When Punishment Drills Go Too Far

How stupid can any coach, in today's environment, be? How can any coach run a punishment drill for a player, see that player vomit three times and NOT stop it, after the first time that player vomited?

Sound crazy? Sound Impossible? Well it happened at the North Carolina Wilmington. UNCW Punish Drill Goes Too Far. Head Coach Cythina Cooper-Dyke and assistant coach Johnetta Hayes, who supervised the drill are stupid and both should face some disciplinary action. I don't give a damn that Cooper-Dykes apologized to the player.

How stupid must a coach be, when after seeing a player vomit ONCE, maybe they get a clue and stupid the drill? But no, this stupid coach Johnetta Hayes, continues the drill, until the player vomits again, TWICE.

This reminds me, back to my senior year in high school. I graduated from high school in 1986, a much different time, where coaches and teachers got respect and nobody really questioned their methods.

I used to chew tobacco, about a pouch a day of Apple Jack or Red Man, and one day, during class, my teacher caught me chewing tobacco. She told me to swallow it. I told her; if I swallow it, I'll vomit and I won't clean up. She said, go spit it out and I don't want to see it in my class again. I followed her directions and the situation was done. Ok, ok, I did chew tobacco in her class, a few more times. But I was never caught. :)

My teacher could have really taken a small situation and turned it into a major issue; chewing tobacco is slightly above getting caught chewing gum in class. But no, she wasn't stubborn, she found another solution.

But this coach, Johnetta Hayes, is either too stupid or stubborn or both.

If a player got kicked out of practice, yes, there should be some punishment drills. If she is leg or foot injuries, how about some drills in the pool, assuming she knows how to swim? How about some drills on a stationary bike? But when those punishment drills lead to a player vomiting, just once, those drills need stop, right away.

Now, what should the punishment be for the head coach and assistant? I think the head coach should be suspended without pay for a week. The assistant coach should be suspended without pay for two weeks. She deserves a tougher penalty because she allowed the punishment drill to continue. Of course, a reevaluation of their handling of discipline issues, has to be done.