Grow up, Kravchuk
When a lawsuit means never having to accept someone's "I'm sorry"
Grow up, Kravchuk
I understand that shoving a player is not the most effective way of inspiriging them to greatness (especially not these days, when most kids have been coddled by Mommy and Daddy to believe that they're inviolate specimens of perfection.)
I did see the video of John O'Connor manhandling Matt Kravchuk during practice at Holy Family, and I think he went overboard. In this kindler, gentler era, you need to be careful about whose personal space you are invading, even in sports (Vince Lombardi is lucky he isn't coaching today, since he'd be facing felony assault charges...)
But as a lawyer, I can smell someone angling for a payday. So Kravchuk's refusal to accept O'Connor's nationally-televised apology this morning can only be step three in his quest to file a civil suit against the coach (step one was going public, step two was hiring a lawyer)
Of course, you could also say that O'Connor's apology was an attempt to mitigate damages. But I'm siding with the coach here. He should have been suspended for a week, publicly reprimanded, and then the whole thing should be forgotten. Kravchuk's journey to justice is starting to look more like a vendetta to me.
Call him for a foul.
Christine, there is much more to this story that your uninformed 3rd rate contrarian legal "mind" does not even know. This is not the FIRST incident involving this coach. In fact, if you actually WATCHED the tape of the practice from that morning, you would find that the coach actually shoves a 2nd player. This has not even been mentioned in media reports. But, that would take too much effort on your Zsa Zsa mindset. I guess your better suited at lobbing grenades than building bridges. Your act here...and on that poor excuse of an "issues oriented show" on Sunday morning-------is getting old. Go back to berating your clients.... If you even have any.
I agree that the coach went overboard, Christine. If all the kid wants is money, that might be better than taking O'Connor to court for assault. Of course the parents are behind this. Who else? Did you also see where Jill Porter blasted Buzz B. for making light of child abuse victims? Was he drunk when he wrote that universally offensive piece? Ooops, tempus fugit. 8->— Magistra- Kravchuk is a wuss, which is probably why the coach got physical with him in the first place. I saw his wittle hand brace on TV. What "damages" has he suffered? Basketball is a contact sport. Watch the school wimp-out and fire the coach when they are named in the civil suit. Chris: an even better sports story is the kid who refused to wrestle the girl college wrestler. I think it was in Iowa. You should see the girl wrestler. Talk about the world turned upside down by Title IX. I hear they are going to include women's boxing in the 2012 Olympics. How repulsive is that?— retour
It is a Contact Drill....— Kevinmac- Well, I always thought that basketball was a contact sport also, Kevinmac. It may not involve tackling, but there are lots of elbow and shoulder contacts that are not only permitted but drilled into the players, are there not? If the player gets hit too hard, he could fall, as the student did in the video. Maybe the coach was too rough, but game opponents could be a lot rougher. I would say that if you don't like situations where you might get bruised, you should stay away from contact sports.— Magistra
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