Kind of bizarre:
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/trackandfield/george-barber-ban-1.3336064
Lots of pervy coaches out there, unfortunately.
Kind of bizarre:
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/trackandfield/george-barber-ban-1.3336064
Lots of pervy coaches out there, unfortunately.
Kind of lame of the media to make the story focus so much on the son, who presumably has nothing to do with the offense. Make a note of the family connection somewhere in the article if you want, but it comes across as needless smearing to put someone else front and center in a story about another guy's sex crimes.
who is the article about? wrote:
Kind of lame of the media to make the story focus so much on the son, who presumably has nothing to do with the offense. Make a note of the family connection somewhere in the article if you want, but it comes across as needless smearing to put someone else front and center in a story about another guy's sex crimes.
His dad is his coach. I wouldn't say they focused on Shawn more than his dad. It seems like a reasonable article to me, actually.
Did his dad coach him in college?
Anyone know whomhe grew up with? Must have been not full time with his dad as his dad served time. Anyone know the details.
His dad was at all of his college meets and on the sideline with him at the big meets. He definitely plays a big role in his son's coaching. Dennis Mitchell (head coach and pole vault coach at Akron) was teammates with George Barber back in college. This in part was one of the big reasons Shawn went to Akron. This is a shock to all of us who knew George. It wasn't the first thing I would peg him as....
AkronAlum wrote:
His dad was at all of his college meets and on the sideline with him at the big meets. He definitely plays a big role in his son's coaching. Dennis Mitchell (head coach and pole vault coach at Akron) was teammates with George Barber back in college. This in part was one of the big reasons Shawn went to Akron. This is a shock to all of us who knew George. It wasn't the first thing I would peg him as....
Are you just finding out about this now or did the Akron community know before?
Dennis must have known right of his teammate served time? What's the status of the mom? She must have split.
He's genetically programed that way
Barber is
Unfortunately this kind of thing happens often but most are swept under the rug and not brought to the attention of law enforcement. I bet some coaches coach just to be around young girls and women, I had a couple coaches who were creepy pervs like that and I always wondered if they tried to sleep with the young women half their age. I heard other stories of coaches sleeping with young women but there is a lot of speculation involved sometimes. Being a registered sex offender is a terrible thing and you'll have a hard time getting a job among other things if you are one. Now I'm sure mr barber is a decent man aside from this (after all he managed to raise and coach a world champ son)and made a terrible mistake that he has to live with now.
AkronAlum wrote:
This is a shock to all of us who knew George. It wasn't the first thing I would peg him as....
Really? Someone told me about it a year or two ago, but I didn't look into it at the time. I keep making the mistake of assuming that if I know about stuff like that, everyone must know.
That's how it is for many Asian-Caucasoid mixes. I.E. sex with children was necessary back in the day and the genetics are pass down.
Everyone I have talked to has just found out. Now, I was a different event than Mitchell's group (he coached pole vault and multi athletes....) , but the other alumni and some kids on the team have just now found out! Nobody I have talked to thus far knew about this prior to the news breaking.
His dad should be registered as sex offender, and treated by professionals. He should not be imprisoned since White Europeans are genetically inclined to desire children.