[Husker] Booing Coaches Kids

[Kathy Jackson]

>So now it's Cosgrove's kid and not Pederson's.  Actually, I'm ok 
>with this.  Let me explain.  The alleged Cosgrove's kid incident 
>happened on a football field, the alleged Pederson's kid incident 
>happened on the football field. Big Difference!  Football is a 
>violent game where nasty things are said.



What kids say and what adults say are two different things, and I am 
talking about "adults" in the stands.

>  Players are always looking for an edge.
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>Does Cosgrove's kid play defense?


Oh that was witty!

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>I fully anticipate some post about how well, that is just the way
>people are and you should get used to it and I say that is a load of
>crap - just because bad behavior is common does not mean that bad
>behavior should be condoned. Being unhappy with the coaching staff
>is one thing but taking it out on the family as a whole is way beyond
>wrong.

Boy was I a sage when I penned the above.  Taking out your feelings 
about a parent - any parent on a kid no matter what age is wrong.  I 
have sat in the same row with you (or someone very like you) at many 
a high school game.  This attitude that I can say what I want at a 
game is what makes many kids stop playing sports.

Now by the time you have graduated to big time college football you 
should have gotten a bit tougher.  Booing at the game was a 
discussion topic a week or so ago - at least those guys were being 
booed for something they were at least in part responsible for.

When you have to start picking on minor children of athletic coaches 
to make yourself heard you need to do a little re-evaluation of your 
behavior.

GBR

Kathy Jackson