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7 years ago 01/10/2017 12:07am EST

re: genug

genug wrote:
I didn't confront the guy. I told his kids to have there dad come talk to me and 3-4 hours later, he did. This was after, on a different day, his kid hit my son in the mouth with an elbow, long after a play was over.
After I told him the 3 dirty plays his kid was making, he wanted to give me his resume. When i told him that didn't matter, that's when he went nuts, walking into the street, telling me to come fight him. He started calling our 8 year old a cupcake, me a cupcake, and on and on.
We're all white, although this guys a mick, gotta love the irish.
I didn't expect anything other than to tell the guy what his kids been doing. From a previous interaction about his kids driving golf carts around, I didn't think he'd act this way. I wouldn't think anyone would act like this.
Trust me, I'm not afraid of the guy, I'm 6'0 235, and can take care of myself, but a fistfight, at 40 or older, you've go to be kidding me.

Don't think you need to fight anyone. Don't let your kid play backyard tackle football if you don't like rough stuff.

PS - you are fat.

7 years ago 01/10/2017 1:23am EST

re: genug

genug wrote:
My son, who's 8, has been playing football with the local kids, that are from 9-14 in ages. My sons the smallest, but the toughest, he tackles kids 2 or 3 times his size and loves to play. The last couple of games a kid a few years older and inches taller then him has been targeting him. He runs across the field to block my son in the back, at sprint speed, does rolling picks, tackles by grabbing the facehead, and tries picking kids up and slamming them to the ground. He's the only kid out of dozens that plays like this. Today, he elbowed my son, in the face, long after a play was done. I ask the dad to come over, hours after the kids r done playing. After stating the first 3 dirty moves his kid is doing, he starts telling me he's a coach, for 10 years, has lived in the nieghborhood longer then us has some other succesfull business project, and on and on. I look at him and tell him none of that's relevant to what his kids doing and is that what he teaches them, as the "pro" coach. He then starts calling my 8 year old, and me, a cupcake, and walks out into the street, telling me to come out there and "say something to his face."
I couldn't believe a 40+, suburban, male would act like this when i'm trying to have a rational conversation about his kids dirty and unsportsmanlike behaviour. When I state again what his kid does, he tells me that his kids don't play football. I ask him which one is it, their dads a coach guru, or they don't know the rules. He calls me an a*%hole and walks away.
This is a neighborhood of $500,000 + homes and while the dads out in the road, taunting and threatening, the 9 and 12 year old start doing the same thing. Great example of what's wrong with our country.
WTH?

Have you ever been to a youth hockey game? I have been to just a few, yet I have seen this kind of thing happen more than once. When it comes to a person's kid, people get very defensive and say stupid stuff.

We should expect it but we don't. We're funny that way. Probably the best way to deal with it is to tell the dude that his kid is playing too rough. Do not spell out the details even if he asks. If he refuses to do something about it you must go to the league or the other parents.

Thanks for starting this thread.

7 years ago 01/10/2017 3:24pm EST

re: ....,....

Yes, I'm fat, but my 5k pr's 21:22, on a course with a huge hill and a mile pr of 6:07, and that's at 37, with no running background. I'm proud of those accomplishments because I always got stares from my thin running friends (who aren't runners theirselves), when I tell them I run 21 change, and yes, I can provide links to my results!

7 years ago 01/10/2017 4:04pm EST

re: genug

Your kid will always be smaller than some other kid. There will always be people who try to start a fight or sneak in a cheap shot/play. It is your parental duty to find situations where your son can be successful.

Realize that a hit outside of the context of a game is assault. You can grab a video and then call the cops. The situation will catch up to the bully real quick when the cops learn from the kid that he was doing those things because the dad had demanded it.

There is this one thing that I have to tell you. If you weighed 235# at 37, I do not believe your running claims. People don't just run fast. It takes practice and as a result of that practice you would have gotten to the 175-185 range. If you were there, then I believe you.

7 years ago 01/10/2017 4:34pm EST

re: lastneanderthal

You did the right thing by running away from the confrontation. Your kid should never see his dad get beat up.

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