Shirtless runners lead to HS coach's firing[quo

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

http://www.thepostgame.com/blog/daily-take/201105/no-shirt-no-service-high-school-coach-jobless-after-his-boys-track-team-goes-

Sunday, May 8 2011 2:59 PM

No Shirt No Service: High School Coach Jobless After His Boys Track Team Goes Topless

We've all wanted to tell a jogger to put his shirt back on, but what happened recently in suburban Boston is a little different.

Westwood High track coach Tom Davis was fired last week because one of his runners decided to whip off a shirt during training on a 75-degree day. This wasn't a girl, by the way. It was a boy.

And the Westwood High athletic director, Karl Fogel, was so irate about it that Davis thought he was going to lay him out.

"I fully 100 percent was expecting to be swung at," the coach told NECN TV.

That wasn't the end of it. Davis was let go on the spot, in front of his team, and eventually escorted off school property.

"The kids on my team, it was terrible," Davis told the TV station. "Their faces, just pure disgust, pure fear."

The team was doing quite well this year under the second-year coach: one of the relay teams went to nationals less than two months ago and the outdoor team started off 5-0 this spring. But there was an undercurrent of tension at the school as Fogel told Davis that some members of the girls team felt uncomfortable when the boys ran without shirts. Davis even warned his team about possible punishment for not wearing a shirt.

Then, a week ago Friday, the situation boiled over, with Fogel going chest to chest with the coach, according to the Boston Globe.

"I can assure you that [the] decision to relieve Mr. Davis of his duties was not the result of a single incident," said Westwood schools superintendant John Antonucci in a statement, "but rather the regrettable outcome of an ongoing discussion."

Now that ongoing discussion has ricocheted all over the community. Davis said he was never given an official reason for his firing, and he is seeking legal counsel.

The Westwood team lost its first meet without Davis on Monday. He was replaced by the school's throwing coach.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

We used to live near a high school where the boy's cross country team would run by, most of them without shirts. I don't see how this is a controversy. What do people wear when they go swimming?

[Ban Hammer 13,534]

We used to live near a high school where the boy's cross country team would run by, most of them without shirts. I don't see how this is a controversy. What do people wear when they go swimming?

apparently Karl Fogel has an issue seeing teenage boys shirtless......

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

This is what happens when the P&C crowd takes over. This country has gone to h#ll.

[^_^ 5,021]

This is what happens when the P&C crowd takes over. This country has gone to h#ll.

You know, there is no ampersand in "politically correct".

[Obama 2012 1,714]

We used to live near a high school where the boy's cross country team would run by, most of them without shirts. I don't see how this is a controversy. What do people wear when they go swimming?

women are jealous that they can't run without support.

[SMOKE 1,426]

You know, there is no ampersand in "politically correct".

yah i had look up 'ampersand'

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

yah i had look up 'ampersand'

I bet he had to google it also before he posted about it. Like anyone is actually going to know what that thing is called other than the "N thing".

[^_^ 5,021]

I bet he had to google it also before he posted about it. Like anyone is actually going to know what that thing is called other than the "N thing".

I did have to look it up but that was years ago.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

This is what happens when the P&C crowd takes over. This country has gone to h#ll.

How do you figure? IMO, the term "politically correct" often is misused or overused. In this case, I don't see how this is a political issue. Sounds more like someone has a personal hangup with seeing skin.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

You know, there is no ampersand in "politically correct".

Making assumptions?

Actually this is what happens when we try to make every member of the girls track team "comfortable"

[Vi-Jay 218]

We used to live near a high school where the boy's cross country team would run by, most of them without shirts. I don't see how this is a controversy. What do people wear when they go swimming?

Kind of interesting that you noticed.

You didn't happen to have a head count and nickname for each of 'em? Did you?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QsFYCVjp0M&NR=1

Sorry, but that was too easy to pass by.

Edited May 9, 2011 by Vi-Jay

[Peikko 1,575]

I've never felt the need to tell a jogger to do anything. How totally bizarre this all is. I'm guessing it's more to do with puritanism than politics.

[spookyturtle 9,466]

Absolutely idiotic.

[thongd4me 69]

All this fuss about the men.

Who's sticking up for the women who want to run shirtless?