had a local officer give us a self defense class and at the end a bunch of us knuckle heads wanted to see what it was like. They just placed the probes on our shoes then hit the trigger. I do not recommend it!
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TAS, I'm going to have to respectfully disagree with your assessment of little league coaches "never getting taken seriously." I have no idea how this thread went in this direction but that quote really caught my eye.
First, many little league coaches also are their "Big Club" coaches as well. Joe Weir, Mark Gentry, and Harold Ritchie come to mind just to name a few. These are outstanding coaches at ANY level and have earned every ounce of respect they have garnered.
Second, Missouri little league teams are packed with coaches who have never been a high school head coach but are more than qualified from a wrestling standpoint. Dan Seago (ABC), Rob Gion (Mid County), Frank Valleroy (Fox), and Kris Craig (Mid County), just to name a few, could run a high school program right now and be successful. There are several others but those names come to mind immediately.
Lastly, and on the flip side, being a high school coach doesn't automatically earn you respect. We have a few overrated high school coaches running around that couldn't run a large little league program on their best day! One of the respected high school coaches in town and I had this conversation recently. Being a successful high school wrestler doesn't mean you will make a good coach at any level. The gentleman who ran that program at Jeff City Helias for many years proved that. Coaching is more about being able to communicate than how much wrestling expertise you have. If you can do both than all the better but they are few and far between.
You can have all of the wrestling skill and knowledge in the world but if you can't "sell" it to your kids it becomes useless. Oh, and until you've been hit with the prongs attached to the wires, you haven't been officially tazed! Trust me, I've been on both ends of the Tazer in training and real life.
I will come down from my wrestling pulpit now....
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