Violent Little League Coach

                                     



                          A little league asst. coach could be facing charges for punching a referee during a game in West Park. This happened Saturday evening during a game between West Park Saints and Miramar Patriots. It all started when referee Andrew Keigans gave the saints a pentiality for unsportsmanlike conduct after one of the assistant coaches made a rude remark from the sidelines. The assistant coach, who disagreed with the penalty, barged the field and confronted Keigans as he was held back by head coach Antonio Lane, the report said. "Because the assistant coach left the sidelines and entered the field of play to confront Keigans, the head referee decided to end the game, the report said." All the parents and coaches ran on the field to confront Keigans and as soon as he started walking off the field, the assistant coach ran in front of him and slapped him in the face which knocked his hat off and Keigans fell to the ground. The assistant coach was later found out to be Dion Robinson who is a 43 year old male.
                     I think it is wrong for the assistant coach to involve himself in such inappropriate behavior, especially in front of youth football players. That is not an example that should be set for them and they will grow up doing what they see. They will think it is perfectly OK to take part in such inappropriate behavior. I can connect with this article because it reminds me of my dad. Although my dad has never ran on the field and hit a referee, he is very involved in little league football with my little brother. He is a head coach, and watching from the stands you always know when my dad is mad due to a call the reff made that he may disagree with. He's almost as intense as this man mentioned in this article other than the fact that he dosent hit people.
                    In the end, what Robinson did was wrong and the reff didn't deserve it. The adults should set the example for the kids. If you don't want the players to get in fights on the field, then the adults shouldn't get in fight on the sidelines.






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